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A77634	Sacred principles, services, and soliloquies or, a manual of devotions made up of three parts: I. The grounds of Christian religion, and the doctrine of the Church of England, as differing from the now-Roman. II. Daily, and weekly formes of prayers fortified with Holy Scriptures, meditations and rules to keep the soule from the common roads of sin, and carry it on in a mortified course. III. Seven charges to conscience, delivering (if not the whole body) the main limbs of divinity, which is the art not of disputing, but living well.	Brough, W. (William), d. 1671.	1649 (1649)	Wing B4991; Thomason E1339_1; ESTC R209131	186,268	487

from our sinnes in his owne Blood and of vassals and slaves of Satan hath made us Kings and Priests unto God and his Father To him be Glory and Dominion and therefore from us Duty and Obedience for ever and ever Amen 3. So then My Soule Take them And Canst thou valew them enough Never too much Thy Bodies Health is worth all the World but thy owne worth more then Ten Thousands of Worlds Ten Millions of Bodies It 's worth as much as Salvation as Eternity comes to beyond all valew As much as thy Christ thy Saviour thy God is worth above Myriads of Salvation For Repentance Recovers thy Sickness * Gods salve for every sore Latimer Tit. 1. 13. Col. 1. 11. Joh. 3. 15. Act. 16. 31 Faith sets thee Sound Obedience keeps thee strong all give a state of good and perfect health and so save from death And my Soule valew faith above all So God doth and therfore ascribes thy health to it alone to shew it the Cheife And so it is Repentance is but a Preparative to it Obedience a Preservative of it Faith is the Royall Grace Repentance the Latimer Ser. 7. before K. Ed Vsher that goes before Obedience that bears up the Train after it The Queen Mother of this the Mistresse to that Regent to both O My Soule The Cordiall is above all because Christ is all in all The Quintessence of Heavenly vertue Col. 3. 11. the Elixar of all Grace the very Sp●rit of Goodnesse and the perfection of all Col. 2. 9. Eph. 1. 23. Col. 1. 15. Perfections both in Heaven and Earth Beare no Heart in thy Body then not this in thy heart O let that pretious Viall never want this Holy Essence Count worldly good grease to this Oyle All Delights death to this Glad Psal 4. 6. Phil. 3. 8. Col. 1. 27. Apoc. 2. 10 Apoc. 3. 11 nesse All Honours shames to this Glory Keep thy Christ as thy Crowne thy Life as the Crowne of Life thy Immortall Crown and Keep thy Faith as Him for thou hast and holdest Him in it Keep Him as thy Saviour and it as thy Salvation Him as thine Heb. 10 19 1 Pet. 1. 3 4 Eph. 2. 18. Jam. 3. 2. Inheritance and this as thine Interest Him as the onely Sanctuary of a troubled Spirit and this as the only Accesse to Him If Defects be in thy Repentance Errors in thy Obedience as there may there will be in both fly by Faith unto thy Sanctuary Hide thy Selfe in his wounds Hold by the Hornes of the Altar Creep under his wings Die within his Armes goe run from the Pursuer of blood to this Heb. 3. 18. 19. City of Refuge Enter in by thy Faith And My Soul Keep the viall clean that the Elixar goe not out Wash it with Repentance and Dry it with Obedience that it be so kept let them doe that Duty to it that doth so much good and help for them And then My Soul thou shalt be healthy and strong and happy in them all Of old all was not enough for thy health but Christ hath Mediated thy Covenant thus New And to doe this Heb. 8. 6. Duty God for his sake will give thee Ability Ability of Grace to doe him acceptable Service Take his Word for it he Promiseth he will And his Command with it for he Saies thou must A New heart will I give you and a Ezek. 36. 