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Lemmata meditationum, or, The contents of a few religious meditations given as directive and incentive to that invaluable duty / by Philo-Jesus Philo-Carolus.
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Philo-Carolus, Philo-Jesus.
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much (b) Pro. 7.21 fair speech do cause me to yield with the flattering of their lips they force me But when they draw me from thy Book oh my Book I find my going after them is just a meer oxes going to the slaughter and a fools to the correction of the stocks Other books (c) Pro. 25.14 boast in Title pages of false gifts and are meer clouds and wind without rain but thine gives good and (d) Jam 1.17 perfect gifts coming down from the Father of lights (e) Pro. 23.35 They have stricken me with reproofs and 〈◊〉 was not sick they have beaten me with inculked rebukes and my conscience felt it not but in thy word the (f) Mar. 26.75 Cocks crow so loud that they will make one go out of â—â—n (g) Luk 22 62. and weep bitterly that one can go out no further The word (h) Mal. 3.2 is a Refiners fire and suffers some cleansing inside and out Theirs maketh Scribes and Pharisees painted sepulchres but no (i) Joh. 1.49 true Israelites in whom there is no guile (k) Isa 5.12 the harp and the viol are in their feasts the tabret and pipe of the excellency of mans wisedom pleasing words and tinkling cymbals But thy Book gives (l) Can. 15.1 the myrrh with spice the honey with the honey-comb the wine with milk Oh my God thou hast made great (m) Psal 136.8 9. lights in thy word the Sun the Moon the Stars of precepts promises and providences else would this world be (n) Joh 10.21 22 a land of darkness and the shadow of death A land of darkness as hells darkness it self of the shadow of death without any order and where the light would be as darkness Some deal with thy word as (o) Ru. 1.14 16. Orpah with Naomi go some part of the way with her kiss her and then leave her But oh may my soul as Ruth's cleave to it and for ever say Whither thou goest I will go where thou lodgest I will lodge thy wayes shall be my wayes and thy God shall be my God (p) psal 145.10 11 12 14 15. All thy works do praise thee O Lord and thy Saints do bless thee they speak sweetly of the glory of thy Kingdom and talk of thy power but 't is thy word makes known to the sons of men thy mighty Acts of Creation and Redemption and the glorious Majesty of thy Kingdom 'T is thy word upholds all them that fall and raises up those that be bowed down Out of thy word thou givest the best meat to them whose eyes wait upon thee Thy gracious providences often make me cry out (q) psal 136.1 10 15 16 O give thanks to the Lord for he is good But 't is thy Word onely makes me add His mercy endureth for ever For why 'T is by thy Word that thou smitest Aegyptian lusts in their first-born and overthrowest reigning sins and their hosts of snares and temptations in the Sea of thy grace red with the Bloud Royal of thy Son 'T is by thy Word thou leadest thy people through the valley of sin ond sorrow into the heavenly Canaan 'T is thy Word that in the wilderness of this world (r) Psa 105.41 opens very rocks that waters gush out yea (s) Psal 107.35 that turns my part of this wilderness into a standing pool of mercies and my dry ground into water springs 11. A Soliloquy with the Soul about its sloth O My soul my soul (z) Pro. 2.6 16. 'T is in thy own conceit That such a sluggard as thou is wiser than seven men that can render a reason Dost think it enough as (a) Mat. 9.20 the woman with the bloody Flux only to come behind Christ and touch the hem of his garment Hers was a Flux of Blood thine of such sins as made a Flux of Christs Blood Her disease but of Twelve years thine of almost twice twelve for thou wast conceiv'd in it (b) Mat 9.21 As she said of Christ darest thou say of Christian Religion If I may but touch its garment I shall be whole If not why standest thou idle hath not God sent thee to hotter work (c) Mar. 6.8 9 7. Is this like a Disciple of Christ to be projecting for scrip bread money in thy purse and two coats and not be caring for power of thy unclean spirit and being shod with the sandals of the Gospel Art thou my soul the Bethlehem wherein Christ is born or the Sodom wherein pride idleness and fulness of bread reigns (d) Pro 21.25 The desire of the slothful Christian to be saved damns him because his hands refuse to abound in the work of the Lord. (e) Mat. 19.20 All these things have I kept from my youth up was the word of an hypoorite and very likely an Apostate 'T is another diligence (f) 2 Pe 1.10 ensures Election and secures from falling Be not (g) Jam 1.22 Jam. 1.21 deceiv'd oh my soul with vain words It is the doing Christian onely that undoes not himself A mans own words are not as God's able to save his soul Salvation must be (h) Phil 2.12 work'd not talk'd out Examine thy self prove thy self oh my soul for knowest thou not that great industry is in thee (i) 2 Go 13.5 except thou beest a reprobate Not to do well or (k) Gal 6. to be weary of well doing is a manifest token of God's being weary of thee and thy being so of him and every such (l) Heb. 10.38 drawing back finally persisted in is to perdition ' Tell not me there is a lion or singularity in the way a lion of censoriousness in the streets I shall be bit Thou must be so but who can help it If Christ (m) Mal 10 16 25. will send forth his Disciples in the midst of lions and wolves 't is so much the better for you if you are bit soundly you will be the more like your Master (n) Heb 10. The sacrifice of thy fame the offering the burnt-offering of it on this account is such as God will not despise but has pleasure in Men indeed and of repute for piety too many won't endure (o) 2 Ti 4.3 sound doctrine much less convincing conversation But God will have us do more (p) Mat 5.47 than others either do or allow us to do Oh my soul look right before thee Were it not better that men should say to thee and thy graces Why do ye more than others by way of accusation than that Christ when he comes should say What do ye more than others by way of condemnation Christ (q) Mat 7.29 Read the four Evangelists thy Doctor teaches not as the Scribes but as one having authority Don't thou live as the Scribes but as one having activity Christ thy Saviour did and suffered nothing but miracles for thee double miracles to wit because he did
