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A59766 The practical Christian divided into four parts. I. The practice of self-examination, and a form of confession fitted thereunto; the Lord's Praier and penitential Psalms paraphrased; with meditations, and praiers to be made partakers of Christ's merits. II. Directions, meditations and praiers, in order to the worthy receiving of the Holy Communion of the body and bloud of Christ. III. Meditations with Psalms for the hours of praier, the ordinary actions of day and night, with other religious considerations and concerns. IV. Meditations with Psalms--- upon the four last things; 1. Death, 2. Judgment, 3. Hell, 4. Heav[en.] The third and fourth parts make the second volume, formerly called the second part. By R. Sherlock D.D. Rector of Winwick. Sherlock, R. (Richard), 1612-1689. 1677 (1677) Wing S3243; ESTC R221137 111,932 313

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the earth shall be filled with his majesty Amen Amen † Psal 72.18 19. The following Hymn of Ananias Azarias and Misael is in some Liturgies prescribed to be used after the Blessed Eucharist Tres pueri jussu Regis missi sunt in fornacem non timentes flammam ignis at dicentes Benedictus es Domine Hallelujah Verse 1. O ALL ye works of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever a By this rhetorical invocation upon all creatures we stir up our own minds in by and for them all to praise the Lord. 2. O ye Angels of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever b The Angels are called Morning-stars for the light of their Understanding which most eminently shines in their praises of the Lord begun in the very morning of the Creation and continued to all eternity Job 38 7. Rev. 4.8 3. O ye Heavens bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever c The heavens declare the glory of God and the Firmament sheweth his Psal 19.1 4. O ye Waters that be above the firmament bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever d All creatures even the most irrational do praise the Lord 1. By Excitement in that the con●●deration of their vast number and distinct nature their beauty and variety their use and excellency their instincts and operations do excite all Angels and all men to revere the Power to admire the Wisedom to adore the Greatness to love the Goodness and to be ravished with the Perfections of the Lord which do so eminently appear in all the works of his hands Rom. 1.19 20. 2. By Obedience in that all created Beings do regularly obey the law imposed upon each both according unto and sometimes against their natural inclinations as in the example of these Three Children in the fiery furnace not consumed which is at large declared Wisedom 16.17 18 3. By the Benefit and Comfort we receive from them which is therefore particularly to be considered upon the mention of every Creature that in and for each we may with the more alacrity and devotion praise the Lord. 5. O all ye Powers of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 6. O ye Sun and Moon bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 7. O ye Stars of heaven bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 8. O ye Showrs and Dew bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 9. O ye Winds of God bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 10. O ye Fire and Heat bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 11. O ye Winter and Summer bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 12. O ye Dews and Frosts bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 13. O ye Frost and Cold bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 14. O ye Ice and Snow bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 15. O ye Nights and Days bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 16. O ye Light and Darkness bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 17. O ye Lightnings and Clouds bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 18. O let the Earth bless the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 19. O ye Mountains and all Hills bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 20. O all ye Green things upon the earth bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 21. O ye Wells bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 22. O ye Seas and Flouds bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 23. O ye Whales and all that move in the waters bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 24. O all ye Fowls of the air bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 25. O all ye Beasts and Cattell bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 26. O ye Children of men bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever * After all the works of the Lord Man is excited to praise him who made all things for the use of Man and Man for his praise in the use and consideration of them 27. O let Israel bless the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever f But the Church and people of God are most specially bound to praise God in his works as to whom alone they are sanctified in their use both natural and divine 28. O ye Priests of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever 29. O ye Servants of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever g It is the constant and common work both of the Priests and people of God in his Church militant 30. O ye Spirits and Souls of the righteous bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever h and of his Saints in his Church triumphant to praise the Lord. Psal 84.4 31. O ye Holy and Humble men of heart bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever i The humble are encouraged to praise the Lord because he hath respect to the lowly but as for the proud he beholdeth them afar off Psal 138.6 32. O Ananias Azarias and Misael bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever k They who have received any signal Deliverances are engaged to be the more frequent and servent in praising the Lord for their Redemption both general and particular Glory be to the Father The Praier O God who didst miraculously asswage the fury of the fiery Furnace that it touched not to harm thy Three Servants when cast thereinto vouchsafe to allay all exorbitant heats of Concupiscence in my heart Let not any vicious fires inflame my Affections but quench them all through Faith in the Bloud of my dear Redeemer and by the sweet influences of thy Holy Spirit the Breath of Heaven and so shall my Soul bless thee and praise thee and magnify thy Holy Name for ever Amen Blessed be the Holy and undivided Trinity now and for evermore Amen The End
thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them c. Examination by the Second Commandment 1. Deut. 4.15 c. HAve you not in your phantasie misrepresented the most pure and spiritual God under any bodily shape or visible being whatsoever 2. Have you not served the creature more then the Creatour making a God of the World by Ambition Rom. 1.25 Col. 3.5 Phil. 3.19 and Cavetousness which is Idolatry or a God of your Belly by Luxury and the too much indulging of carnal delights 3. Ezek. 14.4 Ps 81.9.12 2 Cor. 10.5 Deut. 4.2 Heb. 13. ● Have you not set up your idols in your own heart idolized your own imaginations by believing and worshipping God otherwise then himself hath prescribed either immediately in his Holy Word or mediately by the Ministry of his holy and true Church 4. Have you worshipped God as with all internal devotion of Soul so also with all external humble and low prostration of Body Ps 95.6 1 Cor. 6.20 For in being forbidden to fall down to serve Idols or any false gods you are thereby bidden to fall down in serving the Lord. 5. If you abhor Idols Rom. 2.22 examine if you have not been guilty of Sacrilege which is to rob God in Tiths and Offerings Mal. 3.8 or of whatsoever is devoted to his Service Both of which sins are equally condemned by this Law for as by Idolatrie God is robbed in his service so by Sacrilege in the support and maintenance of his service The Third Commandment Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain c. Examination by the Third Commandment HAve you not profaned the Name of God either 1. In your Thoughts by entertaining any misbecoming apprehensions of God's Majesty and such as are vain and mean and far below the Name of God Ps 99 3. which is great wonderful and holy Or 2. Jam 2.7 In your Words by any scurrilous and irreverent discourses of God or impertinent and unseemly addresses unto him Or 3. In your Actions by the ungodliness and injustice of your conversation 2 Sam. 12 14. Rom. 2.23 24. giving occasion to others to blaspheme his Name 4. Have you taken no * Lev. 19.12 Matt. 5.34 Jam. 5.12 false and unlawful Oaths nor yet been guilty of too ordinary customary swearing in discourse Ps 109.17 Jam. 3.10 or cursing by the dreadful Name of God which is onely to be mentioned for adoration and blessing 5. Ezek. 17.18 19. Zach. 8.17 Have you carefully observed those lawful Oaths you have taken in order to subjection to higher powers nor yet have taken any that have been contrary thereunto 6. Have you to the utmost of your power observed all just promises made unto others Psal 15.4 though to your prejudice in your outward affairs And because the Name of God is to be honoured in all things that have his Name enstamped thereupon Lev. 21.6 Deut. 28.58 ●er 34.15 16. you may therefore upon this Commandment examine as to the duties you owe first to the Word secondly to the Sacraments thirdly to the House of God As to the Word of God 1. Have you a far more venerable esteem for the Word of God 1 Thess 2.13 then for the word of man though spoken in the Pulpit wisely distinguishing betwixt the divine inspiration of the one and the humane invention of the other 2. Do you believe unfeignedly all that God hath spoken in his Holy Word Psal 19.7 c. whether by doctrine or example promises or threatnings and have the promises of God's Word allured you to obey its precepts and the threats confirmed by examples deterred you from doing what is therein prohibited Ps 90.11 3. Have you not placed your Religion in the bare reading of Holy Scriptures and hearing of Sermons without due consideration of the weight and true meaning of what you have heard or read Mar. 4.24 and without the careful practice thereof in your life Jam. 2.22 4. 2 Pet. 1.20 2 Pet. 3.16 1 Tim. 6.3 4 5. Tit. 3.9 Have you not made your own private interpretation of Scriptures nor wrested any Text to another sense then the Holy Spirit of God intended therein either to please your own fancy or maintain some private opinion or to minister to contention and dispute 5. Have you not used the Word of God in ordinary and common talk either to excite to merriment and laughter or to shew your own wit and secretly boast of your reading and readiness therein As to the Sacraments which Christ hath ordained in his Church 1. In general Have you a very high and holy esteem for those blessed means of Grace and mysteries of Salvation Joh. 3.5 and 6.53 believing unfeignedly the great necessity and efficacy both of Baptism and the Lord's Supper and not upon any pretexts or pretences neglecting the devout and reverend use of either as occasion and opportunitie hath been offered 2. Have you not profaned the consecrated Elements of either Sacrament Act. 10.14 15. by esteeming and using them as common things 3. As to Baptism in particular your grand dutie is to examine your self frequently by that solemn Vow you made when Christened confessing and bewailing your manifold transgressions thereof and daily renewing your Covenant with God resolving and promising daily to forsake the Devil the World and the Flesh and devoting your self to the sacred service of God by a true and lively Faith and Obedience to his Commandments The breach of which Vow unto God is a greater offence then that of ordinary Swearing because in the one God is but call'd upon as a witness but in the other he is a party concerned Concerning the Sacrament of the holy Body and Bloud of Christ examine 1. How often you have neglected to come Is 55.1 2 3. being invited to that blessed Feast And here consider the causes of this sin which are 1. ignorance of your Duty Isa 5.13 joyned with a slothful and careless neglect to take pains for instruction or apply your self to your Pastour for direction 2. 1 Cor. 11.28 29. Isa 55.7 the terrour of unworthy receiving considered but the duty to receive not remembred 3. impenitence and continuance in sin preferr'd before the Sacred Religious actions of a due preparation and devout participation of that Bread of life 2. Notwithstanding which impediments examine have you not presumed to come to that Sacred Feast being ignorant of the nature of the ends and benefits thereof and so received the same unworthily 1 Cor. 11.27 29. not discerning the Lord's body Or having knowledge 3. Have you accordingly prepared your self aright to come unto that celestial banquet and that 1. by a through examination of your self 1 Sam. 7.6 Jam. 4.8 9 10. Act. 3.19 to find out your sins and failings 2.