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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43351	Miscellanea, or, A mixture of choyce observations and institutions, moral, and divine, composed for private use being the product of spare hours, and the meditations of J.H.	Henshaw, Joseph, 1603-1679.	1669 (1669)	Wing H1480; ESTC R4644	40,398	215

receivest then what thou givest what thou givest leaves thee what thou receivest sticks by thee He that presents a gift buyes the receiver he that receives a gift fells his liberty if thou givest give to a right end if thou givest to receive the like again it is exchange if to receive more it is covetousness if to receive thanks it is vanity if to be seen it is vain-glory if to corrupt it is bribery if for example it is formality if for compassion it is charity if because thou art commanded it is obedience the end and affection in doing the work gives name to the work done whether it be good or bad CHAP. XLIV CEnsure no man detract from no man praise no man before his face traduce no man behind his back boast not thy self abroad and flatter not thy self at home if any thing cross thee accuse thy self if any one extol thee humble thy self honour those that instruct thee and be thankful to those that reprove thee let all thy desires be subject to reason and let thy reason be corrected by Religion the way to subject all things to thy self is to subject thy passions unto reason and thy reason unto God weigh thy self by thine own ballances and trust not the voice of wild opinion observe thy self as thy greatest enemy so shalt thou become thy greatest friend CHAP. XLV IF Opinion have cryed thy name up let thy modesty cry thy heart down lest thou deceive it or it thee There is no less danger in a great name then in a bad and no less honour in endeavouring praise then in deserving it but if opinion hath lighted the Lamp of thy fame encourage it with thy own oyl lest it go out and stink the chronical disease of popularity is shame if thou be once up beware the way from fame to infamy is a beaten road CHAP. XLVI LEt the Holy Scripture be thy delight and daily meditation let not thy wanton fancy carve it out in jests nor thy sinful wit make it an advocate to thy sin it is a subject for thy faith not fancy where wit and blasphemy is one trade the understanding is bankrupt and ever use it with reverence for the Authors sake who is God over all blessed for ever the Father Son and holy Ghost we are apt to value study and desire to understand the books of godly learned and judicious mens making how much more should we value and endeavour to the utmost to understand these books which are of Gods making mens writings are too much mingled with vanity ignorance folly mistakes imperfections infirmities and corruptions savouring too much of a carnal spirit when most spirirual but Gods word is satisfactorily full without all vanity most wise faithful and true without all falshood or folly compleatly perfect beyond all imperfection most pure and exceedingly refined without all corruption the Pen-men thereof not being contemptible or ordinary but incomparable and Extraordinary persons Moses the meekest man on Earth the peculiar favorite of God with whom he talked face to face King David that sweet singer of Israel that man after Gods own heart Solomon the King that most exquisite Master-piece for all kind of wisdom Natural Political and Theological whom God honoured with the building of his Temple the like whereof was never seen Daniel in whom was found an excellent spirit and great dexterity in expounding mysteries and secrets Paul who was caught up into third heavens in a word all of them holy men of God moved by the holy Ghost These being the Pen-men how excellent and past compare must their writings needs be Who would not value study and earnestly pry into them If thou consider the manner of Holy Scripture it is the most inviting able to allure the hearts of men and Angels to the study of it yea to ravish and transport their spirits in the understanding of it herein are revealed most profound and inexplicable mysteries the nature of the blessed God simple without composition All-sufficient without any externall addition immutable without all shadow of alteration eternal immense incomprehensible omnipresent and wholly infinite without all limitation the unity of essence the Trinity of Persons the Father not being the Son nor either of them the Holy Ghost yet all of them one and the most holy God The secrets of Gods eternal counsels especially touching the Electing of his own in Christ predestinating them to the adoption of Children when all others are passed by The curious order of the Creation to bring his purposes to pass the permission of mans fall from the pinacle of his natural integrity that thereby he might take occasion to glorifie the height of his Justice and Mercy in raising them up by Christ to a farr higher pitch of supernatural felicity The person and office of Jesus Christ the Mediatour both altogether wonderfull God and man united in one person to unite God and man in one covenant The Son of God became the Son of man that the Sons of men might become the sons of God A King to subdue all our enemies to us and us to himself A Prophet to unveil the bosome secrets of his father unto us a Priest offering up himself for us upon himself by himself offering up himself the Sacrifice as man upon himself the Altar as God by himself the Preist as God-man Christ was humbled thereby we are exalted Christ accused we cleared Christ condemned we justified and acquitted Christ accursed we blessed Christ slain and we live Christ was conquered that we might be more then conquerors through him that loved us What shall I say in Scripture is revealed how enemies are reconciled sinners justified aliens adopted beggars made heirs and co-heirs with Jesus Christ and dust and ashes shall be glorified for evermore here are unfolded the Covenant of Grace wholly made up of heavenly cordials the promises of the life that now is and of that which is to come exceeding great and precious The comforts of God able to counterpoyze our deepest disconsolations and commands surpassing all the Laws in the World in holiness justice and goodness Here are discovered the miseries of all in the first Adam the felicities of all that are in the second Adam and the way how poor Souls are translated from those miseries to these felicities Here you shall find God descending to man in preparing all spiritual priviledges for sinners in and by Jesus Christ our Saviour in rendring richest grace by Covenant Promises and Ordinances and applying these preparations and renders actually to the Soul by the Spirit and man ascending to God by the spirituallizing of his nature acting of his faith aspiring of his desires fervency of his prayers and holy tendency of his conversation yea both God and man sweetly closing together in a most intimate communion in Christ Jesus which is another Paradise and Heaven upon Earth In a word what is there not in the holy Scriptures Are we poor here 's the only way to

