worship him As for the image we reade that to turne the glorie of the incorruptible God into the similitude of a corruptible creature is idolatrie Well may I then affirme with Moses Cursed be the Image and the Image maker The conclusion therefore of this poynt is this that we seeke the Lord and his strength euermore that wee pray vnto God in humilitie sinceritie and in full assurance of faith continually who without end is to be sought because without end he is to be beloued The third thing contained in our duetie is what effect this seeking and praying ought to worke in vs comprehended in these wordes If thou be pure vpright if the cloudes be ful they will powre forth raine vpon the earth vnpossible it is that a man that seeketh after God and prayeth vnto the Almighty should not bring forth the fruits of a godly life for if the tree be good the fruits cannot be bad if the head of y e water be pure it wil send forth pure waters into the cesterns Wherefore as good motions are stirred vp by praier so must they bee fostred by practise of life according to that of the Apostle Quench not the spirit nor grieue the holy one of God by whom ye are sealed to the day of redemption He quencheth dearly beloued the spirit which being once lightened with the sparkles of faith felte Gods motions in his hart doth neglect to increase the one to a flame the other to good workes in his life but with the dog turneth to his vomit with the Sow that was washed to her wallowing againe in the mire Therefore beloued loue and seeke the Lord pray to the almightie be pure and vpright in conuersation fly from sinne as from a serpent for if thou come neare it will bite thee The teeth thereof are as the teeth of a Lyon to slay the soules of men and all iniquitie is as a two edged sword the woundes that it giues cannot bee healed I dare not stand as I would vpon these pointes fearing tediousnes wherefore let this suffice for the former general part concerning the duty we owe vnto God Now Gods promises for the performance herof yeeld vnto vs most plentiful matter of doctrine cōsolation First of his iustice that as he will suffer no sin vnpunished so he will leaue no good work vnrewarded but giueth to euery seueral actiō his seueral hire iust recompence of reward Shall the howre come in which al that are in their graues shal heare a voice come forth they that haue done vvel to the resurrection of life they that haue done euil to the resurrection of condemnation Shall the Lord search Ierusalem with Lanthornes Shall all foule corners be swept and all pleites and vvrinckles be vnfolded Shall the sea graue death and hell giue vp al that is in them and shal all the deade both great and small stand before God vvhen the bookes are opened and shall euery man haue praise of God according vnto his deseruing Shall vvee then discerne betweene the vessels of honour and of vvrath betweene sheepe and gotes the iust and vniust Finally shall there be an infallible generall and incorrupt iudgement wherein the booke of all our offences shall be laide wide open Now God bee mercifull vnto vs be fauorable O Lord bee fauorable But to proceede it is thy nature O Lorde to gather vp the wheate and burne the tares to cut down all fruitles trees cast them into the fire yea into a fierie furnace that neuer shall be quenched into an vtter darknes where is weeping wailing and gnashing of teeth then be fauorable O Lord be fauorable Doth not the Lord spare Dauid a king and a Prophet for murther doth he not spare the Sichemites for adulterie nor Absalom for treason nor Saul for tyrannie nor Eli for negligence nor Achab Ieroboam nor Iezabell for crueltie nor Herod Nabuchadnezzar Lucifer for pride nor Pharaoh for incredulitie then be fauorable O Lord be fauorable to vs in whom almost euery one of these sins doe dwell and remaine Did the Lorde for corruption ouerflow the world with water did hee burne Sodome for her villanie did he cast Adam and Eue out of Paradise for eating of the forbidden fruite did hee stone a poore wretch to death for gathering chips on the Sabboth day then be fauorable O Lorde be fauorable vnto vs. But dooth not the Lord spare the Cedar tree for his height nor the Oke for his strength nor the Poplar for his