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A62529	Crums of bread for the dove in the clefts of the rock, and the secret places of the stairs, Cant. 2.14, or, Helps to meditation on conversion, mortification, sanctification, the Christians daily walke, reading the scriptures, and good practicall books : for a friend / by J.T.	Tickell, John, d. 1694.	1652 (1652)	Wing T1156; ESTC R6990	32,989	81

Crums of Bread FOR The DOVE in the Clefts of the Rock and the secret places of the Stairs Cant. 2.14 Or HELPS to MEDITATION On Conversion Mortification Sanctification the Christians daily walke Communion with God c. With Directions for profitable Reading the Scriptures and good practicall Books For a Friend By J. T. My Friend ACcording to your deserts and desires I here present to you some broken Thoughts directions remembrances references for the better improvement of your Solitudes and retirements for Meditation and Reading I have ranked them under severall heads given you but briefe hints leaving the enlargements to your own thoughts what more might be required you may supply from the Scriptures your Sermon-Notes and those good books to which I have referred you Each SECTION after that you have perused the whole affords you matter enough for one Solitary season at the least and when you have done with this you may have more as God gives opportunity I begin with the subject of Conversion Regeneration and the first work if it suit not your concition you may commend it to such as you love and know may need it I leave it with you as a token of my respects for you and your Spirituall concernments God give his blessing to it and if it any way help you in your Meditation and Reading I shall desire no more then your remembrances of me at the throne of Grace J. T. SECT I. Of Conversion Regeneration c. IT is to be presupposed in order to the improvement of the following Sections that as you have been under the meanes of Grace so you are indeed in a state of Grace if you are not Consider 1. That Conversion Regeneration Obs a state of Grace and interest in Christ by faith are of absolute necessity unto salvation The Scriptures do abundantly prove it Proof turne to read and take these few for a triall John 3.3 c. Heb. 12.14 Mat. 18.3 Joh. 3.16 c. All good Reason is for it 1. Reas Without an interest in Christ thou hast no title to salvation 2. Without regeneration thou hast no fitnesse for it And 3ly Eph. 2.12 Heb. 12.14 Pro. 3.3 Hab. 1.13 Without such termes God is resolved that he will not 4. His nature is such in Wisedome Holinesse and righteousnesse Appl. that he cannot give it resolve then for it and set about it speedily seriously and to the purpose sue and seek to God for the grace and apply thy selfe to the use of the meanes with hungrings and thirstings after righteousnesse with humility faith prayer and diligence Prov. 1.7 In order to it take these Directions Direct 1. Math. 16.26 Heb. 1.13 Rom. 10. Rom. 7. Joh. 5.28.29 Rom 3.23 Gal. 3.10 Eph. 2.1 2.3 Eph. 2.12 Pro. 15. 2 Cor. 5.18 1 Tim. 1.15 Rom. 3.25 Heb. 10.15 16 17. John 3.16 Mark 1.15 Consider Thou hast a precious and an immortall soule there is a God that is Holy Just and Good he hath given thee his Law and Gospell Heaven and Hell in endlesse eternity are before thee death and judgment hasten a pace a world of sin both of nature and of life may be charged upon thee the law is against thee the curse and wrath of God is over thee thou hast no hope nor helpe in thy selfe nor in all the creatures and without a Christ and Grace and a changed state thou wilt be undone for ever For thy encouragement to thy duty understand and believe That God is in a way of grace and mercy Christ Jesus came into the World to seek and save sinners as a surety and sacrifice he hath died satisfied Gods law and Justice established a Covenant of Grace and salvation on termes of faith repentance and new obedience Heb. 5.9 Prov. 12. makes the tenders of grace and reconciliation in the ministry of the Gospell to thee hath along time been calling upon thee 2 Cor. 5.18 19 20 21. Prov. 1.23 is still waiting woing and beseeching thee to accept of him and grace his spirit is ready to help thee there is nothing wanting but thy free and full consent Heb. 3.8.12.15 ô continue not as too long thou hast done already in a state of sinne and enmity unbeliefe and unregeneracy to the disappointments of Grace 2 Cor. 6.1 the abuse of the Gospell Heb. 2.3 Heb. 10.29 Mark 16.16 2 Thes 1.8 the griefe of the spirit the reproach of the blood of Christ and the remedilesse destruction and damnation of thine own soule Repent and believe the Gospell receive Christ and Grace apply thy selfe unto thy duty in faith repentance and new obedience and thou shalt not miscarry Pro. 3.16 Rom. 8.1 2 3. thy sinnes shall be pardoned thy person shall be justified thy nature shall be changed thy soule shall be saved John 3.36 2. Understand what is required of thee and expected from thee in the termes of the