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A49257	The strange and wonderful predictions of Mr. Christopher Love, minister of the Gospel at Laurence Jury, London who was beheaded on Tower-hill, in the time of Oliver Cromwell's government of England. Giving an account of Babylon's fall, and in that glorious event, a general reformation over all the world. With a most extraordinary prophecy, of the late revolution in France, and the downfall of the antichristian kingdom, in that country. By M. Peter Jurieu. Also, Nixon's Chesire prophecy.	Love, Christopher, 1618-1651.; Jurieu, Pierre, 1637-1713.; Ussher, James, 1581-1656.; Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554.; Wallace, Lady, fl. 1651.; Nixon, Robert, fl. 1620? Nixon's Cheshire prophecy at large.	1651 (1651)	Wing L3177A; ESTC R217305	41,319	88

THE STRANGE AND WONDERFUL PREDICTIONS OF Mr. CHRISTOPHER LOVE Minister of the Gospel at Laurence Jury London WHO WAS BEHEADED ON TOWER-HILL IN THE TIME OF Oliver Cromwell's Government of England GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF BABYLON'S FALL And in that Glorious Event A GENERAL REFORMATION OVER ALL THE WORLD With a most Extraordinary PROPHECY OF THE LATE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE AND THE Downfall of the Antichristian Kingdom In that Country BY M. PETER JURIEU ALSO NIXON's CHESHIRE PROPHECY LONDON PRINTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS TO THE PUBLIC THE following Prophecies some of which have been accomplished in our own time must appear interesting and as such we publish them those of Mr. LOVE promise great events which must happen before the present generation passes away and as to Monsieur JURIEU's predictions relative to the French Revolution they point out so clearly part of what has already come to pass in France that it may be reasonably presumed the rest will be verified in due time PREDICTIONS OF Mr. CHRISTOPHER LOVE A FEW nights after he was sentenced to be b●●eaded on Tower-hill which was on the 22d day of August 1651 ten days before his appointed time by the sentence he received at the bar being one night visited by two of his intimate acquaintances or bosom friends as he himself called them they began to complain of the cruelty of the times and the malice and usage of time-serving brethren to which Mr. Love answered And think you this is an evil time No no this is the very time when grace and true god●iness can be distinguished f●om hypocrisy many have followed Christ hitherto for the loaves and are now turned back for the roughness of the way and the sore trial and tribulation which others met with who are gone be●ore them There are many in London at this very day who think to go to heaven in their gilded coaches and have denied Christ's cause before men against whom I now witness and Christ in his never failing word has promised to deny all such before his father and the holy angels This is the time to discern be●ween him that s●rveth God and him that serveth him not They formerly were my familiar acq●ain●ance in fellowship and sweet converse I sent this day to have a few words with them here in prison but they would not come for their countenance is fallen their consciences wounded they cannot look me in the face because I knew of their resolution and was a witness to their perjuration But ah how will they look the blessed Jesus in the face in the morning of the resurrection what answer or excuse will they have for what they have done O foolish people who think to escape the cross nay you must all suffer persecution who follow the Lamb we must be hated of all nations for Christ's sake we must come thro' great tribulation thro' the fiery furnace of affl●ction before we can enter the land of joy and felicity Know ye not that the souls that were slain for the testimony of Jesus are placed under the altar Happy happy are those men at this day and ever shall be happy who suffer for Christ's sake in a right and charitable way thro' love to his cause and honesty of heart not thro' pride and hypocrisy without the root of the matter to have it said they died 〈◊〉 these are they who will miss their mark and those who denied the call and looked back shall never have the honour to find it I am now pointed out by many to be in a destitute and forlorn condition but I would not exchange my state no not for all the glory that 's on the earth I find my R●deemer's love stronger in my bonds than ever I did in the days of my liberty therefore I hold living here as death itself I am as full of love and joy in the Holy Spirit as ever bo●●le was fi●led with new wine I am ready to cry out The spirit of the Lord is upon me I will not take upon me to prophecy neve●theless the spirit