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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30588	The seaman's spiritual companion, or, Navigation spirituallized being a new compass for seamen consisting of thirty-two points : directing every Christian how to stear the course of his life through all storms and tempests : fit to be read and seriously perused by all such as desire their eternal welfare / published for a general good, but more especially for those that are exposed to the danger of the seas by William Balmford, a well-wisher to seamen's eternal welfare and recommended to the Christian reader by J.F. ; to which is prefixt a preface by Benj. Keach, the author of War with the Devil.	Balmford, William.	1678 (1678)	Wing B609; ESTC R28344	69,700	162

a soul-consuming flame More bright than Phebus in the Southern skies Like to devouring fire in his eyes His voice is like a soul amazing thunder That fills the massie earth with dread and wonder But now I think I hear some make reply If thus I do behold his Face I die His terror frights me O I am undone I am unclean O whether shall I run If Holy Angels be not pure how then Can I be sav'd that am a sinful man If God be Holy thou must be no less Thou must behold Gods Face in Righteousness Then I 'll assure thee when thou dost awake His Image will full satisfaction make By wake I mean thy being rais'd from Grave When thou a full and perfect sight shalt have Of that great glory Moses could not see With which thou then shalt satisfied be And that thou may his Beauty then behold With joy remember that thou hast been told He is a Holy Spirit wherefore he In Spirit and in Truth must worshipt be By that pure Light that in the Soul doth shine Proceeding from the Spirit of God Divine And by the strength and vigor of thine own Must thy unfeigned Love to God be shown Alas say some this is but fruitless talk For that no man can thus unspotted walk Shew me the man that never doth transgress Or him who thus sees God in righteousness ●f none but man thus holy can enjoy This blessed state Gods presence will destroy The universe the best of men do not Live without sin none is without his spot To this I say the God of Earth and Heaven Considering mans weakness hath given His Son his onely Son whom he hath set To be our Surety and to pay our debt Christ is our Eastern Point he is that Light Whose morning brightness doth expel the Night All you that sail for Heaven be sure you learn To know this Eastern Point 't is your concern And first remember Christ hath quit that score That Adam left to pay it shall no more Be reckon'd for for he hath paid that debt Which on our score for Adams sin was set Behold the Lamb of God behold I say That blessed Lamb that took our sins away That holy Lamb of God the King of Kings That did arise with healing in his Wings He pleads the cause of such as do transgress And willingly he is our righteousness 'T is Christ alone 't is he alone I say That by his glorious rising made a day Till this bright Eastern Morning Star did rise All the whole world in dismal darkness lies He like the glorious Morning Sun came forth And visited all corners of the Earth How dismal is the dark and silent night How comfortable is the morning light Here is thy comfort soul do what you can Christ is that pure perfect holy man He ' as done exactly what thou shouldst have done And God accepts thy doing in his Son Know for thy comfort God is reconcil'd To sinful man by Christ that holy Child A body was prepar'd him for thy sake For nothing else could reconcilement make Thy weakness in Christ is all suppli'd By him alone thou must be justifi'd ●hrist doth not only fill the world with light ●ut as a way-mark guids thy steps aright ●nto the Father tells thee there is none ●omes to the Father but by him alone The third thing in this Point thou art to learn ●nd make thy chief concernment to discern ●● is that ownness and sweet unity ●hat is between the Soul and Christ whereby ●hrist and thy Soul is made intirely one ●y the indwelling of the Spirit alone ●● is the Spirit alone that doth unite ●hee unto Christ the spirit gives thee light ●● fills thy soul with light thy heart with praise ●y which thou mayst behold those golden raies ●hich darts into thy soul gives thee a glance ●f thy adoption and assurance ●hus knowing North and East the South doth follow ●ext to be known it is the spirit doth hallow ●nd sanctifie the soul and change the nature Converts the man and makes him a new creature ●enewed in himself he 's