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A35684	Pelecanicidium, or, The Christian adviser against self-murder together with a guide and the pilgrims passe to the land of the living : in three books.	Denny, William, Sir, 1603 or 4-1676.; Barlow, Francis, 1626?-1702.	1653 (1653)	Wing D1051; ESTC R22350	177,897	342

need of cure himself Have a care of an Ignis fatuus a false Light That seems a spirit too That Vapour may lead thee to thy great hazard into Ditches and Waters Into dangerous Opinions into a multitude of Errors into a boundless Flood of sorrows into the bottomless pit of Despaire Hast thou as thou thinkest an intollerable burthen upon thy Soul Hast thou a grievous load upon thy Conscience Some sin that makes it all darkness within thee That thou canst neither hold up head to heavily offended Heaven nor open thy Mouth to say so much as one Lord have mercy upon me 'T is very sad with thee indeed The dumbe spirit hath taken too much possession in thee of thee Or is thy Melancholy senseless Thou know'st not why nor what directly t is that troubles thee Thou art neither sick nor well Thy Soul has a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an evil habit a strange indisposition Go to a learned Doctor no Mountebanke Go to a true and lawful Minister of Christ an Orthodoxe Divine He will pray for thee He will teach thee to pray He will pray with thee And if through his own imperfections as who lives without them he cannot cure thee he will shew thee the way he will bring thee to the Master to blessed Iesus who both can relieve thee and will help thee Go to thy Saviour Distrust not Go to him by prayer He will ask thee for that which he gives thee Faith And he will give it in full measure for thy Asking Call then to Him in thy Heart And he will open thy Mouth Cry to him He delighteth to hear thee loud But have thine eyes a Drought Hath Lust dri'd up thy Springs Look towards him that is the Rock and He will cause those Rocks to flow with waters Who looks upon the Sun does melt his Eyes He will hear thee that sees thy miserie and will shew it thee that he may recover thee Till thou know'st thou beest sick thou art not fit for cure If thou canst not come of thy self take good counsel to bring thee to Christ Read the Scriptures Hear his Ministers And he will dispossess thee Thy Body should be the Temple of the Holy Ghost The House of God The House of Prayer How comes it Then that it is made A Den of Theeves yet be of good comfort They shall be cast out What though the Evil spirit tear thee at parting with pain with loss with sorrow with fear And leaves thee as dead in Despaire What though the World forsake thee And leave thee And leave thee Dead in it's Opinion What though thou beest scorned What though reviled What though a very Abject A Thing not reckoned among the Living neither worth Notice nor Use Be comforted Thou art nearest thy Remedy when thou thinkest not of it Pray and the evil Spirit is commanded from thee He must Out though he cry though he Roar at parting he shal be banish'd from thee that endanger'd thee to the fire to Hell fire to damnation that tempted thee to self-Murther by poysons to flame in thy bloud by a Halter to give thee a Desperate Convulsion by offering thee Death in the Waters in Rivers in Ponds in Wells upon the edge of Knives upon the Points of Poniards he thought and sought to surprize thee when thou wert alone When thou thoughtst that God had forsaken thee and all thy friends had left thee Be of good comfort Christ that begins the Cure wil perfect it Christ taketh thee by the Hand he lifteth thee up and then thou risest indeed to Life to the Life of Practice to the life of a good Conversation He takes thee by the Hand by thy promise of amendment of Life by thy new undertaking He that is the Life raiseth thee from thy former kind of dying He becomes thy Resurrection from sin from death to newness of life to Life in him whereby thou shalt partake Glory him Hast thou been posse'st with a Spirit of fulnesse of Prosperity A Spirit dumb to Thanks-giving Hast thou been posse'st with a Spirit of Covetuousness A Spirit dumb to Alms-giving Hast thou been posse'st with a Spirit of Oppression A Spirit dumb to Relieving and Deaf to the cries of the Poor A tearing Spirit that rendeth the Possessions of others as well as the possessed Hast thou been posse'st with a Spitit of Lust and Idleness that Lulleth all sins in her Bosom A Spirit dumb and deaf to the Invitation in the