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A30305	The poor man's help and young mans guide containing I. Doctrinal instructions for the right informing of his judgment, II. Practical directions for the general course of his life, III. Particular advices for the well-managing of every day : with reference to his [brace] 1. Natural actions, 2. Civil imployments, 3. Necessary recreations, 4. Religious duties : particularly I. Prayer [brace] publick in the congregation, private in the family, secret in the closet, II. Reading the Holy Scriptures, III. Hearing of the Word preached, IV. Receiving of the Lord's Supper : unto which is added an earnest exhortation unto all Christians to the love and practice of universal holiness / by William Burkitt ...	Burkitt, William, 1650-1703.	1694 (1694)	Wing B5738; ESTC R34773	72,112	85

for the time to come so direct sanctifie and govern both my Heart and Life in the Ways of thy Laws and in the Works of thy Commandments that in all my Thoughts Words and Works I may ever seek thy Honour and Glory and may so Order my Conversation aright that at Death I may see the Salvation of God Prepare me for a sick-bed and fit me for a dying hour let not God be a Stranger nor my Conscience a Terrour to me when I come to die but do thou mercifully assist and succour me in my last Moments In the hour of Death and in the Day of Judement Good Lord deliver me and conduct me safely to thine Everlasting Kingdom I Bless thy Name Oh Lord for that good Providence of thine which has brought me to the Light of another day do thou so prevent me with thy Grace so direct and assist me by thy Holy and Good Spirit that I may not run this day into any Sin or Temptation that I may not follow nor be led by any Worldly and Carnal Lusts but be enabled in my place and station to perform my Duty to thy Self and my Neibour with such Care Fidelity and Chearfulness as may be acceptable both to God and Man I humbly commend this Church and Nation to thy merciful Care and Protection Let our Gracious King and Queen live in thy sight and rule in thy fear and let all their Subjects fear God Honour their Majesties and Love one another Assist all thy Ministers in their hard and difficult work and follow their endeavours with thy Blessing particularly his who labours amongst us in the Word and Doctrine Pity all in an afflicted Condition Pardon their Sins and supply their wants Remember all my Relations for good requite the kindness of my Friends pardon and forgive my Enemies and Enable me to forgive them also These Mercies with whatever else thou knowest to be needful for me and all Mankind I humbly beg in the Name and Words of my Blessed Redeemer saying as he has Taught me Our Father c. An Evening Prayer for a Private Person MOst Holy and ever Blessed Lord God! the Father of Mercies the Fountain of Goodness and the Author of all Grace I desire again this Evening to bow before thy Mercy-Seat to adore and praise thy Glorious Majesty for thy Gracious Care and Providence over me the day past Pardon unto me most Merciful Father I most humby Beseech whatever I have committed or omitted this day contrary to my Resolutions and Obligations Pity my weaknesses and accept my sincere endeavours to serve and glorifie Thee Wherein I have been wont to slip Lord help me to be more Watchful where I have been careless and negligent let me use greater Diligence and Circumspection help me more sensibly to groan under this Body of Sin which I carry about with me and which so interrupts me in thy Service that when I would do Good evil is present with me And oh that the Sense of that Corruption which I find stirring in my Soul may cause me more earnestly to implore the help of thy Blessed Spirit which alone can enable me to Mortifie all Evil and Corrupt Affections to deny all Vngodliness and Worldly Lusts and to live Soberly Righteously and Godly in this present World Raise up my Heart and my Affections above this World and the things below and place them upon thy Self and the things that are above oh help me to Realize the Things of Eternity and another World to my Mind and to believe them as certainly as if I saw them with my Bodily Eyes Hear Oh Lord and Answer the Supplications and Prayers which have been put up unto Thee by any of thine this day on the behalf of this Church and Nation Oh that Peace and Happiness Truth and Justice Religion and Piety may be established amongst us for all Generations Secure the Persons of thy Servants King William and Queen Mary from all attempts of Violence and let that hand be for ever withered which shall be once stretched forth to hurt the Lords anointed and let all that are in Authority under them execute Judgment and Justice impartially to the Punishment of Wickedness and Vice and to the maintainance of thy True Religion and Godliness Let all that Minister unto Thee in Holy things endeavour both by the Purity of their Doctrine and the Piety of their Lives to win many to a Love of Holiness and Religion that they may shine as Stars for ever and ever Pity all those that are in a worse Condition than my self