Blakie Gâ—ammatica Quadrilinguis or brief instructions for the French Italian Spanish and English Tongues with Proverbs of each Language fitted for those who desire to perfect themselves therein By J. Smith M. A. The Works of Mr. James Janeway containing these six following Treatises Heaven upon Earth or the best of Friends in the worst of Times Death Vnstuâ—g a Sermon preach'd at the Funeral of Thomas Mosely an Aâ—â—theâ—ary with a Narrative of his life and death also the manner of Gods dealmâ— with him before and after his Conversion A Sermon preached at the Funeral of Thomas Savage Invisible Realities demonstrated in the holy Life and triumphant Death of Mr. John Janeway The Saints encouragment to Diligence in Christs Service with Motives and Means to Christian Activity Mr. Janeway's lâ—st Legacy to his Friends containing twenty seven famous instances of Gods Providences in and about Sea-dangers and Deliverances with the Names of several that were Eye-witnesses to many of them whereunto is added a Sermon on the same subject The Life and Death of that excellent Minister of Christ Mr. Joseph Allin Also his Christian Letters full of spiritual instructions Published by several Ministers Memorials of Gods Judgments Spiritual and Temporal or Sermons to call to remembrance By Nich. Lockier Minister of the Gospel A Plat for Mariners or the Seamans Preacher delivered in several Sermons upon Jonah's Voyage By R. Ryther Preacher of Gods Word at Wappin The Gentle-womans Companion or a guide to the Female Sex containing Directions of Behaviour in all Places Companies Relations and Conditions from their childhood down to old age with Letters and Discourses upon all occasions Whereunto is added a Guide for Cook-Maids Dairy-Maids Chamber-Maids and all others that go to service The whole being an exact Rule for the Female Sex in general The present state of Russia in a Letter to a Friend at London written by an eminent Person residing at the Great Tzars Court at Mosco for the space of nine years illustrated with many copper Plates The fulfilling of the Scriptures or an Essay shewing the exact accomplishment of the Word of God in his Works of Providence performed and to be performed for confirming the Believers and convincing the Atheâ—â—ts of these present times Containing in the end a few rare Histories of the works and Servants of God in the Church of Scotland The Morning Seeker shewing the benefit of being good betimes with Directions to make sure work about early Religion By John Rither A Discourse concerning Evangelical Love Church peace and Unity with the Occasions and Reasons of present Differences and Divisions about things Sacred and Religious By John Owen D. D. Saints Memorials or Words fitly spoken like Apples of Gold in pictures of Silver being a collection of Divine Sentences written or delivered by those late Reverend Eminent Ministers of the Gospel Mr. Edm. Calamy Mr. Joseph Caryl Mr. R. Vening Mr. James Janneway c. The interest of Reason in Religion with the import and use of Scripture Metaphors and the matter of the union betwixt Christ and Believers with Reflections on several late writings especially Mr. Sherlock's Discourse concerning the Knowledge of Christ modâ—stly enquired into and stated The true way to the Tree of Life or the Natural Man directed unto Christ by F. Roberts D. D. Pastor of the Church of Christ at Wrington in the County of Sommerset Dyers Cabinet of Jewels Christ's Voyce to the City Heaven Realized in the Life and Death of a Famous Christian Gentlewoman Small Octavo and Twelves The Life and Death of Mr. Thomas Wilson Minister of Maidstone in the County of Kent Drawn up by Mr. George Swinnock Hier agonisticon or Corahs Doom being an Answer to two Letters of Enquiry into the Grounds and Occasions of the contempt of the Clergy and Religion The Comparison of Plato and Aristotle with the Opinions of the Fathers on their Doctrine and some Christian Reflexions together with judgment on Alexander and Caesar as also on Seneca Plutarch Petronius out of the French Observations on the Poems of Homer and Virgil a Discourse representing the excellency of those Works and the perfection in general of all Heroick Actions out of the French Mysterium Pietatis or the Mystery of Godliness wherein the mysteries contained in the Incarnation Circumcision wise Men Passion Resurrection Ascension of the Son of God and coming of the Holy Ghost are unfolded and applyed By W. Annand Fellowship with God or 28. Sermons on the first Epistle of John chap. first and second By Hugh Binning late Minister in Scotland A Token for Children being an exact account of the conversation holy and exemplary lives and joyful deaths of several young Children By James Janeway The Mercury Gallant containing many true and pleasant Relations of what passed at Paris from the first of Ianuary 1672. till the Kings Departure thence An Explanation of the Assemblies shorter Catechism wherein all the Answers are taken abroad in under Questions and Answers the Truths explained and proved by Reason and Scripture several cases of Conscience resolved some chief controversies in