of the Lord causeth me to utter This usurped authority of Cromwell shall shortly be at an end England shall be blessed with meek Kings and mild governments powerful preachers and dull hearers good sermons to them will be as music to a sleepy man they shall hear but not understand nor lay the word 〈◊〉 the heart to practise it in their lives to walk by it O England thou shalt wax old in wickedness thy sins abound like those of Sodom thy voluptuousness shall cry aloud for vengeance the Lord shall threaten and chastise thee yet in mercy and love will he look upon those that fear him and call upon his name he will spare of his anger when the wicked shall be sifted from amongst you as the chaff is sifted from amongst the wheat for out of thee O England shall a bright star arise whose light and voice shall make the heathen to quake and knock under with submission to the gospel of Jesus he shall be as a sound of thunder in the ears of the wicked and as a ●anthorn to the Jews to lead them to the knowledge of Jesus the only son of God and true Messiah whom they so long mistrusted for the short work spoken of by the apostle which the Lord is to make upon the earth in the latter age of the world cannot be far off Observe my dear friend while you live my calculation of the dates in the book of the Revelation and in Daniel which the Spirit of the Lord led me into for the Lord will reveal it to some of his own ere that time come for the nearer the time is the seals shall be taken away and more and more shall be revealed to God's people for the Lord doth nothing without he reveal it by his Spirit to his servants the prophets He destroyed not the old world without the knowledge of Noah He did not overthrow Sodom and Gomorrah without the knowledge of Abraham I do not mean now that any new prophet shall arise but the Lord by his Spirit shall cause knowledge to abound among his people whereby the old prophecies shall be clearly and perfectly understood And I die in that thought and really believe that my calculations are right on the Revelation by St. John and the prophecy which St. Jerome copied off and translated out of the Hebrew language as it is written on Seth's pillar in Damascus which pillar is said to have stood since before the flood and was built by Seth Adam's son and written by Enoch the prophet as likewise the holy precepts whereby the patriarch walked before the law was given to Moses which were also engraven on the said pillar whereof many Jews have copies in their own language written on parchment and engraven on brass and copper but the alteration of the date makes them to stagger at it not knowing that the dates were to be altered by the birth of Christ. First This prophecy is

adoring Images and Saints departed and in taking to themselves many Mediators and this said he the Papists are always designing among themselves therefore be sure you be ready and not found wanting This was the substance and I think for the greatest part the very same words which this Holy Man spake to me at the time before mentioned not long before his death and which I writ down that so great and notable a prediction might not b●-lost and forgotten by myself nor others This gracious man repeated the same things in substaace to his only daughter the Lady Tyr●il and that with many tears and much about the same time that he had expressed what is aforesaid to me and which the Lady Tyrril assured me of with her own m●uth to this purpose That opening the Door of his Chamber she found him with his Eyes lift up to Heaven and the Tears running apace down his Cheeks and 〈…〉 continued for about half an Hour not taking the least Notice of her though she came into the Room but at last turning to her he told her That his Thoughts had been taken up about the Miseries and Persecutions that were coming upon the Churches of Christ which would be so sharp and bitter that the Contemplation of them had fetched those Tears from his Eyes The same Things he also repeated to the Lady Bysse wife to the then present Lord Chief Baron of Ireland but with adding this circumstance wo unto them that are found unprepared for it ●o conclude in the words of Dr. Bernard speaking of this excellent person Now howsoever I may be as far from heeding of Prophe●cies this way as any yet with me it is not improbable that so great a Prophet so sanctified from his youth so knowing and eminent throughout the Universal Church might have at some special times more than ordinary motions and impulses in doing the Watchman's part of giving warning of judgments approaching From M` Auliffe's Prophecies AND in those days it shall come to pass that the nations of Europe will be moved to war and that mighty men and princes will unite from