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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43775	Religio jurisprudentis, or, The lawyer's advice to his son in counsels, essays, and other miscellanies, calculated chiefly to prevent the miscarriages of youth, and for the Orthodox establishment of their morals in years of maturity / per Philanthropum.	Hildesley, Mark.	1685 (1685)	Wing H1980; ESTC R21640	74,803	194

truth whereof upon Record I find That the true God eternal's onely one Besides whom save Son and Spirit there 's none That these great Elohim the Worlds did make And still preserve them for their own Name-sake That in the highest Heavens ever are And of his Sacred Truth do Record bear And that for Man God was Incarnated In his Nature on Earth and once was dead And buried not in Hell but now long since Rose again up to Heaven departing hence To reconcile laps'd Man to God again I hold one visible Church in the main And Saint's Communion's a true Position And will again rise to th' beatifick Vision And verily believe that God hath sent Forgiveness of sins to each Penitent And that Man's Soul a thing Immortal is And Bodies to the next World after this Will raised be and that the Holy Ghost To Man's Recov'ry now conduces most And doth negotiate with him instead Of Christ who ever lives tho' once was dead To intercede on High for poor Mankind Whom when he did ascend he left behind The Jurisprudent's Common-Prayer UNto thee O Heavenly Father who art the God of the Spirits of all Flesh and a God hearing Prayer shall all Flesh come being promoted by thine Assistance and Incouraged by thine Acceptance through Jesus Christ am I emboldned to make my most humble Applications in all due and filial acknowledgments of my Derivation from thee Dependance upon thee and Submission to thee who art both Original and Final and more intimate to us than any thing else within us or without wherefore I humbly own the Continuance of thy Fatherly Care Countenance Conduct and Protection every moment in and through Jesus Christ by whom we are incouraged to call thee Father I heartily recognize and own the to be my Soveraign Lord and Proprietor and adore thee for thine infinite Condescension in sending of thy Son to become a Ransome for the lost World and for all the blessed Fruits and Benefactions thereby redounding to me I humbly commit and surrender to thee my Soul and Body so dearly purchased by the Blood of the Eternal and Incarnate Word and in the use of that Liberty thou hast afforded me do make a voluntary Dedication and Resignation of this most reasonable Sacrifice to thine holy Majesty I confess and acknowledge that I am less than the least of all thy Mercies and have grossly degenerated and apostatized from the Law of thy Creation I have sinn'd and miscarried unaccountably and am altogether unworthy to be owned by thee but thou hast been graciously pleas'd to lay help upon one that is mighty and able and willing to save unto the uttermost all that come unto thee in and through his Name O Lord I do unfeignedly therefore deprecate thy Displeasure against me for those innumerable Failings and Obliquities all my Life long whereby I am most justly become obnoxious to thy divine Challenge and Rebuke more especially those manifold Relapses and Defections of mine after renewed Purposes and Resolutions of better Obedience as into inordinate Anger Impatience Intemperance Immodesty and divers other exorbitant and vile Inclinations and Passions and I heartily revoke and renounce all wherein I have done amiss and humbly beseech thee for thy Son's sake graciously to pardon both all mine own Delinquencies against thine Holy Majesty and all those that have any manner of ways disobliged or dealt injuriously with me especially my nearest Acquaintance O Father forgive them as I sincerely do for they know not what they have done and vouchsafe I beseech thee not only to divert thy further Judgments that have not already taken hold of them and me for our Iniquities have found us out but also to Sanctifie both to them and me thy present Judgments and severe but Fatherly Corrections that since thy tender Mercies have not those bitter Dispensations may hereafter teach us all to learn Righteousness I humbly pray thee to root out of all of us all malignity of Mind and lead none of us into further Temptations that may be too hard for us but deliver us from all evil Consequencies and the causes of them and by thine Omnipotent Arm preserve us from all Pollutions both of Flesh and Spirit unto thine approaching and everlasting Kingdom which is our Salvation Be good to the whole World please to recover thy lapsed Creation controul all Atheism Idolatry and Malignity in the Sons of Violence that daily make havock and disorder in the Family of God And to the rest of those manifold Favours which thou hast afforded us in Life be pleas'd to superadd this that I may not be hence removed but with all advantages for Eternity with a mind freed from the Snares and under a perfect Renunciation of all the sinful and lewd Guises and Customs of this mad World and under a sense of a thorow Reconciliation with and Resignation to thee and fully qualified and accomplisht for an eternal Enjoyment of thee that whensoe're thou callest me hence I may be fully assured of a blessed Departure in the Faith and Fear of thine Elect. Be propitious I intreat thee in a particular manner to thy Servant and our Soveraign Lord the King whom thou hast miraculously appointed in the Throne over us preserve him in Peace and Safety from all the Sons of Belial and indue him with Wisdom and