supply their wants out of thy abundance and work in me a readiness of Disposition to administer to their necessities according to my Ability Accept my Thankful returns to thy Majesty for all thy Mercies for the Fountain of them all the Holy Jesus for all the invaluable Benefits of his Incarnation Death and Passion Resurrection Ascension and Intercession for the Gift of thy Holy Spirit for the Light of thy Glorious Gospel for all the Comforts and Conveniences of Life afforded to me which many Better than my self are deprived of for thy watchful care and good Hand of Providence over me this day Receive me into thy Protection this Night sanctifie my Rest and keep me from sinning against Thee upon my Bed and let the natural repose of my Body put me in Mind that e're long I must sleep in the Bosom of the Grave and awake no more 'till the Morning of the Resurrection for which solemn hour good Lord prepare and sit me and all Mankind by a renewed frame of Heart and a Religious course of Life for thy Mercies sake in Christ Jesus who has both directed and commanded me when I pray to say Our Father c. A short Hymn for the Evening NOw from the Altar of my Heart Let Incense Flames arise Assist me Lord to offer up My Evening Sacrifice Lord Watch and Ward when I shall sleep I humbly Thee implore Thine Angels let my Guardians be Both now and evermore Into thy hands do I commit My Spirit which is thy due For why Thou hast created it Yea didst Redeem it too Lord if I live let me be thine Thine also if I die Come Life come Death let Heaven be mine Amen Amen say I. CHAP. XI Of Reading the Holy Scriptures THE Holy Bible being a Letter wrote unto us by the Finger of God himself what is our Reading of it and daily Conversing with it but a Communing with the Almighty and making an inquiry after that Revelation of his Will which his Wisdom has been pleased to make unto us How stupendious then is the Folly and Impiety of those who either lay the Bible aside as a neglected Book or else read it carelesly irreverently unattentively without an honest simplicity of Mind to be guided instructed and directed by it To prevent the Sin and danger of both which neglects it will be our Wisdom to resolve with our selves to redeem some time every

8. v. 34. Who is he that Condemneth it is Christ that died yea rather that is risen again who is even at the right hand of God who also maketh Intercession for us St. Matth. 13. v. 41 42. The Son of Man shall send forth his Angels and they shall gather out of his Kingdom all things which offend and them that do Iniquity and shall cast them into a Furnace of Fire where shall be wailing and weeping c. IV. Concerning the Way and Means to obtain Salvation by Christ 1. That the way and means appointed by God for the Sinners Salvation thro' Jesus Christ the Redeemer is by Faith Repentence and sincere Obedience So saith the Apostle Eph. 2.8 By Grace ye are saved thro' Faith Acts 11. r8 Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life Heb. 5. v. 9. Christ became the Author of Eternal Salvation to them that obey him 2. That saving Faith is a Grace of the Holy Spirit wrought in us by the Ministery of the Word Whereby we do in our Understandings Assent to the Doctrine of the Gospel as true and with our Wills embrace it as good And according to that Revelation do depend upon the merits of Christ alone fo● pardon of Sin and eternal life on such conditions as the Gospe● has assured them upon Rom. 10. v. 10. With the heart man beliveth unto Righteousness St. John 6. v. 68 69. We believe and are sure that thou art Christ the Son of the living God to whom shall we go thou hast the words of Eternal Life 3. That true Repentance consists in an hearty Trouble and Sorrow for sin past In an humble acknowledgment and Penitential Confession of sin both past and present but chiefly in such stedfast Purposes and Resolutions against sin for the time to come as do produce Actual Reformation and Amendment of Life 2 Cor. 7.11 Ye sorrowed after a Godly sort what carefulness did it work in you yea what indignation yea what fear yea what vehement desire yea what revenge Isa 55.7 Let the Wicked forsake his way and turn c. 4. That Repentance being a real Change and Reformation of our Lives to defer it to a sick bed and a dying hour puts the Soul upon a mighty hazard it being then impossible to know the truth of our Repentance when we want time and opportunity to make tryal of the sincerity of it St. Mat. 3.8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for Repentance Isa 55.6 Seek ye now the Lord whilst he may be found and call upon him whilst he is near 2 Cor. 6.2 Behold now is the accepted time 5. That Sincere obedience consists in a conformity of Heart and Life to the Word and Will of God from an unfeigned Love to God and a sincere delight in keeping his Commandments Psal 40.8 I delight to do thy will oh my God yea thy Law is within my heart Acts 24.16 Herein do I exercise my self to keep always a Conscience void of offence towards God and towards all men 6. That the Obedience of the best of Christians in this Life when at the best is