26. new Spirit will I put within you and I will take away the stony heart and give you a heart of flesh And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walke in my statutes and you shall keep my judgements to doe them Therefore saith the Lord God Repent Ezek. 18. 31 32. and turne your Selves from all your transgressions So iniquity shall not be your ruine Cast away all your transgressions whereby ye have transgressed and make you a new heart and a new Spirit For will yee die O House of Israel For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the Lord God Wherefore turne your selves and live The Summe of this Soliloquie God hath appointed Remedies against our failings in His Service 2. Repentance is the Sinners first Remedie And a most faire and Soveraigne Remedie Experiments of it Taking it by Halves or Deferring it too long makes it not to be Saving To Delay it to future is dangerous till death Desperate 2. Faith is a Sinners Cordiall Most pretious because Christ is cheife yea onely Ingredient of it and taken by it Excellent Spirits begot by the Cordiall of true faith Six counterfeits of faith not truly cordiall 3. Obedience in the New Covenant the Souls Preservative in ●ealth Why it is called New and how it is Preservative of it Some take Poison instead of this Preservative The Proofs of these three Remedies and Prescripts how and when to take them and Pretiousnesse of all and of Faith in Cheife Helps to Heaven and Happinesse OR A Soliloquie acquainting the Soul with such Reliefs and Aids as will facilitate and further her Course and Progresse in the wayes of Godlinesse The second Part. Holy Actions and Cautions great Assistants to Piety MY Soul If good Meditations 3. Division and Motions live in thee the mind may do much But when all that is done there must be more And thy Ear Eye Heart Hand Mouth every one must doe his Part Hear Read Resolve Practice Pray all must be in Action And Conscience must keep a particular watch too and have some things in Holy Caution This will compleat all And the Good is not meane which may be done by The Eare. For my Soul by this Dore Gods Act. 14. 2● 16. 14. Joh. 3. 5. 1 Pet. 2. 2. Joh. 10. 27 Joh. 13. 17 Psal 109. 105. Jer. 23. 29. 2 Cor. 4. 45. Luk. 24 42. 2 Tim. 4. 2 3. 16. Luk. 11. 28. Heb. 5. 11. Isa 28. 10. Heb. 6. 1 2 Heb. 4. 12. Word is received in Baptisme first sets thee Preaching keeps thee on thy feet For what are they but to know and do And in Gods Word is both light and heat and both are Communicated by good Preaching And observe that my Soul to avoid common Errour The work of it is both on minde and heart to informe and enflame Til thou dost as well doe good as know it the Preacher hath not done his nor thou thy work He may tell thee that in an hour which he can scarce teach thee to doe in a life The Principles of Christianity are easie but the Practise is hard And Efficacy as well as Instruction is the work of the Word Even the Preached Word So it be duly Preached For that my Soul thou shalt doe well to eye as another prevailing but most pestilent error The Pulpit doth not make the Word nor Speaking from it Preaching But a Reverend handling of Holy Scripture according to the Truth of Gods Sense and to the aimes of Gods Spirit a that 's 2 Tim. 1. 19 the true Preaching

Jer. 9. Col. 3. or Ephes 4 Apoc. 12. ¶ Collect or Prayer against Lying O God of truth keep me from the lip of Lying Since the Devill is a lying Spirit let not my mouth be possessed with him Since he is the Father let not me be a Child of falsehoods Cause my heart to conceive things aright and let my tongue truly bring forth the conceptions of my heart Suffer me not at the price of any lust to let out my tongue to serve the turnes of Satan As a Prostitute to Malice by lying to doe mischief or an Advocate to friendship by lying to doe good or excuse the shame of evill Let me not commit an evill to doe a good much lesse adde sinne to sinne word to deed upon any occasions Especially upon small occasions let not my minde and tongue be filled with such blots Blemishes both to Christian and Humane conversation Pes●s both to Church and to mankind And that I may abhorre a lye make me to love truth and justice even for his sake in whose mouth was no guile Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Daily Prayers Remedies against Lying 1. THe Devil first spake a Jo. 8 4● and ever since taught this language b 1 Kings 22. 