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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53902	The raptures of a flaming spirit Being a directory, wherein methodically is contained the several parts of prayer. With select expressions for the performance of the duty. As the author useth to express himself before and after his sermons. By Nico. Pearson. &c.	Pearson, Nicolas, fl. 1682.	1682 (1682)	Wing P1010A; ESTC R217486	58,578	311

with the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword of the Spirit in the Inner Man then we shall be more than Conquerors One Deep calleth to another the depth of our Weakness to the depth of thy Strength the depth of our Folly to the depth of thy Wisdom the depth of our Poverty to the depth of thy Riches the depth of our Miseries to the depth of thy Mercies Suffer not thy Displeasure to kindle and break out into a Flame against us Turn from us that Wrath that as a just recompence of our Provocations are due unto us Spare us according to the multitude of thy Mercies Lord Jesus thou art the hope of Israel with the Lord there is mercy and with thee there is plenteous redemption Let thy Obedience recompence our Obstinacy thy Abstinence our Superfluity thy Meekness and Patience our Pride Irefulness and Enmity Let thy Charity recompence our Malice thy Devotion our Dulness Love our unkindness thy holy and precious Death our wretched sinful Lives But forasmuch as thou resistest the Proud but give●● Grace to the Humble thou fillest the Hungry with good things but the Rich thou sendest empty away Therefore empty us of our Laodicean Riches discover our Spiritual Poverty and set home to our Consciences the weight and danger of our Sins Suffer not our Consciences to let us be quiet until they have drawn us before thee in all Humility and Brokenness of Spirit in Bitterness as one is in Bitterness for the loss of their First-born and confessing our selves loathing the Persons as well as the Actions With Detestation and Self-abhorrency and with indeclinable Resolves of Amendment of Life In regard there must be a Resurrection of our Actions as well as of our Persons if our Sins rise not again in this World to bring us to shame and confusion of face and unfeigned and sincere Repentance they will rise again in the World to come and be as so many Ghosts and Devils and torment us for ever and ever We had better judge our selves than put God to judge us Therefore O God by thy powerful voice raise our Sins that are graved in oblivion and set them in order before us that we may break them down by repentance Thou canst teach us to gather Grapes of Thorns and Figgs of Thistles because all things are possible unto thee There is no Evil so great but thou canst bring good out of it We turn Gold into Dross but thou canst turn Dross into Gold again Therefore be intreated thou Almighty One that in regard we are such miserable Sinners that our Sins may make us humble for humility is in the sight of God of great price And in regard we are so evil that we may be more charitable in judging of others let our own unworthiness hang so in our light that we may not be too busie in medling with others And in regard we are such great Debtors to Divine Justice that we may be more charitable in forgiving others That we may take heed of taking our Brother by the Throat lest thou call us to an account and cast us into prison until we have paid the utmost farthing And in regard we are such notorious Criminals that we may adore the light of the glory of God that shineth in the face of Jesus Christ to the praise and glory of his grace And in regard we have spent so much time in rebellion and yet thou art ready to shew mercy that therefore we may look upon our selves in future as persons ingaged to walk before thee in righteousness and holiness all our days Spiritualize our Affections every day more and more Irradiate our Souls with high apprehensions and so elevate us unto thy self where true Riches are to be had We stand as poor Beggars without but in consideration how thou feedest thy people with delicacies in the perfection of righteousness peace and joy O God we have heard with our ears and our Fathers have declared unto us the noble works that thou dost in Heaven and Earth O Lord arise help and deliver us for thine honour Bring us out of the Land of Egypt and out of the house of Bondage that thou maist feed us with Manna from Heaven and that we may offer unto God acceptable Sacrifices Make out unto us that thou art our God and we thy peculiar people That we may live in absolute resignation subjection and love unto thee Discover unto us the things beyond the World that our Affections may be taken off from the World The wise man trusteth in his wisdom the strong man in his strength and the rich man in his riches The ship-wrack'd man catcheth hold on what is next him Adam ship-wrack'd us all and we are floating in a Deluge of Calamity Man is born unto trouble as the Sparks flie up ward and in this wretcheduess we naturally catch hold on something Self-preservation being a clear Dictate of Nature But our ignorance and misapprehension make us to catch at deceitful things that fill every one that trust in them with disappointment some on Honour some on Pleasure some on Riches And here they abide until God shew them a more excellent way What ever the Objects of our Souls are we shall not desert them until better Objects be discovered unto us Altho it be an unsatisfied satisfaction that we enjoy by any sublunary thing yet when we know of no better we hold fast by what we have Therefore we pray for some Discoveries of that glory that shall afterward be revealed of those never-dying comforts for our never-dying souls 'T is but an unquiet quiet and a restless rest that we enjoy from the Creature We pray for the Contentment above the World which is better than the World without that Contentment Ever since thou dravest out the Man we have been seeking rest but have found none As Noah's Dove could find no rest for the sole of her foot until she return'd into the Ark again neither is there any rest for us until we return and center in our God Now when we turn our faces towards thee for we know not what to do but our Eyes are towards thee take us into the Ark of the Covenant We are very much foil'd with walking after the sight of our own eyes and desires of our own hearts take us into thy protection that we may lay us down in peace for thou makest thy people to dwell in safety Embrace us in the arms of thy mercy Hide us under the Covert of thy Wings cover us with the Canopy of thy Love that we may feel thy Power supporting us and thy Goodness supplying us That we may rejoyce in thee as our Treasure and rest in thee as our Center In this far Countrey we thought to have met with great matters when we ran away from thee but we find nothing but Husks which Swine feed upon and gladly we would fill our Bellies with them but cannot Here is no soul-suitable nor soul-satisfying good