smoothnesse nor the Lawrel for his greennes No verely from the Cedar that is in Lybanon euen to y e hysop that groweth out of the wall yea euery one that bringeth not forth good fruite is hewne downe and cast into the fire it is a righteous thing with God to render vengeance to those that disobey him and to destroy such as haue forsaken the law by euerlasting perdition Behold the Lord shal come in the great and latter day of iudgement when none shall escape his iudgment seat with cloudes shall he come and euery eie shall see him euen they which pierced him thorow shall also waile before him being sūmoned al to appeare most fearfully before his imperial throne of maiesty thē be fauorable O Lord be fauorable A las with what eies shall we miserable sinners behold him so gloriously sitting in his roiall kingdome with all his mightie and holy angels and whole number of saints sounding with the voice of the archangell and trumpet of God causing the heauens to passe away with a noise and the elements to melt like waxe the earth to burne with the works thereof yea with what eies shall wee behold him when we see the Sun darkned the Moone eclipsed and the stars fall down from heauen But alas when he taketh the furbished blade into his hand when he is ready to throw the fiery thunderbolts of his wrath when hee summoneth before him the worme that neuer dieth the fire that neuer shall bee quenched to reuenge vppon the wicked into what a plight are they then driuen then leaue they off be fauorable O Lorde be fauorable and say to the hils O ye mountains come and couer vs O yee waters come and ouerwhelme vs wo wo wo how great is this darkenes The godly on the other side are bathed in such streames of blisse and aduanced to such happines as neither tongue can vtter nor heart conceiue The second thing wee haue to note in his promises is his mercy which exceedeth al his workes For God though hee haue giuē a curse of the law against sinners yet seeing Christ for the penitent hath borne the curse whereby his iustice is not impaired he is content to accept our weaknesse as our strength to recompence our imperfection with rewarde of greatest perfection and that which we can performe but in small part hee is content to accept as whole not for any
grieuous not a fewe but infinite not past but present not secret but presumptuous against thy expresse word will against our owne conscience knowledge and liking if any had done them but our selues O Lord if thou shouldest require but the least of them at our hands Satan would challenge vs for his we should neuer see thy face againe nor the Heauens nor the earth nor all the goodnesse which thou hast prepared for man What shal we doe then but appeale vnto thy mercy and humbly desire thy fatherly goodnesse to extend that compassion towards vs which thy beloued sonne our louing Sauiour hath purchased so mightily so gratiously and so deerely for vs wee beleeue and knowe that one drop of his bloud is sufficient to heale our infirmities pardon our iniquities and supply our necessities but without thy grace our light our strength our guide we are able to doe nothing but sinne as wofull experience hath taught vs too long and the example of them that are voyde thereof whose life is nothing els but the seruice of the world the flesh and the Deuill Therefore good father as rhou in speciall fauour hast appointed vs to serue thee like as thou hast ordained all other creatures to serue vs so may it please thee to send downe thy heauenly spirite into this earthlie mansion to illuminate our mindes mollifie our heartes change our affections subdue our reason regenerate our willes and purifie our nature to this duetie so shall not thy benefites nor thy chastisementes nor thy worde returne voide but accomplish that for which they were sent vntill wee be renued to the image of thy sonne Good Lord wee beseech thee looke downe in the multitude of thy compassions vpon thy militant Church this sinfull realme thy gratious handmaide our dreade Soueraine her Honourable Counsell the ciuill Magistrates the painefull Ministers the two Vniuersities the people that sit in darkenesse and al that beare thy Crosse. Gather vs into one communion of thy truth and giue vnto