Religion stated c. By Th. Vincent The Experience of Gods gracious declining with Mrs. Elizabeth White as they were written with her own hand and â—ound in her closet after her decease A serious Caution against Impenitency under Gods correcting providences By James Sharp The Christians great Interest or the Tryal of a saving interest in Christ with the way how to attain it By W. Gâ—thry late Minister in Scotland The History of Moderation or the life death and resurrection of moderation together with her nativity country pedigree kindred and character friends and also her enemies A Guide to the true Religion or a Discourse directing to make a wise choice of that Religion men venture their salvation upon By John Clappam A most comfortable and Christian Dialogue between the Lord and the Soul By W. Cooper Bishop of Galloway Iustification only upon a Satisfaction or the Necessity and Verity of the Satisfaction of Christ as the alone ground of Remission of sin asserted and opened against the Socinians By R. Ferguson The Canons and Institutions of the Quakers agreed upon at their general Assembly at their new Theatre in Grace Church street A Synopsis of Quakerism or a collection of the fundamental Errors of the Quakers By Th. Danson Blood for Blood being a true Narrative of that late horrid murther committed by Mary Cook upon her child By Nath. Partridge with a Sermon on the same occasion Six several Treatises By Nich. Lockier Minister of the Gospel A Discourse wriâ—ten by Sir G. Downing the King of Great Brittain's Envoy extraordinary to the States of the United Provinces vindicating his Royal Master from the Insolencies of a Scandalous Libel printed under the Title of An Extract out of the Register of the States General of the Vnited Provinces upon the Memorial of Sir George Downing Envâ—y c. And delivered by the Agent de Heyde for such to several publick Ministers Whereas no such Resolution was â—ver communicated to the said Envoy nor any answer returned at all by their Lordships to the said Memorial Whereunto is added a Relation of some former and latter Proceedings of the Hollanders By a meaner hand The Assemblies works in 12. with the large and smaller Catechisms Scotch Psalms alone or with the Bible The Weavers Pocket book or Weaving spiritualized in a Discourse wherein men employed in that occupation are instructed how to raise Heavenly meditations from the several parts of thâ—â—â— work to which also are added some few Moral and Spiritual Observations relating both to that and to other Trades By I. C. D. D. The character of a weaned Christian or the Evangelical art of Self-denial being an Essay alluding to the severities and advantages of Infant-weaning both pleasant and profitable By S. S. formerly Fellow of S. John Baptist's Colledge at Oxon now Minister of the Gospel in London The Parable of the Kingdom of Heaven expounded or an exposition of the first thirteen Verses of the 25. Chapter of Matthew By Han. Knollis A new Discovery of an excellent method of Bee-houses and Colonies to free the Owners from the great charge and trouble that attends the swarming of Bees and delivers the Bees from the evil reward of Ruine for the benefit they brought their Masters advantaging their Owners manyfold above what ever any method heretofore practiced doth experienced seven years by John Geddes Gent. Inventor and aproved by the Royal Society at Gresham Colledge A true Relation of the sad estate of the Reformed Churches in France and several Passages of the great Persecution they lye under Collected out of the several Addresses and Speeches in print made unto the King of France as also in some parts of Germany and Hungary Conversion exemplified in the Instance of a gracious Gentlewoman now in Glory written from her own mouth and appointment by her dearest Friend and published in pursuance of her desires for common Benefit but especially for her near relations in the flesh THese are to give Notice that the Psalms of David in Meter are newly Translated aâ— d Diligently Compared with the Original Text and former Translations more smooth and agreeable to the Text than that of Tho. Sternhâ—ld John Hopkins or any other Extant in English and do run with such a fluent Sweetness that the Ministers whose Names are here under Subscribed have thought fit to Recommend it to all with whom they are Concerned some of them having used it already with great Comfort and Satisfaction These Psalms are to be sold by Dorman Newâ—an at the King's Arms in the Poultry at One snilling Four pence Price Jâ—hn Owen D. D. Thomas Manton D. D. William Jâ—nkyn James Innes Thomas Watson Thomas Lye Maâ—thew Poâ—le Jo. Milward John Châ—â—ter George Coâ—kâ—yn Matthew Mâ—ade Robert Franklin Richard Mayo Henry Langley D. D. Thomas Dâ—â—little Thomas Vincent Nathanaâ—l Vincent John Ryther William Thompson Nicâ—â—lâ—s Blakey Charles Morton Edmund Calamy William Carslake Jamâ—s Janeway John Hicks John Baker FINIS
