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A04495	The mothers legacie, to her vnborne childe. By Elizabeth Iocelin; Mothers legacie to her unborne childe	Jocelin, Elizabeth, 1596-1622.; Goad, Thomas, 1576-1638. aut	1624 (1624)	STC 14624.5; ESTC S105581	25,697	155

example He made the whole world in six dayes and hee rested the seuenth wherefore hee blessed it Seeing God thus commands thee by his power perswades thee in his mercy and teaches thee both by rule and his owne most gratious example how canst thou bee so deuoid of grace nay of reason as not to obey so iust a Master so mercifull a Father so gracious a Teacher If thou make not a conscience of keeping this day howsoeuer a dull security may possesse thee to flatter thy selfe thou indeed makest conscience of nothing For I am perswaded if thou canst dispence with thy selfe to prophane this day either for thy profit or pleasure thou wilt not sticke vpon the like occasion to breake all the rest of the Commandements one after another Therefore for Christs sake bee watchfull that the Deuill deceiue you not nor none of his instruments draw thee away from this dayes duty Hee is alwaies busie and ready at hand to draw thee away from God but this day without doubt hee doubles all his forces hee will prouoke thine eies to sleepe hee will send heauinesse and dulnesse to thy heart and perhaps paine to thy body if he can so much preuaile any sleight any tricke to stay thee from Gods house and from the Congregation of his people hee will surely vse nay hee will sometimes doe it with religious pretences as to pray at home reade a Sermon study the Scripture and to spend the time in such Christian exercises as are infinitely good at other times But I once heard a religious Preacher affirme and I beleeued him that those who had ability of body to goe to Church and yet out of any euill disposition for good it can hardly bee absented themselues though they prayed they were not heard It behoues thee by how much greater his practises are against thee that day so much the more to fortifie thy selfe against him at no hand let him stay thee from the Church there GOD hath promised to bee present and there hee is Darest thou then silly wretch absent thy selfe from him I know thou darest not Goe then with a heart prepared to pray by prayer and going meditate on Gods great mercies in the creation of the world his greater mercy in redeeming it and mingle with thy meditation prayers that may apply these great blessings to thy selfe So approach and enter with reuerent and feruent zeale the house of GOD and throwing away all thoughts but such as may further the good worke thou art about bend thy knees and heart to God desiring of him his holy Spirit that thou maist ioine with the Congregation in zealous prayer and earnest attention to his word preached And though perhaps thou hearest a Minister preach as thou thinkest weakly yet giue him thine attention and thou shalt finde that hee will deliuer something profitable to thy soule either that thou hast not heard before or not marked or forgotten or not well put in practise And it is fit thou shouldest bee often put in minde of those things concerning thy saluation Thus if thou spend thy time at Church thou wilt bee ready to giue thy selfe to meditate of the holy Word thou hast heard without which truly hearing profiteth little For it is with the soule as with the body though meat bee neuer so wholsome and the appetite neuer so great yet if any ill disposition in the stomacke hinder digestion it turnes not to nourishment but rather proues more dangerous So the Word if after hearing it bee not digested by meditation it is not nourishing to the soule Therefore let the time thou hast to bee absent from Church bee spent in praising God praying to God and applying to thy selfe what thou hast heard If thou hast heard a sinne reproued that thou art guilty of take it for a warning doe it no more If thou hearest of a good action which thou hast ouerslipt striue to recouer time and resolue to put it in act Thus by practising what thou hearest thou shalt binde it to thy memory and by making it thine owne make thy selfe most happy Learne of Isaiah the true obseruation of the Sabbath If thou turne away thy foot from the Sabbath from doing thy will on my holy day and call the Sabbath a delight to consecrate it as glorious to the Lord and shalt honour him not doing thy owne wayes nor seeking thine owne will nor speaking a vaine word Then shalt thou delight in the Lord and I will cause thee to mount vpon the high places of the earth and feed thee with the heritage of Iacob thy father for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Isaiah 58.13 It is a wonder to see how often God hath commanded this one Commandement and yet how slacke we are to keepe it Exod. 31. from the 12. verse is all commanding this againe in the 34.21 and diuers places more Learne then to prepare thy heart early for this day which if thou obseruest well God will blesse thee and thy labours all the weeke Thus farre I haue endeuoured to exhort thee to thy duty towards God 12 Of which the honour due to thy Parents is such a part as cannot bee separated for God commands it Honour thy father and thy mother it is the first Commandement of the second table as Thou shal haue none other Gods but mee is of the first Idolatry being the greatest sin against God and disobedience to parents being the ring-leader in sinnes against man wee are first warned of them as if in case we should fall into them it were too late to auoid the other For if wee once become in heart Idolaters it will be no hard matter to be a bower down to an Image to abuse Gods holy Name and to prophane his Sabbath So if wee dare disobey good Parents at that breach theft murther adultery falsenesse couetousnesse easily enter Nay I dare say if thou breakest either of these Commandements thou breakest all of the first and second Table for as thou canst not bee idolatrous without breaking all the rest so thou canst not bee a disobedient childe but thou art a murderer a double one first of nature in thy selfe which if thy wicked purposes doe not smother will of her selfe breake forth into that duty For an example the story of AEneas Ihewes how much it was obserued by them that receiued not the Commandement from Gods owne mouth as did the Iewes yet he exposed himselfe to all dangers rather than hee would forsake his father Secondly thou art a murtherer of thy father who hauing stored vp all his ioy in thee hath by thy disobedience his gray head brought with sorrow to the graue which God forbid And what difference shall I say is there betweene a disobedient childe and an adulterer the one forsakes her by whom he giueth being vnto others the other despiseth those from whom hee had his owne being Truly this is a fearefull adultery and sinne is a crafty strumpet she will allure thee

