of God otherwise he would suffer us to give credite to them as to other Authors 28 That they have been preserved from time to time so that they have not perished whereas other books of great price and estemation have been utterly lost 29 Whereas persecuting Tyrants have sought to suppresse the doctrine thereof they have still more and more flourished and been spread abroad 30 It is an undoubted argument that they are his most facred Truths because God by such weak instruments and silly meanes doth spread abroad the doctrine thereof spite of all oppositions for none but a greater power could subdue a lesser 31 That it is true whatsoever doctrine it revealeth though it make never so much against our pleasures profits and lusts yet till a man be brought to it it never worketh soundly 32 There is an especiall glory in the Truth in the Promises and the conditions of them 33 They teach us to know God in Christ 34 And the Trinity in Unity 35 And the doctrine of regeneration all which are foolishnesse to the flesh yet the power of God to salvation to all that believe 36 The constant deaths of so many wise sober and meeke Martyrs who ever in their sufferings for this truth which no torments could extort from them have had a plain distinction from the death of frantick and witlesse persons declareth the same 37 That the Spirit of God inclineth our hearts to beleeve this and to receive the same as his infallible truth 38 The universall and continuall consent of this Booke from time to time by so many holy humble learned men of divers Nations in all Ages giveth testimony to the same I beleeve Lord help my unbeliefe These for this Some few plaine profitable and pleasing Instructions for all times HEare and be silent be silent and observe observe and remember remember and doe All that you see judge not all that you heare beleeve not All that you know tell not all that ye can doe not Goods lost nothing lost courage lost much lost credit lost more lost Soule lost all lost To serve God hinders not to give almes impoverish not Ill gotten goods enrich not allyar prospereth not No more of this now A seasonable and serious Advertisement concerning the too common and crying sinnes of our calling This Advertisement was written when he was a Captain in the Nether-lands and may not be uselesse here WHich of us does not think and dares not say God loves me Christ is my Saviour and Heaven my hope whereas if we would examine our hearts and wayes seriously and impartially many among us should see our selves shamefully deceived and not to 〈◊〉 about doth not our preserring our pleasing and profitable â—â—s before the will of God our love to Carise and walking in the way of life give us the lye to our faces Wherefore it concernes us highly to labour effectually for some good measure of those infallible marks which may undoubtedly assure us we are in covenant with God doe love the Lord Jesus dearly and shall be saved everlastingly unto which end I commend Master By fields Marrow of the Oracles of God as an especiall help by Gods blessing and because my soule desires we may not deceive our selves and lose our labour in this maisie matter that so much concerne our true peace here and happinesse for evermore I take the boldnesse in zeale to my God in good will towards you my Fellow-Officers of our own nation especially freely and plainly to beseech warne and charge you as I doe mine owne soule to lay to heart somewhat I have to declare unto you that instead of those favours God hath pleased to promise to his we bring not upon our owne heads the contrary curses let us then lay this as an infallible foundation that it is altogether in vain for us to look for any good from the Lord so long as we dare to live in any one knowne sinne with allowance and without repentance which is accompanied with a desire resolution and endeavour to break off the same and to doe no more so for all unregerate men who live in their sinnes without repentance are strangers from the Covenant of Promise having no part in the Testiment they have no hope but are without God in the world Eph. 2.12 Mat. 7.6 15.26 But it may be said this is faire and farre off we know we are all sinners and trust the Lord will have mercy on us c. Well excuse me I meane no harme the next will come neerer home even into our secret bosomes againe I say what I say to any I say to mine own soule The Lord saith Ier. 7.9 10 19. Will you steale murder commit adultery and sweare falsly and come and stand before me and say we are delivered although ye doe all these abominations you provoke the Lord to anger to the confusion of your owne faces I pray then what shall we gaine but all misery