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A97294	Some prison meditations and directions on several subjects viz. on [brace] the fall of man, the sufferings of Christ, repentance and faith, reproof and counsel, the holy Scriptures, prayer, love to mankind, sincerity, the vanity of the world, the benefit of affliction, heaven and hell / by Samuel Young, minister of the Gospel.	Trepidantium Malleus.	1684 (1684)	Wing Y88A; ESTC R43962	59,844	144

easily take Air or be seen by them in the Family They are one Body and contentions between them are as if there should be a fight between the Members of the Body As if the mouth should bite the hand and the hand strike the mouth A wrathful temper is commonly gotten by conversing with angry men and therefore saith the Wise man Make no friendship with an angry man and with a furious man thou shalt not go lest thou learn his wayes and get a snare to thy Soul Prov. 22.24 25. Beware of men of keen Spirits That man will never live comfortably that hath not learned to slight what others think and say of him that liveth not in the frequent consideration of other mens vertues and his own defects Epictetus in the 48 Chap. of his Morals saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 If any man tell you that such a man spoke against you do not so much stand in vindication of your self as ingenuously to confess that if that man had known the whole course of your life he had charged you with more faults Few men are so humble as to say The fault was mine though they certainly know it is so Kindness and Love is shewn as in forgiving injuries so in supplying necessities Here we may bewail the disparity that is between many poor mens pains and their wages Though common wages be paid yet the pay is according to custome more than desert Etiamsi stipendia usitata praestentur saith Ames de Consci consuetudini magis quam sufficientiae satisfaciunt Then for Charity to the poor No man that hath loved the world better than his duty or Christ in his Members Mat. 25.35 shall be found at the right hand of Jesus in the great day The saying of Salvian ad Ecclesiam Catholicam hath been of great use to me times without number Opes quas habes in hoc mundo temporarias bene utendo facies sempiternas Charity makes Temporal Riches to be Eternal We have the benefit of them for ever DIRECTIONS 1. Remember what God Commands you to give to the poor that you have no right to and it is theft to detain it as may be made clear by this plain comparison One man by a Carrier sends so much money or goods to another if that Carrier keep all because all came to his hands he is a Thief and is dealt with as such God hath sent so much to the distressed by you if you give not you wrong them Obj. God hath sent so much some may say How much Answ Ask God by Prayer Scripture by reading Conscience by Consideration Prov. 3.97 With-hold not good from him to whom it is due Luke 16.12 If ye have been unfaithful in that which is another mans 2. Conclude on it if the poor die for want of what we are bound to give them we are Manslayers and Murtherers before God He that sees a man in the water and will not help him out when he can with ease he is as really guilty of his death as if he had thrown him in How many poor men good men have perished for want of their right If God should say to some great men rich men as he did to Cain Where is Abel thy Brother So where is the poor man thy Brother It may be he would answer as he Am I my Brothers Keeper But the same reply shall be made by the Lord What hast thou done The Voice of thy Brothers Blood cryeth unto me from the ground and now thou art Cursed Gen. 4.9 10 11. 3. Remember what an honour it is to be Gods Almoner What if God in Scripture had named you as Josiah by name and call'd on you to the work would you not chearfully have set about the work How did Job rejoyce in the performance of this duty Job 29.13 14 15 16. He caused the Widows heart to sing That his Judgment was a Robe and a Diade That he was eyes to the Blind and feet to the lame and a Father to the Poor Some object Times are hard I answer Mens Hearts are so Obj. Money is scarce Answ How is it then you have so much to lay out in unnecessary Attire Dishes at your Tables in Pleasures How comes so much to be spent in Alehouses and Taverns This O vain man is but a Fig-leaf to cover thy nakedness Obj. Others do plead Few of the great Professors of Religion do mind this work Answ I answer But from the Beginning it was not so The Jews under the Old Testament did much Christians in Pauls time did much Do not what most Professors do but what the best do Many in our time have acted worthily The famous Mr. Gouge now in Glory he set up an Hundred and fifty Schools in Wales and went at least once a year to visit them gave away many Bibles and Catechisms and took great pains in instructing Children in the Principles of Religion and would often say That he had two Livings the