Gospell faith repentance and new obedience in short 't is thus John 17.3 Pro. 3.33 Rom. 10.10 11. Rom. 1.5 1. By faith thou art 1. To apprehend 2. To assent unto 3. To apply unto thy selfe and 4. To improve the discoveries made unto thee 1. Of sinne and wrath in the Law of God 2. Of Grace and mercy through Christ in the Gospell of Salvation 2. Lam. 3.40 By Repentance thou art 1. To search and find out the sinfulnesse in some good measure of thy nature and of thy life Rom. 7.13 2. Through the consideration of the sinfulnesse of sinne which is the greatest evill in it selfe as against God and the greatest good Eph. 2.2 3. the consideration of thy sad condition because of sin according to the Law of God the greatest judgment in this life and that to come Ezek 16.60 61. Jer. 3. and the consideration of the abundant grace and mercy set before thee in the good will of God to thy salvation 1. The death of Christ the blessings and promises of life and of salvation tendered to thee Ps 51. to Humble thy soule with griefe of heart and brokennesse of spirit D●rt 9 3. To cast thy selfe at Gods feet before the throne of grace in free and full confession in earnest prayer and supplication for grace and mercy through Jesus Christ 4. Rom. 7. Ezck 33.11 Is 1.16 Ezek. 18.31 To set thine heart against all manner of sin whatsoever to hate it and abhorre it in the strength of God to resolve the utter destruction of it in thy nature the avoidance of it in thy life and Conversation Rom. 7. together with all the temptations and occasions that lead thee to sin from without and all the corrupt motions dispositions workings of it that are within according to the prohibitions in the word the convictions of the spirit and the checks of thy conscience and this both in thought word and deed 5. Thou must be sure to give proofe of all in the course of thy life and conversation Matth. 3.8

the sinfulnesse of sin and that especially in its own nature as most contrary to God his nature his will his works his designes his glory For this see at large Burroughes treatise of the Evill of Evils or the sinfulnesse of Sin Dr. Reynolds of the Sinfulness of sin c. 3. Set before you the evill effects and fruits of sin upon the fallen Angels Mankind thine own person Rom. 6.22 and those either already felt or that hereafter may be feared 4. Set before you the Bloud of Christ 1 Pet. 1.19 Rom. 6.1 2 Psal Rom. 7.24 that pretious bloud which is the price of your Redemption from the least of sins 5. Set before you the sad complaints of the Saints and servants of God because of sin and against their sin 6. 2 Cor. 7.1 Set before you the gracious promises for your encouragement in the mortification of your corruption Ezek. 36 26 27. together with the promises in the covenant of Grace for your assistance in this undertaking 7. Set before you your own resolutions and vowes against it in your first conviction and conversion Rom. 6.3 Ps 119.106 renewed in times of affliction and in Sacraments and in Prayers put up to God for peace and pardon Practicall and operative Directions 1. Ps 4.4 Lam. 3.39 Acquaint your selves as with the generall corruption so with the particular corruption in your nature search and find them out Examine your hearts and lives your dispositions and conversations by the rule of the Word and Law of God in its purity and perfection and by the light of the spirit of God in its teachings and convictions Job 34.32 pray to God to discover you unto your selves improve all ordinances and providences also to that purpose consider your Constitution Education Calling Company and Condition in this present world make use of the wholsome admonitions of others skilfull and faithfull and acquainted with you and their observations on you the daily motions and workings of your hearts upon carnall and sensuall objects and upon the approaches of temptations will discover much unto you if but well observed the failings and the falls of others read or heard and discerned by you may give you occasion of reflection on your self and strict enquiry may find out more then otherwise might have been suspected 2. Be much at work about the root of sin and digging it up Rom. 6.6 Jer. 4.14 Content not your selves with the particular branches the lopping them off or cutting down the trunk it self the root will be every day new sprouting 3. Spare not at all your beloved sin of which Divines speak much It 's found Ps 18.23 they say and known by our speciall respects unto it and favour for it our impatiency of reproof from Minister or private Christian on that particular we most wish and desire that it were not accounted a sin and are apt to find out reasonings for it to defend it or at least to lessen our apprehensions of its sinfulnesse it returns most often upon us with observation above any other in particular but not without frequent checks of conscience and convictions of the Spirit it much follows us in our retirements and when alone the mind will work upon it though