out We in the House have a strong party yet Who in our Bands keep his unwary feet But sad it is the Wretch such Light should see As to perceive his woeful Misery We must bestir us and give new Directions And by all means keep fast his Souls Affections Affliction still by Old-man is directed And Wilful Will to us is well affected Let us pursue our present Enterprise With all the power and craft we can devise This Consideration hath the mischief done Whom I do wish all Plagues to light upon Appollyon and all the Powers of Hell having thus combin'd together to find out new waies to prevent Thoughtful from receiving True Godliness endeavoured to stir up Old-man and his cursed Darling Carnal Affections to do what they could to place his Mind and Thoughts upon the perishing things of this Life which being done this put poor Thoughtful unto a stand one while he was resolved to open the Door but then on a sudden his heart was captivated with the Pleasures and Delights of this Life which came to pass by reason his Affections were not yet throughly changed nor the evil qualities of his Soul removed for Old-man had grievously corrupted all the Powers and Faculties thereof which Godliness who with patience waiting still at his Door perceiving asked him what the matter was he did not let him come in Thoughtful answered he was hindred by a base Fellow that he had got in his House Upon this Godliness and he fell into a serious Discourse again Godli Who is it Thoughtful that obstructs my being received Thoughtful His Name is Old-man Godli He is indeed I know my grand Enemy and hath been near this 6000 Years for so old this Villain is and there is not one in all the world that has done me more wrong to tell thee plainly than he and his cursed Daughter Carnal Affections Thoughtful Ay Sir but I find also one Wilful-will is utterly against your coming in Lord what will become of me I know you are a person worthy of entertainment and O who am I that you should come to be Guests to such a vile and unworthy wretch Godliness Nay Thoughtful I do not stand alone but here are others waiting at thy door to come in with me also who are persons of no mean quality Thoughtful Others pray who are they Godli Why here is my Father the Eternal Jehovah with Jesus Christ the Prince of the Kings of the Earth and the Holy Spirit Rev. 3.30 Thoughtful Lord what shall I do O infinite and admirable Grace and Condescention God and Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost at my door and I not let them in O this is an amazing Consideration Godli Nay Thoughtful 't is so and more I must tell thee they have been waiting here a long time even ever since I came first to knock at thy door and I told thee so too but I perceive thy memory proves false to thee likewise he is doubtless misled by that base Old-man but if thou dost not open to me the sooner they will leave thee for they never come into any man's House who keep their doors shut against True Godliness Why dost not knock the Old-man down and lay him a bleeding 't is not enough to cry What Lord shall I do but thou must shake off that lazy Fellow Sloth and like a brave and couragious Soul acquit thy self Thoughtful Alas what can I do this Old-man is too strong for me and Wilful-will is a very stubborn Fellow too I am no match for them Godliness Why I will tell thee there is one in thy House that will help thee if thou hearken to him Thoughtful What is his Name Sir Godli His Name is Conscience Thoughtful Sir I know him very well he has since his eyes were opened been a very good Friend to me But for a great while he lay in my House as one dead and I found his eyes almost quite put out by that cursed Old-man but all that he can do is not sufficient without further help Godli Thou saist right thank Enlightned Vnderstanding for that Consideration by bringing thee to read and hear God's Holy Word opened his eyes also but is there never another Friend of mine in thy House who can lend thee a little assistance in this time of need Thoughtful Alas Sir who have I else that can do any thing for me for my House is full of cursed adversaries never was a Cage fuller of unclean and hateful Birds than my house I mean my heart is full of base and filthy Enemies to True Godliness Godli Thou saist right I believe thee poor Thoughtful But prethee see if thou canst not find a Friend that I dearly love and have a long time sought for Thoughtful Pray Sir who is that tell me his Name Godli His Name is Endeavour alias Laborious you can't Thoughtful imagine what great things he hath done at a dead lift O I love him dearly he helpt Noah to build the Ark and Jacob to get the blessing and to wrestle with the Angel and to prevail too and Solomon to build the Temple Consideration 't is true caused David to think on his waies but it was Endeavour that turned his foot to keep God's Statutes Consideration also brought the poor Prodigal to his right mind but it was my Friend Endeavour that sent him home to his Fathers House 't was he that made him find his