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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60339	True treasure: or, Thirtie holy vowes. Containing the brief sum of all that concernes the Christian centurians conscionable walking with God first. Solemnly made, since often renewed, and again seriously reviewed; with some particulars added: the more to encrease and confirme his Christian resolutions. All in the onely strength of the Almighty. By Phillip Skippon, Sergeant Maior generall, &c. The most unworthy souldier of Christ Jesus.	Skippon, Philip, d. 1660.	1644 (1644)	Wing S3953; ESTC R214777	36,411	165

the more cleerly to see and to make us the more sensible of our sinfulnesse and insufficiency and so the more dearly to esteeme Christs merits and in him Gods grace and mercy A solemne Prayer concerning the right use of the following Vowes O My heavenly Father my onely sufficiency without whom I cannot thinke one good thought but am most prone to all evill I most humbly and unfainedly beseech and urge thee in mercy as thou hast promised by the effectuall working of thy holy spirit notwithstanding my most hainous sinfulnesse exceeding great insufficiency and al other though never so many and great impediments henceforth to direct stirre up and strengthen me watchfully seasonably conscionably feelingly and constantly to remember respect apply and performe all every one and each circumstance of these my holy vowes by thine owne especiall grace most solemnly made often and earnestly renewed before and unto thy Majesty to bind my selfe the more strictly against sinne to serve thee O be herein my strength and sufficiency that my conscience hitherto fouly polluted and terribly accusing may be throughly purged and sweetly excuse me yea in the very particulars wherein I have most offended and am most prone to transgresse that though when I have done my best I come farre short of my duty yet that my hart m●y testifie for unto me I do the best I can thogh I cannot do as I ought to please thee My Lord my God give me thy grace according to the light of a well informed conscience as hereby I have most strictly tyed my selfe to walke humbly with and uprightly before thee no more daring as I have done to offend thee To this end enable me to watch and pray to wrastle weep and cry unto thee and never to give over or let thee goe before thou hast herein blessed me in granting this so exceeding needfull a request that I be not overcome of evill but may overcome evill with good and so wholly apply my selfe to doe thy will Certainly thou wilt grant it in time and measure as thou seest fit Lord when where or howsoever of ignorance weaknesse forgetfulnesse or any other way I have done doe or shall doe amisse contrary to any of these rules and resolutions Oh be thou entreated to cause me speedily and soundly to discerne confesse bewaile crave pardon for and strength against the same Oh restore and receive me make me more wise warned watchfull and better governed afterwards thereby yea renew mercy and grace unto me to this end I pray thee and doe not suffer any of my failings or fals so farre to discourage me as to drive me from thee but make them to move me the more humbly and earnestly to draw neerer unto thee and the more zealously to renew my holy purposes yet the better to serve thee Oh doe not doe not at all deny refuse reject or turn from me O Father of mercies my most mercifull Father I most humbly and unfainedly beseech and urge thee vouchsafe freely and fully in the most precious blood of thy Christ my Redeemer to forget and forgive all my sinnes though never so many and heinous against all and every one of these my holy vowes and every circumstance of each for I have innumerable times and wayes most groussy and wilfully yea without ceasing offended in every one O require not these things of me for I cannot answer thee one of ten thousand thousands but require them of him my alone Saviour and alsufficient surety who hath fully satisfied thee on my behalfe for every one of these as well as for all or any of my other faults Oh grant me in the sence of thy infinite undeserved never failing love according to thy expresse promises to fly unto and trust in his merits notwithstanding all my grievous violations of all and every one of these most solemne vowes and cause me to feele the same most precious balme of Gillead to ease heale and comfort my most sinfull and sorrowfull soule for his infinite sufferings sake turn thy deserved wrath from me and deale gratiously with me give me assurance of pardon from and peace with thee O Lord my God worke worke worke and help speedily effectually and constantly I beg of thee that at all times and in all things I may with all my heart offer my selfe unto thee that through thy infinite patience I may escape thy justly merited vengeance and by thy undeserved mercy enjoy thy loving favour which is better then life All through the alsufficient satisfaction and perpetuall intercession of thy most deare and onely Sonne my alone sweet Saviour and sole sufficient Mediator Christ Jesus Amen and Amen The following Vowes briefly expressed the more easily to be remembred for present Meditation and Prayer 1 TO have respect to all Gods Commandements and to turne from every evill way 2 To make strict conscience of sanctifying the Sabbath every where continually 3 To imbrace every part of Gods worship every day as may be possibly and conveniently without superstition or wilfull neglect 4 To examine our repentance and faith by the Law and Gospell frequently seriously and impartially as in Gods presence who sees our carriage towards him in this weighty worke 5 To celebrate the severall kinds of religious fasts seasonably and solemnly as every extraordinary occasion may require 6 To receive the Lords Supper or the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of our blessed Saviour reverendly and fruitfully when and wheresoever we possibly may 7 To oppose and punish wicked men and wickednesse by all means we can 8 To cherish and assist good men and goodnesse in like manner 9 To give good example in our particular calling by avoyding the common sins thereof and keeping a good conscience therein and by walking worthily continually 10 In all causes of Counsell and courses of Justice to be well advised and impartiall 11 In the Leaguer to carry our selves as in the sight of God in all Christian wisdome sincerely and with all circumspection before men worthily 12 To abstaine from all abuses of the marriage bed 13 To labour the conversion and edification of wife children servants or any other under our roofe by all good meanes possible 14 To demeane our selves wisely in all our wayes among them 15 To eschew evill company continually 16 To avoid all excesse every where all drunkennesse especially 17 To watch against all filthinesse in all places 18 To take heed of breaking out into passion upon any occasion 19 To set our selves against al misgovernment of the tongue without ceasing 20 To stirre up our selves to edifie others in all places upon all occasions and by all means we can 21 To demean our selves warily in all things 22 To converse with God in holy matters 23 To keep our selves in awe by holy meditations 24 To call to mind the Lords especiall mercies 25 To labour for a sanctified use of our outward condition whatsoever the same is or may be 26 To put all

