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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27107	The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author	Bayly, Lewis, d. 1631.	1695 (1695)	Wing B1502; ESTC R29026	286,386	487

by which God doth indeed whatsoever he will and hindreth whatsoever he will not have done Psal. 115. 3. 5. Majesty is that by which God of his own absolute and free authority reigneth and ruleth as Lord and King over all Creatures visible and invisible having both the right and propriety in all things as from whom and for whom are all things as also such a plenitude of Power that he can pardon the offences of all whom he will have spared and subdue all his Enemies whom he will have plagued and destroyed without being bound to render to any Creature a reason of his doing but making his own most holy and just Will his only most perfect and eternal Law From all these Attributes ariseth one which is God's soveraign blessedness or perfection Blessedness is that perfect and unmeasurable possession of joy and glory which God hath in himself for ever and is the cause of all the bliss and perfection that every creature enjoys in its measure There are other Attributes figuratively and improperly ascribed unto God in the Holy Scriptures as by an Anthropomorphosis the members of a man eyes ears Nostrils mouth hands feet c. or the senses and actions of man as seeing hearing smelling working walking striking c. By an Antropopatheia the affections and passions of a man as gladness grief joy sorrow love hatred c. or by an Analogie as when he is named a Lyon a Rock a Tower a Buckler c. Whose signification every Commentary will express Of all these Attributes we must hold these general Rules NO Attribute can sufficiently express the Essence of God because it is infinite and ineffable Whatsoever therefore is spoken of GOD is not GOD but serveth rather to help ●ur weak Understanding to conceive in ●u● Reason and to utter in our Speech ●he Majesty of his Divine Nature so far as ●e hath vouchsafed to reveal himself unto ●s in his Word 2. All the Attributes of God belong to very of the three Persons as well as to the Essence it self with the limitations of a ●ersonal propriety As the mercy of the Father is mercy begetting the mercy of the ●on is mercy begotten the mercy of the H. ●host is mercy proceeding and so of the rest 3. The Essential Attributes of God dif●er not from his Essence because they are ●o in the Essence that they are the very Essence it self In God therefore there ●s nothing which is not either his Essence ●r Person 4. The Essential Attributes of God dif●er not Essentially or Really one from ano●her because whatsoever is in God is ●ne most simple Essence and one admits no ●ivision but only in our reason and under●●anding which being not able to know ●arthly things by one simple Act without ●he help of many distinct Acts must of ●ecessity have the help of many distinct Acts to know the incomprehensible GOD. Therefore to speak properly there are ●ot in God many Attributes but one only which is nothing else but the Divine Es●ence it self by what Attributes soever you all it But in respect of our reason they ●re said to be so many different Attributes for ●ur understanding conceives by the name of mercy a thing differing from that which is called justice The Essential Attributes of God are not therefore reall● separate 5. The Essential Attributes of God are no parts or qualities of the Divine Essence nor Accidents in the Essence nor a Subject but the very whole and entire Essence of God So that every such Attribute is no aliud aliud another and another thing but one and the same thing There are therefore no Quantities in God by which he may be said to be so much and so much nor Qualities by which he may be said to be such and such but whatsoever God is He is such and the same by his Essence By his Essence he is wise and therefore Wisdom it self By his Essence he is good and therefore Goodness it self by his Essence he is merciful and therefore Mercy it self By his Essence he is just and therefore Justice it self c. In a word God is grea● without quantity good true and just without quality merciful without passion a● act without motion every where present without sight without time the fi●st and the last the Lord of all Creatures from whom all receive themselves and a● the good they have yet neither needed nor receiveth he any increase of goodnes● or happiness from any other This is the plain description of God so far as he hath revealed himself to us in his Word This Doctrine of all other every true Practitioner of Piety must competently know and necessarily believe for four special uses 1. That we may discernour true and only God from all false Gods and Idols for the Description of God is properly known only to his Church in whom he hath thus graciously manifested himself 2. To possess our hearts with a greater awe of his Majesty whilst we admire him ●or his simpleness and infiniteness adore him for his unmeasurableness unchangeableness and Eternity seek wisdom from his under●tanding and knowledge submit our selves to his blessed will and pleasure love him for his ●ove mercy goodness and patience trust to his word because of his truth fear him for his Power Justice and Anger reverence him ●or his Holiness and praise him for his Bles●edness and to depend all our life on him who is the only Author of our Life Being ●nd all the good things we have 3. To stir us up to imitate the Divine ●pirit in his holy Attributes and to bear in some measure the image of his Wis●om Love Goodness Justice Mercy Truth ●atience Zeal and Anger against sin that ●e may be wise loving just merciful true ●atient and zealous as our God is 4. Lastly That we may in our Prayers ●nd Meditations conceive aright of his Di●●ne Majesty and not according to those ●●oss and blasphemous imaginations which naturally arise in Mens Brains as whe● they conceive God to be like an old Man sitting in a Chair and the blessed Trinity to b● like that tripartite Idol which Papists hav● painted in their Church-Windows When therefore thou art to pray unt● God let thine Heart speak unto him as t● that Eternal Infinite Almighty Holy Wise Just Merciful Spirit and mo● Perfect indivisible Essence of three sever●● Persons Father Son and Holy Ghost w● being present in all places ruleth Heave● and Earth understandeth all mens heart knoweth all mens miseries and is only able bestow on us all graces which we want and deliver all penitent sinners who with faithf● hearts seek for Christ's sake his help out all their afflictions and troubles whatsoever The ignorance of this true knowledg● of God maketh many to make an Idol the True God and is the only cause w●● so