feet nay I could tell thee I have taught him to get many a blessing by Prayer Prethee who was that got the three Loaves in the Gospel was it not this importunate Laborious Was it not he likewise that made the poor Widow to prevail with the unjust Judg to avenge her of her Adversary nay in a word the Promise of God is made to him If you follow on to know the Lord then you shall know him 'T is this diligent painful person that makes men with God's blessing rich I mean spiritually rich and this I must tell thee too unless thou canst get his help I shall never come into thy House I do not say Thoughtful that he is of himself able to open the door but the promise of better assistance is made to this my dear Friend sweet Endeavour have you never read in Aesop's Fables of a man that was fallen into a ditch and lying there almost drowned he called to Jupiter to help him out But Jupiter Answered Endeavour to get out and Jupiter will help thee Though 't is but a Fable yet the Moral is very teachable Now what dost thou say Thoughtful canst thou find thy good Friend Endeavour Thoughtful Truly Sir now I think of it I hope I have but he has been here but a little time if I have found him and God knows too much neglected by me for I did not understand its great worth till now But pray wherein will he be so useful to me What are his Properties Godli Why he commonly stirs up men to do what they can
Person and the nature of his Operations by which he soon understood it was the Holy Ghost upon this he was not a little glad but presently cryed out as one whose life is in danger to God to send the Holy Spirit to assist him O Lord the Spirit the holy Spirit now Lord thus he cry'd and presently there was strange struglings indeed yea such a conflict that he never met with in all his life Judgment in the combate behaved himself bravely Consideration was not wanting Conscience laid on home blows being back'd with Endeavour alias Laborious but at last in the middle of the battel in comes the Holy Spirit and with him Faith and some other of Godliness's Attendants and the door flew open and Old Man immediately went to the walls crying out quarter pleading his great Age but had no mercy shewed him Wilful-will straitway subjected himself that Scripture being made good My people shall be willing in the day of my power and became Thoughtful's very good Servant Carnal Affections changed their minds and were made heavenly and so they abode to his great joy until his dying day True Godliness being now entred into his House with his Attendance Thoughtful was not a little comforted Now Godlinsss's Retinue who came immediately in with him were these following some of which you had an account of before viz. Heavenly New-man True-love Innocency Humility Sobriety Sincerity Temperance Self-clearing Faithful Excellent Knowledge Blessed Experience Godly Zeal Filial Fear Precious Promises Holy Revenge Vehement Desire Constant Supplication Spiritual Indignation Christian Courage Sincere Aim and Ends Careful Patience Hospitality Stability Charity Liberality Chastity Purity Holy Sympathy Wake-man Watch-well Peaceable Harmless Gentleness Brotherly-kindness and Love-all besides several others of like quality and by reason these as I formerly told you were all great Nobles or Persons highly descended being the Off-spring of Heaven they had I perceiv'd also a most glorious Attendance to accompany them and to the end you may know what a happy man poor Thoughtful is now become and with him every true Christian I shall let you know who they were The first I saw was the Father of true Godliness for he alwayes dwells where he dwells and abides with this his glorious and heavenly Attendance Secondly the Lord Jesus Christ which brought that word to my remembrance If any man loves me he will keep my Words and my Father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him Also the other word I will come in to him and Sup with him and he with me 3. The Holy Spirit for he also is said to dwell in us and besides these there was 4. Justification 5. Reconciliation 6. Acceptation 7. Vnion and 8. Communion with the Father and Son 9. Adoption 10. Pardon of Sin 11. The Image of God 12. Peace of Conscience 13. And Joy in the Holy Ghost 14. Free access to the Throne of Grace 15. A place in the heavenly Family 16. Fellowship with Saints 17. The earnest and sealings of the Spirit 18. Increase of Grace 19. The Attendance of an innumerable company of Angels 20. Divine Protection or sure Refuge in God 21. A full assurance of Heaven but was a great while before he could see him he lay hid it appears though he came in with the rest 22 Lastly Final Perseverance But lo I looked and beheld a good way off I espied another glorious Train followed In the midst of which I plainly discerned amongst others whose Glory was so great I could not behold them these following Immortality Incorruption Perfection Glorious Victory Heavenly Triumph the Beatifical Vision Rivers of Pleasures The Tree of Life the King in his Beauty a white