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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03030	Meditations miscellaneous, holy and humane	Henshaw, Joseph, 1603-1679.	1637 (1637)	STC 13171; ESTC S122577	25,437	149

gold and silver which it prides in are veines in this earth the clothes which thou wearest were the cloathing of some beast or the labour of some Worme or at the best of a man like thy selfe think then with what vile things thou art made fine which yet do but make thee so in the esteeme of others not truly so in thy selfe and doe but hide those parts which thou art ashamed to shew not adorne that inner part which doth truly shew thee therefore to bee so much a Christian to prefer that part which thou hast common with Christ in respect of his humane nature thy reasonable soule or so much a man not to preferre that part which thou hast common with the beast an earthly body If thou art a Master let thy family be aw'd rather by thy example then thy word be angry for small faults it will prevent greater commend and encourage those that doe well they will do better commendations of former goodnesse is a provocation to more Thinke upon this life as a current ever running do not hope to live long but be assur'd not to live still and account it thy comfort that thou shalt one day dye to wish thy selfe ever upon earth is to wish thy selfe ever out of heaven Be imploy'd only in such wayes as thou wouldst not blush to be met in Thamar goes disguis'd when to play the harlot tell nothing of another which thou wouldst not have told him believe nothing of another which thou mayst not tell doe not construe seriously what is spoken but in jest and forbeare those jests which may be construed to earnest heare no ill of a friend but reply and speake no ill though of an enemy In thy house let thy entertainment bee free not costly bid thy friends welcome to thy ability not beyond it never make one meal so as thou must be faine to fetch it up out of many be hospitable but provident thinke nothing too much for thy friends which is not too much for thy estate hospitality bids thy friends welcome and providence makes thee able to bid them welcome if hospitality be the life of neighbour-hood providence is the life of hospitality he is not thy friend that expects more than thou art well able thou art not thine owne friend if thou doest lesse to live above thy meanes is folly to live too farre below thy means is a disparagement doe all like thy selfe so as may neither weaken thy respect nor thy estate Love not ill company left thou learn the ill of the company it is hard not to bee like the company thou keepest it is rare if we deny not Christ in Caiphas his house with Solomon it is hard having the Ethiopian without her Idols we see people change their complexion with the Climate Vessels smell of the liquor they containe by ordinary communication in the wayes of sinners without a great deale of care you will communicate with their sinne With the froward thou wilt learne frowardnesse he that goes to the meetings of wicked men will come a wicked man out or to say the best worse than he went in for thy conversation let this bee thy rule if thy company bee better imitate them if worse convert them if equall and as thou art joyne with them Feed the poore often at thy dore sometime at thy Table whatsoever thou givest to Christ in his members he will one day give back againe to thee in thy person it is but just if God deny thee thy daily bread if thou daily deny him the crummes Let it not trouble thee what is talk'd of thee when thou art absent more than what will be talk'd of thee when thou art dead an ill report doth not make thee an ill man be carefull to doe nothing that deserves to be ill spoken of let it not trouble thee to bee ill spoken of undeservedly Let thy prayers be frequent thy wants are so and thy thanksgivings frequent thy blessings are so pray daily at home and if thou canst at Church God is every where but there hee hath promised to be misse not the confession and absolution unlesse thou hast no sinnes to confesse or carest not to bee forgiven them Thinke not the worse of the ordinances of God for the sinnes of the Preacher those that are ill themselves may yet be instruments of good to others God hath promised his blessing to the thing not to the person the sacrifices of Elies sons were effectuall for the people it is not the peoples fault that the Preacher is wicked and as it is without their fault so it is without their prejudice it was our blessed Saviours of the Pharisees After their sayings doe ye wee must follow their sayings whose deeds we may not thou mayest not refuse the word of God from any if they teach what they should though they doe not what they teach the wickednesse of the messenger doth not abate the power of the meanes as the intemperance and debauchednesse of the Physitian doth not hinder the working of the physick Remember often that thou art a Christian and doe nothing that may disprove it be not a law to thy selfe but be regulated by that which is a law to us all the word of God study not much how to make thy life longer but better consider that the longer thou art here the longer thou art from God let it be thy care rather to lead a good life than a long endeavour to thy ability to do wel and grieve that thou canst not do better doe not wrong to others forgive the wrongs which others doe thee strive what thou canst to keepe a good name but rather a good conscience if men mistake thee comfort thy selfe that God which shal reward thee doth not looke upon the necessities of others not as a stranger but a member as thou would'st have God looke upon thine be good to all God is so but with a difference Especially to the houshold of faith cherish no sin in thy selfe countenance none in another acquaint thy selfe rather with the commandements of God than the decrees and conclude of thy salvation to thy selfe rather by a diligent observing of his reveal'd will than by searching into his secret will let not the changes of this World to preferment or want make thee either fond of thy life or weary of it be contented to live but be desirous to dye To bee dissolv'd and to bee with Christ and if thou canst not attaine to perfection upon earth aime at it Let thy first care be to be good thy selfe thy next care to make others so be not a Christian in shew only yet in every thing shew thy selfe a Christian doe nothing but what is good and speake nothing but what is truth hee is the best Christian that speakes well and doth as hee speakes If thou would'st know who is a Christian he Whose holy words are seconded with deeds For by the fruit we must judge of the tree Men