God laid upon Esau Gen. 33. 1 2 3 4. and upon Abimelech Gen. 20. 6 7 8 17 18. and upon Benhadad 1 Kings 20. 1 10 29 30. and upon Haman as you may see by comparing the 3. and 6. chapters of Esther together and upon Pharaoh Exod. 15. 9 10. and upon Senacherib Isa 37. 28 29 33 34 35 36. and upon Herod Acts 12 Maximinus set forth a proclamation engraven in History of the Council of Trent pag. 417. brass for the utter abolishing of Christ and Religion he was eaten up of lice Valens being to subscribe an order for the banishment of Basil was smitten with a sudden trembling of his hand that he could not subscribe the order afterwards he was burned to death by the Goths Domitian the author of the second persecution against the Christians having drawn a catalogue of the names of such as he was to kill in which was the name of his own Wife and other Friends upon which he was by the consent of his Wife slain by his own houshold servants with daggers in his privy Chamber his body was buried without honour his memory cursed to posterity and his Arms and Ensignes where thrown down and defaced Julian vowed to make a sacrifice of the Christians upon his return from the wars but in a Battel against the Persians he was deadly wounded and throwing his blood in the air in a high contempt of Christ he dyed with that desperate blasphemous expression in his mouth Vicisti tandem Galiaee Thou Galilean 〈◊〉 overcome me Faelix Earl of Wurtenburg was a great persecutor of the Saints and did swear that ere he dyed he would ride up to the spurs in the blood of the Lutherans but the very same night wherein he had thus sworn and vowed he was choaked in his own blood The Judgments of God were so famous and frequent upon the persecutors of the Saints in Bohemia that it was used as a proverb among the Adversaries themselves That if any man were weary of his life let him but attempt against the Piccardines so they called the Christians and he should not live a year to an end By these short hints you may see that all along God has made good that Word that is more worth than a world Psalm 76 10. Heb. Gird that is keep it within compass as with a Girdle Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee and the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain Heb. Shalt thou gird that is curb and keep within compass or as the Greek hath it It shall keep holy day to thee that is cease from working or acting outwardly how restless soever it be within The remainder of wrath shall thou restrain that is those that are left alive of thy wrathful enemies that have still any malice against thy People thou wilt curb and restrain and not suffer their wrath to be so great as formerly or if they go about to recruit their forces and to set again upon thy People thou wilt set such bounds to their wrath that they shall not accomplish their desires nor shall they proceed one step further than shall make signally for thy glory and thy Peoples good so some carrie the words The more eager and furious the enemies are against Gods People the more honour and glory will God get in protecting and securing his People and in girding binding and tying up their enemies were it not for this favourable signal and eminent presence of God with his People in their greatest troubles deepest distresses and most deadly dangers Wicked men would still be a multiplying of their sorrows increasing their troubles and adding of burden to burden 't is this favourable presence of God that binds wicked men over to their good behaviour and that chaines them up from doing that mischief that they design and intend But Fifthly The Lord does manifest his favorable signal and eminent presence with his People in their greatest troubles deepest distresses and most deadly dangers by guiding and leading them into those paths and wayes which make most for their own peace and quiet safety Exod. 13. 21 22. Isa 63. 12 13 14. Psalm 5. 8. The Apple of the eye is the tenderest piece of the tenderest part Heb. Ishon of Ish as pupilla of pupa because therein appears the likeness of a little man or because a man is to be prized above all other Creatures as so God esteemeth his people above all the world Heb. 11. 38 and security contentation and satisfaction happiness here and blessedness hereafter Deut. 32. 10. He found him in a desert land and in the wast bowling wilderness he led him about he instructed him he kept him as the apple of his eye A Wilderness condition is you know a condition of straits wants deep distresses and most deadly dangers now when his People were in this condition he instructs them by his words and works and he takes them by the hand as I may say and leads them with all care tenderness gentleness and sweetness as a man would do a poor helpless Infant which he should find in a desert in a wast howling wilderness God never left leading of his People till he had brought them at last through the wilderness to the land of Canaan Ah this leading presence of God turns a wilderness into a Paradise a desert into a Canaan let a Christians troubles distresses and dangers be never so many or never so great yet as long as he has the guiding presence of God with him he is safe from dangers in the midst of dangers the fire shall not burn him nor the waters overflow him Isa 43. 2. Psalm 107. 