22. 2. The Death of Mankind was drawn in first from that breath of the Serpent c Gen. 3. 4. 3. Speech brought forth with a lie is conceived in adultery 4. When I love a lie I divorce my soule from Truth Gods daughter and marry it to Falsehood the Devills 5. The Devils daughter hath damnation for her dowry so hath lying a sin of aire but ends in fire d Apo. 21. 8 6. A Christian and a Liar is a Monster A new man with an old Tongue The Devills tongue in the head of a Christian e Ephes 4. 24 25. 7. A Lyar is another Lucifer He gives being to that which hath none and so equals himself to God who only can and doth 8. The Primitive Christians would rather die than Lye Chusing rather the losse of life then such a blot on the Conscience These Considerations may make us loath it and leave it 1. Do nothing foul to be blusht at and we shall not need to lie for a mask f Gen. 18. 12. 2. If mens eyes do not God sees the truth of things g Jer. 5. 3. 1 King 14 16. 3. Here the mask is fouler then the face if not very foul at least the face is fouler for the ugly mask * Sin added to sin 4. A time will come when God will pull all masks from al faces h 1 Cor. 4. 5. And what good then in the Refuge of lies i Isa 28. 15 Isa 59. 4. Saturday-Service Against Detraction or Slandering Morning Prayer Psal 10. 15. 50. Lesson Jer. 9. or Levit. 19. Verse 11. 2. Evening Prayer Psal 64. 101. 140. Lesson Jer. 9. Jā 4. or 1 Pet. 2. v. 21. 1 Pet. 3. to v. 14 ¶ Prayer against Detraction O Lord Since the Detractor is a Devill let not me be one Let me not delight to hear a slander lest he sit in my ear Let me not utter it lest he walk on my tongue but above all let me not devise it lest he lie in my heart Let not my Ear Tongue and Heart be a chaire house and bed for the Devill Let thy holy Spirit of love wholly possesse me that he may have no part in me Thou wouldst have my heart to be thy Temple and my lips are the dores Let me not make thy Temple his Forge to frame and thy Dores his Shop to vent his mischiefes Lest in thy justice thou give me my portion with railers and cursers and blasphemers in his fiery furnace As I abhor to murder my neighbors life make me afraid to destroy his fame and reputation lest I wound thereby and kill at once his credit and my conscience Keep the sword of Calumny out of my mouth I beseech thee that I kill not my slandred neighbour and my selfe and wound as many as hear and believe me From taking and giving these wounds Lord shield me and save me for his sake who being reviled yet reviled not Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Remedies against Detraction 1. IT makes a black mouth and us spit ink in our Brothers face or fire like Devills a Eph. 4. 27 The Devil and slanderer all one 2. As bloudy as black A b Lev. 19. 16 Ezek. 22. 9 murder of what is more precious then life another reputation c Prov. 12. 1 with the death of my conscience d Jam. 4. 1 3. As abhorred as bloudy To God and Man The Slanderer cries out on another for slandering him and therein condemnes himself c Rom. 2. 1 as a vile man for being a slanderer 4. To wound a good mans fame is most to be abhorr'd to cast filth at Gods eyes f Zach. 2. 8 He being sacred to God g Psa 105 19. this is a kind of sacriledge 5. To wound a Man of God so is yet worse h 1 Tim. 5 19. 1 Tim. 3. 7 1 Sam. 3. 17 To kill as many souls as believe the slanders His Ministry lies a bleeding if his credit receive a wound Three fortifications are needfull to defend the soul from this sinne 1. In the Ear. To keep it out of the tongue i Psa 15. 