one in Wales the other in Christ-Church Hospital in London where he had done much good that he would not part with for a world My never to be forgotten Friend the Reverend Mr. Fairclougb of Bristol his Purse was alwayes open for pious uses especially for educating young men in order to the Ministry I might say much of Mr. Henry Stubbes my Father-in-Law were it not that it seems better to become another mans Pen than mine There are yet alive many men that are forward for works of Charity Obj. Some say What shall I do for hereafter Answ If thou hadst Faith as a grain of Mustard-Seed thou wouldst say to this Mountain of Distrust be thou removed and cast into the Sea and it would be done Can you trust God for things eternal and not for things momentary Luk. 16.9 Make you friends with the Mammon of Vnrighteousness Riches are unrighteously gotten by some unrighteously spent by others but unrighteously kept by many more Many get that honestly which they do not honestly keep It is by Gods Law another mans right I say to the Covetous as Christ to that man Stretch forth thy withered hand We read of them Amos 6.4 5 6. That invent instruments of Musick drink wine in Boles and are not grieved for the Afflictions of Joseph Let such yet say as David when the Lord gave him rest 2 Sam. 7.1 2. When he sat in his house he said to Nathan the Propet I dwell in a house of Cedar but the Ark of God dwelleth within Curtains So I am at ease but many Saints in trouble Love to the Ungodly is also evidenced in mourning for their Sins 2 Pet. 2.8 would there were more Lots whose Righteous Souls in hearing and seeing are vexed from day to day for the Sins of the Wicked It is not how many tears there are in the eyes but how much sorrow there is in the heart Let your heart bleed because of them who are going merrily to the place of Lamentation Misery and Wo

Christ will condemn the Wicked in the great day there is not the least Promise of Pity after thousands of Years or Ages Aegyptian Bondage though long yet ended so did the Babylonish Captivity but there will be no end of this misery God is not a man that he should repent 1 Sam. 15.29 there will be no change of his mind If God changeth Al. in Philos Platon saith a Platonist 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. he must be changed of himself or some other if of another he must be greater than God or wiser which none can be if of himself he must change either for the better or the worse both which would argue imperfection in God and therefore he shall be known for ever to be a God that changeth not God is now preparing his Instruments of Death though vain men consider it not but are as Sheep or Oxen or other Beasts of the field that are grazing or sporting when one stands by whetting his Instruments to slay them DIRECTIONS Prepare for the day of Judgment and when prepared pray for it The compleating of the happiness of the Saints as to their body will be in that day What think you of the particular Judgment in the time of Death When Saul was told he should dye for that is the meaning of the word be with me that is in the number of the dead for Jonathan was a good man 1 Sam. 28.19 20. Then Saul fell strait way all along on the earth and there was no strength in him In the sixth verse we find In the day of his trouble God answered him not neither by Dreams nor by Vrim nor by Prophets Neither will God speak comfortably to ungodly men when they die by Ministers nor Scripture nor Conscience If you ask what that Vrim was we read not of it as a thing made by Moses or the People some think it was a precious stone in the breast of the High-Priest that by the change of its colour shewed what success the People should have in War as by Thummim what Offerings were accepted I know Mr. Weems throws in one rub against this Because saith he when the Priest put on Vrim and Thummim he asked Counsel at the mouth of the Lord He pleads if there were such a wonderful miraculous change of the colour of Vrim there was no need of asking of God his Opinion therefore was when the Priest had it on he was inspired to answer to the question I will not gainsay the Opinion only I conceive the objection is of no force for that change of the colour might be made by or in Prayer and calling upon God Saul had no answer the Ungodly shall cry in a time of Death and not be heard and when the day of judgment cometh that great day the Consciences of the despisers of Christ may say to them what once Zebul said to Gaal Judg. 9.38 Where is now thy mouth wherewith thou saidst Who is Abimelech that we should serve him Where is now thy mouth wherewith thou saidst Who is Christ that I should serve him Then will he say to such Exod. 6.1 what once God said to Moses of Pharaoh Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh Now shall Angels and Saints see what God will do to the ungodly but such as are prepared for that day may Pray for it Aug. Medit Aspice Domine Jesu