4. They wandred in the wilderness in a solitary way they found no City to dwell in Verse 5. Hungry and thirsty their soul fainted in them Verse 6. Then they cried unto the Lord in their troubles and he delivered them out of their distresses Here you see their great troubles deep distresses and most deadly dangers and now God gives them his hand Verse 7. And he led them forth by the right way that they might go to a City of habitation that is to a state of settlement say some to Jerusalem say others or to that City which hath foundations whose builder and maker is Heb. 11. 10. God saith another In that 32. Psalm you may see David's great troubles deep distresses and most deadly dangers Verse 3. When I kept silence my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long Verse 4. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me my moisture is turned into the drought of summer Selah But will God be his guide now O yes Verse 8. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go I will guide thee with mine eye Let the hand of the Lord be never so heavy upon a person yet the presence of God guiding and instructing Isa 30. 21. Psalm 73. 24. of him will keep him from utter
the Lord but this place was long ago destroyed 2. For the blessed Angels Ye are come to mount Sion to the heavenly Jerusalem to an innumerable company of Angels 3. For the congregation Psalm 87. 2. of Saints of Believers of which it is said The Lord loves the Gates of Sion more than all the habitations of Jacob. The believing Jews being sorely oppressed afflicted by a long captivity and by many great and matchless miseries that did befal them in their captive state they Dan. 9. 22. Lam. 4. 6. look upon God as one that had quite forsaken them and forgotten them but they were under a very high mistake and very erronious in their complaint as appears by Gods answer to Sion Verse 15. Can a Woman forget her sucking Child that she should not have compassion on the Son of her womb yea they may forget yet will I not forget thee Verse 16. Behold I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands thy walls are continually before me In these words as in a christal glass you may see how pathetically how sweetly how graciously how readily how resolutely God â—oth engage himself that he will neither forsake Sion nor yet forget Sion in her captive state Now let us a little observe how this singular promise is amplified and that 1. By an emphatical illustration Gods compassionate remembring of Sion far transcends the most compassionate remembrance of the tendrest Mother to her dear sucking Babe Now this is laid down First interrogatively Can a Woman the most affectionate sex forget her sucking Child from having compassion on the Son of her womb Can a Woman can a Mother so forget as not to compassionate a Child which she naturally inclines to pity A sucking Child that hangeth on her breast such as Mothers are wont to be most chary of and to be most tenderly affected towards her sucking Child which together with the milk from the breast draws love from her heart her sucking Child of her own womb which her bowels do more yearn over than they do over any sucking Nurs-child in the world and this the Son of her womb which the Mother usually embraceth with more warm affections than the Daughter of her womb Can a Woman yea can a Mother forget to exercise love pity and compassion to such a poor Babe surely very rarely 2. Affirmatively Yea they may forget It s possible that a Woman may be so unwomanly and that a Mother may be so unmotherly in some cases and in some extremities as to forget her sucking Child yea as to eat the fruit of 2 Kings 6. 24. to 30. Lan. 4. 10. her womb as the pitiful Women did boil and eat their own children in the siege of Samaria and Jerusalem Extremity of hunger overmastred natural affections and made the pitiful Mothers require of their children those lives which not long before they had given them laying their children not in her bosoms but in their bowels Thirdly negatively Yet will I not forget thee God will be more constantly unmovably and unchangeably mindful of Sion and tender of Sion and compassionate of Sion and watchful over Sion than any Mother could be over her youngling yea he would be more motherly to his poor captives in Babylon than any Mother could be to her sucking Babe 2. This precious promise is amplified by a convincing argumentation and that parâ—ly from his engraving of them upon the palms of his hands This is an allusion say some to those that carry about with them engraven on some tablet or on the stone of some ring which they wear on their finger the mark name or picture of some person they entirely affect their portraiture their memorial was like a signet graven upon his hand God will assoon blot out of mind and forget his own hands as his Sion and partly from his placing their walls still in his fight the ruined demolished walls of Jerusalem were still before him as to their commiseration and to their reparation God being fully resolved in the fittest season to raise and reedifie them Look as the workman hath his model or pattern constantly either before his eye or in his thoughts or in his brain that he is for to work by So saith God Sion is continually in my eye Sion is still in my thoughts I shall never forsake her I shall never forget her But Sixthly the Lord will be signally present with his 6 Reason People in their greatest troubles deepest distresses and most deadly dangers because of his propriety and interest in them and his near and dear relation to them Isa 43. 