Throne Mansions of Glory the Holy City New Jerusalem the Streets whereof were all pav'd with pure Gold a Crown of Righteousness which so glistered that it dazled mine eyes in such a sort that could notlook downwards like some men ever since moreover I saw Millions of Millions of Glorified Saints coming amongst the Holy Cherubims and Seraphims and all the Host of Heaven with Palms and Harps in their hands singing Allelujah to God and the Lamb they made such Melody that it was enough to ravish ones Soul in such a manner as to leave no heart nor spirit in us to the empty things of this World Now the two first glorious Companies who attend True Godliness here these entred in with him immediately and the other Glories Thoughtful was sure of possessing after a few daies so that he was wonderfully fortified against all Domestick Commotions or foreign approaching dangers whatsoever for he could not but expect that new Troubles would be raised against him both from within and without And so indeed it suddenly came to pass for Apollyon the cursed Prince of Darkness first raised up all his scattered forces which still remained within who lurked in holes and secure corners of his house for particularly Old-man though he was dangerously wounded his head broke and laid a bleeding yet it appears he was not quite dead yet was committed close prisoner under the charge of one of Godliness his Servants called Holy Revenge and though he had a strict Command to kill him yet he saw he could not presently do it by which means it fell out that in a little time he seemed to revive again and poor Thoughtful thereby was continually plagu'd with Indwelling Sin to his dying day which was a great grief to him and an hindrance also to True Godliness at all times and the worst of all was this inward Corruption alias Old-man alias Body of sin getting too great power by the treachery of Mrs. Heart and Apollyon the Prince of Darkness for they laying before him his manifold evils and remisness in holy Duties perswaded him that he harboured in his house an Enemy of True Godliness called Hypocrisie and that he was like upon that account to lose all his hopes here and that happiness which Godliness assured him of hereafter and had not Sincerety come in with Godliness he had been utterly undone but as God would have it Self-clearing by the help of poor Conscience made it appear to him that Hypocrisie was not hid in his house nor in the least countenanced by him for first they made it out he had a general hatred of all iniquity and did not allow of nor connive at any sin whatsoever by the aid of Spiritual Indignation And secondly That there was no one duty which he was convinced of but he readily subjected to it by the help of New Obedience Thirdly That he was mighty careful of and had alwaies by the help of Christian Watchwel kept a strict eye over Mrs. Heart whom he most of all mistrusted and had great Jealousie of Fourthly That he rested not upon the external performance of any Duty but did all he did to the praise and glory of God by the help of true love Fifthly that he was the same
especially as professed by the Church of England in two Parts the one containing the Doctrine of Faith the other the form of Worship Quarto's ☞ A Continuation of Morning Exercise Questions and Cases of Conscience practically Resolving by 31 Divines in the City of London the one and thirty following Cases of Conscience viz. 1. How is the adherent Vanity of every Condition most effectually abated by serious Godliness 2. How may we Experience it in our selves and Evidence it to others that serious Godliness is more than a Fancy 3. How is God his Peoples great Reward 4. What may most hopefully be attempted to allay Animosities amongst Protestants that our Divisions may not be our Ruine 5. How ought we to bewail the Sins of the Place where we live 6. What must we do to keep our selves in the Love of God 7. What may Gracious Parents best do for the Conversion of those Children whose Wickedness is occasioned by their sinful Severity or Indulgence 8. How may we best cure the Love of being flattered 9. By what means may Ministers best win Souls 10 How is the Practical Love of Truth the best Preservative against Popery 11. What are the best preservatives against Melancholy and overmuch Sorrow 12. How may we grow in the Knowledge Estimation and making use of Jesus Christ 13. How may our Belief of Gods governing the World support us in all worldly Distractions 14. What are the hindrances of and helps to a good Memory in Spiritual things 15. What are the Signs and Symptoms whereby we know we Love the Children of God 16. What must we do to prevent and cure spiritual Pride 17. Wherein is a middle worldly Condition most eligible 18. How may we Graciously improve those Doctrines and Providences which transcend our Understandings 19. How ought we to do our Duties towards others though they do not do theirs towards us 20. How may the well discharge of our present Duty give us an assurance of help from God for the well