and mischiefe judge ye now let us make application for what the Lord sayes concerning some his meaning is concerning any other sinne as if it were there mentioned Well then dare you drinke drunk whore sweare quarrell shed blood and as prophane Beasts make a mock of God and goodnesse scorne and abuse good men and because the Lord yet suffers thee and seems to be silent thinkest thou that God is like unto thee and a patron of iniquity Oh horrible impiety he will reprove thee and set all thy sinnes in order before thee Psal 50.18 19 20 21. then wo wo wo unto thee Ier. 13.15 27. Will you dare you by your selves or others for your selves or others flatter insinuate slander bribe lye be bribed sweare cozen oppresse forsweare mince geld dally and play with an Oath make others lye sweare and forsweare themselves for your base profit They bend their tongues like their bowes for lies but they have no courage for the truth upon the earth for they proceed from evill to worse and they have not known me saith the Lord Jer. 9.3 Let every one take heed of his neighbour and trust you not in any brother for every brother will use deceit and every friend will dealt deceitfully and every one will deceive his friend and will not speak the truth for they have taught their tongues to speak lyes and take great pains to doe wickedly Jer. 9.5 and is it not just thus among us tell me will God suffer this he will not shall I not visit for these things saith the Lord and shall not my soule be avenged on such a Nation as this Psal 50.21 Ier. 5.9 Will you dare you grind the faces of the poore Isa 3.15 Souldiers flay the skins from their backs suck the marrow out of their bones blood out of their veins and pull the hearts out of their bodies by cutting off and with-holding their due by forcing them to take their off-reckonings at unreasonable rates or by giving them none at all or by halves by
in mind and seasonably shew forth the life and power of each part of what thou hast inabled me to thinke upon according to the warrant of thy most holie word that I may be every way the more fit to serve thee and in every thing find the more comfort from thee through thy Christ my Redeemer Amen Before Meales Our heavenly Father be intreated to vouchsafe a gracious blessing upon these thy good creatures which we are about to receive from thy bountifull hands grant us to receive them as we ought in the strength of them vouchsafe us the continuance of good health if it be thy will above all make us the more fit to doe thee all acceptable service to thy glory and our eternal happinesse in Christ Jesus Amen After Meales O our God for ever blessed be thy name for refreshing â—â— againe so graciously at this time with thy good creatures and alwaies providing so bountifully for us whereas we are unworthy of one drop of cold water and merit the worst of evils whereas many of thy deare children suffer great want of those things which we injoy in abundance Lord make us truly thankfull forgive our sins cause us to serve thee better continue towards us thy favours never suffer us to want any thing thou seest good for us provide reliefe for all in any distresse accept and blesse us alwaies and in all things through Christ Jesus Amen A serious Prayer at any time O my heavenly Father be intreated freely and fully to forget and forgive all my offences though never so many and hainous which make me most unworthy the least of thy merties and whereby I provoke all thy heaviest displeasure against me sanctifie my soule speedily throughly and constantly that I may serve thee all the rest of my time sincerely watchfully zealously save me from thy wrath which I fear and merit and can by no meanes else escape continue towards me all needfull favours which I can by no meanes else injoy turne all my present and future inward and outward sufferings to my soules eternall good and doe what thou pleasest with me afford true grace peace and comfort to my poore soule and I desire no more of thee make me willing to leave this and fit for a better life when I leave this receive me to a better life and it is enough for me Amen through thy Christ my Redeemer the Lord Jesus my intercessor I beseech thee A Thanksgiving at any time O my reconciled God most gracious Father and alone alsufficient most wise mercifull faithfull and immutable helper in Jesus Christ whom thou hast freely given unto me to be an al-sufficient Saviour and continuall intercessor for me in whom thou art in covenant with me and all thy promises are my portion through whom thou hast afforded and assured all grace and good unto me here and all happinesse with thee in Heaven for evermore Behold as I am