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A05962 Briefe directions unto a godly life wherein every Christian is furnished with most necessary helps for the furthering of him in a godly course here upon earth, that so he may attaine eternall happinesse in heaven. Written by Mr. Paul Bayne, minister of Gods Word, to Mr. Nicholas Iordane his brother. Baynes, Paul, d. 1617. 1637 (1637) STC 1627; ESTC S115502 73,675 254

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BRIEFE DIRECTIONS UNTO A GODLY LIFE Wherein every Christian is furnished with most necessary helps for the furthering of him in a godly course here upon Earth that so he may attaine Eternall Happinesse in Heaven Written by Mr. Paul Bayne Minister of Gods Word to Mr. Nicholas Iordane his Brother LONDON Printed by A. G. for I. N. and are to be sold by Samuel Enderby at the Starre in Popes head Alley 1637. To the RIGHT Worshipfull Mr. NICHOLAS IORDANE Esquire and one of his Majesties Iustices of the Peace and Quorum in the County of Sussex SIR IT hath beene an ancient custom to reserve some lively representation of worthy friends deceased therby to continue the remembrance of their vertues persons and love This holy Treatise ensuing hath served you to that purpose and that very fitly for herein you have a true representation and remembrance of your most worthy and loving Brother especially of the most noble and worthy part of him I meane of his excellent understanding in the mysterie of godlinesse his most zealous and earnest will and desire of all mens practice of godlinesse And his sincere love unto you in particular unto whom hee primarily directed these Directions unto a godly life which as they do lively expresse that he had put on the new man created and renued in knowledge righteousnesse and true holinesse so is it most worthy of our reservation both for the remembrance and imitation of him Yea I may confidently affirme that this faithfull remembrancer is most worthy and fit alwaies to be carried about us and daily to be look'd on by us for it will helpe us well to put on that new man and to be conformable to our Head Iesus Christ and to walke before the Lord in holinesse and righteousnesse all the daies of our life For there is this difference between those former corporall Images of earthly bodies and this that men with too much love and use of them easily fell into superstitious wickednesse but this the more it is loved and used of men the more will all wickednesse be rooted out of their hearts and the more will they glorifie God by a holy life and conversation Now having received this holy Treatise at your worships hands to publish it unto the World I am bold to returne it unto you for safegard both that the World may know unto whom it is obliged for so excellent a monument as also for the great benefit that shall be reaped thereby So Sir accounting it a wise part in him that cannot speake well to say but little I commend you and this Treatise to Gods Grace which is able to build us up further even to doe wondrously above all that wee can aske or thinke Your Worships humbly at command N. 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Briefe Directions unto a godly Life wherein every Christian is furnished with most necessary Helpes for the furthering of him in a godly course here upon earth that so hee may attaine eternall happinesse in Heaven SUre it is that it was not thus with man-kinde in the beginning as now it is God created man happy yet mutable but Satan by deceit did cast him from that happy condition whereby besides the losse of that felicity he was plunged into extreme misery which consisteth in two things First in sinne Secondly the curse following upon it First our sinne is not onely that first transgression of Adam wherby we are all guilty but also that infection of soule and body arising from the former Hence it is that the understanding is fi●led with blindnesse the conscience wounded seared and defiled the memory forgetting good things or not remembring any thing aright The will captive of no strength to good but onely to evill the affections all together disordered The cogitations about heavenly matters are errour falsehood and lies The wishes and desires of the heart are earthly and fleshly The outward behaviour is nothing else but a giving up of the members of the body as instruments of sinne The curse maketh him subject in this life for his use of the creatures to dearths famine c. For his body to sicknesse and other paines In his sense for his friends to the like calamities in his soule to vile affections to blindnesse hardnesse of heart desperation madnesse c. In both body and soule to endlesse and easelesse torture in the world to come Yet some may object that All are not in this case or estate Object To which I answer All are subject by nature to the same wrath of God Answ they which feele it not their case is no better but rather worse than the other The onely sufficient remedy for the saving of man is to satisfie Gods justice which by sinne is violated His justice is satisfied by suffering the punishment due to sinne and by the present keeping of the Law Therefore it is not to be sought for in our selves nor in any other creature It being appointed by the Father was undertaken and wrought by Christ and is sealed in mens hearts by the holy Ghost but it may be demanded Object How did Christ his redemption become ours I answer Answ God the Father of his infinite love gave him freely to us with all his whole worke of Redemption This Divine Mysterie is brought to light by the Gospell The use whereof is to manifest that righteousnesse in CHRIST whereby the Law is fully satisfied and salvation attained The remedy and the tidings of it is received only by Faith which Faith is so to give credit to Gods Word as he rest thereon that hee will save him and is wrought by the ministery of the Word revealing this mercy and truth of God and by these the holy Ghost inlightening him to conceive drawing him to believe and so uniting him to Christ The knowledge of the former things is not sufficient for him that will come to happinesse but this knowledge worketh First he is drawne by the secret worke of the Spirit of God to be perswaded that the Doctrine taught doth concerne him hee hath wisdome given him to apply generall things particularly to himselfe Col. 1.9 as first the Preaching of the Law and the threatned curses of it whereby he seeth himselfe guilty before God of eternall punishment and wrath Secondly the Lord directeth him to enter into further consideration with himselfe of and about his present estate and consulteth what to doe in this his ex remity and that not lightly but serio●sly as a matter of life and death Ier. 8.6 Luke 7.15 If he be not able to counsell himselfe hee asketh counsell of others Thirdly from the former consultation he commeth to this resolution that hee will not returne to his old waies but in all humility and meeknesse and brokennesse of heart say with Paul Lord what wilt thou that I doe Fourthly by this meanes hee commeth to an unfained desire of forgivenesse which alwaies proceedeth from a sound hope that God will be intreated of him This hungring after mercy