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sin_n	dead_a	quicken_v	trespass_n	3,621	5	10.4863	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70839	A Looking-glass for children being a narrative of God's gracious dealings with some little children / recollected by Henry Jessey in his life time ; together with sundry seasonable lessons and instructions to youth, calling them early to remember their creator, written by Abr. Chear ...	H. P.; Jessey, Henry, 1603-1663.; Cheare, Abraham, d. 1668.	1673 (1673)	Wing P30; ESTC R11296	42,161	98

from his great desire you be blest And in your choice reach everlasting rest He offers dear-bought light to guide your mind That to the better part it be inclin'd He shews a little in a homespun stile The one's simplicity the other's Guile What stocks they come of and their old descents Their various treasures and their plain intents What are their qualities their differing ends To what plain issue each proposal tends Their sundry overtures your love to gain In way of Dialogue betwixt them twain The love of Christ SWeet Virgin stop let Wisdom drop a word becoming Kings Pray be inclin'd to bend your mind unto coelestial things I beg your love for things Above nay all your Powers I claime I would adorn your youthful morn and crown your early aime The lust of the flesh Should any thought to mind be brought that interrupts your quiet Shall Virgins weep disturb their sleep desert their needful diet Tush drink in Plate and recreate your lively youthful Spirit Seek Courtly things delight in Kings which may proclaim your merit The love of Christ While Flesh pretends these pleasing ends its dire intents it hides But pray awake for Jesus sake while day of Grace abides Flesh lusts its Guests between its Breasts convictions to expel But deadly Charms are in its armes its Guests are lodg'd in Hell The Lusts of the flesh What strange conceits what silly cheats would drive thy joys away These Preachers tell but dreams of Hell and of the Judgment day 'T wil ne'r do well till mirth expel such sullen dumps as these The Timbrel bring come dance and sing eat drink and take thine ease The Love of Christ These Childish Toys may make a noise to please the carnal heart But all the while they but beguile nay wound the better part One glimps of love seal'd from above these highest joyes transcends From deeps 't will raise to heights of praise when that in torment ends The Lust of the flesh Shall wordy winds on gallant minds such deep impressions make That for a ●ound of things unfound they joys in Hand forsake This day invites to rare delights all Ladies who design T o've fortunes rais'd and beauties prais'd embrace thess paths of mine The Love of Christ Alas at length you 'l lose your strength mirth beauty sport and pleasure And when too late lament your state your mispent time and treasure They 'l take them wings and leave you stings with venom guilt and smart Then while 't is day I humbly pray chuse Mary's better part The Lust of the flesh Are such things fit that clogs your wit which now to heights aspires Such doatings leave till age bereave of moisture warm desires Your budding Spring prompts you to sing your warbling Princely straine In Courtly Modes with amourous odes your Gallants entertain The Love of Christ Such frothy freaks aloud bespeaks how slightly youths esteem Their nobler parts their precious hearts which Earth cannot redeem How hardly brought to turn a thought from Objects thus deprav'd Though Jesus cries Oh! fix your eyes on me and be ye sav'd The Lust of the flesh Such looks may grace some wither'd face or some grave Cloystered Nun Are counted blots not beauty-spots where Fame 's but now begun Tush rather prize those Comedies and rare Romances use Attend resorts to Princely sports and shades for interviews The Love of Christ What pitty 't is such trash as this with heaven-born Souls should take While Jesus stands with stretch'd out hands rich overtures to make Gold try'd in Fire and rich attire do your acceptance crave A crown of Bliss prepared is when each an end shall have The treaty stops but here you have a tast your friend hath longings that you may be Chast Preserv'd a Virgin and brought such to Christ By love constrained not by lust intic't A Description of an Elect Person in his threefold state by Nature Grace and Glory Collected by Va. Powel in the close of his Catechism translated into familiar Verse for Childrens better remembrance by A. Chear Ejaculation My blessed Father when my heart enclines To sing this Song or but to read these lines Let me thy Spirits Power or leadings find To form their lively likeness on my mind Work deep convictions and an holy fear To think what am I or what once I were And into fellowship Lord let it guide me With all this Grace the Gospel doth provide me That I may claim what this thy record saith By sound experience and unfeigned Faith And let the hope of yonder Glory raise My Soul to close with those reflects of praise 1. Nature BY Nature and as out of Christ born of the flesh was I Grace By Grace and as I stand in Christ I 'm new born spiritually Glory In Glory I with Christ shall reign and heavenly freedom have Refl Lord what is man that thou shouldst daign so vile a Wretch to save 2. Nature Flesh did my Members and my mind with quietness inherit Grace But now a Warfare I do find betwixt my flesh and spirit Glory The spirit promised at length all glorious will make me Refl For that his War 's above my strength let not my Christ forsake me 3 Nature My sensual lusts to satisfie a fleshly War I waged Grace But now for walking spiritually my spirit stands ingaged Glory Nay by Christ's quickning power at last transform'd I wait to be Refl Lord what am I that thou should'st cast a look of love on me 4 Nature To that which fleshly pleasure brings I wholly bent my mind But now unto the Spirit 's things Grace I chiefly stand inclin'd Glory At length my glorified eyes such sights alone shall see Refl Lord what am I that thou should'st prize so poor a Worm as me 5 Nature By sinful nature I was dead in trespasses and sins Grace By Gospel-Grace now quickened my Soul to live begins Glory The day approacheth when from sin I shall be wholly free Refl Lord what am I that thou hast been at so great cost on me 6. Nature In sin as in my Proper place I was well pleas'd to lie Grace But now I strive to walk by Grace in all simplicity Glory I shall presented be at last as my dear Christ is pure Refl What love is this that Christ so chast should such a Wretch indure 7. Subjected to the Law of sin Nature and death I once did stand Grace Made free I to obey begin the Spirit of Life's command Glory A glorious triumph 's yet in store o're sin and death for me Refl How should I Majesty adore that I thus sav'd should be 8. Nature Once Gods pure Nature Word and Law I hated as my foes Grace Now with them I in holy awe and dear affections close Glory Desires shall into full delight at length resolved be Refl Lord what am I that er'e my sight should such blest objects see 9 Nature Born ignorant of Heavenly things I teachings did despise Grace