3 To be deaf to obloquy is the way naturally to become dumb to it 2. In the Eye To keep it out of the ear Slander will not come where anger entertaines it k Prov. 25. 23. 3. In the Heart To keep it out of all The cheif fort of all In 1. Wisdome Not to believe ill reports l Pro. 16. 21 2. Truth Not to devise them m Exo. 23. 1 3. Charity n 1 Cor. 13. 5. If true to conceal not to speak them Anothers life being the forbidden tree which my tongue is not to touch Daily Prayers Seven Services against Seven other commonly called Deadly Sinnes Sonday-Service Against Idlenesse Morning Prayer Psal 104. Lessons Gen. 2. or Proverb 6. Ezek. 16. Mat. 20. to 17 Evening Prayer Psal 147. 128. Lessons Prov. 6. 2 Thes 2. or 1 Tim. 5. ¶ Collect or Prayer against Idlenesse O Lord who hast made all things for action and Man above all to be employed in holy and laudable doings Keep me from the much evill of an idle life Let me not spend my pretious daies in vaine but improve them in such labours as may be proper to my condition profitable to others and above all suitable to thy service and available to my eternall salvation O let me redeem what is lost of my time and spend the remaines of that pretious treasure to the use for which thou givest me to live in this world even to purchase my self happinesse in the world to come Through the merits of him whose life was a continuall labour to doe all good to mankind Jesus Christ our

Trees are blown up with bitter Blasts well-rooted stand against all Winds yea by them better rooted and more strong to stand Holy Jobes and Holy Josephs Preservative It Preserves against High Censure Rom. 2. 13 2 Cor. 2. 7. Luk. 18. 11. Mat. 26. 25. Job 42. 7. 2 Chro. 28 10. 2 Chro. 30 18 19. 1 Joh. 3. 20 21. Luc. 8. 15. Psal 66. 16. Prov. 4. 4. Luc. 2. 51. Prov. 2. 1. 2. of others Infirmities a great Block and too deep a Sense of thy owne a sore Rub in the way to Heaven Hypocrisie Judgeth others Integrity it Selfe It Keeps the Heart against Maine Offences and God imputes not meaner trespasses The Sister of Charity and Daughter of Mercy Obeds and Hezekiahs Preservative It Preserv's Prayer in favour and the Word in fruitfulnesse The Key and Doore of heaven That clean T●is open It gaines that Audience of Gods Eare and gives this Entrance into mans heart Gets prayer good respect and Provides the word Due entertainment Prayers Advocate and the Words Treasurer King Davids and King 1 Pet. 2. 1. 2 Luc. 2. 19. Solomons Preservative It Preserves against Sin the Gate of Hell and against the World the Mat. 7. 13. Ephes 2. 2. Psal 23. 6. Job 31. 27 Ibi pecca ubi Deus non videt Bern. Psal 119. 168. Gen. 29. 10. Rom. 8. 35. Gen. 17. 1. Dan. 6. 5 10 11. Hinge of Sin The Hollow-heart will not in open the upright not in Secret He looks at mans eye this at Gods And therefore dare Sin no where because he sees God every where The Chast Body will neither be Courted nor frighted to ill The Heart which hath Singlenesse for God looks at the World as the Devills Wanton and neither Lures nor shackles Bracelets nor Manicles Golden nor Iron-chaines Gaines nor Losses Pleasures nor Tortures Honours nor Disgraces can tempt it to be naught Holy Abrahams and Holy Daniels Preservative My Soule canst thou perish and have such a Preservative No if it be of Gods making But for His Sugar take not Satans Mercury 1. To be True to thy Side and Trusty to thy way with all thy heart and Soule that 's nothing if it be not right Nay to owne Act. 26. 10 truth and goodnesse wheresoever thou seest and like and love it with thy mind and heart that 's to be true to 2 King 9. 32. God whosoever is on or against the Side If not thou art more for thy Side then God 2. To desire from thy 2 King 10 30 31. heart to be what thou should'st but yet not contribute more to it then Prov. 21. 