hellish pains which I suffered to deliver thee from the endless pains of Hell and everlasting chains of darkness S. Lord why would'st thou have thine arms nailed abroad C. That I might embrace thee more lovingly my sweet Soul S. Lord why did the Thief that never wrought good before obtain Paradise upon so short repentance C. That thou maist see the power of my death to forgive them that repent that no sinner needs despair S. Lord why did not the other Thief which hanged as near thee obtain the like mercy C. because I leave whom I will to harden themselves in their lewdness to destruction that all should fear and none presume S. Lord wherefore didst thou cry with such a loud and strong voice in yielding up the ghost C. That it might appear that no man took my life from me but that I said it down of my self S. Lord wherefore didst thou commend thy soul into thy Father's hands C. To teach thee what thou should'st do being to depart this life S. Lord wherefore did the veil of the Temple rent in twain at thy death C. To shew that the Levitical Law should be no longer a partition-wall between Jews and Gentiles and that the way to Heaven is now open to all believers S. Lord wherefore did the earth quake and the Stones cleave at thy Death C. For horror to bear her Lord dying and to upbraid the cruel hardness of sinners hearts S. Lord wherefore did not the Soldiers break thy Legs as they did the thieves who hanged at thy right and left hand C. That thou mightest know that they had not power to do any more unto me than the Scripture had foretold that they should do and I should suffer to save thee S. Lord wherefore was thy side opened with a Spear C. That thou mightest have a way to come nearer unto my heart S. Lord wherefore ran there out of thy precious side blood and water C. To assure thee that I was slain indeed seeing my heart-blood gushed out and the water which compassed my heart flowed forth after it which once spilt man must needs die S. Lord wherefore ran the blood first by it self and the water afterwards by it self out of thy blessed wound C. To assure thee of two things 1. That by my blood-shedding Justification and Sanctification were effected to save thee Secondly that my Spirit by the conscionable use of the water in Baptism and blood in the Eucharist will effect in thee righteousness and holiness by which thou shalt glorifie me S. Lord wherefore did the graves open at thy death C. To signifie that Death by my death had now received his death's-wound and was overcome S. Lord wherefore woud'st thou be buried C. That thy sins might never rise up to Judgment against thee S Lord wherefore woud'st thou be buried by two such honourable Senators as Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea C. That the Truth of my Death the Cause of thy life might more evidently appear unto all S. Lord wherefore wast thou buried in a new Sepulchre wherein was never laid man before C. That it might appear that I and not another arose and that by my own power not by another's vertue like him who reviv'd at the touching of Elisha's Bones S. Lord wherefore didst thou raise up thy body again C. That thou mayst be assured that thy sins are discharged and that thou art justified S. Lord wherefore did so many bodies of thy Saints which slept arise at thy Resurrection C. To give an assurance that all the Saints shall arise by the virtue of my Resurrection at the last day S. Lord what shall I render unto thee for all these benefits C. Love thy Creator and become a new creature The Soul's Soliloquy ravished in contemplation of the Passion of our Lord. WHat hadst thou done O my sweet Saviour and ever blessed Redeemer that thou wast thus betrayed of Judas sold of the Jews apprehended as a Malefactor and led bound as a Lamb to the slaughter What evil hadst thou committed that thou shouldest be thus openly arraigned accused falsly and unjustly condemned before Annas and Caiaphas the Jewish Priests at the judgment-seat of Pilate the Roman President What was thine offence or to whom didst thou ever wrong that thou shouldest be thus pitifully scourged with whips crowned with thorns scoffed with flouts reviled with words buffeted with fists and beaten with staves O Lord what didst thou deserve to have thy blessed face spit upon and covered as it were with shame to have thy Garments parted thy hands and feet nailed to the Cross To be lifted up upon the cursed Tree to be crucified among Thieves and made to taste Gall and Vinegar and in thy deadly extremity to endure such a Sea of God's wrath that made thee to cry out as if thou hadst been forsaken of God thy Father yea to have thy innocent heart pierced with a cruel spear and thy precious blood to be spilt before thy blessed mothers eyes Sweet Saviour how much wast thou tormented to endure all this seeing I am so much amazed but to think upon it I enquire for thine offence but I can find none in thee no not so much as guile to have-been found in thy mouth Thy enemies are challenged and none of them dare rebuke thee of sin thy accusers that are suborn'd agree not in their witness the Judg that condemns thee openly cleareth thy innocency his wife sends him word she was warned in a dream that thou wast a just Man and therefore should take heed of doing injustice unto thee The Centurion that executed thee confessed thee of a truth to be both a just man and the very Son of God The thief that hanged with thee justifieth thee that thou hast done nothing amiss What is the cause then O Lord of this thy cruel ignominy passion and death I O Lord I am the cause of these thy sorrows my sins wrought thy shame my iniquities are the occasion of thy injuries I have committed the fault and thou art plagued for the offence I am guilty and thou art arraigned I committed the sin and thou suffer'st the death I have done the crime thou hangedst on the Cross Oh the deepness of God's love Oh the wonderful disposition of heavenly grace Oh the unmeasurable measure of divine mercy the wicked transgresseth the just is punished the guilty is let escape and the innocent is arraigned the malefactor is acquitted and the harmless condemned what the evil man deserveth the good man suffereth the servant doth the fault the master endures the strokes What shall I say Man sinneth and God dieth O Son of God! who can sufficiently express thy love or commend thy pity or extol thy praise I was proud thou art humbled I was disobedient and thou becam'st obedient I did eat the forbidden