euery man a spirit to his calling that wee being mindfull of the account and that wee are called Christians may firmely resolue speedily begin and continually perseuer in doing and suffering thy holy will Good Lorde blesse and sanctifie our meeting that no temptation hinder me in speaking nor them in hearing but that thy word may be heard and spoken as the word of God which is able to saue our soules in that day howsoeuer it pleaseth thee by weake and foolish things to magnifie thy self There is no cause O God most iust why thou shouldest heare sinners which art displeased with sinne but for his sake which suffered for sinne and sinned not in whose name we are bolde to lift vp our hearts hands and voyces vnto thee praying as he hath taught vs. Our father which art in heauen c. FINIS Diuision Cōcerning the search Psal 107 Matth 6 Mat 17. 20 Eccle 35 Gal. 6 1. Thes. 6 1. Tim. 2 Matt. 13. 14 Prouer. 28 Iudge 1 Prou. 24. Gen. 3 Exod. 7. 22 1. Kings 13 1 Cor. 2. 1 2. Iames. 1. 27 1. Cor. 2 Rom. 1 2. Pet. 2 Reue. 2 Luke 11. Ephe 6. Reu. 12. Iohn 1 Psal. 144. 2 3 4 Esay 65. Math. 25 Iob. 28. Pro. 9. Psal. 32 Eccle. 5 Amos. 8 1. Pet. 3 Eccle 12 Eccle. 32 47. 50. Mat. 2. Iames 5. 15 Iohn 16 Act. 15 10 Iosh 6 2. King 20 Dan. 6. Exod. 14 Dan. 3 1 King 8 Iudg. 4 Luke 6 Luke 6 Luke 6 Iohn 11 Math 26 Iohn 18 Luke 22 Luke 23 Math 19 Psal 40 Rom 8 2. Tim 4. Psal 83 Esay 9 Prou 2. Psal 105 Psal 18 Iere. 7. 7 1. King 16 Psal. 18 Reue. 19 Rom 1 Deut. 27 1. Thes. 6 Ephes. 4 1. The. 5 Ephes. 4 Reue. 1. 7 2. Cor. 5 Psal. 78 Ephe. 5. Reu. 22. 2 Psal. 1. 12 Pro. 28 Iob. 22 Psal. 128. Hest. 8. Gen. 30. Dan. 6 Psal. 113. Psal. 78 Iob. 42 Psal. 126. Psal. 41 Psalm 99. Psalm 96 Iohn 11 Gen. 27 Matth. 6. 35 Iob. 2. Gen. 47 Genes 45 Luke 8 Matth. 8. 19. Gen. 18 Gen. 19 1. Tim 3. 2 Num. 35 Luke 15 Math 5. 13 Math. 5 Luke 4 Iohn 8 Math. 5. 13. Luke 8. 14 Exod. 3 Mark 10 Gen. 18 Acts. 2 Acts. 8 Actes 22 Gen. 8 Exod. 8. 32 2. Sam. 15. Luke 8 Math. 13. 40. 2. Tim. 4. 2 Math. 6 1. King 17 2. King 4 Iohn 11 Math. 25 Luke 5 Num. 21 Mat. 25 Gen. 6 Heb. 11 1. King 18 Gen. 37 1. Sam. 17 Psal. 69 Luke 7. 33 Actes 26 Luke 7. 34 Gen. 3. 24 Num. 12 Num. 22. 2. Pet. 2. 1◠Gen. 2◠1. Sam. 3 Luke 14 1. King 18 Math. 14 Marke 6. 20 Gen. 25. 28 Psalm 42. 1 Eccle. 12. 13 Heb. 11. 6 Rom. 10. 17. 1. Tim. 4. 8 1. Pet. 1. 13 Luke 21. 33 1. Pet. 1. 25 Iames. 1. 22 Math. 12. 50 Luke 11. 28 Ephe. 5. 23 Iosu. 6. 1 Reg. 16. 34 Iohn 7. 52 Math. 19. 28 Rom. 2. 28 Deut. 15 Leuit. 35. 36. 37 Marke 14. 7 Psalm 37. Luke 12. 21. Luke 10 Gen. 45 Rom 10 1. Reg. 10 Iohn 20. 32 Exod 19 Iohn 6. 26 Two impediments 2. Sam. 16. 7 3. Sā 16. 12 Iohn 3. 2 2. King 5 Esa. 59 〈…〉 1. Reg. 1◠Rom. 12 Iohn 12. 6 Matth. 3. 22 Luke 14. 29 1. King 10. 1. Chr. 29. 9 Math. 21. 19 Mat. 18. 20 1. Pet. 58 Iohn 10 Luke 11. 21 Hester 4 Iob. 2. 12 Iohn 1 Luke 5 1. King 3 12. 13 Gen. 28. 30 Rom. 10. 12 Ephe. 2. 4 Ierem. 29 Rom. 10. 20 Esay 55 Actes 17 Math. 26 Eccle. 5. 7. Luke 14. 28 Math. 35. 40 Luke 16 Ierem. 14 Psalm 24 psalm 95 Exod. 16 1. Reg. 19 Psalm 29 Heb. 4. 12 Math. ◠Iohn 6. 44 Acts. 9 Math. 4 1. Cor. 3. 7 Rom. 1 Hest. 7. Gen. 18 Abraham Gen. 18 3 Lot Gen. 19. 3 Mat. 25 Gen. 4. 10. Math. 9. 13 Mat. 9. 13 Luke 18 Math. 23 Acts. 23. 6 1. Tim. 1. 15 Math. 15. 7 Luke 11. 44 Luke 11. 1 Actes 2 6 5 Math 23. 25. 27 Mat. 5. 20 Math. 10 Rom 10. 10. Acts. 5 Luke 6. 45. 1. Tim. 6. Math. 13. Luke 18 Luke 21. 1. Cor. 13 Gal. 5. 6 Leuit. 10 Deut. 23 Pro. 19. 17 Psalm 133 Luke 10 1. King 17. Luke 16. Matth. 12. 2. King ◠Exod. 22. 1 2. Sam. 12. Matth. 19. Mat. 7 Luke 13 Math. ◠Luke 16 Iohn 8. 39 Rom. 4. 12 Gen. 32. 1 Acts. 7. 3 Iohn 8 56 Psalm 18