all Graces requisite for the Discharge of so great a Trust and grant that we may lead quiet and prosperous Lives in all Godliness and Honesty under him Bless all inferior Magistrates and dispensers of thy Word and Sacraments with suitable Accomplishments for so great Functions Mercifully compassionate all the Sons and Daughters of Affliction every where suppress and discountenance Antichrist and all Impostors and let the Gospel be propagated from the rising of the Sun to the going down thereof and ●hen hasten the coming of our Blessed Saviour and O bountiful Father accept I humbly beseech thee of my hearty Thanks and Praise for that Health and Welfare Liberty and Advantages thou daily art pleased to vouchsafe to me of doing or receiving any good Offices in the World for the Enjoyment in Peace and Safety of the Conversation of good Men and for the Benefit received by their Examples and Instructions particularly I sensibly and gratefully acknowledge the innumerable and extraordinary Deliverances from Deaths and Dangers all my Life long and for the Mercies and good Providences thou hast remembred me withal in the midst of so many Judgments and Calamities thou hast seen good to exercise me and mine withal and for the remarkable Returns thou hast been pleased to make to my poor Prayers early and late through the Intercessions of mine only and most blessed Advocate and Mediator the Lord Jesus and for the additional Suplies of Comfort by the Holy Ghost unto whom with thy self be Praise Homage and Obedience World without End Amen A Jurisprudents Ejaculation before Meat O God be merciful unto and bless me with the Pardon of all my Sins and a Sanctified Use of these thy good Creatures of thine infinite Bounty provided for me through Jesus Christ my Saviour His thankful Recognition after Meat PRaised be thy Name O Heavenly Father for the Supplies of this my present Refreshment by thy good Creatures and grant I beseech thee that I may improve the Advantages by them received to thy Service Praise and Glory through Jesus Christ my Redeemer The Character or Effigies of a down-right Jurisprudent HE is a Man of sense of profound Reason He 's Loyal foyal he hates all Treason He 's not Mercurial but a solid thing He loves and honours his Countrey King He is not busy'd about Chicanrees He studies Men Manners not Trees He Courts not Women with his Cap or Knees He troubles not his Head about such Bees He teaches all Men how to keep the Peace He likes his Client and he loves his Books He values no Man on account of looks He 's punctual and very diligent He practises true meaning and intent He well considers his Opinion He will not be brib'd by any one He is a Man of tender Conscience He 's not a Man of very small Expence He never is penurious He 's ever just and generous He 's for the Reason of the Thing He 's Counsel for Subject or King He scorns to plead a paltry Cause He sticks to Fundamental Laws He when he talks first makes a pause The Jurisprudent's Hymn To the Tune of the 148th Psalm LEt 's Praise Our God the Lord Whose goodness far exceeds Both in thought deed and word Our praises and our needs Let all things praise His Name always Both Old and Young With Heart and Tongue For why His Workman-ship And care is all Mankind When e're our feet do slip Let 's then keep him in Mind None of us let His Love forget But thankfully To him reply Rejoyce Continually Before him Sing and Pray Aloud unto him cry And to him Homage pay Whose Mercies sure Do still endure He will not fail Us Mortals frail Epiphonema ad Pythagoram Allegoricum Martiale RVmpitur Invidiâ quidam charissime Fili Quod me Rura Legunt Rumpitur Invidiâ Rumpitur Invidiâ Quod sum Jucundus amicis Quod Conviva frequens Rumpitur Invidiâ Rumpitur Invidiâ Quod Rus mihi Dulce sub Vrbe est Parvaque in Vrbe Domus Rumpitur Invidiâ Rumpitur Invidiâ Quod amamur quodque probamur Rumpatur quisquis Rumpitur Invidiâ Thus Translated I 'm Ridicul'd or envy'd dearest Son For all that I have written and have done That I 'me so Frank and Complaisant and that I Juncket so much of I can't tell what That I have so much leave to take the air And have a little House I can't tell where And that we are beloved and approved Much good may do 'em that yet never Loved Martial Epigram Non amo te Sabidè nec possum dicere quare Hoc tantum possum dicere non amo te Metamorphozed thus Valde amo Pythagoram quià possum dicere quare Hoc verum possum dicere Pythagorae I Love Pythagoras well and can tell wherefore And hope to love him still much more and more Both as a Jurisprudent Son and Friend To love him all along unto The END

Earth to Mankind Of the latter the other part of it too true scil Homo homini Lupus he is a Wolf among Mankind a destroyer The former is a Man of sense of honour and every way eximious but the latter is a Dunce and a Bruit in Morality A Religious Man is a Sage in the Law and the best Jurisprudent in the Land of the Living II. De Deo Eternitate Of God and Eternity WHereof who can speak without a Solecism or write without a Barbarism or think without an Extacy Deus optimus maximus intimior nobis est intimo nostro could the Heathen say Est Deus in nobis agitante calescimus ipso That is God the best and greatest thing Animates us with his Wing Nothing in us is so near Nor any object half so dear 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Man is his offspring derives from him subsists by him and lives in him and returns to him he is both original and final to him The Fountain and Father of Love Life Power Wisdom and Immortality whereupon the best Philosophers assert and hold That Animus cujusque