1. But now thus saith the Lord that created thee O Jacob and he that formed thee O Israel fear not for I have redeemed thee I have called thee by thy name thou art mine Thou art mine for I have made thee thou art mine for I Esa 15. 16. 1 Cor. 6. 20. 1 Pet. 1. 18. have chosen thee thou art mine for I have bought thee I have purchased thee thou art mine for I have called thee thou art mine for I have redeemed thee thou art mine for I have stampt mine image upon thee thou art Ph. 4. 23 24. 36. 26 27. miâ—â— for I have put my Spirit into thee Now mark what follows Verse 2. When thâ—â— passest through the Waters I will be with thee and through the Rivers they shall not overflow thee when thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burnt neither shall the flame kindle upon thee God will certainly keep his own People his own Children company both in the fire and in the water that is in those various tryals and troubles that they are incident Isa 54 5. P. â— 103. 13 14. Exod. 15. 3. Mal 4. 2. Mat. 9. 12. Psalm 23. 1. tâ— in this World When should a Husband be with his wife but when she is in greatest troubles and a Father with his child but when he is in deep distresses and a General with his Army but when they are in greatest dangers When should the Physician be most with his Patient but when he is most desperately sick and when should the Shepherd be nearest his sheep but when they are diseased and the wolf is at hand Now God you know stands in all these relations to his People and therefore he will not fail to be near them when troubles distresses and dangers are growing upon them But Seventhly the Lord will be signally present with his 7 Reason People in their greatest troubles deepest distresses and most deadly dangers because such times are commonly times of great and sore temptations when â—ods hand is heaviest then Satan will be busiest the Devil is never Job 2. 7 8. Mat. 9 4. Heb 2 18. more violent in his temptations than when the Saints are under afflictions Jam. 1. 2. My Brethren count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations that is afflictions Verse 12. Blessed is the man that endureth
2 Tim. 4. 22. Ps 16. ult a great mercy It is a peculiar mercy it is a distinguishing mercy it is a big-bellied mercy it is a mercy that hath many mercies in the womb of it it is a mercy greatning mercy it greatens all the mercies we do enjoy it is a mercy sweetning mercy it sweetens health strength riches honours trade relations liberty c. It is a soul mercy a mercy that reaches the soul that cheeres the soul that lifts up the soul that quiets the soul that satisfies the soul that will go to Heaven with the soul And will you not be thankful for such a mercy will you be thankful for temporal mercies and will Eph. 1. 3. you not be thankful for spiritual mercies will you be thankful for left-handed mercies and will you not be thankful for right-handed mercies will you be thankful for the mercies of the foot-stool and will you not be thankful for the mercies of the Throne will you be thankful for the mercies of this lower world and will you not be thankful for the mercies of the upper world Ps 103. 1. 2 3. 4. To enjoy the presence of God when we most need it is a mercy that deserves perpetual praises O it is infinit mercy not to be left alone in a day of trouble 'T is very Eccl. 4. 10 11. uncomfortable to be left alone Wo to him that is alone If a man fall and be left alone who shall help him up If a man be in danger and alone how miserable is his case But this is the support and comfort of a Christian Heb. 13. 5. Ps 37. 24. Ps 31. 3. Ps 73. 24. Exod. 33. 2. 14 15 16. in all his distresses that he is never left alone but his God is with him when he is at the lowest ebb for God to afford us the presence of our Friends in a day of trouble is a very great mercy But what is it then to enjoy the presence of God in a day of trouble what is the presence of a Friend a Favorit in a day of distress to the presence of a Prince yea what is the presence of an Angel to the presence of God in an evil day To enjoy the presence of God in an afflicted condition is a more transcendent mercy than to enjoy the presence of twelve legions of Angels in an afflicted condition The Divine presence is the greatest good in the world 't is life eternal 't is the bosom of God the gate of glory the beginning of Heaven the suburbs of happiness and therefore be much in blessing of God in admiring of God for his presence with you in a dark and trying day There is no gall no wormwood no affliction no judgment to Lam. 3. 19 â—0â— that of Gods departing from a People Jer. 6. 