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A57416	The afflicted souls preparation for death The preparation of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. Prov. the 16. and the I. verse. With loving exhortations to every true Christian to prepare their souls for the hour of death, also many good instructions to every good Christian to beware of false prophets. Written by Tho. Robins, B. of D. And licensed according to order.	Robins, Thomas, fl. 1672-1685.	1668 (1668)	Wing R1647; ESTC R219694	8,571	27

Charity No my Brethren where there is one now adaies that dealeth with a Liberal hand to the Poor there is thrée that dealeth with a slack hand I but look into Proverbs the tenth and the fourth verse and there you shall find He that would enjoy Riches should deal liberally to the poor He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand but the hand of the diligent maketh rich wealth maketh many friends but the poor is separated from his neighbour Proverbs the nineteenth and the 14 verse And indéed my brethren it is a common thing with a great many now adaies to separate the poor and if any féel hunger let the poor féel it But O my Brethren there is a day to come that we must all give an account I would desire you to look into the 25. of Matthew and the beginning at the 34. verse and so to the latter end and there you shall see the blessed joys that belongs to them that féeds the hungry or cloaths the naked I and the torments that belong to them that doe not Indéed I would desire you to read over that Chapter at your leisure for it is too large upon this matter to set down in this small Volume and when you have read it I pray God give you all grace to make good use of it for certainly he that loveth not the poor cannot with a safe conscience say he loves God for look into Proverbs 12. and the 13 verse and there it is plainly laid open in these words He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor Indéed my Brethren there is many more places of Scripture concerning the same matter but I hope here is enough to satisfie at this time and the Lord give us all grace to understand it and make good use of it Heare ye Children the instruction of a Father and attend to know understanding Proverbs 4. and the 1. verse Hear O my son and receive my saying and the years of thy life shall be many I have taught thee in the way of wisdom I have led thee in right paths when thou goest thy steps shall not be straitned and when thou runnest thou shalt not stumble take fast hold of instruction let her not go for she is thy life Proverbs 4. and the 10 11 12 13 verses And indéed good people happy are those who will take good Counsell in these times for certainly these are the perillous times which our Saviour Christ did speak of that should come in the latter daies For certainly there is but a little to come to pass of that which our Saviour Christ said should come but is come but only the calling of the Jews the which indéed we do not know how soon it may come Nay it is hard for us to say whether that time be come or no For certainly so many sundry sorts of Opinions was never known as is abroad now in our daies No nor never so many Judas's condition one towards another as there is now And indéed my brethren we do not know but be may term us to be these Iews Therefore in the Name of GOD I would desire every good Christian to have a care how they lead their lives here upon Earth and let us all cry and call upon the Lord night and day to send us all of his Spiritual grace into our hearts and to say as David said in the 28 Psalm beginning at the first verse Unto thee will I cry O Lord my rest Be not silent to me lest if thou be silent to me I become like them that go down into the pit Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee when I lift up my hands towards the holy Oracle Draw me not away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquity which speak peace to their neighbours but mischief is in their hearts As you may find it written in the 28 Psalm the 1 2 3. verses And indeed I am sore afraid that there be too many of such people abroad now adaies that will give you fair spéeches to your face but their hearts are full of deceit But indeed any brethren as the Prophet Jeremiah said by the Jews so may we say by such people Jeremiah 5. and the 4 verse Therefore I said surely these are poor they are foolish for they know not the way of the Lord nor the judgements of God And indéed I would desire every good Christian to have a care what they doe in these times For certainly the times are very dangerous as our Saviour said in Mark the 15. and the 22. False Christs and false prophets shall arise and shall shew signs and wonders to seduce if it were possible even the Elect but behold I have foretold you all things Now indéed good people it is good for us all to take héed for such people as these are abroad you may know them by their Works for they be people that professeth to have a good Faith But as the Apostle said in the second of James and the 14. verse What doth it profit my brethren though a man say he hath faith and have not works can his faith save him No no faith without works is but a dead faith As you may find it written