cries Angustine viduitatis orbitatis meaelacrymas quas tibi offero donec redeas Behold Lord Jesus the tears of my Widdowhood or fatherless condition which I pour out 'till thou returnest Pray for the Judgment day that sin may be no more that all the faithful may be gathered in Pray for the eternal Kingdom Mat. 11.12 The Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it by force You see how poor hungry Beggars cry at your doors for an alms if you do not presently answer them if you frown on them they will not be gone Let us all smite our breasts Blessed God what an infinite disproportion is there between my desires and their objects how coldly do I Pray for a Heaven 2. Get a Settlement in your Hearts of the truth and certainty of all these things It is reasonable to believe that verily there is a Reward for the Righteous Psal 58.11 verily there is a God that judgeth the earth God rewardeth not his People now God punisheth not his Enemies now and therefore will do it hereafter The worst of Men have many times the best of the World and the best of men the worst God hath put breathings and longings of Soul in his own after the full enjoyment of himself in Glory and he puts not those desires there to torment them but to satisfie these desires Men venture much at Sea in hopes of great gain Let hopes even weak hopes in many put them on diligence in God's Service Wherefore 1 Cor. 15.58 my Brethren be constant unmoveable alwayes abounding in the work of the Lord knowing your labour shall not be in vain 3. Let all the Saints admire and adore our Lord Jesus that saveth them from Hell and brings them to Heaven Mr. Ambrose in his Looking unto Jesus saith thus Suppose for an Offence thou wert to be rack'd leisurably that thy Bones and Sinews might be pained thirty or forty years that so much Flesh should be cut off-one day such a Bone broken another and by Art the Flesh should be restored and the Skin cured again and all th●se years thou be dying and never dead and all this while thou shouldest have no Cloaths F●od or Sleep convenient for thee and when thou thought'st there was no hope a great Prince should come and deliver thee from all this misery and not only so but give thee great Treasures and one of the most pleasant Habitations in his Kingdom how would'st thou love that Prince Our Sin had condemned us to far greater Misery and our Lord Jesus hath procured for us far greater Mercy It is well God hath prepared an Eternity to admire this Love in 4. Do God that Service here on Earth that you can never do him in Heaven I will name a few Particulars and leave the Amplification to your Meditation 1. Take thy fill of spiritual Mourning for shine own and other mens Sins now Thou canst not do this when thou comest to Heaven for there is no Sin there 2. Bear up patiently under all thy Trials now thou canst not do this in Heaven for there is no trouble there 3. Deal liberally with distressed Christians now thou canst not do this in Heaven for there is no distressed Christians there 4. Delight in Scripture and Ordinances for the healing of thy Soul now thou canst not do this in Heaven for there is no unhealed Soul there A Word to the Vnconverted Are these things so Then may I say to you what the Prophet said of Moab and Kirharesh Isa 16.11 Wherefore my Bowels shall sound as

a Harp for Moab and my Inwards for Kirharesh When Men ran from God though God offer'd Grace and Mercy it is said Gen. 6.7 It repented the Lord that he had made Man and it grieved him to the heart Sin hath made him such a Monster that God loatheth him and the People of God are often in Anguish of Spirit because of him What aileth the Unconverted Man that though he knoweth he hath sinned and is exposed to eternal Judgments yet can eat and drink by day and sleep by night as if all were well Men condemned to die for Theft Murder how sad do they look but Sin is of a hardening nature Hence it is that their Hearts feel not the ke●nest Considerations in Religion Ungodly Men are as one sayes Whately's N●w-birth as little Devils and differ from the great Devil not in Parts of Corruption but Degrees as a Child differs from a Man But O man thou must die and if it be so thou dyest before thou art made a new creature thou art damned for ever Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming Isa 14.9 If there were a Sword a Pistol at thy breast how wouldst thou beg for life if thou hadst any hopes of being heard the Sword of Justice is drawn against thee and ready to be sheathed in thy bowels Cry cry aloud to the merciful God for Mercy How often in the night season is there a scrole before thine eyes of thy past iniquities and of judgments to come and thou turnest from one side to another Shall I shall I yet reform When shall it once be If any say I hope to be saved though I obey not the Gospel This is to say I hope God will prove false of his word or as if a man call'd to work and promised pay should say Though