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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08455	A brief and short treatise, called the Christians pilgrimage to his fatherland Sheweth the troubles that he shall meete withall in passing this world as a wildernesse, to the heavenly Canaan, which is the true Christians fatherland. By Thomas Odell Englishman.	Odell, Thomas, Englishman.	1635 (1635)	STC 18780; ESTC S103144	9,758	19

A brief and short Treatise CALLED THE CHRISTIANS PILGRIMAGE TO HIS FATHERLAND SHEWETH The troubles that he shall meete withall in passing this World as a wildernesse to the Heavenly Canaan which is the true Christians Fatherland By THOMAS ODELL Englishman At AMSTERDAM Printed by Iohn Fredericksz Stam dwelling by the South-Church at the signe of the HOPE Anno M D C XXXV To the right honourable and vertuous Queene ELYZABETH All grace peace and comfort from God the Father of mercy through Iesus Christ our loving Lord and Saviour be multiplyed unto you and so lead your Majesty by his H. Spirit through this world as a wofull wildernesse and bring your Highnes at the last into his Heavenly Canaan which is the dayly desire of your Majesties poore petitioner THOMAS ODELL Englishman HAving hard and minded the manifold tryals troubles wherein the Lord hath exercise your Majesty I have ofttimes purposed some part of my poore labour to presēt unto your Lord and King now at rest but I was oftentimes hindred in things concerning myself and most of all through the grieveous afflictions that befell your Majesty Your Highnes with many other may thinke it strange that one so bace should be so bold or presume to present any thing to your Highnes hands wanting learning which thing I willingly confesse for hee that giveth out his beste tallents giveth to one five to another two and to another one and yet may not that one be buried but brought to the banke to the Lord and owners prayse and good of whomsoever it shall him please I minding these things and withall your Majesties lowly and lovely behaviour towards our country-men or women of meane estate have bene emboldened now at the last to present unto your Highnes this small Treatise shewing unto all that the life of a true Christian is no other then a Pilgrimage through this wildernesse unto our Heavenly Canaan And these things have I written in sundry parts first for such which through the great strife and contention in these dayes are forced to runne too and froe seeking the truth Secondly the Pilgrimage of Abraham Sarah our faithfull parents and other of bace estate Also of Hester with hir Unckle Mordicai And lastly some part of the worke of our loving Lord and Saviour Christ Iesus in his Pilgrimage to worke out our Redemption These things have I brought forth according to the grace of God given unto me and acknowledging that my sight but dark my knowledge but in part I doe humbly entreate your Majesty and ech Godly Reader through Christian love to beare with my weaknes herein and so commit the issue to the Almighty who preserve your Majesties person from all your enimies secret or open strengthen you in all cumbats inward outward to the end and then give your Highnes a Crowne of glory in Heaven for ever and ever Amen So let it be ô Lord. A Pilgrams Meditation to let ech understand The Christians Pilgrimation unto his Fatherland Christ maketh declaration For such as seeke salvation Them counsell doeth aford Wills them make meditation Their prayers preparation By searching in his vvord Which is a light vvill guyde them right Christ putting too his hand Will hold them fast so they at last Shall find their Fatherland WHo now will take for his soules sake This journey for to goe To him we say first learne the way The Scripture teacheth so Thus sayth the Lord search in my word There thou the way shalt finde Seeke him with hart he will impart And let thee know his minde The Lord did tell to Daniell That in this latter day Many should goe both too and froe And aske after the way And how some wife should them advise Lead them in righteousnes And that the Lord would such reward Yea them for ever blesse Christ doeth relate straight is the gate And narrow is the way In which regard bids us strife hard Without shall many stay Take head to all that will the call And say come goe with me The way I know and many moe The way is faire and free I know it well and can thee tell From place to place throughout Leave of to read common with speed There is no feare or doubt But goe thou on let them alone Dispute not with such men Whose words are faire yet like a snare To draw the back againe For many preach and others teach Yet they themselves are blinde Puft up with pride and cannot guyde Which many thousands finde But take thou head the Scripture read Then God will be thy guyde Sease not to pray both night and day So shall thy foote not flyde Faith hope and love from God above See that thou take with thee Seeke them with hart he will impart For God is kinde and free What father is so hard to his Children that aske him bread To give a stone we see ech one Would have his children feed Much more the Lord his Spirit aford To such as aske in faith It is the word that Christ our Lord Unto his servants sayth These gifts of grace where the take place The Lord doeth well approove Amongst them all she principall Is faith that works by love Faith hope and love are from above And may not be devided Faith doeth unfold hope taketh hold When both by love are guyded When man once hath obteyned faith He is like ship forth sayling Upon the seas in storms alwayes His currage often quayling When storms arise then faith outcryes And will not leave of sounding Till he can say hope make a stay For here is sure grounding Then hope in haste will anker cast Where faith hath found abiding And keep the ship from sand and clip So long as it lyes riding When storms are paste then in all haste The anker up is taken Faith will not fayle but hoyst the sayle And waight till winds doe waken Then sayles he forth east west south north As God shall give direction By rocks and sands by fearefull lands Still finding Gods protection Though God thus blesse give good succes Thy faith yet will he try But all for good well understood Though ofte he make the cry Yea when storms rise in fearefull wise And make thee pray with weeping Thou shalt descerne Christ at the sterne Who then will not be sleeping But up will stand the winds command And cease to cease their swelling Which must obey without delay Gainst him is no rebelling Then gone is feare the Heaven neare Where thou shalt make thy stay In Fatherland at his right hand To live with him for aye Thus much for all in generall But now to you O Queene We shall relate those of hie state Which here have Pilgrams bene As Paul doeth write and eke resight The greater sorte of olde From age to age their Pilgrimage Unto the Iewes unfould He brings a trayne in golden chayne The lovely Patriarkes Which did by faith as there he saith Great things well he

