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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

forget how great the sin is and so by little and little thou maist get thy selfe a habit of it Reproue it in thy friend if hee will brooke reproofe but it is to no end to reproue a scorner Rebuke not a scorner lest hee hate thee but rebuke a wife man and he will loue thee Prou. 9. 8. Alwayes keepe a watch before thine owne lips and remember that thou needest not sweare if thou doest not accustome thy selfe to lie For if thou vsest to tell truths thy word will bee as currant as thy oath I hope thy calling if God hath made thee a man will bee of authority to reproue this vice in others and not to delight in it thy selfe If thou beest a Daughter remember thou art a Maid and such ought thy modesty to bee that thou shouldest scarce speak but when thou answerest thou art young speake if need bee and yet scarcely when thou art twice asked Eccles. 32. 8. Whatsoeuer thou bee thou hast a calling which thou must not dishonour thou art a Christian and Christ commaunds thou shalt not sweare at all Mat. 5. 34. The next vice too too common in this age is Drunkennesse which is the high way to hell a man may trauell in it from sinne to sinne till the Deuill shew him hee can goe no further as a Traueller from Inne to Inne till hee come to his iourneyes end Oh thinke how filthy is that sinne that makes a man a beast all his life and a Deuill at his death Solomon askes To whom is woe to whom is sorrow to whom is strife to wbom is murmuring to whom are wounds without cause and to whom is rednesse of the eies And in the next verse answers Euen to them that tarry long at the Wine and to the end of the Chapter sets forth the miseries occasioned by this vice Prou. 23. That thou maist auoid this sinne be carefull in the choise of thy friends for it is they that will betray thee to this sinne Neuer make choice of a Drunkard to thy companion much lesse thy friend For our Kingdome hath of late afforded more examples of those who haue beene slaine by their friends in a drunken quarrell than those that haue fallen by the enemies sword and how vnfit is hee to bee a friend that when thou shalt haue need of his counsell will haue his head instead of wisdome fild with wine and adde rather griefe than comfort to thy necessities And againe what secret thou shalt trust him with thou maist bee sure shall be vomited forth and all thy comfort must bee He did it vnwillingly when hee knew not what hee did Thus thou seest to bee a Drunkard is to bee a man vnfit for Gods seruice or good mens company I beseech God giue thee grace to detest it Next I must exhort thee from a sinne that I cannot name thou must search thine owne heart for it It is thy darling sin that which to enioy thou couldst resist all others at least thou thinkest so But doe not harbour it search diligently for it in thine owne nature and when thou hast found it cast it headlong from thee It is thy soules subtill betraier and all thy other sins depend vpon it There is not so much danger in all the rest that thou contendest with as in this one that thou art loth to call a sinne Thy other sinnes are like a rebellious multitude in a common wealth which wanting a head doe little harme This is their head cut it off and thou shalt see all thy other sins dispersed as an army of fearfull Rebels when they heare their great leaders head hath kist the blocke 10 When thou hast spent the day in religious and honest exercises in the euening returne againe to some good meditation or study which conclude with prayer commending thy selfe to God and so shalt thou ioyfully goe to thy supper which done and the time of rest come as thou begannest in the morning so shut vp the day with humble thanksgiuing for all the benefits that day receiued hearty repentance for all thy sinnes committed naming and bewailing them For thou knowest not if thou repentest not to night whether thou shalt liue to repent tomorrow And though thou wert sure of it yet the oftner thou makest euen thy accounts with God thy sleepes will bee the sounder and thou shalt awake with a heart full of ioy and ready to serue the Lord. Last commit thy selfe and all that is thine to God in zealous Prayer vsing Doctor Smiths euening prayer as his morning both which though they be for a family yet are they easily reduced to a priuate mans prayer So going to bed take thy rest beginning and ending in him who is both first and last Thus spend the six dayes thou hast to labour in that thou maist bee ready to celebrate the Sabbath to which there belongs another Remember 11 Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day This duty so often and earnestly commanded by GOD himselfe in the old Testament so confirmed to vs in the new by the Resurrection of our Sauiour in memory whereof it is called the Lords day and perpetually celebrated by the Church yet in these dayes as if wee neither had part in the creation nor redemption of the world too many keepe no Sabbath or at the most but a shadow of a Sabbath Where almost can wee finde one that will lose a good bargaine rather than make it on the Lords day Or that will bridle his owne desires to sanctifie that day Seeing therefore this danger in which thou maist easily bee entrapped by the Deuils subtilty and following the multitude I cannot but with all my power exhort thee carefully to keepe the Sabbath to which end I pray thee marke well the fourth Commaundement Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day six dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to doe but the seuenth is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt doe no manner of worke thou nor thy sonne nor thy daughter thy man seruant nor thy maid-seruant nor thy cattle that is within thy gates For in six dayes the Lord made Heauen and Earth the Sea and all that is therein and rested the seuenth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and hallowed it If thou wilt bee won to the due obseruation of this day as an obedient seruant see God commands Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day If as a louing and dutifull sonne see how GOD perswades thee by equity grounded vpon his owne bounty to thee Hee hath giuen thee six dayes to doe thine owne workes and hee requires but one of thee What canst thou say for thy selfe why thou shouldest not wholly that day giue thy selfe to his seruice Lastly if thou wilt learne how to serue him as a good Scholler he teaches thee an admirable way both by rule and example First by rule Thou shalt doe no manner of worke in it then by