faithfull Father Abraham beleeued before hee was circumcised so Zaccheus belieued before he was circumcised As Abraham left his countrey and all that he had when God called him so Zaccheus left his office and the most part of his riches when he was called by the sonne of God and as Abraham desirêd to see the day of Christ and saw it and reioyced so Zaccheus desired to see Christ and he sawe him and reioyced Now is Zaccheus a Gentile become the child of Abraham and not only he but his whole house also is become the house of Abraham for when Zaccheus is conuerted his whole house is conuerted As the master is such are the seruauntes if he bee godly and religious they prooue godly and religious if he bee an Atheist they prooue Atheists likewise Therefore keepe no companie with the wicked for it is most pernitious but associate thy selfe with those that feare the Lorde that thou also mayest learne to feare the Lord who for his mercie graunt that we may with Zaccheus be desirous to see Christ ioyfull to receiue Christ liberall to releeue the members of Christ and readie to make a mends when we haue wronged anie of our brethren that so with Zaccheus we may be heites of saluation and the true sonnes of Abraham to raigne with Christ in heauen for euer by the meanes and merites of him that dyed and rose againe for vs. To whom with the Father and the holy Ghost be all glory Amen FINIS A praier for the Morning O Lord prepare our hearts to pray O Lord GOD our heauenly Father wee thy poore and wretched creatures giue thee most humble and heartie thankes for our quiet and safe sleepe and for raising vs vp from the same Wee beseech thee for Iesus Christs sake to prosper vs this day in our labour and trauell that it may bee to the discharging of our duety in our vocations principally to thy glory nexte to the profit of this Church and common-weale and last of all to the benefite and content of our masters Grant deare father that we may cheerfully and conscionably do our businesse and labours not as men-pleasers but as seruing thee our God knowing thee to bee the chiefe master of vs and that thou seest and beholdest vs with thy fatherly eies who hast promised rewarde to them that faithfullie and truly walke in their vocation and threatned euerlasting death and damnation to them that deceitfully and wickedly do their works and labours We beseech thee O heauenly father to giue vs the strength of thy spirit that godlie and gladlie we may ouercome our labours and that the tediousnesse of their irksome labour which thou for our sinnes hast powred vpon all mankind may seeme to vs more delectable and sweet Fulfill nowe O Lord these our requests for thy sonne our Sauiours sake in whose name we pray as hee himselfe hath taught vs. Our father c. A godly praier to be said at all times BEcause I haue sinned O Lord and done wickedly in thy sight and prouoked thee to anger by my abhominable wickednesse making my body which thou hast ordained as a vessel for thine honor an instrument to most detestable filthines O Lord be mercifull vnto me and pardon me this great wickednesse looke not vpon me good Father with the eyes of iustice neither doe thou drawe against mee the sword of iudgement for then howe shall I that am but dust stand in thy presence when thy wrathful indignation commeth forth as a whirle wind and thy heauy displeasure as a mighty tempest seeing the earth trembleth the depths are discouered and the very heauens are shaken when thou art angrie Exercise not therefore thy fury against me that am but chaffe before the winde and as stubble against a flaming fire though I haue sinned grieuously in thy sight preferring my wicked desire before thy holy commandement esteeming the pleasure of a moment before eternal euerlasting ioyes nay which is worse making more account of vilenes and vanity and extreame folly and madnes then of the glory and maiesty of the most excellent wonderfull and blessed God nothing dreading his displeasure whose wrath maketh the diuels to quake burneth vnquenchable vnto the bottomles pit of hel whose might is so great that by the breath of his nosthrils he can in the twinkling of an eye destroy a thousand worlds yet am I bold prostrating my selfe before the throne of thy maiestie heartily to beseech and humbly to intreate thee that thou wilt not deale with mee according to my merites for I haue deserued y t thoushouldest raine down fire brimstone from out of heauen vpon me to deuoure me or to open the earth vnder me to swallow me vp quicke vnto hell but thou art gratious and ful of compassion and rich in mercies therefore do men put their trust vnder the shadow of thy wings I haue none in heauen to flie vnto but thee nor in earth of whom I may receiue any comfort but at thy fauorable hands which are stretched out day and night to receiue all that by earnest repentance turne to