asked the cause she said I am not like this good Mary I know not that one thing needful Thus tender was her heart at that Age. In February 1659. The Night after General Monck had sent his Leter to the Parliament to put an end to their sitting by such a time Bonefires being made the night following all over London and some before her Fathers door When some went down to see them this Child would not But going to the Window and looking out hearing such roaring and rantings in the burning of Rumps and drinking of Healths there she came back and the tears running down her cheeks she said thus Here is a deal of wicked joy they know not but they may be dead before the morning methinks I see our sins fly up to Heaven as fast as the sparks fly upward This that next follows was written about October 28. 1661. It being 24 days now that she had taken nothing but Water with a little Sugar till Tuesday last and ever since that she will not take it with Sugar but water only without crying out her speech being of late taken away from her and that by forcing it into her by a Syringe she having an impostume in her stomach as it appeared afterwards not taking Food at all for divers dayes What next follows was written by her father on Friday night Octob. 4. 1661. She sent for me to speak with me and when I came I asked her what she would have with me She answered I have but a short time to live I pray you be loving to my poor Mother Afterwards he speaking of loving her she said I pray manifest your love to my poor Mother Her Mother asked her if she were willing to die She answered Aye very willing for then I shall sin no more for I know that Christs Blood hath made satisfaction for my sins ● asked her if I should go down She answered I have done with you now you may if you please Next night Octob. the 5th her Mother going softly to the Chamber-door she heard her speaking alone and she listned and heard her say this Come Lord Jesus come quickly receive they poor Creature out of all my pains On the Lords Day Octob. 6. She said thus here is n●thing here but sin I am willing to die but either to live or to die which she Lord pleaseth his Will be done and so it will whether I will or no. On Tuesday at night Octob. 8. Seeing her Mother weeping she said Mother do not weep for me but leave me to the Lord and let him do with me what he pleaseth And then Clasping her Arms about her Mothers Neck her Mother said Thou embracest me but I trust thou art going to the embracings of the Lord Jesus She answered Mother I know it that when I go from hence I shall go into health and happiness or else I should not undergo all my pains with so much patience she having been in very great pain having an Imposthume in her stomack One day when Nurse came to see her young Sister Sarah her Sister Ann being with her she said to her Sister Go see Nurse Her Sister said she was loath to leave her alone She answered I am not alone for the Lord is with me as it is in John I am not alone for the Father is with me She feeling a sore pain in her side her Mother said she would apply something to it She answered No the Lord Jesus hath undergone a great deal more for m● More Expressions of Mary Warren She having been very ill and speechless for some dayes her Father had desired Mr. John Simpson and Mr. Palmer late of Glocestershire and Mr. Jessey to come to his House and pray for his sick and much pained Daughter On Friday Novemb. 8. 1661. these met then and sought the Lord earnestly on her behalf her father having first declared to them his Daughters afflicted Condition and the more to affect them therewith he there read to them what he had formerly written of her gracious Expressions those before recited from Octob. 4. 1661. there being present also Mr. Greensmith and his Wife also that grave Matron Mris. Adkins a Ministers Widow with divers other Christian friends That Relation the more affecting their hearts to pray for her After these and another Minister had prayed for her and were gone in hopes the Lord would some way return a gracious Answer though they could see nothing at their departure It pleased the Lord the Evening following to open her Mouth that had been speechless for many dayes then she spake to the Maid to call her Mother and when she came she said thus Pray you Mother take off these Plaisters for I would not have them I would have no Doctors or Apothecaries for God shall be my Physician and he will heal me If I could have spoken before these Playsters were a laying on I would not have had them laid on If my Speech should be taken away again do not trouble me with any more things for the Lord hath fed me with the Food of Righteousness and Gladness Sometimes when you laid Victuals upon a Trencher I snatcht it away I would not destroy Gods good Creatures when I am in my fits If any thing lye on the Cloth before me take it away Though you take water to wash my mouth there is none goeth down for I have no nourishment by any thing but God no more than by this Rag taking one in her hand I do not value the things of this World no more than dirt Her Mother had told one that she thought her Daughter had assaults of Satan she once looked very gashly And now her Daughter said thus Once I think I looked gashfully and turned my head on one side and on the other Satan stood upon my left side and God was upon my right side and opened the gates of Heaven for me and he told me Satan should not hurt me though he sought to devour me like a roaring Lion Something being burning that gave her offence she said I perceive you burn something but do not trouble me for I cannot smell I am very sore from the crown of my head to the sole of my foot but I am so full of Comfort and joy that I do feel but little of my pain I do not know whether I shall live or die but whether I live or die it will be well for me I am not in trouble for my sins God is satisfied with his Son Jesus Christ for he hath washt them away with his Blood Another time when she had been speechless and began to speak she said I have been so full of joy and gladness when I was silent I am not able to express it When her Mother syringed her Mouth with water she said she could not relish it but desired to try a Syringe of Beer which when she had she said it relished worse than the Water then she desired a Syringe of