but imperfect attended with much weakness and accompanied with manifold imperfections which yet upon our humble acknowledgment God will graciously pardon and for Christs sake mercifully accept Job 9. v. 20. If I justifie my self my own mouth shall condemn me If I say I am perfect it shall also prove me perverse 2 Chr. 30.18 19 20. The good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God tho' he be not cleansed according to the purification of the Sanctuary And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah and healed the People 7. That no Obedience is sincere but that which is Universal and causes us to have an abiding respect unto all Gods Commandments to obey them and to all Christs institutions to observe and follow them Psal 119.9 Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy Commandments St. Mat. 28.20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you 8. That the great Commands of God are to Love him with all our Hearts with all our Souls with all our Strength and to love our Neighbour as our selves Matth. 22.37 38. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart c. This is the first and great Commandment and the second is like unto it Thou shalt love thy Neighbour as thy self 9. That the great Institutions of Jesus Christ under the Gospel are his Word and Sacraments to wit Baptism and the Lords Supper which he Commands all his Disciples and Followers most Religiously to Celebrate until his coming again unto Judgment St. Math. 28. ult Go teach all Nations Baptizing them c. And lo I am with you always even unto the end of the world 1 Cor. 11.26 As oft as ye eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye do shew the Lords death till he come 10. That Baptism is a holy Institution of our Saviours for the benefit of Believers and their Seed Wherein by the outward washing with Water in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost it signifies the Spiritual washing of the Soul by the Blood and Spirit of Christ from the guilt and filth of sin Eph. 5.25 26. Christ loved his Church and gave himself for it that he might sanctifie and cleatnse it by the washing of Water and the Word 11. That the Lords Supper is an holy Ordinance wherein by Bread broken and Wine poured out the death of Christ is shewed forth and all the Benefits of his death are Represented Applied and Sealed unto Worthy Receivers 1 Cor. 10.16 The Cup of Blessing which we bless is it not the Commmunion of the Blood of Christ c. 12. That the end of this Ordinance is to be a Memorial of Christs Death To strengthen our Faith in him To encrease our Communion with him To be a Spiritual Banquet wherein we feed upon him in order to our Spiritual nourishment and Growth in Grace 1 Cor. 11.26 As oft as ye eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye shew forth the Lords death till he come 13. That all such as are truly penitent for sin past and holily resolved against sin and for a new life for the time to come tho' their Grace be weak their doubts many and their fears great yet ought they often to come to this Heavenly Banquet for Spiritual strength and inward comfort St. John 6.51 I am the living Bread which came down from Heaven if any man eat of this Bread he shall live for ever 14. That it is the duty of every one who would be a Worthy Receiver of the Lords Supper to prepare himself thereunto by previous Examination and to make proof of his Knowledge Faith and Charity and so to eat of this Bread and drink of this Cup. See 1 Cor 11.28 But let a Man examine himself and so let him eat of that Bread and drink of that Cup. 15. That the danger

Ammunition to fight against us Rom. 13. ult Make no provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof 2. We make our Table a Snare when by our Importunities we urge others to eat and drink more than they desire or their Natures will well bear It is unquestionably lawful for a man sometimes to exceed in his Provision for his Friends but lawful at no time to exceed the bounds of Sobriety and Moderation himself or to solicit others so to do The Royal Example of Ahasuerus an Heathen King the Spirit of God has Recorded to the shame of many that call themselves Christians Esth 1. v. 7 8. When he made a magnificent Feast for his Princes and Nobles he commands that every man eat and drink according to his own pleasure and that none be compell'd 6. Let every one labour to understand what is most conducible to his own Health and let that be the ordinary measure of his Diet both for Quantity Quality and Time It is every Mans Duty to observe the Temper of his own Body and to understand his particular Constitution in order to the preservation of Life and Health that a healthfull Body may be Assistant to a holy Soul in the Service of God 7. Often consider with thy self what a sinning Sin what a Beastly sin and what a Destroying sin the sin of Intemperance is 'T is an In-let to all Sin and for that Reason perhaps is not particularly forbidden in any one of the Commandments because it is contrary to them All Drunkenness may be called a breach of every one of the