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The Christian directed in his race to heaven, or, A short account of that knowledge and practice that leads thither by James Forbs.
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J. F. (James Forbs), 1629?-1712.
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for all their droppings and bedewings Act Faith upon Psal 92.13 14. The Righteous shall Flourish like the Palm-Tree he shall grow like a Cedar in Lebanon Those that be Planted in the House of the Lord shall Flourish in the Courts of our God they shall still bring forth Fruit in Old Age they shall be Fat and Flourishing to shew that the Lord is upright Isa 27.3 6. I the Lord water the Vineyard of Red Wine every moment He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take Root Israel shall Blossom and Bud and fill the Face of the World with Fruit And 35.5 6 7. Then shall the Eyes of the Blind be opened and the Ears of the Deaf shall be unstopped Then shall the Lame Man Leap as an Hart and the Tongue of the Dumb shall speak For in the Wilderness shall Waters break out and Streams in the Desert The parched Ground shall become a Pool and the Thirsty Land Springs of Water in the Habitation of Dragons where each lay shall be Grass with Reads and Rushes And 44.3 4. I will pour Water upon him that is Thirsty and Flouds upon the dry Ground I will pour my Spirit upon thy Seed and my Blessing upon thine Off-spring and they shall Spring up as among the Grass as Willows by the Water side Mal. 4.2 Unto you that fear my Name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in his Wings and ye shall go forth and grow up as Calves of the Stall 5. Are you troubled with any bad Members the Loosness and Carnality of whose Conversation proves a scandal to the Gospel and a reproach to your profession Comfort your selves with the promised purity of such a Church-state yet to come which will admit of no Persons visibly unholy Zech. 14.20 21. In that Day shall there be upon the Bells of the Horses Holiness to the Lord And the Pots of the Lord's House shall be like Bowls before the Altar yea every Pot in Judca and in Jerusalem shall be Holiness unto the Lord of Hosts and all they that Sacrifice shall come and take of them and seeth therein and in that Day shall there be no more the Canaanite in the House of the Lord of Hosts Isa 35.4 5. And a High-way shall be there and it shall be called the way of Holiness The unclean shall not pass over it but it shall be for those The way-fairing Men tho' Fools shall not err therein No Lion shall bethere nor any Ravenous Beast shall go up thereupon but the Redeemed of the Lord shall walk there Isa 60.21 Thy People shall be all Righteous Zeph. 3.13 The remnant of Israel shall not do Iniquity nor speak Lyes neither shall a deceitful Tongue be found in their Mouth 6. Are you troubled with intestine divisions carnal discords strises emulations and envyings by reason of which you cannot cordially joyn together in Acts of Worship See Zeph. 3.9 I will turn to the People a pure Language that they may call upon the Name of the Lord to serve him with one consent Zech. 14.9 The Lord shall be King over all the Earth In that Day shall be one Lord and his Name one Jer. 32.39 I will give them one Heart and one Way that they may fear me for ever for the good of them and of the Children after them Isa 11.13 Ephraim shall not envy Judah and Judah shall not vex Ephraim Though this promise does more particularly relate to a Reconciliation between the Ten Tribes and the Two yet by converting it into a Prayer it is applicable to your case Thus Lord hast thou said that thou wilt do and so for the Jews and will not thou do so also for us Are not we made partakers of the fatness of the Olive are not their privileges ours And their promises in some degree ours Eph. 3.6 And 2.13 14 15 16 17 18. 7. Are you so poor in temporals that you know not how to Subsist your selves nor how to maintain your Poor See Psal 132.13 14 15. The Lord hath chosen Zion he hath desired it for his Habitation This is my rest for ever here will I dwell I will abundantly bless her Provision I will satisfie her Poor with Bread And 33.18 The Eyes of the Lord is upon them that fear him to keep them alive in time of Famine And 34.9 10. Ther 's no want to them that fear the Lord The young Lions do lack and suffer hunger but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing 8. Have you much ado to trust God for your Children and Posterity how they shall be provided for as to Spirituals and Temporals See 5 Gen. 17.7 I will establish my Covenant between me and thee and thy Seed after thee in their Generations for an Everlasting Covenant to be a God unto thee and to thy Seed after thee Isa 59.21 My Spirit and my words shall not depart out of thy Mouth nor out of the Mouth of thy Seed nor out of the Mouth of thy Seeds Seed Deut. 4.40 Thou shalt keep his Statutes and Comandments which I command thee this Day that it may go well with thee and with thy Children after thee Psal 103.17 The mercy of the Lord is from Everlasting to Everlasting upon them that fear him and Righteousness unto his Childrens Children Acts 2.39 The promise is to you and to your Children Isa 44.3 and 65.23 and 66.22 Psal 102.28 and 89.30 31 32 33. 9. Are you at any time under despondency because of persecution for the Gospel See Math. 5.10 11 12. Blessed are they which are persecuted for Righteousness sake for their's is the Kingdom of Heaven Blessed are ye when Men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of Evil against you falsely for my Name sake Rejoyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in Heaven So perfected they the Prophets which were before you Mark 10.29 30. Verily I say unto you there 's no Man that hath left Houses or Brethren or Sisters or Father or Mother or Wife or Children or Lands for my sake and the Gospels but he shall receive now an hundred-fold in his time Houses and Brethren with persecutions and in the World to come Eternal Life 1 Pet. 4.12 13 14. Beloved think it not strange concerning the fierce tryal which is to try you as though some strange thing happened unto you but rejoyce in as much as ye are partakers of Christ's Sufferings that when his Glory shall be revealed ye may be glad also with exceeding joy If ye are reproached for the Name of Christ happy are ye for the Spirit of Glory and of God resteth upon you Are you convented before Courts and called before Magistrates and know not how to carry it in such a case See Math. 10.18 19 20. Ye shall be brought before Governours and Kings for my sake for a Testimony against them and the Gentils But when they deliver you up take no thought how or what ye shall