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A62529	Crums of bread for the dove in the clefts of the rock, and the secret places of the stairs, Cant. 2.14, or, Helps to meditation on conversion, mortification, sanctification, the Christians daily walke, reading the scriptures, and good practicall books : for a friend / by J.T.	Tickell, John, d. 1694.	1652 (1652)	Wing T1156; ESTC R6990	32,989	81

5.43 and 4. keep then a good courage Math. 10.28 SECT XI Of Spirituall Retirements REtirements are sometimes from necessity through the providence of God Cant. 2.14 Is 26. ult the rage of Sathan and the malice of the World Rev. 12.6 14. and sometime from choice for privacy in duty and freedome from distraction Math. 6.5 6. Improve such for meditation prayers reading and maintaining communion with God Leave the world behind you desire God's presence and believe his promise SECT XII Of Meditation MEditation is necessary comfortable but difficult Take these Directions for it 1. Make conscience of the duty Ps 1. Ps 119. not only occasionally but solemnly and frequently 2. Take the fit and freest times for it 3. Lay aside for that time worldly occasions and thoughts 4. Set your self in God's presence 5. Begin with Prayer to God for direction presence and blessing 6. Pitch your thoughts on some suitable and seasonable heart-affecting subject as the excellency and use of the Scriptures the Attributes of God the state of Innocency Sin state of nature covenant of grace Christ his Offices excellencies c. death satisfaction c. the love of God the love of Christ faith and other particular graces c. Meditate often of the sinfulness of sin the vanity of the creature the love of God the excellency of Christ death the resurrection judgment heaven and hel● sometimes When you would meditate on these understand first the doctrine of them and what is considerable in them for that purpose read in some doctrinall book on such a subject and after that by meditation consider and work upon your hearts to affect them without this help you will be able to do little on most subjects For subjects and books on those subjects Dr Wilkin's Ecclesiastes may direct you for this use as others for another 7. Observe if you can a good method for which see directions in books If you cannot follow their methods follow Davids in the Psalms Ps 116.5 Ps 42. Sometimes let it be prayerwise sometime by way of Soliloquie or discourse with your selves or take some good bock and work what you read upon your heart 'till you have discerned the truth tasted the sweetnesse and felt the power of it The briefe Notes in these Sections are intended for your help on those heads and are left to your inlargements on purpose or take the Scriptures and meditate on what you read 8. Keep your hearts to the work quicken them when dull 9. Intend heart-work especially in this exercise the quickning of grace strengthning of faith and stirring of affections 10. Close up with prayer and as opportunity is afforded solemne and with respect to the subject of your meditation Read Bp Hall's directions for meditation and Baxter in his Everlasting Rest and Whites and Ambrose in his Middle things SECT XIII Of Prayer I Need not set before you its necessity and excellenny Rom. 8.15 16. the spirit of Adoption will reach you to cry Abba Father Gal. 4 6. 1. 1 Thes 5.17 Be frequent in prayer often in solemne and even constantly in ejaculatory and occasionall 2. Be fervent and spirituall Rom. 8.26 Rom. 15.30 3. Be humble and lowly Gen. 18.27 Ezr. 9.6 4. Believing 5. Importunate Luk. 18. More particularly 1. Keep your hearts in a praying frame Eph. 6.18 Ps 5.3 Math. 6.9 2. Mind the occasions and opportunities 3. Prepare your selfe to it by meditation 2 Sam. 7.27 4. Take right apprehensions of God as your father in heaven as a spirit great and glorious but your God and Father in Christ take up suitable apprehensions to your occasion as God shall direct 5. Humble your soules in sence of sin to be confessed 6. Affect your hearts with the mercies to be desired 7. Jacob. Hos 12.3 4. Wrestle with God with Arguments proper 8. Content not your selfe with the bare performance without affection of heart and enjoyment of God 9. Keep close to the duty as near as you can without distraction Math. 6.7 Eccl. 5.2 Rom. 8.26 Phil. 4.6 Math. 6. Eph. 6.19 10. Affect not words nor length 11. Joyn praises with praiers 12. Be not private spirited in prayer but remember others especially the Church of God 13. Take delight in this duty 14. rest not in prayer but in Christ Eph. 3.12 John 14.13 through whom present your person and prayers unto God with faith 15. Look after your prayers Ps 5.3 and God's answers to them Read Cobbet of Prayer Gee of Prayer Ambrose his Directions ia his middle things T. Goodwins return of prayer Ford of Adoption Cripplegate exercise 14.17.19 SECT XIV Of Sanctification of the Lords day 1 BE setled in the doctrine of the Morality of the Sabbath 4th Comm For this purpose read Sermon Notes and books especially Cawdry and Palmer Shepheard and Whites appendix to his directions for reading the Scripture 2. Prepare for it desiring the day Exod. 20. composing your worldly affaires and laying them aside in the evening before set your heart in order towards a Sabbath and desire God's presence and blessing for the day approaching 3. In the morning awake with God proceed to private and family duties be more large and solemne in them then at other times spend intervals in meditation holy conference reading and prayer 4. Is 2.3 Ps 122.1 Ps 100. Hasten to publique ordinances lay aside prejudices and take care to give God your hearts See Burroughes of Gospell worship and other treatises of that Nature 5. Lev. 26.42 If you want publique opportunity enquire into the cause if sin be in it humble your soules justify God and accept of the punishment of your sin pray for pardon act repentance with faith in the bloud of Christ lament after the Lord. 1 Sam. 3. Ps 42.84.63 6. Rev. 12.14 Ps 42. Make up your want in private worship 