every way exceedingly bound beyond all I can remember or acknowledge my soules desire is alwayes set to render in all and above all things all possible praises to thy Majesty acknowledging ingenuously that all my inward outward present former and future welfare is only from thee and that else no heart could conceive or tongue expresse my misery accept my unfained though exceeding weak desires now and at all times to give thy great name for all all the glory Amen When he must goe abroad and about businesse in hast wanting time convenient to seek the Lord solemnly O my heavenly Fatherin the name of thy Sonne my Saviour I goe abroad and about my businesse in thou leavest me I shall doe sinfully and foolishly and shame and harme will befall me therefore for his sake I beseech thee governe me witâ— thy holy spirit let thine owne blessing be with me so shall I demeane my self discreetly and honestly and all shall goe well with me in all I undertake and that concernes me according to the especiall occasions guide and prosper me more especially as I look for all help onely from thee my soule shall therefore give thee alone all the glory Amen Short Ejaculations set down as they came in my mind LORD give me a peaceable sealed suffering spirit A cercumspect silent sober tongue A faire friendly free carriage A grave gracious gentle conversation Lord make me and every one of mine capable and partakers of each part of thy covenant of mercy grace peace and happinesse and it is enough Lord deliver and keep me from unconscionable contentious and unreasonable men let none that wish or seek my shame or harme have their will of me Lord cause me to walke more wisely and uprightly that I may walke more boldly and securely maintaine my cause for thine honours sake I beseech thee Lord put spirit life and power into my devotions alwaies forgive accept and blesse my weake performances Lord help me to worship thee seasonably and conscionably and worke with thy grace mercifully and faithfully that I may walk with thee watchfully and constantly Lord assure me of thy favour and help me out of debt before I dye I beg of thee Lord help me to hold fast my integrity and to trust thy alsufficiency in my greatest extremity let it not be in vaine for me to seek serve and await upon thee Lord whatsoever befals me let me never be forced to put forth my hand to iniquity as thou art most true make good this truth unto me Psal 125.3 Lord poure out the spirit of grace and supplication upon me that I may delight to poure out my heart in prayer before thee daily Lord cause me to love the Lord Jesus dearly to learne oâ— him who is meek lowely and to apply his al-sufficient satisfaction rightly Lord in the sight and sense oâ— my sinnes humble me deeply for those most displeasing 〈◊〉 thee chiefly oh discover theâ—â— unto me clearly make me tâ— hate and forsake them unfairedly Lord as thou hast expresâ— promised me Zach. 12 1â— cause me to looke upon tâ— Christ my Saviour whom â—â— smnes have pierced that I mâ—â— mourne for them as one moâ—neth for his onely sonne aâ—â— be in bitternesse for him as 〈◊〉 the losse of my first borne 〈◊〉 let his wounds heale me 〈◊〉 blood cleanse me his spiâ—â— comfort and his merits saâ—â— me Lord give me a good conscience a contented mind a discreet demeanour a competent estate and thy fatherly blessing it is enough Lord give me an understanding beleeving penetent watchfull upright wel-ordered heart and all shall be well Lord settle me in a Christian course of serving thee and let me find the sweetnesse thereof continually oh let my wayes please thee and make my enemies at peace with me Lord whatsoever betide me let nothing disgrace my Christian profession of thee or give those that hate me advantage against me Lord help me in wel-doing to commend all to thee and to trust thee most in my most helplesse misery Lord I crave and
expect all mercy grace peace comfort strength health safety succour help deliverance and salvation onely from thee oh grant each seasonably and effectually unto me Lord work all thy works iâ— me that I may serve thee as â— ought and work all my work for me that I may prosper a thou hast promised Lord make me as thou would dest have me and require whâ—â— thou wilt of me give me which thou seest best for me and dâ—â— what thou wilt with me Lord be my strength refuge and ready help at hand mâ— sufficiency safety and good successe and when where and how thou pleasest imploy me Lord cleare my innocency stop the mouth of injury faithfully worthily and in-offensively make me to discharge each part of my duty Lord make me wise warned watchfull and well governed by my former folly rashnesse weaknesse