8. Be thou instructed O Jerusalem lest my soul depart from thee lest I make thee desolate a Land not inhabited When God departs nothing followeth but desolation upon desolation desolation of persons desolation of peace of prosperity of trade and of all that is near and dear unto us Hosea 9. 12. Though they bring up their children yet will I bereave them that there shall not be a man left yea wo also to them when I depart from them All terrible threatnings are summed up in this Wo unto them when I depart from them Surely even wo to them he puts a sureness upon this Wo to them when I depart from them As if the Holy-Ghost should say What do I threaten this or the other evil the great evil of all the rise of all evils is Gods forsaking of them Hell it self is nothing else but a separation from Gods presence with the ill consoquents thereof and were hell as full of tears as the sea is full of water yet all would not be sufficient to bewail the loss of that beatifical vision How miserable was Gen. 4. 1 Sam. 28. 15 16. They that are out of Go is care are under his curse Cain when cast off by God! and Saul when the Lord departed from him it was a most dreadful speech of Saul I am sure distressed for the Philistins make war against me and God is departed from me When God left the Israelites though for a little while the Holy-Ghost saith they were naked Exod. 32. 25. How naked Non veste sed gratia praesidio Dei Not for want of rayment Jun. in loc or weapons of war but for want of Gods presence and protection When God departs from a People that People lyes naked that is they lay open for all storms tempests dangers Now if it be the greatest evil in the world to be shut out from the gracious presence of Christ then it must be the greatest mercy in this world to enjoy the gracious presence of God in our great troubles and desperate dangers And therefore let all sincere Christians be much in thankfulness to the Lord and in blessing and praising the Lord for his signal presence with them in their low and afflicted estate O the light the life the love the holyness the peace the grace the comforts the supports that alwayes attends the gracious presence of the Lord with his People in their deep distresses c. therefore let the high praises of God for ever be in their mouths who enjoy this signal presence of God The 46 Psalm is called by some Luther's Psalm that is a Psalm that Luther was wont to call to his Friends to sing when any danger trouble or distress was near when the clouds began to gather Come saith Luther let us sing the 46 Psalm and then let our enemies do their worst Observe the confidence and triumph of the Church in the face of the greatest dangers Verse 1. God is our refuge and strength a very present help in trouble We may translate it He is found that is God is present at hand as Gen. 19. 15. God is a present help The Hebrew word in a secondary sence signifies Tobe sufficient Num. 11. 22. A sufficient help you need no other Verse 2. Therefore will not we fear though the Earth be removed and though the Mountains be carried into the midst of the Sea Verse 3. Though the waters thereof rore and be troubled though the Mountains shake with the swelling thereof Selah Verse 6. Though the Heathen rage and the Kingdoms were moved to remove and root out the Church with great force and fury Now mark by the change of the Earth and removing of the Mountains are often meant the greatest alterations and concussions of States and Polities Hag. 2. 22 23. Jer. 51. 25. Revel 6. 14. Now saith the Psalmist all these dreadful turns changes shakings and concussions of States and Kingdoms shall never trouble us nor daunt us they shall never make us fret faint or fear Why what 's the ground The Lord of Hâ—â—ts is with us The God of Jacob is our refuge Verse 7. and
makes known the most hidden and gloriou mysteries to John that ever was made known to any man as there was none that had so much of the heart of Christ as John so there was none had so much of the ear of Christ as John Christ singles out his servant John from all the men in the world and makes known to him all the happy providences and all the sad occurrences that were to come upon the followers of the Lamb that so they might know what to fit for and what to pray for and what to wait for Also he declares to John all that wrath and vengance all that desolation and destruction that should come upon the false Prophet and the Beast and upon all that wandered after them and that were worshippcrs of them and that had received their marks either in their foreheads or in their hands Thus you see that they which keep up the power of holyness in their hearts and lives they shall be sure to enjoy the choicest presence of God and the clearest fullest and sweetest discoveries of God and of these great things that concern the internal and eternal good of their souls Nothing wins upon God like holyness nothing delights God like holyness nothing engages the presence of God like holyness He shews his salvation to Psal 50. ult Vide Muis in loc him that ordereth his conversation aright He that puts every piece of his conversation in the right order he shall see and know that he shall be saved He that walks accurately and exactly that walks as in a frame treading gingerly stepping warily he shall have a prospect of Heaven here and a full fruition of Heaven hereafter Jsa 64. 