discharge of all Future Duties 21. What distance ought we to keep in following the strange Fashions in Apparel which came up in the days wherein we live 22. How may Child-bearing Women be most encouraged and supported against in and under the hazard of their Travel 23. How may we best know the worth of the Soul 24. How may we get experience what it is to be led by the Spirit of God 25. What Advantage may we expect from Christs prayer for Union with himself and the Blessings relating to it 26. How should we eye Eternity that it may have its due influence upon us in all we do 27. How may we most certainly get and maintain the most interrupted Communion with God 28. What is the best way to prepare to meet God in the way of his Judgments or Mercies 29. How may a Gracious person from whom God hides his Face trust in the Lord as his God 30. How are the Religious of a Nation the strength of it 31. Whether it be expedient and how the Congregation may say Amen in Publick Worship A Supplement to the Mornâ—â—â— Exercise at Cripplegate being several more Cases of Conscience practically resolved by sundry Ministers Dr. Jacomb on the eight of the Romans being Sermons preached on the 1 2 3 and 4 verses of of that Chapter Flavels Fountain of life or a display of Christ in his Essential and Mediatorial Glory wherein the interpretation of our Redemption by Jesus Christ is unfolded as it was begun carried on and finished by his mysterious Incarnation Dr. Bates his Harmony of the Divine Attributes in the contrivance and Accomplishment of mans Redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ or Discourses wherein is shewed how the Wisdom Mercy Justice Holiness Power and Truth of God are glorified in that great and blessed Work Smiths Select Discourses with a Sermon at the Authors Funeral By S. Patrick D. D. Also an Account of his Life Baxters Life of Faith in three parts The first a Sermon on Heb. 11.1 formerly preached before His Majesty with another added for the fuller explication The Second Instructions for confirming Believers in the Christian Faith The third Directions how to live by Faith Cradocks Knowledge and Practice being a plain Discourse of the chief things necessary to be known believed and practised in order to Salvation Durham on the Canticles being an Exposition of the Song of Solomon with a Preface by D. Owen Cases Mount Pisgah or a Prospect of Heaven being an Exposition on the Fourth Chapter of the first Epistle to the Thessalonians from Verse 13. to the End A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty with other material Points deriving thence viz. Election Redemption effâ—ctual Calling Perseverance their inseparable Connexion and absolute dependance upon the good Pleasure of God Swinnocks Door of Salvation being a Discourse about Regeneration Burroughs his Gospel-Remission Dr. Littletons Dictionary in four Parts containing 1. An English-Latin 2. A Latin Classical 3. A Latin Proper 4. A Latin Barbarous Dr. Tuckny's Praelectiones Theologicae omnia fideliter ex Autoris Autographo descripta Mr. Glanvill's Discourses Sermons and Remains Collected into one Volume and Published by Dr. Horneck Dr. Owen Of Justification by Faith through the Imputation of the Righteousness of Christ Explained Confirmed and Vindicated Capt. Yarranton's Englands Improvement by Sea and Land to out-do the Dutch without fighting and to pay Debts without Moneys in two Volumes Bishop Barlow's Brutum Fulmen or the Bull of Pope Pius the Fifth ☞ Mr. Jaye's Sermon Occasioned by the late Earl of Shaftsbury's Imprisonment and miraculous Deliverance ☞ Mr. Sâ—ower's Sermon Preach'd upon the Death of a young Gentlewoman Mrs. Anna Barnardiston Daughter of Nathanael Barnardiston Esquire late of Hackney who departed this Life at the Age of 17 with an Account of her Life and Death ☞ Mr. Rogers's Sermon Preach'd upon the Death of a young Gentleman Entituled Early Religion or the way for a young man to remember his Creator with an impartial Account of the young Gentlemans Life and Death Burroughs on Contentment Destruction of Troy ☞ Poems upon the Ministers Sons late Splendid Feast that they made at Merchant-Taylors Hall Dec. 7. Dr. Manton's twenty Sermons Preach'd upon several Occasions ☞ Poems upon the Death of that great Minister of State Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury Mr. Richard Baxter's Saiâ—ts Everlasting Rest in a thick Quarto Mr. Flavell's Husbandry Spiritualiz'd with many useful Meditations Brooks his Cabinet of Jewels Brooks his Londons Lamentation being a serious Discourse upon the late fiery Dispensation with Advice to them that escaped those consuming Flames Culverwels Light of Nature Firmins Real Christian or a Treatise of effectual Calling wherein the Work of God in drawing the Soul to Christ is opened with a few words added concerning SOCINIANISM Phelps his Needful Counsel or Considerations of some part of the Message sent to the Angel of the Church of Laodicea Brook his Riches of Christ being 22 Sermons upon Ephes 3.8 Scanderots