born anew ●o all unholiness he bids adiew ●e that doth put on Christ will surely find ●o great an alteration in his mind ●here's nothing now with which he 's so delighted As holiness which he before had slighted The love of Christ casts such a warm reflection ●pon the soul it stirs up his affection ●his Soul like Mary's melted into tears ●ith which she washt Christs feet thought not her hairs Although her ornament too good to foul To dry his Feet his love so melts her soul Her sins were many made her love abound Because so vile a wretch had mercy found What I saith such a soul who no eye piti'd Defild with sin and are my sins remitted Shall I be guilty of so great a folly That 's washt from sin and shall I be unholy He whose dear love did take away my sin Will hate and loath me if I sin again When Christ did clear that sinful womans score He gave charge she should sin no more How miserable was thy state when he At first had thoughts of pity upon thee Polluted in thy Blood he passes by Beheld thee and did cast a gracious eye Of Pity Did both grace and mercy give Said to thy loathed soul O sinner live Upon thy head he puts a crown of gold And makes thee fair and lovely to hehold Then doth present thee as a Virgin clear Before the Father doth espouse thee there Thou must be holy now and sanctifi'd Laying thy former sins and lusts aside You heaven born souls think and remembe● how Unsuitable it is how much below A Saint it is to sin whose holy dress Like to a sacred garment must express Whose Spouse thou art O do not give consen● To live in sin sin stains thy ornament ●o'iness is Saints lustre makes them shine ●● tells thine enemies thou art divine ●ow high is Christ advanc'd in Christians when ●n mortifi'd doth make them holy men ●hrist's like the glory of the Southern Sun ●t height in Christians when this work is done ● Christian now is in a line direct ●o God the Father may have full aspect ●ook from the South the North is just before ye ●o Saints in holiness may see Gods glory ●nd hence it was that Abraham did discover ●he glory of the Lord From hence moreover Moses that holy man of God contemns ●ll Egypts glory counterfeiting Jems Moses by faith sees holiness rewarded ●hinks Egypts glory not to be regarded ●e did esteem of Israels distess Above the glory that he might possess ●n Pharoahs Court his faith bore evidence ●nto that Heaven promis'd recompence But secondly consider as the light ●s contrary to darkness day to night ●o sin and holiness do hate each other ●nd in one place they cannot dwell together ●ut as the Sun when shining bright and clear Doth make nights sable shadows disappear And as the gloomy

they sin their very Lives away But that they cannot For God did create Man in a pure good and perfect State And God who of Man's Life was the first Giver Appointed means that Man might live for ever And gave to him the Tree of Life to eat A sacred Fruit a Life-preserving Meat Man did procure his Death at second-hand By wilful breaking of the Lords Command But God not willing to cast Man away Prepared for his Life another Day Christ by the Name o' th' Woman's Seed wa● give● That Man who dy'd on Earth might live in Heaven If after this Man stubbornly Rebell Though Man shall live yet it shall be in Hell A Place prepar'd for Satan's Punishment Yet must Rebellious Disobedient Be sharers with him live in endless Woe His Life being purchased it must be so Wherefore mind this Point well that so yo● may Steering by Compass rightly find your Way West South-West Beholding Death as it at first came in As the deserved Wages of our sin It hath a dreadfull Sting that none can bear The Approach of Death doth fill Men's Heart with fea● 'T is call'd The King of Terrors well it may And therefore Man from Death would fly away It is the Holy sanctified Man Yea such a One it is that only can Say unto Death Where is thy Sting O Grave Where is that Victory thou' rt wont to have True Sanctity is such a precious thing Makes Death all Honey takes away the Sting● 'T is not devouring Monsters of the Seas Nor Sword nor Fire by Land 't is none of these Nor Hell inraged Cruel tortures can Make Death be stinging to a Holy Man Death only stings with Poison such as give Way to their Lust and do corruptly live ●hat Man that lives and dyes in wickedness Death stings his Soul with Horror and Distress ●o live in hatred of thy sins is best Which brings us very near unto West West by South And that thou might the better be directed ●o learn this Point let nothing be neglected That may informe