and misgovernment Lord let me no more be conformable to the sinfull and unseemly fashions of the world but reforme my whole man according to thy will Lord forgive and keep me from those sinnes whereby I have most dishonoured thee disgraced my Christian profession injured others clog'd my conscience terrified my souse or any way procured my selfe shame or harme Lord make me to make and let me find each part of thy Word my guide and comfort Lord direct governe restore comfort support establish inable protect provide for and blesse me as every one of my especiall occasions doe or may require of thee Lord at one time or other by one meanes or other ere we do part hence work for the effectuall conversion and everlasting salvation of every one of mine and I desire no more for them of thee Lord prepare me to meet the ere thy wrath come upon me in the day of calamity hide me under thine hand till thy indignation be over past Lord in wisdome love and faithfulnesse visit me and deale as thou pleasest with me Lord when all is past hope thou canst most easily help my case is fully knowne and wholy commended to thee thou hast helped remarkably thy hand is not shortned thy mercy never faileth thy truth endureth for ever towards me Lord let not my hope deceive nor thy help faile me oh cause me to make and let me find thy providence my portion continually so shall I be supplied seasonably and never want any thing thou seest good for me Lord prepare me to suffer to dye let every thing draw me neerer to thee let death bring me to life eternall with thee doe then what thou wilt with me call then when where and how thou pleasest for me Lord from sin shame harme in thy feare in a good repute and peace preserve me Lord how shall I behave my selfe in my present distressed estate and how wilt thou therein deale with me oh that thou wouldest dispose and dispatch all my businesse for me Lord all help faileth me none cares for me every thing seemâ— to crosse me yet help thou and all shall goe well with me Lord cause me to goe the right way to work and to submit to thy disposing wholy Lord let it appeare the right way is the best way never of never faile forsake or forget me let them that now for wel-doing scorn me see thou fovourest and releevest me Lord cause me secretly and sensibly to sorrow for my owne sinnes and to mourne for the abominations of the times and this uncessantly Lord affect me with the affections of Joseph rightly dispose me to pray for the peace of Zion seriously in all reforme and pardon me Lord give me feeling feeling feeling of all the good things I know and utter before thee thou knowest and I acknowledge the same to be extreamly wanting in me Lord let no thought of my heart nor word of my mouth be in vain for me but thou that art my strength and my Redeemer accept all my Meditations and expressions continually Lord carry me with wisdome patience comfort and good successe through all my great occasions Lord change my disposition reform my conversation speedily and powerfully wherein I am most averse from good and prone to evill especially Lord that thou wouldest instruct and inable me sincerely and circumspectly to order my lawfull affaires substantially whatsoever others may thinke speake or worke against me and that thine owne seasonablâ— and effectuall working to afforâ—â—n happy issue might according to thy mercy and truth appeare towards me Lord put me not off with outward mercies but vouchsafe me a portion of thy best blessings From sloath lust and carelesnesse from tatling tipling and trifling away time from putting off my private devotions from discontent and discord Good Lord deliver me Grounds of comfort against the nick-name of Puritane and Round-head It is nothing in respect of what hath been objected against Christ and the godly for there hath been objected against them grieuous things (a) Acts 25.7 gluttony (b) Mat. 11.18.19 madnesse (c) Joh. 10.20 blasphemy (d) Mat. 26.65 Mark 9.3 Acts 6.11 13 14. murder (e) Acts 28.4 deceiving (f) Joh. 7.12 2 Cor. 6.8 rebellion (g) Acts 17.6 7. rayling (h) Acts 23.4 babling idolatry (i) Acts 17.18 bringers of strange things (k) Acts 17.20 scisme (l) Acts 28.22 wickednesse of life (m) 1 Pet. 2.12 the abjects abused them (n) Psa 35.15 drankards sang of them (o) Psal 69.12 the basest derided them (p) Job 30.1 they were a reproach of men (q) Psal 22.12 a by-word (r) Psal 44.14 a proverbe (s) Psal 69.11 a wonder (t) Psal 17.7 Isa 8.18 gazing-stocks (u) 1 Cor. 4.9 fools (w) 1 Cor. 4.10 insufficient despised (x) Idem defamed made as filth and off-scowring (y) 1 Cor. 4.13 great men rayle at them (z) Psa 31.13 godly men censure them (a) Jobs friends 1 