in my worst fits being sure of this (x) La. 3. I am a living man And 't is meet for the (y) Isa 38.10 living to praise thee not complain of thee But oh my God my God I pray thee for time to come let that word of Truth by which 〈…〉 (z) Jam 1.18 begat'st me and of a stone dead imp madest me a child to Abraham Feed my (a) 1 Pe 2.2 Babie graces and comforts with its sincere milks and be within me a word of Life Amen Amen 8. A Soliloquy with God about his Threatnings OH my God I have thought That 't is not for indisturbed Professors (b) Pro. 31.4 5 6 7. to drink too much of the wine of the promises and that least they drink and forget the Law its direction and ob igation I have judg'd the strong drink of thy promises to belong to him that is ready to perish and their wines to them that are of feeble hearts that they may drink and not forget but redress their poverty by Christ's wealth and consider That in him they shall feel their misery no more Now thou knowest I am one of that wretched number of men who are setled on their lees and that too often say (c) Zep. 1.12 The Lord will not do good (d) Deu 24.19 neither will he do evil Oh my God thou knowest I have blest my self in my heart saying I shall have peace though I walk in the imagination of my heart I have not been (e) Jer. 48.11 emptied from vessel to vessel neither have I gone into the swift captivity of the Gospel My taste has remain'd in me and my scent has not been chang'd so setled have I been on my lees Oh my God I need that word of thine which is quick and powerful (f) Heb. 4.12 sharper than any two edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit I need some of its faithful (g) Pro. 27.6 wounds which will do me infinitely more good than all the (h) Pro. 28.23 deceitful kisses which my presumption will never be able to fasten on thy sweetest promises Oh correct me with them withhold them not from my soul for if thou beatest me with them I sha not die Whatever the minds of others are Lord thou shalt beat me with thy (i) Pro. 23.13 14. rod of threatnings and deliver my soul from the hell of self-liking and self-applauding I dare not say to thy richest promises (k) Job 6.22 23. bring unto me or give me reward of your rich substance or deliver me from the enemies hand redeem me from the hand of the Almighty without first saying to thy threatnings O ye just statutes upon my hardness of heart and all my wicked lusts (l) Psal 11.6 rain ye fire brimstone and horrible tempest Bring upon them that shut out my peace (m) 2 Pe 1. a swift destruction for I am sure before such their destruction the heart of man will be haughty O Lord without this passing through the fire of thy threatnings I find when I do my best my hope is cut off and my trust is but (n) Job 〈…〉 a spiders web Thy justice conspicuous in thy treats being as needfull to keep me from presumption as the mercy in thy promises to keep me from despair Oh my God I love thy book the better for thy threats because I find they are the harbingers of the promises and Laws to the world The world cries out (o) Joh. 6.6 They are hard sayings who can bear them I esteem them soft and gentle in every thing saving their objects to whom they are denounced and they are (p) Ro. 2.5 heart-hearted indeed Thou oh my God their authour art a God (q) Ex. 34.6 of grace thy end in giving them is (r) 2 Ti. 1.9 gracious their effects on honest hearts are gracious but to the hard-hearted all things are hard It 's true they bruise but (s) Gen 3.15 a sinners heel even while they bruise sins head if they do give us stripes those stripes are gifts for with them we are (t) Isa 53.5 heal'd they never cutting open any more than an orifice for the oyl of thy promises to come in at I know for the grace of the promises lips and the (u) Can 1.2 savour of their good ointment the virgins foolish as well as wise love them and follow them But oh my God thou (x) Mat. 25.12 knowest thy holy promises will not give that which is holy unto dogs or dogged snarlers at thy righteous treats they won't cast their pearls unto swine (y) Mat 7.6 7. They may ask and conceit it is given them they may seek and fancy they find divine puri ie and peace but a lie is in their right hand (z) Eccl 4.12 and their three fold cords of ignorance errour and pride are easily broken sometimes with mans but ever with Gods judgement which hath made me chuse (a) Heb 11.25 rather to suffer the humiliations and breakings of thy threats than to enjoy such kind of pleasures of heaven it self as are but for a season Oh my God I find within me that which is sweetly drawn to thee with the (b) Hos 11.4 cords of a man and the bands of love But I also find within me that which were not (c) Jer. 23.19 thy word A hammer it could never beat any good into me If thou onely (d) Can 1.5 drawest thy spiritual part with thy promises it will run after thee but my carnal part is not made willing to stoop but in the (e) Psal 110. power of thy forcive Threats (f) Mar 16.16 He that believes shall be saved will animate the Law of my mind but 't is he that believes not shall be damn'd that will break in pieces (g) Ro. 7.23 the Law of my Members I thank thee oh my God for such (h) Zec 2.5 a wall of Fire round about my graces and duties The Law is a defence and the promises are (i) Eccl 7.12 a defence against the weakness of Grace But these Threats are the defence against the streng th of corruption Ten Laws and ten promises won't (k) Deu 32.30 chase a thousand lusts but Two of these will put ten thousand to flight Oh my God Thy promises do lead many but thy Threatnings (l) 2 Co 10.5 drive every thought to the obedience of thy Son (m) Lu 19.27 even those that would not that he should reign over them These rods of iron rule those my Rebels whose (n) 1 Sa 15.23 rebellion is as the sin of witchcrast they are the rod which with the staffe ef thy Laws and Promises do exceedingly (o) Psa 23.4 comfort me If I say That I the chief of sinners have no sin I deceive my self and if I say whilst I have sin (p) 1 Jo 1.8 I am so whole