thee being ready to ease all those that are ladē with the burthen of their sin and to refresh their distressed consciēces In the multitude of thy mercies I approach vnto thee O Lord desiring thee to looke down from the height of thy sanctuary vpon me poore and wretched sinner and to wipe away mine offences to blot out my misdeeds especiallie this my vngratious vncleane and vngodly act that it may not come vp in remembrance with thee nor bee imputed to me for euer for thy sonnes sake O Lord in whome thou art well pleased in whome thou wast fullie satisfied vpon the crosse for my sinnes grant me free pardon and remission of that I haue so foolishly by my exceeding frailetie committed against thee in this shamefull deede But O thou my vncleane and vnthankefull soule my vngodly and rebellious heart what did I sinful wretch execrable caitife so blindly and desperately attempt Howe art thou become quite senselesse that thou wast so ready to anger thy most louing God and to prouoke thy most mightie Iudge that thou mightest satisfie thy filthie flesh suborned both by thine Gods most malitious aduersarie to grieue and vexe the spirit of the Lorde and to damne thy selfe for euer Hath not God of his singular fauour made the heauens of olde and placed the Sun and Moone in thē two glorious lights with innumerable starres a wonderfull workmanship for thy vse and benefit Hath he not lifted vp the cloudes by his strong arme and heaped treasures of raine haile and snowe to doe thee seruice Hath he not in the midst of the world laide the foundations of the earth that thou mightest haue a stable habitation and mightest from thence beholde euerie waie thou lookest the walles of his beautifull place Hath hee not gathered the waters into one place and made the drie land appeare and drawne forth
patience and long sufferance will suddenlie take thy spirit from thee or come in iudgemēt to recompence all sinners by his finall sentence in the burning of the whole world the stipend of horror shame confusion and vtter reprobation weigh with thy selfe that to approach to God is the chiefestioy of his chosen to beholde his glorious countenance in the face of his son whereas thy sinnes do seperate thee from him and make thee afraid to speake to him by prayers which is thy chiefest and greatest solace in this mortall lyfe how much more will thy vngodlines make thee wish delay of the last iudgment the speedy and present comming whereof is a chiefe prop of our fight in the middest of so many troubles and temptations and withall remember how the diuell that roaring Lyon laboureth by this impure acte to make thee most filthy and lothsome in the sight of God and reioyceth to see thy gratious Father mercifull Sauiour and comfortable sanctifier so abused and withstoode and angred by thee whom he hath wonderfull made carefully preserued and deerelie redeemed and tenderly loued that if it may be thou shouldest by vtter Apostasie dishonour him in the face of the world who hath aduanced thee in the presence of all his Angels and though thou be so sure in faith that thou canst not vtterlie fall the consideration whereof should make thee more dutifull and not encourage thee in a sinfull course yet mayest thou by little and little and by often falling bring thy selfe into a better liking both of the wicked and of wickednes it selfe whom thou oughtest to hate with a perfect hatred and then God by iust iudgement cast thee into a sure sleepe that thy filthines may be seene of men and thou condemned to the griefe of the righteous and scorned to the shame of the vngodly in the meane season by prouoking Gods iudgement be spoyled of thy goodly ornaments of thy godly desires of religious thoughts of zealous affections of Christian communication of holy indeuours of assured perswasions of fayth of steadfast waitings through hope of constant suffering by patience and heartie reioycings from loue In the perfect consummation of which thinges because all happines consisteth beware thou carelesse wretch least suddenly by thy abhominable filthynes thou either for a tyme wholie deptyue thy selfe of comfortable feeling of these thinges or much diminish thy present graces and blessinges receiued of the holy spirit to the