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B02151	The Christian's daily practice of piety: or, Holy walking with God. As also, Scripture rules to be observed in buying and selling. Very useful for all sort of people that desires to make conscience of their ways here, and to fit themselves for their great account hereafter.	R. A. (Richard Alleine), 1611-1681.	1698 (1698)	Wing C3954A; ESTC R173846	11,097	27

THE CHRISTIANS Daily PRACTICE of PIETY OR Holy walking with GOD. AS ALSO Scripture Rules to be observed in Buying and Selling. Very Useful for all sorts of People that desires to make Conscience of their ways here and to fit themselves for their great Account hereafter Licensed according to Order London Printed for J. Deacon at the Angel in Gilt-spure street 1698. And Re-printed at Edinburgh by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson Printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty 1698. THE CHRISTIANS Daily PRACTICE of PIETY 1. BE sure to get God and the things of God next thy Heart when thou awakest God the World and Satan with his suggestions knocks to get first in Open first to God if Satan or the World hath possession out them speedily and let thy Meditation on God be sweet spend thy first thoughts on him and thy Eternal condition whose thou shall be at the opening of the Graves and the rising of the Dead think also thou art on Night nearer Heaven or Hell resolve to do something towards thy Salvation that day in mortifying some sin and getting nearer to Christ 2. Before thou entertainest the World get more solemnly to God lift up thy heart unto him first in thanksgiving for the Bed blessing thy renewed life and strength and then pour out thy Soul in supplication to him for his grace to enable thee in thy duties to resist the temptations and to be kept from the evils of that day enlarge thy self as time and place will permit read withal some potion of Scripture If thou canst 3. Alter thou hast been with God set a watch upon thy Heart and keep it close that thy Heart 〈◊〉 not depart too far from God that day by setting it over much on the Creatures and thy Calling but keep thy mind heavenly and near to God labouring hourly to keep the sweet relish of God upon thy Soul which thou hadst in thy morning Contemplation and Duty lest thy Mind and Affection cleave to the World and so thou spend that day without God in the World 4. When thy watch is set then set upon thy lawfull Calling with Diligence and good will doing every hours Work as to the Lord live not out of a Calling nor idle in it exercise as much Care as the weightiness of the work requires make Conscience of spending the day well judge a mispent hour no small sin 5. When thou art in thy Calling avoid all just cause of offence to God and Man in Word and Deed do not provoke God to wrath nor those that dwell near thee corrupt not any by thy wanton Carriage wrong not any by unjust dealing be courteous peaceable and harmless do not easily take Offence but be patient long suffering forgetting and forgiving as God for Christ's sake forgives thee 6. Set a solemn time a-part to pray in and with thy Family twice in the day at least and let those prayer-seasons be when the whole Family can most conveniently assemble and suffer none through sicknesse to be absent let not Evening Prayer-season be deferred too late lest the Body be unable cheerfully to assist the Soul and oft through weariness and heaviness thou loss the Duty and displease God In all these Duties be hearty fervent faithful and serious spend also some of of the day in Meditation of Sin of Christ of Death Judgment and the Life to come 7. Be careful all the day long of thy Discourse for thou must give an account of every idle Word and by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned let all thy Speeches be serious holy in-offensive and edifying weigh before hand what honour thy Discourse will bring to God what good to thy Friend what good or hurt to thy own Soul use not any foolish jesting or taunting reproachful Speeches spend not many words in thy Buying and Selling abhore all lies tales idle stories wanton songs and do not curse nor swear or use the name of God vainly Let the matter of thy discourse be either on the things of God or the necessary works of thy Calling talk not much of other Mens matters back-bite none If thou speak of their Sins let it be with Grief and so avoid the same thy self if of their Godliness let it be to imitate them Remember God stands by he hears and write-down all thou sayest 8. Observe hourly Gods providential dealing with thee or o●hers If God hath appeared to thee or others in any eminent mercy or judge ment note that and remember to praise fear and love him for it especially observe what sin he hath shewed thee what hints of his love what hopes of his glory write these in a Book but chiefly in thy Heart for thy supporting in deserting and dying times 9. Have a care all day to the feet of thy Afflections on what they are set they will be apt to settle on the world and sin and withdraw from God and Duty review them continually ask thy self often what thou lovest fearest desirest where thou art and on what and recal thy soul if it be departed from God 10. Take heed of letting loose the Reins to unruly Passions If thou be angry sin not be easie to be intreated again let not the Sun go down on thy wrath abhor railing reviling or stomaching any in thy patience possess thy Soul 11. When thou findest any temptations arising be sure to meet the Tempter in the strength of Christ with some Scripture commands promise or threatning which suits with the nature of the Temptation to repel it and let not the Tempter get too near thee If he be within thee thou art like to be soiled It 's easier to keep out an Enemy than to cast him out when he is in especially eye the Tempter most when he sets on thee to intice thee into thy Constitution Sins 12. Mark every hour the coming and going of the Spirit and attend upon its motions hear what it saith unto thee and when thou feel'st more than ordinary of his presence than examine thy graces mortifie sin cleave heartily to God and delight thy Soul in him withal then labour for assurance of his love but omit not thy calling when thou feelest the Spirit depart let it not go too far before thou criest after it O make thy moan to God speedily for its income again 13. Labour to add something to every grace each day of thy life and to take something from thy sin build up thy knowledge in faith love joy and fear daily lay consideration to the root of all thy graces to quicken them be as careful of the graces of thy Soul as of the Children of thy Body that each may have its meat in due season withdraw thy Soul from every Sin lay the ax to the root of them and be cutting about them every hour 14. Have frequent and hourly recourse to the Blood of Christ by acts of Faith for renewed acts of pardon for thy