it is a greater offence to justifie a sin than to fall into it Love but not bee fond of the body to love it is a duty to be fond of it is a sin let the fare bee such as may neither impaire the health of it nor the devotion the apparell neat not chargeable not mimically in nor ridiculously out of fashion such as may agree with thy estate thy yeares thy profession not at all to invent and slowly to take up a fashion and that rather because thou would'st not be singular than because thou likest it and as may shew thee willing to be constant but not obstinate Let thy recreations bee short and diverting such as may rather fit thee for businesse than rob thee of time long and tedious sports do rather take away the stomacke to serious things than whet it he that makes recreation a businesse will think businesse a toyle Submit to every fortune and like it not place felicity in wealth greatnesse to be without and yet not to want these or to want and yet not desire them to be able to manage a great estate and to beare a mean to like Gods will even when it crosseth thine cheerefully to passe over crosses yet to take notice of them to be patient but not without sense to bee sorrowfull but not without hope not to grow great by corruption not to grow proud with greatnesse not to grow strange to others in a high estate or think God so to thee or you so to him in a meane not to ebbe and flow with thy condition and be either supercilious or dejected to take the changes of this world without any great change in thy selfe he that is contented ever with what hee is makes himselfe happy without a fortune Thinke of death as a thing certaine it may be at hand that Physitians dye that Kings in this are Subjects some like crude fruit are pluckt off by casualty others like over-ripe drop off with age old young there are graves of all sizes to endeavour therfore rather to procure eternall life than to prolong this and use meanes rather to sweeten death than to defer it Learne not to thinke of the things of this world as of things of continuance and to use the things of this world not as an owner but a Steward so thou wilt bee neither loth to leave them nor afraid to account for them Doe curtesies to thy friend not w th hope to receive greater and receive curtesies of thy friend as if thou hadst done none think of requiting the good w ch thou receivest though thou deservest it expect no requitall of that good which thou doest though undeserved lest failing of what thou expectest thou repent of what thou hast done and losest the praise of thy goodnesse by looking after the reward of it Commend no man to his face and censure no man behinde his back if thou knowest any good thing of him tell it others if any ill or vice tell it himselfe so by telling others of his good parts thou wilt procure for him a good opinion and by telling him and admonishing him of his faults thou wilt make him deserve that good opinion Abstaine not only from ill but from the appearance of it lest thou heare ill undeservedly or doe ill unawares Let thy discourse be neither light nor unseasonable such as may call either thy goodnesse in question or thy judgement if thou canst not speak wel say nothing so if others be not bettered by thy silence yet they shall not be made worse by thy discourse Thinke meanly of thine owne sufficiency though others thinke not so look much upon thy defects and little upon thy good parts and think that thou art short not only of what thou oughtst but of others that that which thou know'st is nothing to that of which thou art ignorant and therefore to labour rather truly to know thy selfe than to make those small parts superficially knowne to others Scorn not to be better'd by the good example of others and be carefull not to make others worse with thine do nothing in which thou would'st not be imitated and imitate nothing which thou know'st is not fit to be done it is a fault to do what thou should'st not it is none to learne what thou should'st doe of any Thinke in the morning what thou hast to do this day and at night what thou hast done and doe nothing upon which thou mayest not boldly aske Gods blessing nor as neer as thou canst nothing for which thou shalt need to ask his pardon let thy first care be not to do ill thy next care to repent of it account often with thy selfe thy last account will be the lesse be not afraid to looke upon thy score but be afraid to increase it to despaire because thou art sinfull is to be worse because thou hast beene so bad Bee thy life like his that must Account and hath it but in trust Let the actions of thy youth Answer not the times but truth Let thy words be modest few Thy opinions firme not new Thy mirth plausible not vaine Not abusive not profane Live not onely to the eye Sin is sin though none be by Witnesses doe onely prove Not make guilty and true love Of virtue more esteemes in ought So to bee than to bee thought 'T is weaknesse to eschew the scarre Not the ulcer preferre Esteeme to truth deeds must be Such as God approves not we Bee in private what you seeme In publick view and not deeme All things lawfull that are hid Not what 's seen but what 's forbid is unjust And onely what wee may we must Be not wicked with advantage nor be drawne to doe a gainefull sinne not thinke that godly which is gainefull but thinke that gain enough which is with godlinesse he that makes his commodity the measure of his actions for a morsell of bread that man will transgresse Ever learne to be ever contented with what thou hast in as much as there is nothing which by the appointment of God doth not happen unto thee and to dislike what God doth is to do what God dislikes and make that a sin which was before but a punishment and as it might have beene used a blessing to finde fault with God is to make a fault in our selves that which God doth may be harsh it cannot be unjust or if that state which thou hast be bad yet that which thou hopest for is better Thinke not well of thy selfe though others think so yet to give no occasion to any to thinke otherwise and give the glory of both to God both of thy good parts and their good opinion Every morning take leave of the things of this World as thinking thou mayest part with them before night and every night to examine the imployment of that day as thinking thou mayest account for it before morning he that is ever providing for his going wil lesse increase his account by tarrying