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A70044 Peace, the end of the perfect and upright demonstrated and usefully improved in a sermon preached upon the occasion of the death and decease of that piously affected and truely religious matron, Mrs. Anne Mason ... / by Mr. James Fitch ... Fitch, James, 1622-1702. 1672 (1672) Wing F1066; ESTC R35676 13,029 16

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spirit in a Believer which breathes and reacheth after and is restless for perfection and which is called A heart perfect towards God 2 Chron 1● 11 and you know the usual distinction which Divines make use of a perfection of parts though not of degrees Every part and power of Soul and Body being Sanctisfied 1 Thess 5.23 and fitted in some degree and measure to every good work 2 Tim. 2.21 Oh mark how the Godly will be doing and trading in every good work to which God calls him according to the Relation towards God or Man in works of Holiness and Righteousness Love and Mercy shewing himself to be a childe of his Heavenly Father and will be imitating his Divine and absolutely perfect Example Mat. 5 ult be you perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect and he is a perfect Childe of God though not grown up to be a perfect man in Christ 2 It 's likewise to be observed that sincerity and uprightness in Gospel sense is called perfection and the God of Grace calls his upright ones perfect ones accept their upright service as pecfect service you know Davids charge to his Son the charge of a Godly and dying Parent to his surviving and succeeding childe My Son serve God with a perfect heart 2 Chron. 28.9 and Hezechiah served God with a perfect heart 2 King 20 3. and in this sense the next words may be expositive to the former mark the perfect Question is Who is perfect the Answer Behold the upright as Hezechiah under a sentence of death turned his face towards the wall and prayed to the Lord and said Remember how O Lord I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart have done that which is good in thy sight and wept sore Isai 38.2 3. How I have walked in Truth that is in uprightness and sincerity doing that which is good in thy sight not wandering after the sight of m●●e eyes not pleasing carnal and sinful affections and therefore that I have walked with a perfect heart that which the God of Grace will accept perfect and calls it perfect and therefore the question y●● remains u●answered Quest What are the remarkable things res●●…cting the life of the upright I Answer First In respect of actings towards God Secondly Actings towards man First The observable things in the life of the upright in his actings nextly towards God The first Character is a holding forth the highest esteem of Communion with God in his Ordinances and therefore a faithful improvement of all good opportunities for that purpose For that purpose Oh mark how the upright soul prizeth Communion with God his prizing Communion with God is like the price the thirsty sets upon drink an only good none such at that time the voice of the upright especially in time of privation is exprest experimentally by David Psal 42.1 2 As the Hart panteth after the Water-brooks so panteth my soul after thee O God My soul thirsteth for God for the living God when shall I come and appear before God ver 3. My tears have been my meat day and night while they continually say unto me where is thy God ver 4. when I remember these things I pour out my soul in me Oh! what pantings thirstings weepings and soul-pourings out for the enjoyment of Communion with the Living God which do most feelingly argue the highest esteem of Communion with God in the hearts of his upright attendants Hence these longings for a Sabbath for a Fast day for a Sermon while others long for an end of the Sabbath that they may be again into their worldly occasions and vanities and hence follows that ●aithful improvement of all good oportunities for the sake of Communion with God I say all seasons both set and solemn seasons and occasional seasons taking the oportunity when given and redeeming time as it 's called Eplus 5. and when it cannot be gained without it costs him something yet an upright Soul will and must have seasons for Communion with God what ever they cost him though he makes the World pay for it and sleep pay for it and hazards his health for it and all yet Mark the upright how faithful he is in taking and improving seasons of Communion with God while the Hypocrite the Deceiver is willing to take an excuse and make an excuse and occasion that he may not come into the presence of God but his deceit is manifest The Second Remarkable thing in respect of the life of the Upright in his Communion with God appears in his secret Communion with God in secret Prayer and self examination these are contained in former generals as they are means of Communion with God but yet because these have very spiritual specialties in them we m●●● especially mark and behold them and how the Upright behaves himself in them First In secret Communion with God in secret Prayer an upright Soul cannot content himself with publick Prayer and humily but he must come in secret into the presence of his Heavenly Father and Pray in secret that he may see him in secret and reward him openly Mat. 6. and if there were no positive command to require this and that Conscience upon this account could not 〈◊〉 him for a neglect of a Command of God yet if the Lord will only grant him liberty to appear in where before him he could not but come und could no more refrain then you can refrain from going to and porning out your heart in secret to an intimate friend in whom you love is your own Soul 〈◊〉 62.8 Pour out your ●ent● fore him can a Lover refrain from secret meetings with his Beloved the Upright who love the Lord must have their secret meetings with Christ wherein they may pour out that which they cannot before and with others for they ha●e to d● wi●h him whom their Souts love Cant. 1.7 Second place in self examinatio● the Application of the Dectrine is the life of the Sermon and Self ex●m●●ation is the life 〈◊〉 Application of the Sermon the upright cannot content themselves without frequent and solemn practice of this duty no more then you can content your self when you are a hungry to have food let you only to look upon or speak of it and not take it into your mouth to chew it therefore mark and behold how he eats Sermons and they are the joy of his heart Jer. 15.16 and how doth he eat them but by examining his estate and actions his Spirit and Life by them and not in a slighty and overly manner but by most serious Communings with the Lord and his own heart upon his Bed Psal 4.4 or in some other secret place and not only once in a long time but this is his work every Lords day yea every day in the Week in some measure he is upright in this matter thus working out his Salvation with fear and trembling Phil. 2.12.13 We can but hint at some observab●e things Thus