all corners of the ea●th to maintain their power and that they will gather from all quarters thousands and tens of thousands to fight their battles and establish their dominions over multitudes and nations but their arms shall avail them nought in their union they shall find destruction and their mighty hosts shall be scattered like chaff before the wind pestilence and famine shall overtake those who escape from the sword and few shall live to bring home the news of their mishap and defeats The stars of nations shall then fall and desolation shall reign among the great and proud of the earth for their ways are the ways of ungodliness and their paths are those of injustice and oppression In those days and they are at hand the mighty Lord of truth shall avenge the injuries of his people and his name shall be known throughout The reign of his justice shall succeed that of his mercy and long forbearance his mighty arm shall exalt the humble and prostrate the proud It shall also come to pass in those days that the blood of Africans shall be repaid and slavery shall be no more the beams of truth all strike on the eyes of all nations and Evangelical love shall pervade all hearts equa● rights shall be the foundation of continua● peace and the glory of all people shall be to know the Lord of armies and obey his eternal laws It is to be lamented that the Compiler could not collect the whole of this great man's predictions but hopes to get them shortly being promised them by a friend who will interpret them faithfully from the old Irish. The families of M` Auliffes were formerly an ancient Irish family in the County of Cork and possessed of large estates there some of which are now enjoyed by the respectable families of the name of St. Leger who purchased them this great prophet foretold the transferring of all the family property and the total extinction of his name which he said would be forgotten and hardly remembered by the rising generations which has all turned out as ●e foretold He also foretold a gentleman in his days named Anthony St. Leger that he would live to a great age providing he would never pass over Bennet's Bridge in the county of Kilkenny and if he would that there he most undoubtedly was to lose his life but as destiny in human circumstances is by some deemed unavoidable it was most unfortunately verified in Mr. S. who lost his life by a gun shot at Bennet's Bridge by the following accident One of his carriage horses had dropped a shoe traveling through that country from which accident Mr. S. could not pursue his journey without getting a shoe on his beast and being told there was a smith's forge at Bennet's Bridge on his way he drove to the fatal place where a forge remains to this day but there had not been any person at work in it the smith was found and applied to to put a shoe on the horse with all convenient dispatch who excused himself saying he had no iron The horse being lame and not able to go on further without a shoe necessitated Mr. S. to get out of his carriage and im●ortune the smith to search diligently for iron sufficient for the purpose when after a long research it could not be obtained without having recourse to an old rusty gun barrel from which a shot had not been fired p●rhaps for half a century b●fore and being in some useful position was at length put into the furnace by the smith with reluctance for the ●urpose of taking off sufficient to make an horse● shoe little did Mr. S. think of M` Auliffe's prophecy or eternity at hand whilst he stood in the forge all the time The rusty old gunbarrel which had been load●d with powder and ball of a long time no sooner had got the heat of the fire than the contents went off and unluckily killed Mr. S. on the spot which shews that Mr. S. had either disbelieved or had forgotten the Prophet's caution which too often has been the case of many who are ashamed of taking council in pe●ilous cases least they may become thereby subjects for the ridicule of their more hardened acquaintances The following other prophecy of M'Auliffe's has not yet come to pass and is dev●utly hoped it never may When every running water in Ireland shall turn a mill wheel the● shall the Protestants and Romanists Papists kill each other with great slaughter But as his prophecies have been spoken and wrote in Irish it is left with the wise and sagacious to explain his words which signify battles between the Sasanoughs and Irish. The Irish word Sasanough signifies an English Protestant and what is difficult to explain whether between the people of the Romish persuasion aginst the other dissenting sects in Ireland or nation against nation is not

