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A52032 A tender visitation in the love of God unto all people everywhere particularly unto the inhabitants of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Bristol, and to my neighbours in and about Tetherton, Calloways, and the adjacent towns and villages / by Charles Marshall. Marshall, Charles, 1637-1698. 1684 (1684) Wing M744; ESTC R28809 14,556 25

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of the expectation we had from some Relations and should we go to Markets and Fairs Psal 24.11 and use but few and savoury Words in our Dealing as the fear of the Lord teacheth and refuse to drink to Excess Psal 5.8.12 beyond what Nature requires for its nourishment and refreshment and not be vainly Merry as in times past we were Prov. 2.15.20 Prov. 4.19 should be a Derision and a By-Word and scorned by such who have been our Companions in those things in times past And this might be very hard to bear not only to us but also some nearest Relations To which I Answer If any should meet with such Exercises as these for turning from Sin and Evil Ps 139.24 and ceasing to walk in the Broad Way which many walk in as aforesaid there is no cause to be discouraged Ps 119.104 for those saith the Scripture that depart from Iniquity make themselves a Prey Psal 69.12 And the Servants of the Lord were the song of the Drunkard And the Apostle saith 1 Pet. 4.1 2 3 4 5. Wherein they think it strange that you run not with them to the same excess of Riot speaking Evil of you who shall give an Account to him that is ready to judge the Quick and Dead Psal 58.11 So look over all the Reproaches you meet with for Righteousness sake Prov. 2.12 13. Psal 71.7 Psal 71.8 Mark 8.34 Luke 9.23 Rom. 8.18 For ye may remember how Christ Jesus the Lord was Reproached for following whom ye may be reproached But after ye are exercised in the Narrow Way taking up the Cross of Christ Jesus despising the shame you will feel that Soul-satisfaction inward Peace and divine Consolation that will administer that heavenly Content that will out-ballance all Exercises and Tryals of this Nature so that you will have often cause to magnifie the Lord Psal 71.15 16. and to say He is good and abounding in his Love and Tender Mercies over the workmanship of his own Hand who hath visited our Souls when we were posting on in the Broad Way of Destruction Rom. 3.16 17. and had only a Profession by the hearing of the Ear of God Christ and his Kingdom Scriptures Religion and once a Week confessing We were miserable Sinners erring and straying from the right Way of the Lord but knew not the True Repentance Acts 3.19 which is alwayes accompanied with a true forsaking Sin and Iniquity But the God of the Hebrews hath met with us Acts 17.30 31. Joh. 1.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. who beheld us as Bond-Slaves in spiritual Egypt and he hath visited our Souls with his heavenly Morning of Light by which we have seen our sinful Ways and Life in Iniquity and vain Worships which was so far from being performed in the Spirit that we were some of that number in our Parish that despised the Spirit Luke 10.16 and mocked them that worship in it which is the Antient Worship Christ Jesus set up above sixteen hundred years ago as ye may read Jefus said unto the Woman John 4.23 24. The hour cometh and now is the true Worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth for the Father seeketh such to worship him for God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in Truth So we see now that all Worship not performed thus in the Spirit and Truth hath no Acceptance with the holy righteous and equal God of tender Mercies and Compassions through whose favour we contemn and despise all the Reproaches for his Name-sake Heb. 11.26 1 Pet. 4.14 rather chusing to suffer Reproaches with a People truly fearing God and eschewing Evil than live in the Pleasures of Sin which is but for a season 2 Thes 1.6 7 8 9. Luke 16.23 24 25 28. and then ends in Torment Pains Miseries and Astonishment beyond all expressions of Words c. Now where any poor travelling Souls are thus exercised in coming out of the Broad Way into the Narrow Way of Life Eternal and inwardly waiting on the Lord receiving the Instruction of his Heavenly Gift Prov. 10.17 such will see and understand more and more of the Heavenly streight Gate and narrow Way and it will be daily more and more easie and delightful to the Obedient so that such will Experience what Christ Jesus saith Take my Yoke on you and learn of me Mat. 11.29 30. for I am meek and lowly in Heart and ye shall find Rest unto your souls for my Yoke is easie and Burthen light The Yoke and Burthen of Christ Jesus is indeed easie when the Mind is subjected unto the saving Grace of God which teacheth as I mentioned before what to deny Ephes 2.5 6 7 8. Psal 119.265 and how to walk so as thou mayst have an answer of Peace in pleasing God the Fountain of all our Mercies and then when any mock or scoff thou wilt remember thou wast walking once in Ishmael's way of Scoffing as they are and thou wilt pity them and thy Soul will be concerned for thy Neighbours Relations and Acquaintance crying to the Lord that as he has visited thy Soul through his Grace that brings Salvation and shewed thee Kindness so he would do for thy Neighbours And this leads into the Christian Nature and Spirit not to render Evil for Evil 1 Pet. 3.9 Anger for Anger Scoffing and Reproathing for the same but Good for Evil Love for Hatred praying for them as Christ Jesus did Father forgive them they know not what they do So following this meek Lamb of God the Saviour of Mankind thou wilt have an encreased sight of the difference between a Christian in Name and a Christian in Nature A Christian in Name is such that have only an outside Profession of Christianity God Christ the Scriptures and Religion drawing near to the Lord with the Lips Isa 29.13 Mark 7.6 and honouring him with the Mouth whilst the Heart is going after Sin and Vanity and is far from Righteousness c. A Christian in Name and Profession of Christianity only is a Talker of the narrow Way and streight Gate but is a Walker in the broad Way having a Name to live Rom. 11.28 29. but is dead in Sins and Trespasses But a True Christian in the divine Nature is Circumcised inward and is a Jew inward one that is born again without which Christ Jesus saith there cannot be an entring into the Kingdom of Heaven Joh. 3.5 so is really changed in Nature Joh. 15.11 and cut off from the wild Olive and planted into the true Vine the Divine Nature from whence Fruits of Christianity are brought forth here the Circumcision is not that of the Flesh John 5.4 but that of the Spirit A Christian in the Divine Nature is one that hath followed the Lamb in the Regeneration and so hath put off the evil corrupt Nature and now