25. mere desire that 's Somewhat of it in Conception but nothing in Birth Though for Christs sake thy Doing well be abated to Endeavour it comes Act. 24. 26. Phil. 2. 13. Isa 26. 8. not to so litle as Desire If not effectuall which is all one with it what goes no further in thy account may come to much but with God comes to Nothing 3. Nor will hearty Endeavour NUm 23 10. and Deed too passe for it if onely to Some good and against Some ill or Gen. 20. 3. Mar. 6. 20. Psal 119. 6. for much but not all True Obedience will not give Dispensation from any Law Loyall Integrity dare never aske or take leave and Licence at any Place 1 Sam. 26. 8 9. to rebell My Soule feed not Corrupted Nature with such Sweets as these Though Job 20. 12. Ezek. 13. 19. they seeme Sugars they are meere Mercuries Made not for thy health but bane not Medicines but Poysons of thy Life not Preservative to it but Destructive the wayes to Hell and Death As thou dreadest them then looke well to thy Selfe Mistake not Poyson for thy Preservative A Sound Heart in tru●h not errour is that whch Maintaines thy Life And now my Soule See at once all wht is required for thy Health How to Try How to Take How to Valew all One by another is their best way of Tryall Forward Repentance without Faith is Desperate Sorrow Faith 2 Cor. 7. 10. 2 Cor. 2. 7 Jam. 2. 14. 2 Pet. 1. 5. Rom. 18. 23. without Obedience Blod Presumption Backward Obedience without Faith Blind and unjustified Service Faith without Repentance Weake and unwarranted Beleife To Repent and not Beleive is to 1 Tim. 1. 5 Heb. 6. 1. Jude 20. Luk. 14. 20 Heb. 3. 6. 2 Cor. 7. 1. Mat. 3. 8 9 lay a foundation and not build To Beleive and not Obey is to build without a Roofe To obey and not Beleive is to clap the roofe on the Ground-worke To Beleive and not Repent is to build without foundation Repentance alone is Recovery without strength Faith alone strength without use Obedience alone Darknesse with strength Turne then and take them as you will this is the just Tryall That 's Right Repentance that hath Faith and Obedience after it a Act. 20. 21. 26. 20. That 's Sound Obedience that hath Faith and Repentance before it b Rom. 16. 26. Heb. 6. 1. That 's True Faith that hath Repentance before and Obedience after it My Soule then thou for thy health Mar. 1. 15. 1 Tim. 1. 5 must have all if thou wilt have it true sound and right And wouldst thou know how thou art to take all Sure til thou art in Heaven with perfect cure thou must use on 1 Cor. 13. 9 Phil. 3. 13. earth continuall Remedy Repent every day Believe every hour Obey every Moment There is no day wherein thou dost not Sin no night therfore in whichthou Mat. 6. 12. 2 Cor. 7. 1. must not Repent If foul thou must wash If guilty ask pardon If sick seek cure daily Thou dost never Sin but need a Saviour Never well but hast need of Ro. 6. 23. Neh. 13. 22. favour Of Bloud to clense the guilts of thy ill Of a Robe to cover the blemishes of thy good What Bloud but Phil. 3. 9. from his Side What Robe but on his Rom. 3. 25 Ephes 1. 7. Back Where else my Soul canst thou heal thy wounds or hide thy skars but under the Righteousness of his Innocent life Purpled in his most pretious Apoc. 7. 14 Jer. 33. 16. Isa 53. 11. Bloud If thou then art not without Sin a day thou canst not be without Christ an Hour lest for want of a Savior thou be lost in the very minute Rom. 6. 23 Heb. 4. 16. Phil. 3. 9. of Sinne. In his Bloud then thou must wash take Sanctuary in his Merits shroud thy self under his Robe seek mercy for his sake that is Beleive every hour And Obey him every moment For sure my Soul of whom thou hast continuall need thou must offend him never Finde a Minute when thou wouldst not be in Hell without him and take that time to offend him Eternall deliverance deserves continuall gratitude Vnto him that hath loved Apoc. 1. 5. us and washed us