Commandments because it disposes men to break them All What sin is it that a Drunken man stands not ready to commit Fornication Murther Adultery In●est what not and how doth this Sin transform a man into a Beast ●nd make him the shame and Reproach of Humane Nature Of the two it is much worse to be like a Beast than to be a Beast The Beast is what God has made it but the Drunkard is what Sin and the Devil has made him Add to this that the Intemperate man is his own Tormentor yea his own Destroyer as appears by the many Diseases and untimely Deaths which Surfeiting and Drunkenness daily bring upon men For as Temperance and Sobriety is the Nurse and Preserver of Life and Health so excess in either is the occasion of Self-murther 't is like a lingring Poyson which tho' it works slowly yet it destroys surely Consider lastly That Intemperance is a sin which a man cannot presently Repent of as soon as he has committed it A Drunken man is no more fit to repent than a dead man and what Assurance has any man that when Drunkenness closes his Eyes over night that he shall not open them in Hell-flames next Morning How many thousands have closed their Eyes in a Drunken fit and opened them in another World 8. Think it neither unlawful nor indecent to intermingle innocent and harmless mirth with your Eating and Drinking but always remember to keep within the Bounds of Modesty Decency and Sobriety It is certainly a melancholly Reflexion that the thing we call Society and Conversation the Gentleman and the Christian Mirth and Religion should be thought inconsistent that men to fly Preciseness must run into Debauchery and Prophaneness Cannot sourness and moroseness be banisht Conver●ation but must Modesty and Sobriety be banisht too Must our Entertainments of one another at our Tables administer either to Sin or to Sullenness Surely it is possible to observe the Rules of Conversation better without running into either Extream A vertuous and wise man at his Table may let his Tongue loose in a harmless Urbanity but at the same time he scorns to come within the Verge of a base Scrurility Eph. 4.29 Let no filthy Communication proceed out of your mouth but that which is good to the use of Edifying As touching Intemperance and Excess in Sleep Necessity Cures most of you that are Poor of this Evil and it may be happy for you that it doth so for how many thousand Hours have some that are Rich to account for which were spent in a sinful Excess of Sleep and Oh how earnestly will such Persons shortly wish for those Hours to spend over again which were thus Consumed 1. Let Prudence direct you about the Measure of your Sleep and Piety instruct you to mind the Ends of it which are the repairing of Nature the refreshing of the Spirits the supporting of our frail Bodies which continual Labour and Toil would soon weary and wear out but now a moderate Degree of Sleep best serves these Ends namely to fit us for Business and enable us to Serve God by an Active Obedience 2. Often Consider what a great Time-waster Sleep is and that there is no part of your Time so totally lost as that which is Consumed in Sleep for all that Time a Man's Reason lyes idle and buried all his Wisdom and Knowledge is of no Use or Advantage to himself or his Neighbour 3. Remember how very injurious Immoderate Sleep is both to thy Body and Soul To thy Body in filling that full of Diseases and making it a very Sink of Pernicious Humours To thy Soul by bringing a Stupifying Dullness on its Faculties and thereby rendring it unfit for Holy Services 4. Remember also the grand Importance of the Business of your Souls which lyes continually upon your Hands and let the Consideration of the greatness of your Work rouse and raise you from a Bed of Sloth If you have a Journey to go or some extraordinary business to do you can rise Early at a particular time why not then every Day when you have much greater Business to do for God and your Souls 5. Remember that your Morning-hours are the Flower of your Time and that early rising makes at once both the Body healthful and the Soul holy The Morning is the best time for enjoying God and our seves then are our Spirits fresh and our Hearts free from Worldly Cares 6. Believe your self certainly Accountable to God for the Time you spend in Sleep this will make you with Holy Hooper sparing of your Sleep more sparing of your Dyet and most sparing of your Time CHAP. V. Of Glorifying God in our Civil Imployments and Labours of our particular Callings ALmighty God has sent no Man into the World to be idle but to serve him in the way of an honest and industrious Diligence He that says Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy says also Six days shalt thou labour either with the Labour of the Mind or of the Body or with both Riches and a great Estate will excuse none from labouring in some kind or other in the Service of our Maker for he that receives most Wages surely ought to do some Work 1. Labour to Understand and be thoroughly sensible how much you are beholden to God for the Benefit of a Calling Thousands are now Blessing God in Heaven for the