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A24695 Considerations and exhortations to the serious and religious observation of the Lent-fast, enjoined by authority humbly proposed in tendency to promote a reformation of manners in the debauched age we live in / by P. A., Gent. P. A., Gent. 1700 (1700) Wing A23; ESTC R19145 9,433 18

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make us the more to love God and our Neighbour and to have a greater Fervency and Zeal for all Christian Duties especially those of this Time of Lent and herein to exceed our Adversaries the Romanists for else they with their more corrupted Christianity will condemn us for our Abuse of our better Christianity we enjoy Now let us say to our selves every one of us O what a blessed and hapyy Advantage have I by this Opportunity now offer'd unto me by the Care of my Indulgent Mother the Church of England in appointing and constituting this Holy Fast of Lent for the Consideration and Examination of my Heart and all my Ways repenting of and confessing my Sins and obtaining Pardon for them and making of my Peace with God of renewing my Vows and Resolutions of Amendment of pouring forth my fervent and frequent Prayers and therein may endeavour after the mortifying my Passions Appetites and Lusts of quickening my Graces of consulting a Spiritual Guide of my Soul and that I may be conformed to the Image of the Blessed Jesus in Holiness and thereby to be insured of my Eternal Happiness by participating of the Holy Sacrament of his Body and Blood at the end of this Holy Fast How unworthy shall I be if I neglect to perform those Christian Duties required of me I will not slight or neglect them I will religiously spend my Time in diligent Examination of all my Sins repenting of them confessing and bewailing them and so make my firm Resolutions of Amendment I will certainly cast them off with abhorrence and detestation I will be serious and wise I will Fast and learn now to deny my sensual Appetites and Lusts and then pray earnestly to God for his Grace and Spirit which he hath promised to them that earnestly beg it of him to enable me in my Christian Combat against all my Enemies the World the Flesh and the Devil I will dispense my Alms liberally according to my Ability I will use my utmost endeavour to lay a Foundation in my Soul of the Fear and Love of God of solid Peace to my Soul and Mind and Conscience of sincere Piety and Vertue And by this means making this Holy Time of Lent a time of Traffick for my Souls Concerns and Necessities and thus answering the End of this Holy Fast for which it was design'd by the Church and then ply my Devotions and make use among others of that Prayer of a worthy Divine most excellent and comprehensive viz. GRant me most merciful God a fervent Zeal to desire such things as are most acceptable to thee and a faithful diligence to search after them give me wisdom to find them and thy grace to accomplish them to the praise and glory of thy holy Name Direct thou my Life that I may have both knowledge will and power always to do that which is most pleasing to thee and most expedient for my own soul Let my way to thee O Lord be sure streight and perfect that neither adversity nor prosperity make me fall away from thee that I be not puft up with pride with the one nor driven down into despair with the other but for the one give thanks and be with the other armed with patience that I may rejoyce in nothing but that which approacheth near to thee my blessed Jesus nor sorry for any thing but that which withdraweth me from thee that I desire to please or displease none but thee and for thee that all transitory things may for thy sake be of no reputation with me and whatsoever is agreeable to thy will may be delightful to mine and thou my God above all things that I may have no joy besides thee nor desireof any thing but thee Let all labour delight me that is taken for thee and all ease be unpleasant that is without thee make me lift up my heart often to thee and when I forget thee give me grace to call to mind my sins with sorrow and full purpose of amendment Grant that I may be obedient without contradiction patient without murmuring pure without corruption humble without counterfeiting chearful without levity sad without dejection true without doubleness fearing thee without despair To do good works but not to presume telling my neighbour his fault without flattery instructing him both by word and example without scorning or taunting Grant me most loving Lord a watchful mind which no worldly thought may divert from thee a constant spirit which no evil affection or wicked suggestion may withdraw from thee a heart so stable that no trouble may overcome me and so free from vice that sin may challenge no place in me Grant me O Lord understanding to know thee wisdom to find thee conversation to please thee that I may faithfully persevere in loving thee to the end and finally ever enjoy thee And in respect of thy most grievous Pains suffered upon the Cross for me that I may willingly suffer penance and all tribulation for thee Give me O Lord thy grace in this transitory life and in the world to come make me partaker of the reward and heavenly joy through the precious Blood of that Immaculate Lamb our only Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ To whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost Three Persons and One God be all Honour and glory World without end Amen And considering we live in an Age that the World is become so much Knave as one speaks that it is a Crime to be Honest although the wise Heathens accounted Honesty the greatest Good and the only Good and that Truth and Honesty seems to be fled to Heaven and that Interest and Profit governs all let us not forget in our Prayers earnestly to beg of God that they may return among us and that Old England's Honesty may come once again in repute among us which caused Men to think that Sola honesta utilia i. e. That only honest things are profitable So that one Ounce of Honesty was of more worth than a Pound of Cunning And let us cry out with that wise Heathen Seneca O quantum mali est nimium subtilitatis O what a great mischief is too much Cunning And may I make this further Addition to the former Discourse being very pertinent to it and what a worthy Author discourses to us viz. That the great Er●and of our coming into the World is but to prepare our selves for a better and that all the Business of a Parish Priest or Minister is not confined to the Pulpit but that there is other Business if the People would think of it wherein to employ Men of that Profession To tell you what I mean saith he not in mine own but his expressions who knew better what belong'd to the Court of Conscience meaning the worthy Prelate Bishop Andrews who in his Eighth Sermon of Repentance and Fasting saith I take it to be a great Error to think the Fruits of Repentance and the worth of them to be a matter any