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Christian purposes and resolutions.
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D. T. (Daniel Tuvill), d. 1660.
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Psal 103 11 is in the Heauens and of the other Thy Iustice ô God is like the hils to signifie vnto vs that his mercy doth as much exceed his iustice as the high Heauens doe surmount the Hils The holy one is milde and ful of gentlenesse free from anger and of long patience Esay 27.4 Wee haue seene the Lord said the Disciples but Thomas beleeues theÌ„ not yet Christ forbeareth to reproue him and commeth not till eyght dayes after to rebuke his incredulity and euen then the vttermost of his wrath is onely this Put thy Fingers into my woundes Ioh. 20.26 and thy hand into my side and bee no longer faithlesse When sinfull Adam after his fall had stoln as he imagined out of the sight of his Creator idly conceiting peraduenture that himselfe being hid his fault wold not bee seene Gen. 3 8. God came not to correct him with a furious and hasty pace he did but walk and that against the winde desirous as it were to bee detained in his proceedinges by that gentle blast He walked against the wind saith the Text not in the Morning nor at Noone-day but towardes the Euening at the very setting of the Sunne so slow so slack so remisse is this deare Father of ours in the execution of his iudgements Hee dealt otherwise with the Prodigall hee sawe him no sooner comming but his heart was ouer-ioyed hee ran vnto him and hauing entertained him with kisses and kind embracements hee calleth vnto his Seruants Goe quickly bring me forth for him the purest Robe Luke 15.22 kill me instantly the fattest Calfe that wee may eate it and bee merry my Son was dead and is aliue againe lost he was but heâ— is found Eze. 36 25 So that his fauours are powred ouâ— vpon vs with some violence but his chasticementes and his corrections are distilled drop bâ— drop Cant. 5 5. My hart saith he shall not drop down vpon Ierusalem by the hand of Shishak 2. Cron. 12.7 He is patient wold haue no man perish but willingly draw all men to repentaunce I will not therefore despise the riches of his bounty Rom. 2.4 and long sufferance he seekes to leade mee by it to saluation nor as one that is contentions will I disobey the truth and obey vnrighteousnesse but I wil labour by continuance in well doing for honour glory and eternall life I looke for new Heauens and a new Earth according to his promise Esay 65 17. and will be therfore diligent that I may bee found of him in peace without spot and blamelesse 2. Pet. 3.11 XXXVIII PRayer is the Mindes Ambassador to God It is the onely Agent for the Soule but if it haue not Faith and Humility for Assistants it will neuer bee admitted to his presence The one is so much interested in him That whatsoeuer we desire when we pray Mar. 11.24 let vs beleeue that wee shall haue it and it shall bee done vnto vs. The Woman that had so long bin troâ—bled with the fluxe did but touch the Hem of his Garment withour further entreatie he turned him about and said vnto her Daughter be of good comfort Math. 9.22 thy faith hath made thee whole His graces are proportioned by this Math. 9 28. According to your Faith be it vnto you said he vnto the blinde that came and besought him for their sight And to the Captaine Math. 8 13. As thou hast beleeued bee it vnto thee The other is of that excellency might and power that it maketh way for our Requestes euen thorough the regions of the Ayre commands their passage thorow the thickest clouds It vshereth them into the Priuy Chamber of his imperiall Maiesty obtaines both hearing and dispatch for them without stop or stay The Prayer of the Centurion sent forth in the behalfe of his diseased Seruaunt was well accompanyed with both I haue not found saith our Sauiour of the first such faith Luke 7.9 no not in Israell and for the last it was not to be parallelled I am vnworthy said hee ô humblenesse of mind that thou shouldst enter vnder my roofe and by so saying hee shewed himselfe worthy not into whose house but into whose heart the Lorde might enter By making himself vnworthy saith S. Chrisostome to receiue Christ into his Gates he was made worthy to bee receiued of Christ into his Kingdome But beside these it had with it the encouragement of Charity that with the more assurednesse better confidence it might appeare before him To pray for our selues proceedes from Nature but to pray for others is the worke of Grace Necessity enforceth vs to that but brotherly loue exhorteth vs to this And it is indeede a far sweeter sauour in the Nostrils of the Lord theÌ„ that which ariseth from the sensitiue apprehensioÌ„ of our own misery I aduise you therefore saith Saint Paule to Timothy that first of all Supplications 1. Tim. 2 1. Prayers Intercessions and Thankesgiuings be made for al men The word which we professe instructeth vs by precepts and examples that the conseruation of duty to the publique should bee much more vnto vs then the conseruation of eyther life or being and that whatsoeuer good is CoÌ„municatiue should be preferred before that which is but priuate and particular Rom. 9.3 S. Paule desired to bee anathemized for his Bretheren and Moses to bee razed out of the Booke of life for the Children of Israell Exo 32 32. such was their zeale vnto the Church and such their feeling of Communion I wil continually therfore labour to lift vp pure handes to Heauen without doubting Luk. 18.13 I will imitate the lowlinesse of the Publican and in my bosome will I cherish his meane conceite When I pray I will not stand in the Synagogues Math. 6 6. nor kneele in the corners of the streets that I may bee seene of men but I will enter into my Chamber and hauing shut my doore I wil cal vpon my heauenly Father He seeth in secret and shal reward me openly In my Prayers I will bee mindfull of my afflicted Bretheren that so the lord may be more mindfull of mee God is exceedingly in loue with Charity Cant. 1.1 the very name thereof to him is as an oyntment powred out She is his onely darling hee dooth kisse her with the Kisses of his mouth when shee commeth to him hee lodgeth her betweene his breastes and neuer sendes her from him but with ladeÌ„ hands The Gâ—oler washed Paul and Silas froÌ„ their stripes Acts 16 33 and by so doing himselfe was washed from his sinnes XXXIX GOdlinesse is not a thing hereditarye nor can true Piety be bequeathed by Legacie an vpright heart requireth much manurance and is not gotten but by great Husbandry Esay 5.7 I had a Vineyaâ—d saith the Lord in a most fruitefull Hill what could bee done which I did not to it Yet in the