bring scorne vpon my graue can stay my hand from expressing how much I couet thy saluation Therefore deare childe reade here my loue and if God take mee from thee bee obedient to these instructions as thou oughtest to bee vnto mee I haue learnt them out of Gods Word I beseech him that they may be profitable to thee 1 The first charge I giue thee I learned of Solomon Eccles. 12. 1. Remember thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth It is an excellent beginning and a fit lesson for a childe Looke with what the Vessell is first seasoned it retaines the taste and if thou beginnest to remember to serue GOD when thou art young before the world the flesh and the deuill take hold on thee God will loue thee and send his holy Spirit to take possession of thee who shall resist those enemies and not suffer them to hurt thee To moue thy heart to remember thy Creator betimes meditate vpon the benefits thou continually receiuest First how hee hath created thee when thou wert nothing redeemed thee being worse than nought and now of meere grace he hath giuen thee his holy Spirit sanctifying thee to an eternall Kingdome Thou canst not possibly vnderstand how great these mercies are but straight thy soule must cry What shall I doe for so gracious a God All the powers of my soule and bodie will I giue to his seruice my first thoughts will I dedicate to him like Abels sacrifice I will present to him the first fruits of my youth In the strength of my age will I fall downe before him and if I liue to old age that weaknesse will not let my knees bow nor my hands bee lifted vp yet shall my heart meditate on his goodnesse night and day and my tongue shall be alwaies telling of his maruellous works When thou hast thus remembred the infinite mercies of God it behoues thee to settle thy selfe to a constant seruice of him to order thy thoughts words and actions to his glory and to couenant with thy selfe that thou wilt not breake thy promises to God That thou maist the more easily performe these duties marke I pray thee these following rules for ordering thy life and God will blesse thee and all thy good endeuours 2 At thy first waking in the morning be carefull of thy selfe that thou harbor in thy braine no vaine or vnprofitable but of all no vngodly fancy to hinder thy morning sacrifice but straight frame thy selfe to meditate on the mercies of God the maliciousnesse of the deuill and thine owne weaknesse Thine owne weaknesse is apparant to thee for euen but now thine eyes were closed thou couldst not see to defend thy selfe thy strength was gone so that thou wert not able to resist the weakest creature a gnat or a flea might glut themselues with thy bloud The Deuils malice is as easily perceiued for euen now hee lies lurking ready to catch euery good motion from thy heart suggesting things more delightfull to thy fancy and perswading thee to deferre thy seruice of God though but for a little while But bee warned and armed against his tentations for bee assured if thou once yeeld to neglect praying to God but one halfe houre when that time comes thou shalt finde thy selfe farre more vnapt and thy heart more dull to pray than before whereas if thou disposest thy selfe to pray though thou beest heauy and vncheerefull in it yet God who searches the heart and sees thy desire to pray though thou canst not will enlighten thee and prepare thy heart against the next time that thou shalt finde comfort Therefore take heed the Deuill deceiue you not for you see his malice is not small that seekes to cousen you of all happinesse present and to come For bee assured you can take no true ioy in earthly pleasures no longer than you seeke after heauenly Hauing thus discerned the infinite malice of the Deuill and your owne exceeding weaknesse how doe you thinke you were preserued from his snares while you slept or doe you thinke hee onely besets you when you are awake No bee not deceiued hee is not so faire an enemy his hate is such to you that if hee could hee would teare your body and drag your soule to hell while you slept Alas all this hee might haue done your strength was small to resist him Now you must needs confesse who it is that is only able to preserue you that it is God and that it is his mercy not your desert that you are preserued and gather to your selfe a strong resolution with all your force to serue him all the day and to resist all the tentations of the deuill Then being thorowly awake for sure God likes not sleeping prayer begin to giue God thankes and to desire the continuance of his mercy towards thee in these words till thou canst finde such as may better expresse thine owne soule O eternall God gracious from the beginning and mercifull to the latter ending of the world I giue thee humble thankes that according to thine abundant goodnesse thou hast graciously defended mee this night from all dangers that might haue happened vnto mee I beseech thee continue this thy fauourable goodnesse toward mee and so grant mee thy grace that in all my thoughts words and actions I may seeke thy glory and euermore so liue in thy feare that I may die in thy fauour for thy Sonne my onely Sauiours sake Amen 3 Hauing thus inuited God into your soule take heed you offend not against so great and glorious a guest Thinke if thou seest a superiour entertained with such obseruance of the Master such diligence in the seruants such a generall care that all things may giue a testimony of his welcome O thinke sinfull soule what care oughtest thou to haue when the liuing God vouchsafes to dwell in thee Oh watch Oh be wary Doe not my deare Childe Oh not wilfully offend him for hardly are presumptuous sinnes forgiuen but if out of weaknesse thou offend against him runne straight before hee can bee gone for hee is mercifull and will stay a while after thou hast sinned to expect thy repentance but if thou doest not make haste then the deuill who will not delay to seeke thy destruction hee will accuse thee mocking thy impietie and God will leaue thee being more offended at thy neglect or rather contempt of his mercy than at thy first offence Therefore runne quickly esteeme no sin small but what member soeuer caused thee to offend him bring it before him and let it assist thee chiefly in thy repentance If thine eye teach thee wantonnesse couetousnesse or the like let them powre forth teares to purchase thee a pardon If thy tongue haue offended toward God or thy neighbour bring it with shame and sorrow to confesse in priuate what it was not ashamed to glory of in publike Learne to be ashamed to commit sinne but being committed hope not to hide it from God by any other meanes