to his to attaine the same to seek all help from heaven More especially As by the especiall grace of God it hath been he also resolves it shall be his constant course to begin every new yeer in this manner also ever when the Lord cals him out of his garrison into the field being then to expect more then ordinary hard and perilous imployments thus most humbly and unfainedly to crave grace wisdome and good government sufficiency health safety and good successe as need may require As also that the Lord will please to watch over every one of his at home for good in every respect all the time of his absence from them and if it be his blessed will we may enjoy a comfortable meeting c. with our particulars to remember the generall necessities of of Gods Church and Children yea sometimes to set such dayes a part on their behalfe as fellow-feeling members of the same body whereof Christ Jesus is the head and as we would they should doe the like for us in our calamities The time for such solemnities Cannot in his judgement be lesse then from even to even one ordinary meale being onely forborne All which time to abstaine from eating and drinking so farre as nature be not weakned as may happen to some aged sick or weakly disposed persons or women with child or the like who are to preferre mercy before sacrifice and so be made the more unfit to performe holy duties to lay aside our best apparrell sweet sme●ls musick or any other thing that would delight us Further to forbeare all works of our calling use of the Marriage-bed f●llnesse of sleep yea whatsoever would hinder before dist●●●t in or any way violate 〈…〉 a service To weigh Considerately and throughly the urgent occasions thereof and how happy we shall be in obtaining what we want or escaping what we feare or suffer thereby to stirre us up the more submissively and earnestly to crave the same To prepare for and to keepe the same as the Sabbath All the whole day to apply himselfe to the conscionable orderly and constant performance of every holy duty to come before the Lord herein with meditation preparation examination and deliberation in obedience and repentance confidently and patiently awaiting a blessing from above which he hath expresly promised to leave behind him and as the Lord hath in this respect done to others of his wonderfully yea to him and his informer greatest extremities often and most remarkably this onely of his owne meere mercy in Christ Jesus in every pressing necessity chiefly be we never so unworthy and be our duty discharged never so weakly if but sincerely thus labouring our labour shall not be in vaine but be rewarded graciously plentifully and assuredly for was hipocriticall and monstrously wicked Ahab regarded heard and spared who was onely with the threatning terrified and thereby but outwardly humbled what will not our reconciled God and most tender-hearted Father doe for his how will he then regard heare spare and help his who by his good grace in their extremity thus draw neere unto him humble themselves before him and seek all help onely from him with true contrition filiall fear humility of heart sincerity of spirit Christian confidence and faith unfained who ever hath at any time in any thing in this manner sought his God aright that hath been sent away succourlesse and hath not either obtained the thing he desired or that which his experience must confesse was much better for him the like may we look for undoubtedly Lord cause me thus to seek thee and I am sure thou wilt as thou hast done and declared work for me wonderfully The sixth Vow and fifth of this maine part concerning receiving the Lords Supper To receive the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of our blessed Saviour reverently and fruitfully when and where soever he possibly may That is before receiving ALwayes oftentimes to call to mind and apply the particulars which the Lord requires of us before at and after receiving and what good the Lord sheweth and assureth to his in the Sacrament as followeth in briefe and then to turne all into an humble and earnest prayer for the Lords especiall assistance and blessing not forgeting to give thanks for grace and comfort received nor to humble himselfe for present wants and former abusing this holy Ordinance which might now hinder Gods grace mercy acceptation and blessing in this work or procure his threatned judgements to the prophaning thereof now especially to practise the forementioned duty of examination to remember and lay to heart with heavenly mindednesse the sacred mysteries of this blessed Ordinance to imbrace the same in obedience to his sweet Saviours command who sayes doe this and that the more solemnly to celebrate the remembrance of his death for me being the chiefe end thereof and the more openly to confesse his name thereby bewailing his owne most sinfull condition in generall and his especiall sinnes in especiall manner resolving unfainedly to break them all off and to serve the Lord in all good conscience afterward not leaving out any one known sinne for any respect herein dealing as before the Lord directly as he would the Lord should blesse and not plague him in this great duty looking from himselfe from his owne hainous sinfulnesse extreame unworthinesse and most accursed naturall condition to the so freely plainly plentifully infallibly assured mercies in his most faithfull● promises through the alone al-sufficient satisfaction of his onely Saviour Christ Jesus so denying himselfe utterly labouring to seek and find all mercy grace peace comfort and happinesse all wisdome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption in him onely resolving to live in all love peace● and Christian Charity with every one continually forgetting forgiving fore-pash injuries utterly passing by offences wisely where distaste hath beene or heart-burning may be to seeke and accept reconciliation seriously and gladly to converse quietly to doe good for ill heartily and unweariedly Approaching to the Lords Table To be filled with all holy affections to give no way to the contrary thoughts being busie about so heavenly a duty to shew a most reverent gesture as in the presence of the Lord of and over all the great King and Master of this Feast who is a most holy God and will be sanctified in body and spirit of those that draw neere unto him as in the sight of the most glorious Angels and Gods holy Congregation All the time of Ministration To remember distinguish and apply the severall ceremonies and their significations with godly sorrow lively faith sweet comfort entire thankfulnesse c. as is more at large in Master Brinslyes true Watch the first part Pag. 145 146 147. Going from the Table To rest assured that I doe and shall as certainly enjoy the thing signified even the Body and Blood of Christ for the free and full remission of all his sinnes and salvation of his soul as he hath outwardly received