wisdom understanding counsel might knowledge righteousness Ver. 11. the Lord shall set his hand the second time Christ to recover the remnant 〈◊〉 p●ople Chap 12 his people will praise him and say behold God is my salvation the Lord Jehovah 〈◊〉 my strength c. Chap 17 verse 6 7 Lord God of Israel man's maker and holy one of Is●ael Verse 10 the God of S●lvation and the Rock Chap 40 ●erse 1. 3. the voice of John the Bap●ist in the wilderne●s ●his worl● p●epa●e the way of the Lord in the 〈…〉 make a straight way for our God Christ Ver. 〈◊〉 all s●●sh shall see it which was God's sanctua●y Christ. v 9. b●● old your God Verse 10 behold the Lord God will come with a strong hand he shall rule his reward is with him his work on earth is 〈◊〉 him Verse 11 he shall 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 like a ●hepherd gather his lambs carry them in his bosom a●d gently lead those that are wi●h young c. Chap. 41 verle 4 Iam the first and the last Verse 13 14 he i● Lord God the Redeemer and holy 〈…〉 Chap. 42 first five verses God speaks of assu●ing fle●h and then says he h●s cr●at●d Heaven and Ea●th and all thing● and gave breath to the peop●e Chap 43 verse 3 I am the Lord God the holy o●e of Is●ael the 〈◊〉 Ver. 〈◊〉 I am he Lord and only Saviour Ve●se 13 before the ●ay was made I am Verse 14 God is Lord Re●eemer and holy one of Israel Vers. 25. I b●●t out transgression and will not remember 〈◊〉 for my own sake Chap. 44 verse 6 I am the Lord the 〈◊〉 of Israel the Re●e●mer 〈◊〉 Lord of Hosts I am 〈…〉 and I am the last a●d b●sides me there is no God Chap. 45 verse 15 God of Is●ael the Sav●●ur Chap. 48 verse 12 〈…〉 I am the 〈◊〉 I also am the 〈◊〉 Verse 17. the Lord Re●e●mer holy one of Israel the Lord God Chap 49. this chapter entirely requ●●es to be expl●in●d out it is suff●cient to say 〈◊〉 the humanity and 〈…〉 to and of each other In verse 26 God concludes saying ●ll fleth shall know that I the Lord am Saviour Redeemer and mighty one of Israel Chap. 50 verse 1 2 3 God speaks in the divinity and in verse 4 5 6 7. c. he speaks in the in●ended humanity and says I gave my back to 〈◊〉 ●miters and my che●ks to them that plucked off the hair I hid 〈◊〉 my face from shame and spi●●ing Ch. ●1 verse 1 he speaks in the divinity and calls himself the rock Chap 53 God calls his humanity Ch●●●● his arm he has no beauty extraordinary but 〈◊〉 in his human form be de●pis●d and ●ej●cted among men a man of sorrows and acq●ainted with g●ief shu●●ed by men and not esteemed he bore manking's grief and sorrow though they believed he was 〈…〉 and afflict●d of God with his sufferings to the end of this chapter Chap 54 verse 5 God sa●s I am Creator Lord of ●●osts Redeemer holy one of Israel and God of the whole earth Jeremiah chap. 2. ver 13 God is the fountain of hving waters Zacariah chap. 12 verse 10. they shall look 〈◊〉 whom they have pierced Having made a few observations out of many from Isaiah the prophet proving God to have become Christ by taking on him human nature and appearing like man it now remains necessary to prove Christ from the doctrines of the new testament to be that same God spoken of in the old by references In the beginning of the new testament and first chapter of Matthew verse 21 22 23 it appears the Virgin Mary was to bring forth a ●on who should save his people from their sins and his name shall be called Emanuel that is God reference to Isaiah c. 1. v. 18. c. 7 v 14. c 43 v. 25 c 44 v. ● Mathew chap. 2 v 1 2 his star in Heaven guided the wise m●n of the East to Jerus●lem to worship Jesus and the● called Jesus King of the Jews a●d worshiped him 〈◊〉 ●● and they fell down and worshiped him Ma●hew c. 3 v 3. John Bap●it●●●id prepare the way of the Lord make his path stra●gh● Refer to Isaiah ch 40. v. 13 in Isaiah Jesus is called G●d Mathew chap. 4. v. 4 man shall ●ve by every word that proceeds out of ●he mou●h of God 〈◊〉 7. Jesus said to the Devil it is written again thou 〈◊〉 not tempt the Lord thy G●d here Jesus calls himself God twice V. 10 the Devil temp●e● J●sus a third time and Jesus grew a●gry and bid him 〈◊〉 and desired him to worship Jesus for he was the Lord God Ch. 7. v 23 Jesus pronounces 〈◊〉 as God Ch. 9. v. 2 Jesus forgive● sins refer to isaiah c 43 v. 25 Mathew c 9 v. 18 a great man wo●ships Jesus C. 12. v. 8 Je●us is Lord of the Sab●th C. 15. v 22 25 the woman said to Jesus have mercy on me O Lord and worshiped him Luke c 2 v. 11. J●sus Christ is Saviour and Lord refer to Isaiah c. 43 v. 3 v. 11. c. 45. v. 15. c 49. v 2● John c. ● in the beginning was the word and the word was God a●l things were made by him and without him was not any thing made in him was life which was light or spiritual knowledge to mankind And the light shined in darkness mankind and the darkness of stubborn man comprehended it not He was the true light