Gospel that either hinders thee by excuses or delayes thee from coming to the Feast Hast thou been posse'st with a Spirit of Drunkennesse Excesse and Uncleannesse A dumb Spirit that cannot speak Thou maust have Fasting joyned to Prayer or there is no way to cast him out Against his Uncleanness Fasting against his Fury Prayer Thou seest then thy certain benefit thy Remedy at hand the easie way to 't 't is but Ask and have Pray and it shall be given unto you In all thy distresses therefore in any anxiety of mind in any grief of heart in any trouble of thought in any calamity Pray Wud'st thou have Peace of Conscience Pray Wud'st thou have accesse to God Pray Wud'st thou have comfort in Afflictions Wud'st thou have joy in Tribulations Pray Wud'st thou possess thy soul in patience Pray Wud'st thou have thy patience teach thee Experience Pray Wud'st thou have Experience bring forth Hope Pray Then shalt thou finde that hope which is grounded upon Gods love which he shewed in sending his Son to dye for thee who wer 't unable to raise thy self that wer 't dead in sin and unworthy of his Love in being his Enemy Then he openeth the Charter to thee whereby thou holdest all these Graces which is a Reconciliation with God procured and purchased for thee by the Merits of Jesus Christ. Then art not thou amazed when thou beholdest thy Misery by the Fall of Adam who transgressed the Law of Nature before the Promulgation of the Law of Moses Nor is thy Faith cast down without hope at the sight of thy former committed offences c. never so Enormous Transgressions Thy Prayer begges Remission through Christ thy Faith layes hold upon Gods Mercie who sent his Son to be a Propitiation for thy sins He that took away the guilt of sin took away the strength of it Abuse not then Gods Mercy in sinning the more Nay sin no more lest a worse thing come unto the. Since God is so merciful to forgive misuse not thou the forgiveness of His Mercy Have a care that thou leapest not from Despair to Presumption Pray therefore Lest thou enter into or be overcome by Temptation Pray oft Not long Premeditate Consider before what Throne thou goest Babble not Lest thou addest to thy sins by thy Prayers and so thy Aqua vita that should refresh thee become thy Aqua fortis toeat out thy bowels such Coloquintid in the Pot will make thy pottage thy poyson lest that which should be thy

a while intimate cheerfulness after prayer Some rest is not in vaine No long continuance in prayer at a time by reason of the weakness of Nature Whereupon The Guide takes occasion to baite and the Author in his sixth Canto concludes his second Book MORAL VI. NO such means of relief to a Christian in distress as prayer No such supplier of wants No such obtainer of blessings A voice out of time is as the Crying of Swine and a prayer without Devotion as the Braying of Asses Ask not counsel of Religion of him that is without Religion nor of Justice of him that hath no Justice nor of a woman touching her of whom she is jealous nor of a coward in matters of war nor of a Merchant concerning Exchange nor of a Buyer for the sale nor of an envious man touching thankefulness nor of the unmerciful touching kindness nor of an unhonest man of honesty nor of the slothful for any labour nor of an hireling for the Finishing of a work nor of an idle servant for much business Christ's example is the only Needle to direct thy Compass As he did as he bade so pray For the power of prayer is above conception and its effects beyond understanding What sayes Saint Gregory Talis requirendus est ad orandum qui sit idoneus ad placendum quia cum is qui displicet ad intercedendum mittitur irati animus ad deteriorem provocatur It is requisit for him that meanes to intreat to be so qualified that he be fit to please Lest when he that is distasted come to interceed he be so far from obtaining what he desires that the person formerly offended be more incensed to a greater wrath and a deeper displeasure Since he has said so well let us take his Opinion again Quisquis pro aliis intercedere nititur sibi potius ex charitate suffragatur pro semetipso tanto citius exaudiri meretur quum magis devote pro aliis intercedit Who earnestly beggs a pardon for another doth strongly give his Voice for his own His own Language deserves so much the sooner a Grant for himself by how much he was the stronger pleader for another Let us minde Saint Ambrose Multi minimi dum congregantur unanimes sunt magni multorum preces impossibile est