Cor. 4.4.10 and by slander excommunicate them (b) Isa 66.5 are most fouly scandalized (c) Ps 69.7 44.15 condemned by a whole Counsell (d) Mat. 27.1 Joh. 11.47 48. Acts 6.12 4.6.15 5.27 23.1 yea to suffer as evill doers (e) 2 Tim. 2.9 Psal 37.32 33. Psal 41.8 Isa 53.4 well if God condemnes us not what matters the censures and reproachfull nick-names of others (f) 1 Pet. 3.16 If good bad men both should judge amisse Keep conscience cleare tâ—ou needst not care I wisse Alas this is not to resist unto blood h Heb. 12.4 my Saviour sayes Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and shall say all manner of evill falsly for my sake reioyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven for so persecuted they the Prophets that were before you i Mat. 5.11 12. yea my most blessed Redeemer so have they abused thee and all thy dearest Servants oh then why should I that am not worthy the name of a Servant or Disciple think to be above my Lord and Master and better
and shall prosper spite of your ill meaning towards me One that sees and uncharitably censures or sharply reprehends his faults not knowing or regarding his repentance compassionates not or will not take notice of his sorrowes Be alwayes silent where reason is not regarded and truth is but distastefull Suppresse pride peevishnesse passion discontent and discord as most unbeseeming a wise and worthy mans mind This for that now of somewhat else His conscience honour and his friend Spare and nought else can him offend But if your malice and distaste Cannot forbeare pack hence in hast And when ye are sent for come againe This thanks still looke for for your pains Backbitten must I needs turne pale for it False honours please and lying slanders fright Whom but the unworthy and vain-glorious wight Wrath is cruell and anger is outragious but who can stand before envy Pro. 27.4 Men oft times speak evill of us because they cannot speak well not because we deserve it but they are accustomed to it and therefore cannot leave it especially when they will not be perswaded they doe evill in it There are some Dogs of that nature that they barke rather upon custome then curstnesse and some so currish they bite before they bark he hath met with both sorts but thanks to the Lord neither their barking nor biting have been able to fright or hurt him Desire no imployment upon vain-glory refuse none for feare Lord guide and strengthen me to shew my selfe carefull and resolute in action By vertue in valiantly doing his duty and by modesty in sparingly speaking thereof a man may best escape envy and obtaine glory Provoke not a suffering nature too much least it turne to your owne shame and harme at length though loath he dares both speak and doe He that is honest is bold he that does well would not be wronged and may be provoked beyond his power no coward is he that will not base coward is he that dares not fight let the feare of God not of man restraine thee where conscience warrants shew it by doing worthily It ought to be enough for us if we have by Gods assistance behaved our selves so that no man can tax us justly if we deserve praise it is onely malice keeps it from us and a lying tongue that would disgrace us I dare trust any mans judgement of me but not every mans affection towards me Some whose consciences must commend us malice forces in their speeches to condemne us though we know and find it we may have comfort in it It is meer folly great weaknesse and extreame vanity to trouble our minds with those things that thereby can neither be prevented nor helped One said beleeve me not to boast or justifie himself vainly but to vindicate his worth and innocency which hath by malice and untruth suffered undeservedly who that knowes me can tax me with carelesnesse or any kind of unworthy carriage justly and if they would speak plainly as they are perswaded of me must they not confesse the contrary If you heare or conceive amisse of me if there be conscience reason charity or common honesty in you first convince then censure else spare me or else I wil protest you bely me and of meere malice detract from me perhaps because your owne wayes have not been so worthy and therefore must not escape your envy this is basenesse in you and doth not blemish but settle me for wise and worthy men will judge rightly Tell me of my faults but doe not blaze them think of your owne and mine will seeme the lesse unto you Would I were as wise honest and worthy as some thinke themselves and would be esteemed whose carriage but little shew they deserve it Of all beasts I hate an injurious scoffer I cannot abide a contentious companion nor to have to doe with one of a distastfull