5. Thou meetest him that rejoyceth and worketh righteousness those that remember thee in thy wayes He that works righteousness and walks in righteousness shall be sure to meet with God to enjoy the precious presence of God in his greatest troubles deepest distresses But Thirdly If you would enjoy the gracious presence of God with you in your greatest troubles deepest distresses and most deadly dangers then keep close to instituted worship keep close to Gospel ordinances keep close to your Church state Exod. 20. 24. In all places where Isa 64. 5. Rev. 2. 1 Cant. 7. 5. Ezek. 48. ult I record my Name I will come unto thee and bless thee Where God fixeth his solemn worship for the memorial and honour of his Name there he will vouchsafe his gracious presence Mat. 18. 20. For where two or three are gathered together in my Name there am I in the midst of them The promise of Gods gracious assistance presence and acceptance is annexed to his Church whether it be great or small numerous or few Mat. 28. 20 Lo I am with you alway according to my Godhead Majesty grace and spirit Lo I am with you to own Christ in his ordinances doth as Mary open a box of ointments which diffuseth a spiritual savour among the Saints and this makes the ordinances precious in their eyes you Lo I am with you to counsel and direct you Lo I am with you to cheer and comfort you Lo I am with you to assist and strengthen you Lo I am with you to shelter you and protect you Lo I am with you to do all your works in you and for you Lo I am with you to strengthen your graces and to weaken your sins Lo I am with you to scatter your fears and answer your doubts Lo I am wirh you to better your hearts and to mend your lives Lo I am with you to bless you and crown you with immortality and glory And what can the soul desire more Such as have low thoughts of Gospel-ordinances such as slight Gospel-ordinances such as neglect Gospel-ordinances such as vilify Gospel-ordinances such as decry Gospel-ordinances such as oppose Gospel-ordinances such may talk of the presence of Christ and such may boast of the presence of Christ but all such are out of the way of enjoying the presence of Christ Christ is only to be met with in his own worship and in his own ways Ah how many in these dayes are there that are like to old Barzillai that had lost his tast and hearing and 2 Sam. 19. 35. so cared not for David's feasts and musick How many are there that formerly were very zealous for ordinances but now are as zealous against them How many formerly have made many great hard dangerous ventures to enjoy Gospel ordinances who now won't venture a broken shin for an ordinance no nor stir out of doors to enjoy an ordinance c. How many in our dayes upon neglecting and despising Gospel-ordinances have grown from naught to be very naught and from very naught to be stark naught He shall be an Apollo to me that can shew me one man in the world that ever grew better or holyer by neglecting or slighting Gospel-ordinances Many come to the ordinances too like the Aegyptian Dog which laps a little as he runs by the side of Nylus but stays not to drink How many in this great City run every Sabbath to hear this man and that and here they lap a little and there a little but never stay to drink never fix in this Congregation or that this way or that These persons are neither wise serious lovely nor lively in the ways of God I think they are judicially blinded and hardned that are indifferent whether they enjoy ordinances or not or that can part with ordinances with Zeph. 3. 18. dry eyes Surely the Child is either very sullen or very sick that cryes not for the breast As ever you would enjoy the gracious presence of God with you in all your troubles and distresses make conscience of sticking close to Gospel-ordinances But Fourthly If you would enjoy the gracious presence of God with you in your greatest troubles deepest distresses and most deadly dangers then when you are not in troubles distresses dangers c. be sure you make much conscience of five things 1. Of prizing his presence above all other things so Moses did so Augustin Ex. 33. 13. to 17. would willingly go through Hell to Christ and Luther had rather be in Hell with Christ than in Heaven without him and Bernard had rather have Christ in a chimny corner than be in Heaven without him 2. Of improving this gracious presence against sin the world the flesh oppositions and temptations c. 3. Of walking sutable to this gracious presence 4. Of lamenting and mourning over those that want this gracious presence 5. Of holding any secret intelligence or correspondence with the profest and known enemies of Christ Princes will never vouchsafe their favourable presence to such subjects as hold any secret intelligence with their profest known enemies either at home or abroad so here But Fifthly If you would enjoy the gracious presence of God with you in your greatest troubles deepest distresses and most