thee how to stear aright ●et Earthly things seem empty in thy sight ●'s the vain Pleasures of this World intices ●o frown on Vertue and to smile on Vices 'T was Acan's Golden wedges Beauty did ●tice him to do that he was forbid ● was his Babylonish Garment gay ●hat made both Eyes Heart Hand to stray ●et not the World delude thee with its pleasure And thereby rob thee of Eternal Treasure When Men's affections are so strongly plac't On Earthly things which is but for a blast ●nd Death comes suddainly to call him hence How bitter is it Man would not dispence With Death's sharp Summons but with might and main ●trive to make Death call back his stroke again How loath to bid those present things good Night Which are so sweet and pleasant in thy sight Gardens and Orchards with rich Treasure an● Fair sumptuous Houses joyning to the Land When Death the tydeings of departing brings O saith that Man that loves these present things Shall I now close mine Eyes and lose the sight Of these Enjoyments wherein I delight And sleep in Dust until I rise again And know not whether into Joy or Pain O Death forbear to strike me now and give Me time t' enjoy these Pleasures here and live Thus bitter's Death to those that are in Love With Earthly things and not with things above If therefore on this Point thou wouldst stea● righ● Then let thy Heart by Earthly things set light Love not this World in which thou must no● stay But love that Treasure that abides alway So wilt thou be with holy Paul resolv'd 'T is better be with Christ and be dissolv'd Than live on Earth where Sorrows never cease So shalt thou go unto thy Grave with Peace West Three Quarters of our Christian Compass past It now remains that we unfold the Last We are past the North the East the South an● no● We 're come to West our Sun grows very low The Evening of our pleasant Day is come Our Sun is set and we are hasting Home ●nto the Grave the Earth from whence we came ●or Dust we are and must return to th' same ●arth is our Home our very Home indeed ●ecause from Earth at first we did proceed ●nd though we there a season do remain ●et from the Earth we must return again ●om West to North From Death we go to God ●nd there takes up our Everlasting Bode ●he Body being dead the Earth must have it ●he Spirit doth return to God that gave it ●arth is our Home but not our longest Home ●o Earth we be yet first from God we come ●d thither 't is we must return again ●nd from that time unchangeable remain ●ter the Judgment 's past and Sentence given ●ur constant Home must be in Hell or Heaven From North to East Again we now must pass ●om God to Christ who now appointed is ● be our Judge who will uprightly deal ●d from his Judgment there is no appeal ● Righteous Judgment he will have regard ● give to every one a just Reward ● those that in well-doing seek for Glory ●ernal Joy in Heaven 's prepared for ye ●t unto those that stubbornly Rebell ●ernal Wrath with damned Souls in Hell ●thing but anguish trouble grief and sorrow ●hose dismal Night will never find a Morrow But forasmuch as now we 're come to th' We● We will divide this Quarter like the rest Into eight several Points which we 'll lay dow● All very necessary to be known And forasmuch as now we understand We sail by West unto the Holy Land From the first minute that we draw our Breath We 're sailing towards West draws on to Dea● Let 's mind each Point in this last Quarter w● That in our Knowledge we may there excell It is of absolute necessity For spiritual Seamen that they learn to dy● This needful Lesson Balam understood He knew it was both excellent and good To learn this Lesson O saith he that I Were like th● Righteous when I am to dye O that my later End like his might be Such Good in dying well did Balam see To learn this Lesson well this Rule I 'le gi● If thou would learne to dye first learn to live Then take Directions from this sacred Truth Remember thy Creatour in thy Youth Begin betimes the Morning of thy Dayes Is the fit Season to reform thy Wayes Give God thy strength serve him whilst tho● you● Thy Senses quick thy Understanding strong Defer not thy Repentance untill Night Or Evening of thy Dayes but with Deligh● Let Child-hood learn to live and Youth likew● So wilt thou find sweet Comfort when thou d● ●od calls betimes and if thou dost delay ●o hearken to his Voyce while it is day ●n unexpected Storm may suddainly ●end thee away unto Eternity ●ithout th' advantage of another Season ●onsult then with Flesh or fleshly Reason ●hy Flesh will tell thee that thou