disposition or that is of a proud and disdainfull demeanour Injurious speeches from a man in authority are most harmfull and unseemly oftentimes wrong and grieve extreamly by these the innocent and worthy must suffer and know no redresse complain they may not contend they dare not grieving helps not O poore revenge conquest or passion art thou in authority avoid it it loses love lessons respect towards thee procures ill will unto and hard words of thee and is a treat disgrace and blemish to thee Envy no mans honour wish every one as much as he desires or deserves but in advancing his owne let him not impaire another mans Doe well speak truth boast not so win honour and weare it else look for shame instead of credite If he might have his desire he would choose those if he knew them that have the worst opinion of him and best of themselves to be either actors with him or spectators of him in the most perilous imployments where God sayes goe for then he is sure live or dye in the strength of his God to force their acknowledgement of his wel-doing and to stop their injurious mouths against him Why cannot some men give such their due praise whose personall service they especially desire in greatest occasion and danger this their necessity forces that their envy smothers In my conscience the greatest boasters are the poorest doers yet I have observed he that hath mouthed it most hath been thought to doe best I am sure some that lookt big and swore by no small ones were the first that flinched There is no notable service hath fallen out in their time but there are some that will assure you they have beene at it though truth is they were farre enough from it it is a mad world when some get more credite by lying and eracking then others by truth and well-doing He held it neither wit honesty nor valour out of conceited honour to endanger himselfe or others without or beyond command or warrant He is to be esteemed more base then basenesse it selfe that in his place dares not out-dare danger death I will hereafter esteem nothing of any worth that hath not many to detract from it LEt us doe worthily but not lye boast nor detract from others for our honour If thy heart tels thee thou hast discharged thy duty and that no man can truly or dares to thy face say the contrary what needest thou care though others in secret out of malice slander thee Some that desire to have their own miscarriage held no faultâ— will wrest another mans well-doing Among us Souldiers the way to get respect from such as neglect you is to carry your selfe gravely quietly and carelesly towards them taking heed thou givest them no just cause of distaste or advantage against or any way to scorne or abuse you He that can hold his peace hath great advantage a foole cannot keep filence a talker is contemned by others and a trouble to himselfe To discover a mans affections or businesse makes a man contemptible and no way mends the matter To speak in due season
16. As many as vvalk according to this rule peace be on them and mercy Gal. 6 16. Let its vvalk by the same rule Phil. 3 16. Finally my Brethren vvhatsoever things are honest vvhatsoever things are just vvhatsoever things are pure vvhatsoever things are lovely vvhatsoever things are of good report if there be any vertue and if there be any praise think on these things Ph. 4 8. 4 Of passion and sobriety We are men of like passions Act 14 15. A man subject to like passions James 5 17. Their Princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue Hosea 7 16. The foole rageth and is confident Pro. 14 16. Cease from anger and forsake wrath Psal 37 8. A fooles vvrath is presently knowne but a Prudent man covereth shame Pro. 12 16. He that is slow to vvrath is of great understanding but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly Pro. 14 29. A soft answer turneth away vvrath but grievous words stirre up strife Pro. 15 1. A man of great vvrath shall suffer punishment for if thou deliver him yet thou must doe it againe Pro. 19 19. A gâ—ft in secret pacifieth anger and a reward in the bosome strong vvrath Pro. 21 14. Proud and haughty scorner is his name who dealeth in proud wrath Pro. 21 24. A stone is heavy and the sand vveighty but a fools vvrath is 〈◊〉 then both Pro. 27 3. Wrath is cruell and anger is out 〈◊〉 Pro. 27 4. Give place unto wrath Ro. 12.19 Be angry and sinne out let not the Sâ—nne goe downe upon your vvrath neither gâ—ve place to the Devill Eph. 4 26 27. Let all bitternesse and vvrath and anger and claimour and evill speaking be put away from you Epâ— 4 31. Be slow to wrath for the vvrath of â—â—n vvorketh not the righteouâ—nesse of God James 1 19 20. Be â—â—â— hasty tâ— thy spirit to be angry for anger resteth in the bosoms of fooles Eccl. 7 9. As vvrathfull man stirreth up strife but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife Pro. 15 18. He that is slow to anger is better then the mighty and he that ruâ—â—oâ—h his spirit then she that taketh a City Pr. 15 32. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger and it is his glory to passe over a transgression Pro. 19 11. He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly Pro. 14 17. It is better to dwell in the Wildernesse then vvith a contentious and an angry vvoman Pro. 21 19 9 25 24. Make no friendship vvith an angry man and vvith a furious man thou shall not goe least thou learne his vvayes and get a snare to thy soul Pro. 22 24 25. An angry man stirreth up strife and a furious man aboundeth in transgression Pro. 29 22. Not soon angry T it 1 7. The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge Isa 32 4. And to doe nothing rashly Acts 19 36. Patient not a brauler Tim. 3 3 No braulers but gentle Tit. 3 2. Put away from thee a frâ—ward mouth and perverse lips put farre from thee Pro. 4 24. He that is of it perverse heart shall be despised Pro. 12 8 He that is perverse in his wayes despiseth the Lord Prov. 14 2. He that hath a froward heart fâ—â—deth no good and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischiefe Pro. 17 20. He that is perverse in his vvays shall fall at once Pro. 28 18. He that perverteth his vvayes shall be knowne Pro. 10 9. The Counsell of the froward is carried headlong Job 5 13. A froward heart shall depart from me Psâ—l 101 4. They are froward in their paths Pro. 2 15. The froward is an abomination to the Lord Pro. 3.32 11.20 A naughty person a wicked man vvalketh with a froward mouth Pro. 6 1â— The froward mouth doe I have Pro. 8 13. The froward tongue shall be out out Pro. 10 31. The vvay of a man is froward and strange Pro. 21 8. Thornes and snares are in the vvay of the froward he that doth keep his soule shall be farre from them Pro. 22 5. Let us vvatch and be sober 1 Thes 5 6. Sober of good behaviour 1 Tim. 3.2 11. Sober just holy temperate Tit. 1 8. Likewise exhort to be sober-minded Tit. 2 6. Gird up the loynes of your mind be sober 1 per. 1 13. Be ye therefore sober and watch 1 pet 4 7. Be sober be vigilant 1 pet 5 8. I speak forth the words of truth and sobernesse Acts 26 25. We should live soberly righteously and godly in this present World Tit. 2 12. The fruit of the Spirit is meeknesse temperance against such there is no law Eph. 5 22 23. Adde to knowledge temperance 2 pet 1 6. Let your moderation be knowne unto all men the Lord is at hand phil 4 5. Wise men turne away vvrath prov 29 8. 5 Of pride and humility The feare of the Lord is to have evil pride arrogancy pro. 8.13 When pride commeth then commeth shame but with the lowly is vvisdome pro. 11 2. Onely by Pride commenth contentention but vvith the lowly is wisdome Prov. 11.12 Onely by pride commeth contention but with the vvell-advised is vvisdome pro. 13 10. Pride goeth before destruction and an haughty spirit before a fall pro. 16 18. A mans pride shall bring him low but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit pro. 29 23. Those that vvalke in pride he is able to abase Dan. 4 37. A perpetuall desolation this shall they have for their pride Zeph. 2.9 10. He smiteth through the proud Job 26 12. Look on every one that is proud and bring him low Job 40 12 11 Him that hath an high look and a proud heart vvill I not suffer psal 101 5. Though the Lord be high yet hath he respect unto the lowly but the proud he knoweth a farre off psal 138 6. A proud look doth the Lord hate pro. 6 16 17. Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord pro. 16 5. Better it is to be of an humble spirit vvith the lowly then to divide the spoyle vvith the proud pro. 16.19 An high look and a proud heart and the plowyng of the vvicked is sinne pro. 21 4. He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife pro. 28 25. He that trusteth in his owne heart is foole but vvhoso walketh vvisely shall be delivered pro. 28 26. The patient in spirit is better then the proud in spirit Eccl. 7 8 God resisteth the proud but giveth grace to the humble James 4 5. 1 pet 5 5. Lord my heart is not haughty nor mine eyes lofty psal 131.1 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty and before honour is humility pro. 18.12 the haughty shall be humbled Isa 10.33 Thou wilt bring downe high looks Psal 18 28. Boast not thy selfe oâ— to morrow for thou knowest not vvhat a day may bring forth let another prâ—ise thee and not thine owne mouth a stranger and not thine owne lips pro.