in the 26. verse of this Chapter For as the Body without the Spirit is dead so faith without works is dead also Indeed there are very many now adaies that will say they have no sin which I pray God they do not find one day that they be not overladen with a heavy burthen of sin Indéed I cannot perceive that any can live without sin I would desire you to look into Romans the 5. and the 8 9 10. verses and there you may perceive that in those daies there was none that lived without sin and indéed I am afraid that this Nation is as sinfull as they were Yet they confessed all sinned not rather as we be slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say Let us do evil that good may come on it whose damnation is just what then are we better then they No in no wise for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles that they are all under sin as it is written there is none righteous no not one Indéed good people if you but please to read that Chapter at your leisure you will find it all along to that purpose Therefore in the Name of God have you a care for this sin belongs to the sin of presumption which I do earnestly desire every good Christians to have a care of it and strive by all possible means to forsake it and learn to be of an humble Spirit with the Lowly then to divide the spoil with the proud Proverbs the 16. and the 19. verse Indeed my brethren I would rather exhort you to true Obedience of heart confessing your faults one to another and pray one for another that you may be healed The effectuall

servent prayer of a righteous man availeth much James 5. 16. For certainly good people the Lord does take notice of a Rebellious people Look but into the 65. of Isaiah and the 3 verse And there you may see that the Lord took notice of the Rebellious people in these words I have spread my hands all the day to a rebellious people which walked in a way that was not good after their own thoughts A people that provoked me to anger continually to my face And these be some part of their speeches which said Stand by thy self come not neer me for I am holier then thou I but the Lord gives them a sharp sentence in the latter part of this verse for there he saies There is a smoak in my nose and a fire that burneth all the day as you may find it in the fourth Verse of this Chapter Indéed me thinks this would be a fair warning for every Christian which hath any fear of God in them to take heed how we provoke the Lord God too much unto wrath for as he is a God of Mercy and slow to anger Yet let not us think but when he doth come he will give every Man according unto his Works and indéed good people I cannot understand no surer way for to prevent the anger of the Lord but by Prayer and acknowledgeing our sins to the Lord as the Prophet David in the 32. Psalm and the 5. verse in these words I acknowledge my sins unto thee and mine iniquities have I not hid I said I would confess my transgressions unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin Have mercy upon me O God according to thy loving kindness according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions Psalm 51. 1. O that people had but grace in their hearts and the fear of God before their eyes for to take example by the holy Prophet and to pray unto the Lord for to send down his spiritual Grace into the hearts of every one of us that we may serve him love him and obey him and keep his Commandments And then to be sure the Lord will love us Alas how can we say we love him when we daily break his Commandments Ten there is to be observed but alas how should we kéep ten when we cannot keep two of them First the Lord commands us to love him Secondly he commands us to love our neighbours as our selves as you may find it in Matthew 22. chap. 38 39. verses Thus now have you heard the Commandements of the Lord and the Lord of his Mercy give us all grace to strive to kéep them and as Moses said unto the people in Deuteronomy 4. chap. and beginning at verse 5. so I say unto you all Behold I have taught you statutes and judgements even as the Lord my God commanded me that you should do so in the land whither ye go to possess Keep therefore and do them for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the Nations which shall hear all the Statutes and say Surely this great Nation is a wise and understanding people Deut. 4. chap. 5. and 6. verses And the Lord grant every good Christian grace to serve the Lord and wisdom to understand the good from the evil and confess the Lord to be a Loving and Gracious God! and confess our sins to the Lord and not séek to hide them in our bosomes with saying we have no sin as a great many do now adaies No good people rather let us cry and call unto the Lord for mercy for them as the Prophet Jeremiah did in the first of Lamentations and the 18. verse In these words The Lord is righteous for I have rebelled against his Commandments hear I pray you all people behold my sorrow And verse 20. Behold O Lord for I am in distress my bowels are troubled my heart is turned within me for I have grievously rebelled And the Lord give every good Christian grace to prepare their hearts to serbe the Lord that we may be all in readiness when the Lord shall please for to call our sinful souls to an account against that day the Lord prepare the hearts of every good Christian And so to draw towards a conclusion I desire to give you one word of Exhortation concerning this Let every good Christian have a care and take heed lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God I mean take héed you be not led away by a Seducing people such as will say they have no sin Nay there be some will not stick to say they be Christ But look in Mark 25. verse 6. There our blessed Lord and Saviour tells us such people shall come to you in my Name saying I am Christ and shall deceive many And in 2 Pet. 3. 