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spirit_n	hear_v	heart_n	lord_n	7,448	5	3.9635	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03435	A fathers advice to his son at the university: wherein is hinted some general directions, which may be usefully read by persons of any age or sex.		1693 (1693)	Wing F553A; ESTC R176976	82,678	160

will be of no effect until we have entirely resigned our selves and moulded our affections into that frame as whatever be His Dispensations to us-ward we can cordially say with old Ely 1 Samuel 3.18 It is the Lord let him do what seemeth good unto him 21 Hate and eschew Pride which is rightly termed the Devils sin for it was the cause of the Fall of that Creature from a most excellent ●tation and if we could seriously and unbyasedly look upon it we would see great cause to abhor it It is not only without reason but against reason for any proud person by their being so are so far from conciliating respect or any thing else desireable as it do's directly procure to them disrespect and doth in every thing prejudge them for the Proud have this misfortune to displease every body but themselves It is impossible a vain man should love to be blamed and a man when he hateth reproof ought not to be accounted a reasonable Creature and Pride is unspeakably disadvantagious by its being hateful to God as in Prov. 8.13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil and arrogancy c. And the sad effects thereof are foretold Prov. 16.18 Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty Spirit before a fall And the punishments threatned therefore are apparent Prov. 15.25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud c. Psal 119.25 Thou hast rebuked the proud which are cursed and in Prov. 16.5 The Lord declareth his abhorrence thereof and the undoubted certainty of its punishment Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord though hand joyn in hand he shall not go unpunished And Psal 101.5 him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer 22. As the extream folly of Pride is apparent from many places of Scripture so are the advantages of being truly humble as in Psal 9.12 He forgeteth not the cry of the humble and in Prov. 29.23 A mans pride shall bring him low but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit And in Isa 57.15 For thus saith the high and lofty One whose name is Holy I dwell in the high and holy place with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit c. And as pride in heart doth altogether incapacitate a person from drawing near to God in Duty so Humility hath the promise of being heard and accepted of as in Psal 10.17 Lord thou hast heard the desire of the humle thou wilt prepare their heart thou wilt cause thine ear to hear 23. Be sober and moderate in your Apparel for excess therein is most unbecoming a man and inconsistent with reason forbear following of Fashions or appearing singular in being too much opposite to them a decent comeliness therein answerable to your Station is desireable for it is obvious that Cloaths can add no worth to the Owners thereof and it is intollerable Vanity their valuing of themselves thereupon 24. Anger is almost always the effect of Pride and as you respect Soul or Body strive against it surely it is at no time advantagious and the folly thereof when the Cloud it procures is taken off our Reason is obvious to any that hath the use of Reason we ought truly to be angry at nothing but sin for Anger is fitly called Madness and Fury and Bruitishness arise from it I think you need only behold the Actions of any person inflamed with Anger to satisfy you of the truth of all that Tongue or Pen can express against it you may from Scripture be fully satisfied of its being exceeding sinful you will find it dehorted and the folly thereof held forth Eccles 7.9 Be not hasty in spirit to be angry for anger resteth in the bosom of fools And Psal 37.8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath fret not thy self in any ways to do evil How often are we angry when there is no cause and when our Corruption may be stirred up to that Passion We are told Prov. 19.11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger and it is his glory to pass over a transgression And in Prov. 14.17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly and in vers 29. He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly 25. Endeavour in all your Conversation such a meek and peaceable deportment as becomes a Christian which will even from these that are much otherwise disposed procure you an advantagious Testimony and the advantage to your self will be so great as is hardly expressible for as Pride and Anger clouds Reason and discomposeth from proceeding rationally either in thinking or doing so meekness of Temper leaves you at full liberty to use all your Reason and will even procure compassion from others if your Ignorance or Corruption should bring you under any inconvenience and the benefite thereof is clearly holden forth from Scripture where it hath the promise of temporal Blessings as in Psal 37.11 But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace Yea it hath the promise of Eternal Life Psal 149.4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people he will beautify the meek with salvation And in Mat. 11.29 We have the blessed Example of our Lovely Saviour where he says learn of me for I am meek and lowly of heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls 26. Beware of Envy as what hath nothing in it but what is to be hated for as it is hurtful and intolerable burdensome even to those who entertain it so it is altogether inconsistent with Society and the Rules of Christianity Yea the envious person doth directly wage War with God and repines at all his Dispensations to the advantage of others and certainly these persons must be miserable whose Sorrows arise from the satisfaction of the Publick and whose happiness proceeds from the misery of those of their Acquaintance Covetousness is an Evil against all reason and is to be hated because of the sordid baseness that attendeth it how bruitishly foolish are the ways of the Covetous And they being the delight of the Wicked God hateth them as the Psalmist doth well express in Psal 10.3 For the wicked boasteth of his hearts desire and blesseth the covetous whom the Lord abhorreth Yea the Holy Ghost holds it forth to be Idolatry Eph. 5.5 For this ye know that no covetous man who is an Idolater hath any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God And in vers 3. he urgeth it may not so much as be named among Christians Yet would you make conscience of living frugally and whatever Station you are in and Profession you follow let Vertue and Industry be your Guides and not Pleasure and Idleness Undertake nothing without your Sphere or above your Capacity and let all your Ends and the means whereby you intend to come to them be just and honest in the sight of God and man Be content with