he was in the world he created the world and the people of it and they did not know him he came to his own the Jews and his own would not receive him And God the word was made flesh Jesu● a●d dwelt among mankind on earth who behe●d the glo●● of the father in him full of grace and truth Ver. 18 no man hath seen God at any time the only begotten son or human tabernac●e which is in the bosom o● pro●ection of the father hath d●clared him Verse 29. St. John says he takes away the sins of the world V. 33 Jesus baptizes with the Holy Ghost rivers of living water This chapter proves Christ the same God as has been observed from the book of Isaiah the fi●st verse prove● him God or rather the earthy 〈…〉 th●ough The second and third ve●●●s prove him from the beginning to be God the Creator of all things The tenth verse proves J●sus she same God and Creator And in the 14th verse the word God was made fl●sh and lived in the world In the 18th verse the divinity or God was invisi●le speaking in the 〈◊〉 Jesus or Jesus the 〈◊〉 decla●ing God In the 23d ve●se St. John says he is the same God spoken of by Isaiah the P●ophet N●w if he was not God he could not forgive 〈◊〉 nor dispose of the Holy Ghost as he pleased nor create all things nor did he commit sin himself and if he was no● God he would not suffer the people to worship him frequently There is

they are the keys that unlock the doors of Hell propagate industry the arts and sciences travels voyages geography the globes the maps c. among the poor squander God's money in all such employments but let holy writ be always uppermost in your thoughts and the subjects of your conversations when the others are not absolutely necessary become domesticks and ●ay no more ridiculous fashionable vis●ts do not continue to make Gods of your filthy carcases with made dishes Iuscious meats and ●rinks or other vicious extravagancies you must certainly give an account of every shilling you unnecessarily lay out on your persons and families and if contrary to the observations made here and in the new testament th●n the dreadful and intolerable sentence is 〈◊〉 for an endless eternity A Seasonable Hint Dear F●llow Traveller thro' the Wilderness of this World YOU and I must soon appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ and as we may possibly never meet again in this ●if● a 〈◊〉 Hints concerning that most joyful or most awful Event may not be unseasonable The Bible is the word of the living God for all Scrip●ure is given by inspiration of GOD holy men of GOD s●ake and worte as they were move● by the HOLY GHOST The follwing Hints taken from that Divine Book deserve your immediate and most serious consideration The word of GOD assures us that you and I are Sinners for GOD hath n●lu●ed all under Sin There is none that doeth Good and 〈◊〉 not no not one we were even sh●p●n in Iniquity and in Sin did our Mother con●●ive us Another awful Truth contained in Scripture is that the wages of Sin is Hell and that it is appointed unto all men once to a●e and after Death the Iudgment that heart searching judgment where not an action in your life not a word of your tongue nor a thought of your heart will escape the notice of that JESUS who will be the Judge of both the quick and the dead then the righteous and the wicked will recei●● according to the Things done in the Body whether 〈◊〉 be good or evil The righteous shall go away into everlasting Life but the wicked will be ●ast down to Hell to be tormented with Devils and damned Spirits for ever and ever Oh how dreadful will that be to you and m● if thro' our Sins we should come into that ●lace of torment I would further ●int to you that the blessed GOD hath manifested his grace and love and hath shewn his tender pity and compassion in giving his dear Son the LORD JESUS CHRIST to be a REDEEMER and SAVIOUR of poor lost Sinners that JESUS is both God and Man in one Divine Person that he might be able to save the very worst of Sinners who come unto GOD thro' him His blood was shed on the cro●s for your Redemption from Sin Death and Hell His spotless Righteousness was wrought out for your eternal justification if you indeed and in Truth believe in him He obeyed the Law of GOD in your room and 〈◊〉 and be died that you might not die eternally and is that glorious SUN of RIGHTEOUSNESS that will arise and shine upon his People for ever and ever In order to your saving Knowledge of JESUS CHRIST your having ●aith in him and a living Union with him a very great change must pass in your heart and li●e This change is the peculiar work o● the HOLY GHOST and is called in Scripture RE●ENERATION or the NEW BIRTH Except a Man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God You know that this divine Change