Musick of the World charm us asleep Keep Satan from cuting the Sinews of our Endeavours Suffer not the Darts of Temptation to pierce thro the Armour of our Resolution Suffer not our good Resolutions to be vanquished by the Impetuousness of our base sensual Affections Go thou along with us thro the Crowd of Opposition Keep us from being worried with the power of Sin Altho we cannot be kept altogether from falling keep us from falling altogether Keep us from being carried into any ways that shall dishonour the Gospel Hold us by the Right Hand thou art the Lord our God therefore encourage us and help us Direct us in this Maze of Life and in the Buffle of the World Let the Spirit of Truth guid us in all Truth Give us a Safe Conduct thro all Casualty hide our lives with Christ in God Keep us by thy Power thro Faith unto Salvation In large our Hearts that we may run in the Way of thy Commandments Suffer us not to truck our Faith for our Liberty Confirm us unto the end that we may be blameless in the Day of our Lord Jesus In regard our Impatient and Immoderate Desires after Carnal Pleasures always return laden with an Intolerable Burthen of Grief and Sorrow and that Sin loseth what Repentance gains therefore Caution us Put thy Fear in our Hearts that we may not depart from thy Statutes Sins Gilded Pills are the Fore-runners of Bitter Potions therefore work in us a dislike of them Keep us from catching at the Bait of Pleasure lest we hang upon the Hook of perpetual Perdition Order our Steps and uphold us with thy Free Spirit Cause Faith and Fear to go hand in hand that Faith may keep us chearful and that Fear may keep us serious that Faith may keep us from sinking in Despair and that Fear may keep us from floating in Presumption Why should we despair God can help us Why should we presume God can cross us That a holy Alacrity may be temper'd with a gracious Humility Keep our Feet from falling that we may walk before thee in the Light of the Living Let us hear the Still Voice behind us when we turn to the Right hand or the Left The Lord is our Shepherd The Shepherd when he sees his Sheep straying out of their Bounds he calls out unto them Our Shepherd is the Living Lord who is acquainted with all our Ways and pondereth all our Goings When thou O Lord feest us Wandering out of our Gospel Rules lift up thy Voice either the voice of thy Word or the voice of thy Messengers or the Voice of our Consciences or the Voice of thy Spirit That we may return to the green pastures and to the still waters Give Light unto our Understandings Order in our Affections Pliableness in our Will that we may be exemplary in our Lives Deliver us not onely from the Sins of the Times but from the Times of Sin That we may be found always moving in the Orb of Obedience Make us so Honourable as to be born of thee so Wise as to know thee so Beautiful that we may bear thy Image so Rich as to be rich in Faith so Victorious as to overcome the World so happy as to enjoy thy self so blessed with peace as to have the peace of God which passeth all understanding then we shall be sure of true joy the joy of the Holy Ghost Work our Names in the Frame of thine own Glory Make us blessed in this Life happy in Death and glorious after Death Make out unto us that thy Mercy is ours to pardon us that thy Blood is ours to cleanse us thy Merits ours to justifie us thy Righteousness ours to cloath us thy Spirit ours to lead us thy Grace ours to inrich us and thy Glory ours to crown us Make us Masters of so much Consideration that we are swimming down the Stream of Time and it will not belong before we lanch into the Ocean of Eternity Teach us so to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto Wisdom That we may live in thy fear and die in thy favour rest in thy peace arise by thy power and remain in thy glory for ever and ever This and whatsoever else we should ask for our selves or any other let it be granted unto us and to them upon the alone account of our great Lord and ever blessed Redeemer who was given for us who was made a Curse for us who inexpressibly suffer'd for us who satisfied Divine Justice for us who was made reconciliation for us who died and rose again for us Who prepared glory for us and ever maketh Intercession for us For him we give all praises in him we ever desire to be found rendering unto the most glorious Majesty of Heaven as we for ever will acknowledge most due all Honour Glory Power Might Reverence Fear and Obedience World without end Amen The Blessing with which the Author used to dismiss his Congregation THe Almighty Power of God the Father vanquish and overcome whatsoever may hinder you from him and give you strength to do his acceptable Will in all things The most Bright Wisdom of God the Son inlighten you and lead you to all things which may bring you forward to him The Vnspeakable and Super-abounding Love of God the Holy Ghost pierce thro all the Oppositions in you kindle and unite your love to him with a most ardent and pleasing turning all your Powers and Strength that you may follow his sweet Calling and most amorous drawing Whereunto the more than Most Glorious Trinity hath called you Namely From the Love of this Deceitful World to the Injoyment of God and his Riches and Unspeakable Blessedness so that by Grace you may be that which you are not nor can be by Nature To whom be all Honour Praise Obedience and Reverence Amen FINIS