oft as the Camelion doth colours it will fit it selfe to all dispositions and which is most strange it will so disguise it selfe that he must be cunning who discernes it from humilitie nay it may lie in thine owne heart and it thou beest not a diligent searcher of thy selfe thou shalt not know it but it thou watch well thou shalt take it for it hath one property that cannot change as the common people beleeue the Deuill cannot alter the shape of one foot It is true of pride that though it bee changed into that Angell of light Humility yet thou maist know it by selfe-loue if thou findest that within thee be sure pride is not farre off For humility will make thee seeme vile in thine owne eyes it will make thee see thine owne faults and confesse them to bee greater than other mens so that thou wilt respect euery man aboue thy selfe But the rules of selfe-conceit are iust contrary they stand on tiptoes reckning their vertues like the proud Pharisie scorning to be like other men Shunne it for thy soules sake for if thou entertaine it it is such a shamelesse flatterer that it will make thee beleeue thou art greater wiser learneder than all the company when indeed thou wilt proue thy selfe the greatest foole of them wearying them all with thy vaine talke Solomon saith Pride goeth before destruction Prou. 16. 18. And a high minde before the fall And our blessed Sauiour the true patterne of humility exhorts vs to learne of him that was lowly and meek in heart Mat. 11. 29. And if we doe so he promises we shall find rest vnto our soules Neither want there curses threatning where perswasions will not serue Whosoeuer exalteth himselfe shall bee humbled Luke 14. 11. Reade the holy Scriptures often and diligently and thou shalt finde continuall threatnings against pride punishment of pride and warnings from pride Thou shalt finde no sinne so heauily punished as this it made Deuils of Angels a beast of great Nabuchodonezzar dogs meat of Iezabel and I will conclude with a good mans saying If all the sinnes reigning in the world were burnt to ashes euen the ashes of pride would bee able to reduce them all againe I know in fewer words there might much more haue beene said against this sinne but I know not who will say so much to thee when I am gone Therefore I desire thou maist bee taught these my instructions when thou art young that this foule sinne may be weeded out before it take deepe root in thy heart I will returne now to my first purpose which is to set thee downe one day for a patterne how I would haue thee spend all the dayes of thy life 6 Therefore auoiding all manner of pride make thy selfe decently ready which being done retire to a place alone where humbling thy selfe vpon thy knees againe renew thy prayers humbly confessing and earnestly desiring forgiuenesse for all thy sinnes and vse Doctor Smiths morning prayer than which I know not a better nor euer did I finde more comfort in any In aduising you to a set forme of prayer I doe not prohibit conceiued Prayer but humbly beg of God to giue you grace to pray often out of your owne meditations according to his will But when it shall please God to call you to the charge of a family I will not direct but deliuer my opinion that then a set forme of prayer is most necessary my reason is that your seruants being vsed to it are alwayes ready to goe along with you in their hearts word for word as you pray and continuance makes them to vnderstand euery word which must needs cause greater deuotion and giue more life to the prayers 7 When you haue finished your priuate prayer be sure that you absent not your selfe from publike prayer if it bee vsed in the house where you liue which ended goe and vse any lawfull creation either for thy profit or pleasure and from all these exercises reserue a time to fit downe to some good study but vse that most that may make thee greatest Diuinitie It will make thee greater richer happier than the greatest Kingdome of the earth though thou couldst possesse it If any man serue me saith Christ him will my father honor If Mordecay were thought so highly honoured by Ahasuerus for a little gay trapping what shall be done to him whom God will honour Therefore if thou desirest honour serue the Lord and thou art sure of it If riches bee thy aime Saint Paul assures thee that Godlinesse is great gaine If thou couet pleasure set Dauids delight before thine eies I haue had more delight in thy testimonies than in all manner of riches Psal. 119. And in the 92. Psalme hee saith Thou Lord hast made mee glad by thy workes In the 4. Psalme Thou hast giuen mee more ioy of heart c. and reading the 91. Psalme thou shalt see what manner of blessings they are that God makes his children merry withall And when thou hast once fixt thy heart to this study it will be so sweet that the more thou learnest the more thou wilt desire and the more thou desirest the more God will loue thee Thou wilt study so well in priuate and practise it in all thy actions publikely thou wilt weigh thy thoughts so euen that thy words shall not bee light and a few lines I will vse to perswade thee to bee aduised in thy words 8 Though it is as much to say Remember thy Creator when thou speakest as if I could vse all the exhortations and tell thee all the perils that belong to speech yet so apt are wee to forget God in our foolish talke that sometimes wee by our discourse would make Gods of our selues Therefore it will not bee amisse to receiue a few instructions though weake from mee for ordering thy speech The morning I haue dedicated to meditation praier good studies and honest recreation The noone time is most vsed for discourse it being all a man can doe while hee eats and it is a time wherein a man ought to bee carefull of his speech hauing before him Gods good blessings to refresh his body and honest company to recreate his minde and therefore ought to bee no way offensiue in his speech either to God or good men But most especially take heed that neither heedlesnesse nor earnestnesse in thy discourse cause thee to take Gods holy Name in vaine but alwaies speake of him with reuerence and vnderstanding Next let not thy neighbour suffer in thy speech but bee rather silent than speake ill of any man though hee deserue it And that thou maist doe thus obserue this rule whensoeuer thou hearest one ill spoken of before thou second it examine thine owne heart and it is ods but thou maist finde in thy selfe either the same fault or a worse than that hee is accused for So thou shalt bee forced either to mend thy selfe or not to condemne him Also shunne multiplicity of