est is quisque the mind is the Man He is that he is which is the best definition that he hath given us of himself who cannot conceive aright of him but ex post facto by his Backparts or the results and effects of his glorious and transcendent Attributes of Wisdom Power Goodness and Patience so long as we stand committed to a Body from which when emancipated and releas'd possibly we may injoy a more adequate knowledge of him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 à parte ante à parte post Our fullest apprehensions both of him and of Eternity while incarcerated with Flesh and Bone consisting principally in Negative notions of his Nature and incomprehensible excellencies and perfections Howbeit our Dignity and our Duty it is here below to ruminate very frequently and pathetically upon those eternal injoyments that are so radical to our very constitutions for want of the lively hopes whereof whereunto we are begotten by the Resurrection of our blessed Emanuel we had been the most miserable part of all God's Creation Our topping attainments here are to Copy out his imitable Attributes and Perfections as the genuine Child doth patrissare that is imitate his Parent and strives to be as exquisite as his Father in all accomplishments and perfections that he is capable off Homo homini Deus is a certain Rule Man 's made framed and designed to be in the foresaid regards a God to the rest of his heavenly Father's family here in the World as the holy Angels in that upper-family are subservient Spirits unto the Heirs of Salvation It s high time for us to begin so to Ruminate and Consider as aforesaid as soon as ere we are capable to prevaricate after the similitude of our Forefather Adam's enormity or trespass Nullum numen abest ubi sit prudentia quamqu● Nos colimus Faustine Deam coeloque locamus God is eternal Prudence or Wisdom and the only source and original of all other existencies and excellencies and also final and ultimate of all the serious and digested consideration whereof that we must terminate in Eternity either in point of happiness or misery is enuff to astonish any intellectual voluntary agent that is created who hath not a deep sense of his relation to and dependance on him fo● ever He is by no means a Jurisprudent who aims not in all his Councels Cogitations and Contrivances at Eternity and has not a mediate or immediate regard to it in omnibus and that considers not universally and handles all points of humane affairs accordingly that he is here but as it were by the By and at best in a state of Probation and Pilgrimage for a spurt of time not worth a thought were it not in order to and in persuance of and preparatory for Eternity God's infinite Love the dwelling upon which contemplation for some considerable time would animate and steer the course of Mankind by the true compass and prevent an innumerable company of destructions and irreparable mischiefs which daily happen unto stupid or unconsiderate Men. Time as one wittily but truly call'd it is the needle that draws after it the long thread of Eternity but for the injoyment whereof it were worth no Man's while to be hurli-burlied here in the World A calm and steady notion or conception of Eternity is alone sufficient to a Jurisprudent to make him weary of the World's atchievements and blandishments and utterly wean him from an eager persuite of any temporary acquisition it will direct him to serve himself of and not to be enslaved to the present World and to be a Councel in no Cause which hath not a prospect of an Eternal Fee or Reward Prudent was the practise of that Heathen Poet who declar'd Et mihi res non me rebus submittere conor My business is to take care and to see That business evermore stoop unto me Prudens incipit à fine say Philosophers A wise Man begins at the End that is its first in intention tho last in execution To square our means and methods so as they may be sure to tend ad Infinitum toward Eternity which is our ultimate End is the genuine character and practise of our Jurisprudent ss Eternal weal not wo which principles of his reduced into practise will seal his conveyance thither for certain since one of his best principles is Id certum est quod certum reddi potest That hath enuff of Certainty Which doth demonstrate ere we dye The prospect of Eternity That the felicity of Heavenly injoyments is Eternal was never yet a Moo●-point as I know tho the Eternity o● Torment hath howbeit it s agreed on al● Hands by Sage and Religious Jurisprudents that à parte post or for the future ever voluntary and intelligent agent as Man is must expect an Eternal duration whe● united again after a mortal divorce o● Soul and Body Wherefore we hold that Satius est cavere semper quam perire semel Its much more adviceable to be alway● Cautious than once to be ruin'd either i● Time or Eternity Summum Jus is God and Eternity that is the supreme Righ● and Law and the proper center of i● mortal Souls therefore all the lines 〈◊〉 our circumferences regularly ought to t●minate there That is all our contriva●ces and transactions here in time should be framed and steered by that Eternal co●pass For we are here but by the by Only to be try'd and to try What 't is to live and how to dye Sleep dream and wake t'Eternity I am fully of opinion that this one Po● or Consideration of God and Eternit● which we can't easily separate in our thoughts well and daily weigh'd and digested duly will prove the best Panpharmacon or universal Antidote against all extrajudicial and degenerate deportments of our selves unbecoming the Rank and Quality of our State and Profession here