content which is the greatest riches Are we Sin sick here 's a shop of Soul medicines Are we fainting here 's a Cabinet of cordialls Are we Christ-less here 's the Star that leadeth unto Christ Are we Christians here 's the band that keeps us in Christ Are we afflicted here 's our solace Are we persecuted here 's our Protection Are we deserted here 's our recovery Are we tempted here 's our Sword and Victory Are we young here 's our beauty Are we old here 's our wisdom while we live here 's the rule of our Conversation when we dye here 's the hope of our Glorification Oh blessed Scriptures Who can know them and not love them who can love them and not delight to meditate in them day and night who can meditate in them and not desire to love them love to desire them and both desire and love to understand them The Sacred Scripture is the Book of Books the book of Life whose original is eternal whose essence is incorporeal whose knowledg is life whose writing is indelible whose respect is desirable whose doctrine is easie whose depth is unsearchable whose words are innumerable and only one word All. To conclude take one instance of the experience of Mrs. Katharine Bretergh of Bretergholt in Lancashire Who was wont to task her self to read eight Chapters a day at least who in her sickness before her death fell into great distress of Soul through an apprehension of the severity of Gods Justice the greatness of her Sins wa●… of Faith in and love to God sometimes she would cast he● Bible from her and say It was indeed the book of Life but she had read the same unprofitably and it was become to her the book of Death Sometimes she would say Her sins had made her a prey to Satan a spectacle to the World a disgrace to Religion and a shame to her Husband Kindred and all to true Christians and here she would weep bitterly she wished she had never been born or that she had been any other Creature then a Woman she cryed out oftentimes Wo wo wo a weak a woful a wretched a forsaken woman and such like pitiful complaints against her self with tears trickling down her cheeks but at last she was restored to joys and comforts unspeakable by means of the holy Scriptures Oh said she My Soul hath been compassed about with terrours of death fear within and fear without the sorrows of Hell were upon me knots and knors were upon my Soul a roaring Wilderness of wo was within me but Blessed blessed blessed be the Lord my God who hath not left me comfortless One time she took Bible in her hand and joyfully kissing it and looking up towards Heaven she said Oh Lord it is good for me that I have been afflicted that I might learn thy Statutes the law of thy mouth is better to me then thousands of Gold and Silver She desired her Husband to read some part of Scripture he read the 17 of John as he read vers 9. I pray not for the World but for them which thou hast given me for they are thine She interrupted him saying Oh Lord Jesus dost thou pray for me Oh blessed and sweet Saviour dost thou pray for me Oh how wonderful how wonderful how wonderful are thy mercies read on said she the blessedst reading that ever I heard the comfort whereof doth sweeten my Soul When he came to ver 34. Father I will that they whom thou hast given me be one with me Stay said she and let me meditate on the goodness of the Lord for now I perceive and feel the countenance of my Redeemer Christ is turned towards me and the bright shining beams of his mercy are spread over me Oh! happy am I that ever I was born to see this blessed day Praise praise Oh praise the Lord for his mercies he hath brought me out of darkness and the shadow of death Oh sweet Saviour shall I be one with thee as thou art one with thy Father and wilt thou glorifie me with that glory which thou hadst with the Father before the World was And dost thou so love me who am but dust and ashes to make me partaker of thy own glory What am I poor wretch that thou art so mindfull of me Oh how wonderful is thy love c. Thus she continued ravished in Spirit and triumphing in Gods prayses till her last At last with a sweet countenance and still voice she said my warfare is accomplished and mine iniquities are pardoned Lord whom have I in Heaven but thee and I have none on Earth but thee my flesh faileth and mine heart also but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever He that preserveth Jacob and defendeth Israel he is my God and he will guide me unto Death guide me O Lord my God and suffer me not to faint but keep my Soul in safety And with that she presently departed this life Thus we see how useful the holy Scripture is to every Christian Soul and how God thereby gives comfort to those who are his when all other comforts fail them make it ever therefore thy delight and thy daily companion for take all the rarest writings now extant in the world none of them all can thus raise up a drooping Spirit or disconsolate Soul from the depth of wo and horror none of them can fill the heart thus brimful of sweetest peace none of them all can thus enlarge and entranse the Spirit to extasies of Heavenly Joy and ravishments through apprehensions of Gods love and mercy above grief above temptation above sin above all fear of Death that King of Terrours as this blessed word of God can who would not now labour to understand the Scriptures who would not treasure up and kiss and embrace and greedily swallow down these Soul-reviving Cordials CHAP. XLVII IN Civil things follow the most in matters of Religion the fewest in all things follow the best so shall thy ways be pleasing to God so shall thy behaviour be plausible with men but follow not a multitude in the evil of Sin lest thou share with the multitude in the evil of punishment the number of the offendors diminisheth not the quality of the offence As the multitude of suiters draws more favour to the suit so the multitude of sinners draws more punishment upon the sin the number of Fagots encreaseth the fury of the fire CHAP. XLVIII HAth any wounded thee with injuries meet them with patience hasty words rankle the wound soft language dresses it forgiveness cures it and oblivion takes away the scar It is more noble by silence to avoid an injurie then by Argument to overcome it CHAP. XLIX LEt not mirth be thy profession lest thou become a make-sport he that hath but gained the Title of a Gester let him assure himself the fool is not far off wrinckle not thy face with too much laughter lest thou become ridiculous The Suburbs of