perhaps we are not willing to be found in the actings of it some say it lies down with us in our beds converses with us in our dreams and rises with us in the morning if it distract us not in our holy duties we owe the more to Grace restraining severall others depend upon it to feed or serve it O down with this 4. Neglect not the little creepers they may grow bigger Rom. 7. Ps 19.12 their number may prove not only formidable but fatall the least is sin in its nature evill and according to Gods law without repentance and faith in the bloud of Christ is damnable They will certainly make way for greater and if not destroy yet disturb your soules c. 5. Ps 19.13 Infirmities Incursions Imperfections must be bewailed c. but scandalous evils and presumptuous sins may not so much as be thought upon without an horrour how much lesse in their temptations entertained and least of all committed The smallest tincture of them must be speedily washt away in the bloud of Christ otherwise your soules and consciences will not dare to come into God's presence 6. 1 Cor. 5. Contract not upon your Souls the guilt of nationall transgressions either past or present by not mourning for them much lesse by commission of them and communion in them it would staine our Paper once to name them 7. Find out and destroy the Achans Job 34.31 c. the sins for which in an especiall manner God now or at any time may strike and enter into judgment with you the Lord direct you in that Enquiry and assist you in that Undertaking 8 Let spirituall sins 2 Cor. 7.1 though least discerned and enquired after have their discovery humiliation repentance and crucifixion as spirituall pride self love Ps 77.10 Heb. 3.12 wordly mindednesse estrangement from God and more especially your Gospell sins as Unbeliefe Impenitency hardnesse of heart unthankfulnesse c. 9. Whatever they be intend not only the knowledge of them humiliation under them restraint upon them correction Rom. 8.13 or suppose some signall punishment but compleat destruction and abolition And for this purpose 1. Ps 119. get deep impressions made upon your spirits by the foregoing considerations 2. Ps 119.11 Especially let the word of God be hid in your hearts and written upon them 3. Walk in the Spirit and ye shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh Gal. 5.16 4. 1 Cor. 9.27 Make no provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof but rather keep it in subjection 5. Jer. 17.9 Job Be alwaies jealous of your deceitfull hearts 6. Keep a tender conscience 7. A narrow watch over your sences 8. Take heed in things lawfull lest you be unlawfully insnared 9. Improve affliction to the mortification of corruption and 10. call in the influences of the Covenant of Grace and of the bloud of Christ by faith and prayer 11. Improve every Ordinance according to its nature and tendency to mortification Eph. 6.12 12. Stand out stifly and resolutely in the hour of Temptation and the stirring of corruption then call in all your strength about you then urge your considerations from reason and Scripture Law and Gospell Set your selves under the eye and sight of God let God's terrors make you afraid to sin against him suppose that Death and Judgment were at your heels and that you heard the shreekings of the Damned for those very transgressions Behold Christ Jesus upon the Crosse as bleeding dying for those very sins Urge home the grace of God and the love of Christ your holy Profession your Baptismall vowes your Sacrament-renewed-ingagements the mercies received the Glory expected and

all to shame you from it if there be any thing of holy ingenuity to be found upon you at least what sin hath cost you in repentance and affliction and that you may farther suffer though Hell be not your finall portion Then call in by saith and prayer the help of God and all the vertues of the bloud of Christ maintaine your ground against its first assaults and you have more then overcome 13. If at any time it have surpriz'd you Ps 51. play an aftergame of Repentance recruit your strength improve your skill and strength and deliver your souls O lie not under it much lesse subject your selves unto it and renounce thereby as by an after-free and full consent your Soveraign and Saviour Jesus Christ 14. Watch the more against it and fortifie your selves for the time to come 15. When one corruption or temptation is over and disappointed conclude not your work is done there are innumerable more behind and while life lasteth there will be no end of this warfare 16. Ro● 7.24 Be alwaies groaning under the invincible remainders of the body of death and long for your deliverance 17. Take heed of Apostacy and backsliding a sin not altogether unpardonable but dangerous Hos 14. and that may cost you dear e're you recover 18. Rom. 7.25 Give all the glory of your Conquests to Jesus Christ and to the power of grace 19. Enjoy the comfort of Believers that keep their ground and conquer Rom. 8.1 For 1. you are in a state