I sport or sleep but work not all day long I doubt not of my wages and should argue from the goodness of the nature of that man that imployed him If others say I will repent hereafter So thou shalt but I fear that hereafter will be in Hell for ever when there is no hope of mercy The Scripture calleth obstinate Sinners Sons of Belial 1 Sam. 2.12 2 Sam. 20.1 the Sept. read in one place 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pestilent men infectious men in the other place 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Men yokeless against all Law And this is the case of men that were once glorious Creatures when in subjection to their Maker It is a comfortable consideration to them that are holy 1 Cor. 6.9 Rev. 21.27 That no unclean thing shall enter into the Kingdom of God Your graceless Faces shall occasion no sorrow to them there When they see you in the great day yet they nor their God will have any pity upon you Fathers whose hearts were once ready to break for their ungodly Children or Husbands for their ungodly Wives or Brothers for their ungodly Brethren they will not wish in that day O that I could save them from the Wrath of God! They will be contented and not only so but will rejoyce that Justice is executed upon them that God hath honour upon them in their eternal Damnation who had none by them by any Reformation or good works Turn you Ezek. 33.11 turn you why will you die Mind the duties I have perswaded to before Let none complain for want of time when they know that many of as much business as they can find time to mind God and their duty in Jer. 13.17 But if you will not hear my Soul shall mourn in secret for your pride You that cry in Youth It is too soon to be serious or in Middle-age It is time enough will in old age say It is too late I turn from you to them that I know will hear me and with whom my pains are never lost To the Righteous Praise the Lord all ye his Saints whom God hath sanctified whom God will save You may sing that Song Exod. 15.21 The Horse and his Rider hath he thrown into the Sea So your vile affections and Satan hath God conquer'd for you Grow in grace as the Children of God and as the Brethren of the holy Prophets and Apostles Epictetus gives a direction to Philosophers to consider when about to do an action 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 What would Socrates or Zeno do So how would David Paul pray read or do the works of Religion if they were by you and were to do the same If your Brethren in Heaven could speak to you how would they perswade you to be zealous in good works as Children of the same Father and Heirs of the same Kingdom with themselves A strange sight would it be to see a King with a Crown on his Head taking in a Dunghill Sad is it to see the Christian that hath Grace and shall have glory to be immoderately concerned about the things of this life I perswade you to that which tends to make your lives happy on all accounts and which I have often spoken of Piety Industry Vsefulness and Chearfulness Piety be serious in Religion and seek for comfortable Perswasions of the Love of God Industry be laborious in your Callings Vsefulness do good to the Souls and Bodies of many Chearfulness flee all needless sorrow adorn the Gospel of Christ and let your Conversations invite others to receive it Faults in you are bad indeed The better the Garment is the worse is the rent the better the Cup the worse is the crack the better the man the worse the disorder For your encouragement to walk with God hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches Rev. 2.7 To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life which is in the midst of the Paradise of God Rev. 7.16 17. They are before the Throne of God and serve him day and night in his Temple And he that sitteth on the Throne shall dwell among them They shall neither hunger nor thirst any more Neither shall the Sun light on them nor any heat for the Lamb that is in the midst of the Throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto the Fountain of living waters and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes Rev. 22.1 There is that pure River of the water of Life clear as Chrystal proceeding out of the throne of God Rev. 22.6 and of the Lamb. These sayings are faithful and true And the Lord God of the holy Prophets hath shewn to his Servants the things which must shortly be done Blessed are they that do his Commandements Rev. 22.14 that they may have right to the Tree of life and may enter in through the Gates into the City I end all with this humble Address unto the Lord That he would come with all his Train of Graces and put an end to all our Heats and Contentions about the smaller things in Religion and make us zealous of all good Works and then bring us to himself in Glory Even so come Rev. 22.20 Lord Jesus That all the Saints may enjoy those Delights of which it shall never be said Here is THE END