renewed sins and keep open the flood-gates of Repentance which must run dayly as thou sinnest daily be perswaded that thy work is never done till thy Life be done also be frequently leaning on Christ and drawing strength from him and help in every undertaking making him thy All in the point of Accession with the Father and assistance in all thy lawful works and duties 15 If thou fail into the sin of a deep dye lye not long in it but apply thy self to Christ for help and though thou must go with shame to God by Christ for forgiveness yet go speedily and lye at the Throne of Grace till thou hast got some sence of God's favour and made up the breach which thy sins made till thy strangeness to God by reason of that sin be removed from thy spirit when thou art wounded it 's not good to lye long from the Physitian 16. Above all take heed lest thou fall into a custom of sinning if one act or two may stand after Illumination of Grace do not think too many will betimes get out of the way of sinning the more thou yieldest the more sad thy case and hard thy cure is 17. Be doing or receiving good in all thy places God shall call thee if thou art among thy Superiours in Grace and Knowledge learn if among those that are weaker teach them suffer not sin to pass by unreproved but be a faithful yet a wise Monitor of those about thee and take reproofs thy self kindly 18. In the Evening of the day perform thy Evening Sacrifice of private and secret prayer and praises for thy special graces mercies and love tokens received that day then give up thy self to God and his protection kiss his Son and let him lye between thy Arms all night meditate on him in the night watches and take thy rest sweetly in the Lord. Nullus Dies sine linea SCRIPTURE RULES To be Observed in Buying and Selling. Rules concerning Buying Commodities 1. IF you would not transgress Scripture Rules in Buying then first take heed that you do not discommend those Commodities that are very good which you are about to buy that so you may not bring down the price of the Commodity and get it for less than it is worth there is a known place of Scripture for this in Prov. 20.14 It is nought saith the buyer but when he gone his way then he boastet● People in Solomon's time they were wicked when they came to the Market to buy any thing the Buyer he would discommend the Commodity and say it was nought though it were very good and saleable but when the seller was gone then he would boast of what a good penny-worth he had bought and the like 2. Do not make vows and protestations that you will give no more for a Commodity than what you have first offered when afterwards you will give more This is a very common thing with Tradesmen You shall have a man come to a Shop and cheapen a Commodity and the Buyer he will say He will not give a farthing more and the seller will say He will not take a farthing less and yet both the Buyer gives more and the Sell●● takes less now this is no other than a palpabl● and downright Lie 3. Do not give counterfeit money for those Commodities you buy This you have an Example o● in Abraham when he was to buy the field in Mack●pelah of Ephron the Hittite for a Burying-place in Gen. 23.16 saith Abraham I will give thee fou● hundred Shekles of Silver current Money with th● Merchant and therefore you transgress Scripture Rules If you know you have brass Money o● Counterfeit Gold about you and yet pay it away for Commodities you sin in doing so though you your self took it for Commodities 4. Do not give for a Commodities less than in your Conscience you think it is worth it is an oppression in buying when you seek to bring a Commodity under its due value and worth Abraham when he was to buy the Cave in Mackpelah of Ephron saith he I will give thee the worth of it in Money and so Davi● when he was to buy the Threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite 2 Sam. 24.24 saith he I will buy it of thee at the full value of it 5. Do not long defer the paying of these Commodities which you have bought when thou hast by thee wherewithal to pay it There is an Excellent place for this in Prov. 3.27 28. Withhold not good from them to whom it is due when it is in the power of thine hand to give it Say not unto thy Neighbour go and come again and tomorrow I will give when thou hast it by thee This Text is referred to works of Mercy but hath relation to Buying and Selling and Trading in the World ●f you owe a Man Money for a Commodity you ●ought to pay him and not to let him come day ●ter day for it and go without it when you have 〈◊〉 by you 2 Kings 4.7 It is the Badge of a wicked man in Scripture not to pay his Debts in Psal 31.20 The wicked borroweth and payeth not again 6. Do not engross a Commodity that is do not buy all of a Commodity into your own hands alone that by that means you may sell the Commodity at your own price This is a meer oppression destructive to a Common-wealth and to all Trading The Scripture condemnes this in Prov. 11.6 It is spoken there of Corn-Mongers saith the Text He that withholdeth Corn the People shal cu●se him but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth i● In Solomon's time there were Corn-Mongers that when Corn was cheap would go and buy up all the Corn in the Country and would keep it up and sell none till Corn was very dear now saith the Text He that doth thus the People shall curse him for it but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it Now it is no sin in it self to engross a Commodity thereby to sell it the cheaper but for a Man to engross a Commodity meerly thereby to advance the price of it this is such an oppression that the People shall curse him for it 7. Do not in your buying of Commodity take any advantage of the mistake or oversight of the Seller as suppose you should come to a Shop and buy so many Yards of Cloth or the like and he should give you more than is thy due o● take less money of thee than is his due you should take no advantage of him in such a Case but restore it again for if you take any more from hi● than you bought of him it is theft or if you give any less for the Commodity than you bargained for It is Their. There is an excellent place for this in Gen. 43 12. Jacob when there was a Famine in the Land he sent his Sons down into Egypt to buy Corn and Joseph he knowing his B●ethren filled their Sacks