glorie of God the Father But why do I vtter my voyce or striue to make a dead carkasse moue O quicken thou me that art the fountain of life and call thou out of heauen thy dwelling place that my wādring soule may heare the voyce of her shepheard and follow thee whither soeuer thou leadest nay of thy tender compassion take mee vp vpon thy shoulders and carrie me gentlie into thy fold agayne for theeues haue stolne me away haue bound my feet so that I cannot go and they watch for mee vntill thou art gone that they may carrie mee awaye quicke from thy pastures O doe thou therefore presently delyuer me and giue mee thy helping hand O cast thou downe by thy spirite my raging luste and by thy grace subdue mine vntamed affection I am weake O Lorde and vnable to resist the force of my mightie aduersary send thy helpe from aboue and saue me out of the iawes of the cruell lion thou hast deliuered me out of the mouth of hel O let not the gates thereof any more preuaile against me let me not any longer be occupied in vngodlines lest mine enimie triumph ouer me saying in his malitious heart There there so would I haue it Let this sinne be farre from mee O Lord least I should defile my selfe any more with this notorious wickednesse worke therefore in mine heart an vtter detestation of it that I may euer hereafter keepe my selfe pure vnspotted for thy kingdome Thou that art able to make of stones children to Abraham mollifie I pray thee my stonie heart that all maner of sonne like affections may be imprinted therein plucke vp O good father these rootes of bitternesse that no vnsauory fruit may come of the tree which thou by thine owne hand hast planted I desire I looke I call I cry for thy assistance that I may conquer this vnruly motion O blessed Sauiour that hast granted so many petitions vpon earth to them that were carefull for the bodie fulfill I pray thee this my desire not for health nor strength nor riches nor honor nor for food nor apparell but for thy heauenly grace and inspiration yea let me lose all those rather than to be left to my sinfull flesh that I should be ruled any longer thereby Mortifie good father in me the old body of sinne and giue vnto me a newe body purged from these dead workes to serue the liuing God renew my spirit dayly that I may cast away these works of darknesse let it be enough O mercifull father that my weakenes in failing heretofore hath bene made knowne vnto me least I should bee too proud Nowe let thy strength appeare in putting this mine enemie vnder my feete that thereby I may be bold to put my confidence in thee Why should my body made by thine hand and my soule framed according to thy image be giuen ouer as a pray into the hands of Satan Deliuer me O Lord from the snare of the hunter and preserue mee from the hand of mine enemie who lieth in wait for my spirituall lif◠and laboureth my euerlasting destruction so shall I praise thee for thy great goodnesse and magnifie thy name for giuing me conquest ouer my aduersary that is too strōg for me To thee I flie for succour till the tempest bee ouerpast hide me I pray thee vnder thy shield and buckler that none of the firie dartes of Satan take holde on mee Good Lord for the loue thou bearest vnto mankind for thy sonnes sake who hath taken our nature vpon him grant that I may not be tempted aboue my strength and that in all temptation I may flie vnto thee as a horne of my saluation yeelding thee most humble and hearty thankes for that thou hast giuen me a desire to withstand my sinfull flesh which thy worke I beseech thee for thy name sake to perfect and fully accomplish Matth. 26. 41. Watch and pray least ye enter into temptation the spirit is willing but the flesh is weake Another zealous Prayer ETernall God almightie and all mercifull we thy vnworthy seruants prostrate before thy throne of grace doe yeelde our selues bodie soule vnto thee for all thy benefits which thou from our birth hast heaped vpon vs as though we had alwayes done thy will although we be occupied about vaine things neuer marked neuer loued neuer serued neuer thanked thee so hartily for them as wee esteeme a mortall friend for the least curtesie Therefore wee come with shame sorrow to confesse our sinnes not smal but