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Man's monitor, or, The free-school of virtue; holding forth the duties required and sins forbidden in the two tables of the law. In easie English vers [sic]. Fit to bee implanted in the memories of all Christian children. / By W. Barton preacher of God's word at North-winfield in Darby-shire.
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Barton, William
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Wing B1002A; ESTC R172281
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thy Master's Exposition And chiefly that which suit 's with thy Condition As first abandon negligence and sloth Abhor a lie and tremble at an oath Shun Faith and Troth by ' r Lady and the Mass 'T is sin and shame to let such speeches pass Shun quarrelling lest passion should bee stir'd And scorn to give the least opprobrious word To hear some foul-mouth'd Brats would make one gather The unclean spirit were their ghostly father Never imploy thy wits to scoff and jeer Nor let thy pen in wanton works appear The Ribauld Poët is a sordid Swine Because his Art should make him all Divine With honest Recreations whet thy wit But let no baseness prompt or poyson it The lord of Misrule with his sports uncivil Is fit to make a Bearward for the Divel Esteem of Sundayes not for sport and play As Thursdayes but as Repetition day Then do the Sabbath duties with delight A constant Zealot still this way stand's right Hee that is careless and profane herein Run's headlong into all excess of sin In secret place by practice learn to pray Meer want will teach a beggar what to say Sin yield's confession for thou know'st thy pranks And blessings teach the gratefull to give thanks But hee that would bee prompt in supplication Must oft use practice and premeditation Inquire for Christ learn who and what hee is His double Natures and his Offices Hee that like David or young Samuel Know's Christ in childhood shall in age excel A young Saint and a sound I dare presage Shall shine like to an Angel in his age And now I leav thee with my last advice Hoping to see thee once in Paradise If thou must leav both school and scholarship And taste of learning but a little sip Read godly Books first Bishop Usher's best For Science and for Conscience Baxter's Rest Dent for the plain man Hildersham and Dod And above all books els the Book of God W. B. ERRATA Page 3. line 18. for since read sin p. 5. l. 17. of r. or p. 7. l. 15. was r. wee p. 14. l. 26. Jâ—bbled r. Babbled p. 18. l. 7. Who r. For. l. last Officers r. Officers p. 19. l. 1. Abitrator r. Arbitrator p. 30 l. 24. love r. love's p. 31. l. 29. pretensed r. prepensed p. 33. l. 9. fit r. filâ—'s l. 12. end r. and p. 41. l. 11. beser r. baser MAN'S MONITOR DUTIES and TRESPASSES implied in the First COMMANDMENT THe first Command require's the inward Man With all the power that possibly he can To give attendance alwaies on the Lord In Trinitie and Unitie ador'd To do each dutie in our Saviour's merit And by assistance of his sacred Spirit It binde's to blessed Virtues touching God As filial fear and reverence of his rod Spiritual knowledg as the only scope Of all our skill and heaven-assuring hope Holie rejoicing and strong confidence Unwearied patience and true penitence Zeal for his glorie kindled with good will And earnest longing for his presence still Attending for the comming and the call Of Christ our Lord and soveraign judg of all And among virtues as the very chief It bind's unto particular belief Of sins remission and our souls salvation By Christ our Saviour's death and mediation To gratefull thoughts and great humilitie To fervent love without hypocrisie In which affections nothing may partake But allwaies under him and for his sake It also binde's to outward adoration Profession of God's Name and invocation Our rising and reposing thoughts must bee Bestow'd on God then must wee bow the knee And humbly offer him with daily care The sacrifices of our solemn prayer Not naming heathenish Gods without disdain Nor any Customes that to them pertain Their temples altars images must bee Abominated in a high degree Only the true God's beeing ours in Christ Should draw up our affections to the high'st It bind's us to beleev what scripture saith Touching the pinciples of Christian faith One true eternal God unchang'able Most holy wise just mighty mercifull Invisible immense and infinite And having all things alwaies in his sight Incomprerensible in persons three For father son and holy Ghost they bee The fountain of this personalitie Beget's the Word who work 's from his supplie Both these produce the Spirit which proceed's And work 's from both they by him their deed So non's afore but in this order rare All Coëternal and Coëqual are Predestination and foreseen decree How for God's glorie every thing shall bee Creätion of the world in six daies space All Angels first Man in the latest place Perpetual Providence the helpless fall Of sinning Angels some ne're sin'd at all These were elect and prais their Maker still And with great quickness execute his will These wait on Saints and bear them in their arm Those by permission tempt accuse and harm Reserv'd in chains of darkness which dismay Untill the judgment of the general day Man's innocence and happiness at first That Covenant broke and all therein accurst Original corruption Actual sin Transgression censur'd and thus death came in The law so plainly written in man's heart Obliterated for the greater part The earthly paradise quite lost and gone And all mankind slain by the sin of one A better Covenant wrought man's restoration By Christ the second person's incarnation Conceiv'd in Virgins womb by heavenly powers His man-hood since excepted just like ours To th' second person joyn'd immediately And mediately to the rest thereby Making both natures but one person still Though having both divine and humane will Divine and humane properties distinct Man-God God-man both these rogether link't Equall with God in his spirituall Nature Inferiour to him as the Mediator Yet in both natures not in man's alone Far above Angels in the highest throne His perfect life and blessed doctrine taught Back'd with a world of wonders which he wrought His judgment passion buriall Resurrection Ascension session in his bright perfection And intercession there at God's right hand And having all things under his Command The universal Churches sure election Calling adoption triall and correction Redounding to their good Justification Sanctification and sure preservation The seal of Baptism and the sacred Cup With many an Ordinance to build them up All to be guided by the Scripture's light Which saints did pen and God's own spirit indiâ— The common call and gifts of many a one Never built up unto perfection Immortal souls of saints celestial bliss Imprisonment of theirs that liv'd amiss The Resurrection and great judgment day Where Christ in chief and all the saints bear sway The world that was accurst for man misled Purged by fire and re-established Then reprobates must pack to endless pain And saints in endless glory shall remain He that discern's not these nor cares to see Condemn'd of wilfull ignorance shall bee He that believe's not this his sin goe's higher For unbelievers have made God a liar These then are sins of which wee must repent