thence it shall not part It cannot mis where treasure is There also is the heart Paul doth confesse that Godlynes It is the greatest gaine If we consent therewith content For that shall still remaine When other stufe more then I n'ofe Shall vanish in the wind And they no rest that had possest Such things as made them blind Th' Apostle Paul tooke vew of all Such thinges he had before Put them to flight set his delight In Christ that gave him more Of heavenly wealth for his souls health And for good of us all In his worke we may read and see His tryals were not small His Pilgrimage unto old age No feare could cast him downe For his reward Christ had prepar'd In Heav'n for him a Crowne Not him alone but for ech one That runne his race throughout Shall have likewise a Crowne for prise Their is no feare or doubt This Crowne for prise in Heaven it lies Under the Fathers hand This find we may Christ is the way Unto our Fatherland Thus doeth he say I am the way The truth and life also And that no man without me can Vnto the Father goe Which shewes that we by nature be But things of little worth For dead in sin we must begin To seeke a second birth His Kingdome we els cannot see Muchles the same inherite Except we then be borne againe Of water and of Spirit Which if we seeke with prayers meeke And with a lively faith He will it give that we may live For it is our soules breath VVhich will us guyde on every side If we there to give eare And at the last will set us fast And learne us Godly feare Such feare as this beginning is Of wisdome from above VVhich hath too by for company A lively faith with love If other feare doe come us neare It standeth us in stead It lights the mind this shall we find VVhen we the Scripture read It stands us by helps memory And brings lost things to light It will give strenght so at the lenght False feares must take their flight This gift of Christ it is the hiest VVhich he had promised From Heav'n to sent unto the ent VVe thereby might be led In his Gospell and knew him well And his Kingdome also For want of this many of his Did him not rightly know His worke then done had overwon The Devill Hell and Death He came againe to these weake men And breathed on them breath Then did he call and bad them all Receve the holy Ghost And so by it he made them fit Whieh gift he never lost This comforter exceedeth farrs All comforts in the earth Then must we read and take good head We lose not this new birth Though much it cost yet may be lost VVhich heare we shall make knowne This Spirit is sent and is but lent And that to helpe our owne The Law doeth Paull a shadow call VVhose substance was in Christ Isaac no doubt typed him cut VVhich was one of the hiest Rabecka she then heare must be A shadow of great worth In whose womb we doe read and see Too stryved for the birth Esaw came first allthough the worst The birth-right yet he got Iacob came last held his heele fast And after hath his lot Esaw did hunte made light account His birth-right quickly sold For cup of porrige that could his currage And made his heart full cold The birthright gone blessing was none His heritage was lost Iacob was blest he dispossest In Edom live he must The like succes through carelesnes Befell unto King Saull The Lord did send him to this end To slay the Mallachits all The King he spard had no regard But sought to blind Gods eyes Some beasts he brought to please hee thought God with a sacrifice But all this cost was labour lost God tooke from him that day The spirit of grace and in the place Sent one did him dismay As then with Saull so now with all That doe his lawes abuse This thing doeth here learne all to feare And it a right to use The Lord is hie judgeth justlie No person doeth respect Both great small this find they shall VVhich doe his lawes neglect Yet hath regard and doeth reward As ech deserved hath Some through weaknes his lawes transgresse Yet saveth them by faith VVhen they repent their sins lament And call to him for grace He will draw neare their prayers heare And help them in this case Thus doe will he that all may see Him mercifull and kinde And will not break a reede so weak But rather it upbinde Nor quench with strokes the flex that smokes But rather maks it burne No pleasure hath in sinners death But seeketh his returne He doeth not like to Moses strike Saying fulfill the Law That done hath he and yet must we Still learne to live in awe Law doeth relate shewes us our state In sinne against the hiest Are gone too far like scolemaster It brings us backe to Christ. Then must we learne for to descerne In what estate we stand Then if we see we laden be Christ holdeth out his hand Calls us anon bids us put on His yoke that easie is VVhich quicken will and our harts fill VVith peace and joy of his Doeth us advise and learne likewise He lowly is in heart VVhich brings us rest that is the best And easeth all our smart Yet are not we now quite set free VVe must take up our crosse It under goe both too and froe And count worlds pleasure lose Nor yet must we compelled be Like Symon of Syreen Christ bare the smart this after part Is for Gods childeren To flesh and blood this seems not good But flesh must beare no sway To fleshly lust we may not trust The Spirit must be our stay The flesh is rude the Spirit renewde Must guyde us to the end If we be feed and thereby leed Then shall we not offend It will us guyde on every side If we thereto give eare And at the last will set us fast And free us from all feare It will us bring to Christ our King At his appointed day Int ' Fatherland at his right hand To live with him for aye FINIS