contemni A Quiver of Arrows are not easily broken and a Volley of Prayers that are unanimous do peirce even Heaven it Self PROSPECT IV. THe Necromancer by strong spell Fancies he conjures Feinds from Hell And in his figur'd Circle stands Acting his horrid thought-Commands And at the waving of his Rod Conceives himself a petty God While he blasphemes chang'd Beelzebub Deludes the Herc'les courts his Club And seems to flatter what he sayes When horridly he counter prayes Of much Obedience makes a Show Though come from Aire does rise below Such Arts as Hell 's Lawes wont condemn But there 's a race that 's spawn'd from them Whom Satan in a craftier way Has taught to conjure when they pray Blaspheming in prophaned Rounds While black Art rives the Scripture-Grounds How else can any Teacher say All 's well for now we need not pray Expunging the most Sacred Text And if not pray Then judgement 's next Then pray continually Mark how And what Oft Rashness spoiles a Vow Avoid wrath So Lest Vengeance come And take up Prayer's too empty Roome CONSOLATORY ESSAY VI. THe Subject is Divine It is of Prayer Why not Our Essay also But this might raise the Question why plus ultra T is the Task of A Divine Too many indeed are Intruders and Defilers of sacred Things What though Is it not the work of a Christian to understand the Excellency of so Holy and Necessary a Duty not for his own Practice onely but upon occasion for the Benefit of Others But is there not somewhat that may adde more strength to such a Scruple the Supra sphaeram of the penman All this acknowledged and his Veneration of the Holy Scriptures with Reverence to the Sacred Function rightly derived in the Apostolical Church and sit Honour rendred to The Learned at whose Feet he hath been educated herein owning his own Imbecillity and not ashamed to publish His own Infirmities that God may any way by his unworthiness be glorified In all humility He conceiveth that his chief Intention in This Undertaking being pious and not assuming it will stand in stead of an Apology to the Judicious and be accepted with a smooth Brow by the Best Devoted Yea since his prime aime was as well to comfort the Afflicted to whom his Experience and Compassion is as well akin as his Nature as to strengthen himself with Gods Grace implored by such a Meditation He apprehendeth none can count him opinionate seeing he vieweth his own Face in the same Glass If the Lord out of his own Infinite Goodness and Mercy hath pleased to call so sinful and undeserving a Creature home to himself and hath brought that neglected Talent into the light which he so graciously hath bestowed upon him he doubteth not but the most Religious and most learned Understandings will if not encourage yet cover his not willful though peradventure accidental Errors when such shall appear under the Wisedome as well as the Charity of their Venerable Robes Yet this he may he hopeth safely because truly and not immodestly affirme that were his Imbecillity much more then it is what he hath received is infinitely above his merit and his way of Thankfulness exceedingly surpasseth his Understanding What he hath he hath received from the most Excellent and most gracious Hand of Divine Bounty and therefore accounteth himself highly obliged in Nature and Conscience according to his bounden Duty to endeavour to his utmost power to set forth His Praise and to communicate what Blessing soever is bestowed upon him to the benefit of his Neighbour He that is the giver of All Good Things many times raiseth what is contemptible in it self the vile the abject things of this World for the greater Publication of his Power and Mainfestation of His Glory He can make Waters flow from the Tooth of a Iaw-bone The Fear of the Lord is the Begining of knowledge of Wisdom When Our Saviour came down from the Mount from Tabor where he was transfigured when he came to his Disciples saith Saint Mark He saw a great Multitude about them and the Scribes disputing with them And straightway all the people when they beheld him were amazed and ran to him and saeluted him c. And Saint Matthew renders it And when they were come to the Multitude there came unto him a certain man and kneeled down to him c. Saint Luke thus And it came to pass the next day as they came down from the Mountain much people met him And behold a Man of the Company cryed out saying Master c. Sure there 's matter of no small weight business of much importance something of great moment where there is