1. and 2. verses There you shall understand that such people are abroad now adaies But there were false Prophets also among the people even as there shall be false teachers amongst you who privily shall bring in damnable Heresies even denying the Lord that bought them and bring upon themselves swift destruction And many shall follow their pernicious waies by reason of whom the way of truth shall he evil spoken of And indéed my Brethren we may sée a great many such people abroad now adaies that will deny the Lord that bought them for there be some so pernicious in their waies and so wickedly bent who will not stick to say That there is no God nor Devil no Heaven nor Hell But I desire every good Christian to have a care that they be not deluded by such people For certainly there is a day to come when they shall find that there is a God which doth know the secrets of all mens hearts And I will assure you he will one day call all people to a strict account Then happy is those wise Virgins which is found with their Lamps filled with the oyl of faith Which the Lord of his heavenly mercy grant every good Christian grace to endeavour themselves to séek after this Oyl of Faith and never leave seeking till you have found it and when you have once found it pray the Lord to give us all understanding to make good use of it and be all found in the same mind as the Prophet Isaiah was found in as you may find it in Isaiah 25. and about the ninth verse where he said Lo this is our God we have waited for him we will be glad and rejoyce in his salvation O that every Christian would wait on the coming of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ and say as David in the 40. Psalm and the first verse I waited patiently for the Lord and he inclin'd unto me and heard my cry but I am poor and needy yet the Lord thinketh on me Psalm 40. 17. verse And indéed my Brethren I would desire every true Christian to wait upon the Lord confess your faults as the Prophet did and not deny your sins as a great many do now adaies For to be sure The Lord knoweth the hearts of all men and although a great many do think for to dissemble both with God and the world with saying we have no sin Yet let such as they have a care what they do for though they séek to delude the people which are ignorant yet let them be assured that the Lord will not be mocked with such oh no He is a God of Knowledge a God of Justice a God of Truth and a God of Mercy to all those that put their trust in him Which the God of his mercy give us all grace so to do and to have a special care that you wait upon the Lord and prepare you souls for the hour of death And now in the Name of God I do exhort you once more to have a care that you be not seduced by them but fly to the Lord your God by true repentance and then to be sure he will never leave you nor forsake you if you leave not him and the Lord of his heavenly mercy give us all of his spiritual Grace that we may all serve him here so on earth that we may deserve to have a resting place in that blessed Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour which is prepared for all such as will prepare themselves for that blessed day of the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ which the Lord of his mercy grant us all grace so to do and that for Christ Jesus sake To whom be given as is most due to him all Honour Power Praise Thanksgiving both now and for evermore Amen A short Prayer for afflicted Souls preparation for Death O Most gracious Lord God thou only knowest the secrets of all hearts I am not worthy to be called thy Son for mine iniquities are grown over my head a burthen too heavy for me to bear O wretch that I am how dare I come in thy presence but now holy and merciful Father as it hath pleased thee to open the eyes of my sinful soul grant me a lively faith that I may apply thy prevailing mercies so shall my afflicted soul wait upon thee till the hour of death which the Lord of his mercy give us grace so to do for Christ Jesus sake Amen FINIS THere are 4. more small books full of heavenly Consolation of a small price and worth the perusual of all true Christians 1. The ready way to everlasting life 2. Good counsel to be had at a cheap rate a very heavenly discourse of the beginning and end of man describing the happy estate of a faithful servant of Jesus Christ 3. Englands Summons or Londons Alarm being the directions of all sorts of people both how to live and die in these perilous times 4. Good News from Heaven Joyful News for all Sincere Christians an excellent piece for all Good Christians and worth the perusal