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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47614	The travels of true godliness, from the beginning of the world to this present day in an apt and pleasant allegory ... / by B.K., author of War with the Devil, and Sion in distress.	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1684 (1684)	Wing K98; ESTC R17933	96,473	173

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

Content Hast thou God for thy God Christ for thy Saviour the Holy Spirit for thy Comforter and yet not Content Nay doth God Christ and the Holy Spirit dwell with thee and yet not Content Hast thou received True Godlinesses glorious Retinue into thy house to abide with thee to enrich thee strengthen thee to comfort thee and make thy life sweet to thee and yet not Content Are thy sins pradon'd thy soul justified hast thou Union and Communion with the Father and Son and yet not Content Is thy Name writ in the Book of Life shalt thou dwell with God and Christ for ever is Heaven thy Inheritance art thou an Heir of a Crown and Kingdom that fadeth not away and yet not Content Nay let me tell thee all these things and many more are absolutely thine with Contentment Come are thou willing to possess them to make them thy own and to enjoy them for ever yea or no if thou wouldst be sure of them then get Contentment to dwell with thee for Godliness with Contentment is great gain 1 Tim. 6.6 It doth not say Godliness without Contentment but with Contentment 'T is this glorious Prince it appears who puts thee into the sure possession of all true happiness and yet not Content Thirdly Ponder saith Consideration upon the excellency of Contentment for a Saint never looks like himself acts like himself acts like a person of such Rank and Quality a person who hath received so many glorious and excellent Graces and Priviledges but when in all conditions he is therewith contented Fourthly Ponder saith Consideration upon the Evils of Discontent Oh what dishonour doth it bring unto God! what reproach to True Godliness and what great wrong to thy own Soul Fifthly 'T is below thy Christian Relation saith Consideration to be discontent It was the Speech of Jonadab to Amon why art thou being a King's Son lean from day to day But that was as one observes for a wicked Cause he saw his Spirit was troubled for otherwise he was fat enough 'T is below thy Relation to God who is thy Portion thy Shield thy Sanctuary thy Father David thought it no small matter to be a Son-in-Law to an Earthly King and art thou the King's Son of Heaven and Earth and yet not content 'T is be●ow thy relation to Jesus Christ What art thou the Spouse of Christ a Member of Christ the Brother and Friend of Christ an Heir with Christ and yet not content 'T is below thy relation to the holy Ghost Is he thy Comforter Guide Witness Strength and art not content 't is below thy relation to the holy Angels who are thy Guard thy Attendance thy Friends thy Watchmen Hast thou Millions of those glorious Spirits to minister to thee to fight for thee keep thee in all thy wayes and yet not content 'T is below thy relation to the Saints and heavenly family Art thou brought home then to sit down with them to partake of all the sacred priviledges of God's House with them and to have a share in all their prayers and yet not content 'T is below the high and sovereign dignity thou art raised to Art thou born from above a Prince a Favourite of Heaven an Heir of both Worlds and yet not content Sixthly 'T is below those Graces Divine helps and endowments thou hast received Art thou in the Covenant of Grace Has God tyed and bound himself by promises and holy Oath to help thee uphold thee and keep thee from falling and yet not Content Is thy Eternal Estate secur'd art thou made sure of Heaven and yet discontented Lastly Consider all thy affictions troubles and sorrows are nothing in comparison of what other Saints have met with nay to those Jesus Christ met with himself for thy sake and art not content besides are they not less than thy sins deserve and yet not content nay and all those hard things thou meetest with God will cause to work for thy good and yet not content all the bitter things thou art ever like to meet with will be in this World nothing but sweet hereafter and yet not content all thy troubles will be soon gone they are but for a moment besides they are intermixt with much sweet and yet not content nay and all thy sorrows will be turned into joy and all tears will be wip'd off from thine eyes and yet not content No sooner had Consideration laid all these things and many others of like nature before him but lo to his eternal joy Contentment came in and was immediately gloriously welcomed by Godlinesses heavenly Retinue yea it cannot be imagined what rejoycing now there was in poor Thoughtful's house it would do also ones heart good to see how the scattered powers of the enemy were forced to fly into holes Apollyon himself was fain to pull in his horn Despond was vanquished cursed Disquiet and Murmur could find no more place in his house O this to him was the day of dayes Upon this perceiving Glorious Content with Triumph was entred into his house to dwell with the rest of True Godliness's heavenly Retinue and that there was now nothing wanting to make his life life comfortable here and happy hereafter he fell a singing of sweet Hymns of Praise and Thanksgiving to God A sweet Hymn of Praise 1. True Godliness is come to me And with him also lo I see His glorious Train who will attend My precious soul unto the End No day like this hath ever bin Content with Triumphs enter'd in 2. I love thee and admire thee too What Work remains thou'lt help me do My chiefest business it is done Possess the house which thou hast won The fruits of Conquest now begin Content with Triumphs enter'd in 3. What 's this don 't boast what can it be Remains there still an enemy Have I o'er come all deadly foes And shall this Old-man me oppose The fruits of Conquest now begin Content with Triumphs enter'd in 4. I shall I 'm sure be rid of thee And then how happy shall I be When Godliness in me doth reign Alone with his most glorious Train And not a foe dares once appear O then what Triumphs shall I hear 5. Can man on Earth more happy be I Peace possess I Glory see God and Christ with me do dwell I 'm sure of Heaven sav'd from Hell The fruits of Conquest now begin Content with Triumphs enter'd in FINIS BOOKS Printed for and are to be Sold by John Dunton at the Black Raven in the Poultrey over against the Stocks-Market London Note Those Books that are mark'd with a Hand are lately Printed Folio A General Martyrology containing a Collection of all the greatest Persecutions which have befaln the Church of Christ from the Creation to our present Times wherein is given an exact Account of the Protestants Sufferings in Queen Maries Reign whereunto is added the Lives of 32 English Divines famous in their Generations for Learning and Piety and most of them