manifests itself by a heart deeply humbled under a sense of Sin and an earnest desire after Salvation It further shews itself by a discovery of JESUS CHRIST as a suitable compassionate and all ●ufficient Saviour and by a holy life and conversation To them that believe CHRIST is percious He is the Chief among ten thousand and altogether lovely Oh is he ●o to you and me ●xamine your heart daily on this weighty Question Do you know JESUS CHRIST Do you love him Are you devoted to him and do you put all your trust in him If you do you are happy If not your condition is most miserable L●t me beseech you by the mercies of GOD by the Love of JESUS and by the worth of your precio●s Soul that you earnestly pray O! my Heavenly FATHER forgive my Sins and ●eveal thy dear SON in me blessed JESUS let me be redeemed by thy Blood and clothed with thy Righteousness Oh! holy and blessed SPIRIT ●anctify my heart be in me a Spirit of frequent and fervent prayer Give me faith in JESUS CHRIST Teach me to love him and give me Grace to grow like him and make me what thou wouldst have me to be Guide me by thy counsel and fit me for thy Glory Let me beg of you my dear to give up your heart to these Things that we may meet in Heaven and be for ever with the LORD I conclude with intreating you most affectionately to consider these things directly Life is uncertain DEATH JUDGMENT HEAVEN and HELL are at hand and are awful Things devote your time to seek an interest in JESUS CHRIST as your SAVIOUR and REDEEMFR ask and you shall re●●ive seek and you shall find kno●k and it shall be opened unto you That the Lord may bless these hints to your Soul is the earnest Prayer of your hearty well-wisher For JESUS ' sake CHRISTIANUS The Quaker's Advice AS I have often in passing along the streets and highways heard the Most Sacred Name very profane●y made use of both by men and women and many grievously calling for damnation on themselves and one on another my heart has been and is deeply afflicted t●ereat and therefore I beseech you in the Name of JESUS CHRIST do not defile your Souls which are dear and precious by any wilful sin and amongst other things do not ta●e the Holy Name of God in vain for the Lord will not hold him or her guiltless that taketh his holy Name in vain GOD is willing to save you why should any of you lose and destroy yourselves Observe this attentively for notwithstanding all that the LORD has done and is d●ing for us such as die in their sins where he is gone they can never come Abstain from drunkenness and all excess and from every appearance of evil love one another as JESUS CHRIST hath loved you apply yourselves to the witness of God within you which reproves you for evil submit to and obey its holy manifestations and discoveries and it will do much more for you than a●● you can hear from any man This witness of GOD is the word of his Grace even the word of Life the Holy Ghost which is able to save your souls In the love of the Gospel I invite you all to come and taste how good and merciful the LORD is towards all those that return to him with their whole hearts If you

are such a one who can through an ill habit and bad custom curse swear and do any other bad action almost without reproof or feeling though your case be so desperate there is yet mercy with God that he may be feared and I advise you to endeavour to be still a few minutes in the morning when you awake before you rise up and then think seriously with yourself thus I have not given my being to myself I am accountable to the Author and Creator of it and this day He the LORD of all will take notice of all my actions this day he will hear all my Words this day he will know all my thoughts and at a certain time yet unknown to me when my soul must give him a full account I am not without some degree of hope that such serious reflections may be conducive to raise desires like these Oh! that I may be watchful Oh! that I may sin no more as long as I live For we must cease to do evil before we can learn to do well Therefore silence before the LORD and attention to his reproofs of instruction in your own heart which are the way to life are the first steps to come to CHRIST and to be made a real Christian. Self Enquiries for Every Morning 1. Was God in my thoughts at lying down and ●ising up and were the thoughts of him sweet and refreshing to my soul 2. In what frame is my heart this morning Do I admire the goodness of God in the last night's Sleep and for adding more time to my life and am I heartily thankful 3. Can I r●ally commit myself and all my affairs to God this day to be guided by his counsel and protected and provided for by his care and to be entirely at his disposal 4. Am I resolved to speak for God and his