of pardon and salvation 2. Rom. 7.20 No corruption of nature no transgression in your life is imputed to you to your particular condemnation when disowned resisted repented of and carried by saith to the bloud of Christ 3. The old dominion of Sin Rom. 6.14 once truly broken shall never be recovered you are not under the Law but under Grace 1 Tim. 4.8 4. Your particular Conflicts shall be rewarded if through Grace they proceed to Conquest Eph. 5.26 5. At length the body of Sin and Death shall be destroyed 1 Cor. 12 1● 6. In the mean time the grace and strength of Christ is sufficient for you and when sought by faith humility and prayer 1 Cor. 15.50 c. it shall not be denyed 7. In Heaven there will be no sin no sorrow but perfect holinesse and purity with everlasting songs of Joy and Triumph Rev. 22.20 Therefore 20 pray believe and look and long for the comming of Christ even so come Lord Jesus come quickly Much of this was preached at Mary Arches on Rom. 6 6. Read more in Dr. Owen of Mortification Burroughes Evill of Sin Love of Mort. Morning Exercise at Giles and Crypplegate Ambrose Media Goodwins works c. Reyners rules c. SECT III. Of the Exercise of Grace Spirituall activity growth progresse and perseverance in sanctification and holy conversation WE have seen the Convert in his exercise and progresse of Mortification in the next place it is meet to consider him in his exercise progresse and perseverance in Sanctification and holy conversation For in that also the Word which is accordng to Godlinesse doth represent him to us See Gen. 17.1 Eph. 2.10 Eph. 4.20 21 22. c. Eph. 5.8 9. c. Phil. 1.27 2 Pet. 3. 1 Cor. 15. Rom. 2.7 Heb. 12.14 Rev. 22.14 and reason good Eph. 1.4 Titus 2.14 Eph. 2.10 Gal 5.15 Rem 8.1 1 Pet. 1. Rev. 22.14 c. Eph. 1.4 Heb. 8.10 Eph. 5.25 for to this he is elected redeemed called anew created and made partaker of the spirit of holinesse This is the evidence of his Justification the quality of his Adoption his way and walke towards the Kingdome and Salvation This is the designe of the methods of Grace towards him the covenant of Grace established with him the means of Grace bestowed upon him the word of grace without him the principle of grace within him Gal. 5.15 1 Pet. 1.14 Eph. 5.1 Rom. 6. 1 Cor. 5.7 8. Rom. 12.1 Heb. 12 10 Gal. 4.19 2 Cor. 5.14 2 Cor. 6.17 Ps 119. 1 Joh. 3.3 1 Joh. 1.5 6. This the Relations whereinto he is entred the Profession he hath made the sacraments of which he hath been partaker the mercies he hath received the miseries that he hath felt the pangs of the new Birth which he hath past through the tokens of Divine Love vouchsafed the separation of his soule from Sin and Sinners the dedication of his person and all to God and Godlinesse the hopes and promises of everlasting life and blessednesse the tenor of the Gospell all his priviledges and particularly his union and communion with Jesus Christ by faith do call for all at his hands Is 6.3 Besides Holinesse is no lesse lovely then necessary It is in its originall the glory and perfection of all the Divine Attributes essentiall in each person of the holy Trinity Father Son and Holy Ghost the Character of the name Gen. 1. Eph. 4. Psal 15. Rev. 21. 2 Cor. 1.12 1 Joh. 4. 1 Joh. 1. begin Is 56. nature will word and works of God the beauty of mans first Creation the intention of the second the delight of God the state of Heaven Adde the blessed fruits effects and comforts of it are no lesse desireable as the evidence of the love of God the grace of Christ and the communion of the holy Ghost How doth it fit us through Christ for accesse to God converses with him Ps 50. u●● c. Joh. 14.21 Rev. 2. more abundant tokens and testimonies of love and favour from him the peace of conscience the joy in the holy Ghost and the foretasts of blessednesse and glory that do attend it who is able to expresse them but we may not enlarge in such discourses on it It is to be supposed that our Regenerate person is abundantly convinced of its necessity Ps 110.3 Cant. 1.4 and that he hath felt its powers and tasted its sweetnesses and been attracted by its beauties and is resolved for its exercises here and full enjoyments hereafter and needs only some directions for it Accordingly these that follow may be improved in generall and in particular 1 Get the Habit of Grace and Sanctification infused in regeneration 1 Pet. 2.2 Ps 42. 84. 63. the new creature to be fed nourished and preserved by the use and blessing of God on the use of the meanes of grace by removing out of the heart whatsoever might afflict or hinder it weaken it or disturb it 1 Pet. 2. Math. 13. Rev. 12. much more what hath immediate tendency to murther it and destroy it and that is Sin the World and Sathan Adde faith and earnest prayer to the God of all grace for the renewed influences of the spirit of grace Ps 119. the accomplishment of the promises in the covenant of Grace Is 35. Ezek. 36.26 Joh. 1.18 and a liberall communication from Christ Jesus the fulness and