Glory and in the strength of Christ will I n●ither be afraid ashamed nor weary of well-doing 5. Am I a child of God and an heir of Glory and does the Spirit of God testify that I am born again If I am God's child should I not wear the garments of righteousness and take heed of defiling myself with sin should I n●t do more than others 6. Who is the greatest deceiver if my heart should I not be jealous and watchful over it where are the greatest dangers and m●st p●rnicious mistakes if in so●l concerns should I not venture the loss of all things rather than lose my precious never-dying soul 7 Who are my most implacable powerful and soul-destroying Enemies but the World the Flesh and the Devil and should I no● w●●ch and be sober so as neither to idoli●e the 〈◊〉 pamper the second nor listen to the third 8 Who is or can be my best Friend but God And should I not fear his displeasure more than death desire his favour more than life and thro' all this day love honour and obey him 9. Where is the greatest vanity and vexation but in the World And should I not live above it 〈◊〉 not Godliness the greatest gain and should I not make it my chiefest business 10. What is my heavenly work but to Strive R●● W●estle Fight and can ● do all this withou● Care Dilige●ce and Watchfulness 11. Whose eyes will be upon me all this day to observe my head and heart my Lip and Life but his who is the Judge of all the Earth And dare I Sin in his presence and affront him to his Face 12. If I should spend this day in Vanity Idleness or Sin will it not be sorrow●ul at night if I spend it holily and p●ofitably shall I not pray with greater confidence lie down more peacefully and have 〈◊〉 ●estimony of a good conscience for my rejoicing 13 How would I have this day appear at the day of Judgment Ought not my Though●s Words and Actions to be such now as I 〈◊〉 then wish them to have been 14. How may I this day order my secular business with most prudence and wisdom integrity and upligh●ness and for my real advantage 15. Am I now fit to draw nigh to God in pray●● and can I seek first and as my chief concern the Kingdom of God and his righteousness 16. Am I now willing to take Christ alone for righteousness and to devote all my time and 〈◊〉 to him And to offer him praise continually Self Enquiries for every Evening 1. What have I done this day for God and his Glory what can I look back upon with comfo●● 2. In what frame hath my heart been all this day Have I more desired heavenly or earthly things hath my jo●s been more in God and in the hopes of ●uture Glory than in worldly Riches Honours or Pleasures was my g●●ef more for sin or for the troubles of Li●e Have I more derived comfort from the broken cis●erns of created good or from God the living fountain 3. What were m● intentions Have I been sincere and maintained a conscience void of off●●c● towards God and towards man Did I eat and drink pray and converse to the Glory of Ged or was Self ●ppermost in all 4. What spiritual duties have I performed this day Did I regard the manner as well as the ma●●er and do them from conscience not from custom Did I pray servently and ●ead and m●ditate so as to affect my heart 5. How faithful diligent and care●ul have I been in my place and calling And have there been no idle hours in the day 6. What has been my company this day What good have I done them or received from them Did ● reprove exhort and strengthen encourage comfort and w●rn as the matter required 7. How have I bo●●e the crosses and troubles of the day Did I neither despise them nor saint under them neither entert●in hard thoughts of God nor utter rash words against him 8. What were my temptations this day was I easi●y d●awn into Sin or restrained and overawed by God's all-seeing eye merciful heart or a●enging hand What convict●on merey or warning did I sin against and have I repented of my sin 9. What were my enjoyments and how was my hear●●ffected under them Was I affected with the goodness of God to me in my health ●riends and estate and unfeignedly thankful for them 10. What have I learned this day have I got more heart-affecting knowledge of God and of his Glory and of myself and of my sins Of this word and that which is to come 11. What have I remembered of the word of God whether read or heard Was any 〈◊〉 sweet 〈◊〉 my soul and did I by ●aith make any promise my ow● Did any particular precept 〈…〉 12. What graces have I 〈…〉 have I lived by ●ai●h loved God and 〈…〉 for Chr●st have I had 〈◊〉 to God the 〈◊〉 as my 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 to 〈…〉 saviour 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 and to the holy 〈◊〉 as my 〈◊〉 strength and com●o●●er 13 Have I been suitably affected with the 〈◊〉 or miseries of others