1. Begin with prayer confession of sin and supplication for a blessing with praise to God 2. Read much of the Scripture Psalmes Old and New Testament Meditate upon it draw your observations and worke them on your hearts observe Gods teachings and impart them to any with you 3. Pour out your hearts more largely in prayer 4 Take some good Sermon Notes or some choice book and spend a Sermon time in it and suppose you were hearing it in the publick congregation 5. Close up with prayer and praises desiring a blessing In intervals of time take refreshments naturall with spirituall affections thoughts discourses Let the rest of the time be spent as in the morning in meditation reading Is 56.6 Is 58.13 conference and prayer In the afternoon at the solemn time do again as in the morning After that as in the intervals reflecting on what you read observed and were taught of God that day renew your family and your closet duties as in the morning and be much in Thanksgiving Let the day be improved for God and with him Keep out the

world Get some speciall acquaintance with God with Christ and Heaven Do good to the soules and bodies of others as you have opportunity especially in your family Blesse God much for Christ and the worke of Redemption and look and long for Heaven See Goodwin of sanctifying the Sabbath Expos or 4th Comm. Shepheard c. SECT XV. Of Fasting and Humiliation 1. AS necessity requireth and opportunity is offered be often in the duty of self-examination soul-humiliation with fasting and prayer 2. Improve publick daies for that purpose 3. Keep some private in your family and in your Closet because of family and personall necessities Zach 12.12 And for direction in it having considered your necessities set a fit and free time apart put your heart into a posture and sought God's presence set about the work 1. Jach 12.12 Dan. 9. Lam. 3.39 Let your private and family duties of daily course look towards it 2. Sit down and examine your hearts and lives and find out your speciall sins and transgressions in every age in every relation place c. 3. Dan. 9. Having found them out set them home upon your hearts in the consideration of their nature number and aggravations 4. Draw up against your selves the sentence of the law of God Gal. 3.10 5. 1 Joh. 1.9 Put your selves into the presence of God and make large free and ingenuous confessions of sins both of nature and life Ps 51.17 6. Get your hearts humbled under them in God's sight and desire him to work you to it 7. Dan. 9.7 11. Acknowledge your deserts of death and damnation and of your particular affliction 8. 2 Cor. 7.11 Worke your hearts to hatred and abhorrency of your sin and expresse it sincerely 9. Look upon God in Christ as gracious Exod. 34.6 and mercifull willing to pardon sin 10. Dan. 9.19 Plead hard for pardon in the bloud of Christ 11. Present Christ Jesus as your sacrifice Levit. Rom. 3.25 once offered upon the crosse ever presented in Heaven let faith apprehend it apply it and present it unto God 12. Ps 51.7 Beg God's cleansing and sanctifying grace 13. Ps 51.13 Renew your covenant for better obedience in the bloud of Christ with a sincere heart and desire God's acceptance and grace 14. Pray for the removall of the judgment with submission to Gods will Dan. 9.16 effectually pray for the sanctification of it and for support under it with patience to bear it pray then too for the blessings to be desired as it may be for your good and God's glory 15. Remember then your family relations friends those that have desired your prayers the needy sad tempted and afflicted servants of Christ 16. Ps 51.18 Dan. 9. Ezek. 9. Enlarge in your prayers for the whole Church for the Land King Magistrate Ministers and People Confesse Nationall sins considering your share in them mourn for them strive with God for mercy c. wrestling with God in Christ 17. Towards the close confesse your failings in the present duty John 14.13 14. beg acceptance through Christ and conclude with blessings If it may be continue in this order while strength lasteth but be sincere fervent and affectionate in all 18. Then read some portion of Scripture to the purpose Ezra or as God shall direct spend some considerable time in so doing with reflection and meditation upon what you have read 19. Proceed again to Prayer bewailing your defects in the duty of the day looking over your confessions and making them up in renewed acknowledgments The like in the other parts of the duty Ex. 33.4 5 6. Jona 3.6 Joel 2.15 16. 20. Abstaine from ornaments accomodations and refreshments as long as you are able to help you in Humiliation or to expresse it and to quicken you to prayer 21. Is 58.7 10 In the close devote your selves to God and give something as you are able to the poor 22. Be often in such duties Dan. 10.2 3. as occasion requireth and while God is afflicting you or his people walke humbly and lay aside your ornaments and abate your refreshments and be much in prayer SECT XVI Of Spirituall feasting on Christ CHrist Jesus his body broken and his bloud shed affords spirituall nourishment with plenty life and sweetnesse to the soule that is interested in him Joh. 6.51 to 63. and lives upon him There is a Spirituall and a Sacramentall feeding on Christ For the Spirituall see Joh 6.54 for the Sacramentall see 1 Cor. 11.23 1. As often as you can receive and improve the Sacrament There are many good and Books to direct as Roberts Dike Bolton Pemble Bradshaw c. 2. When you cannot Sacramentally see that spiritually you feed on this body and bloud of Christ For Directions take these 1. Rom. 3.2 3. Consider your necessities sins wants and weaknesses to sharpen Hunger and Thirst for Christ Joh. 17.3 2. Call forth at solemne times for that purpose your know ledge of Christ especially in his death Zach. 12.10 Is 53. tot Ps 22. Math. 27. 1 Cor. 2.3 3. Let ●aith set a dying Christ before you in your thoughts and meditations with your sins and God's wrath upon him 4. Put in practice by godly sorrow what is set before you Zach. 12.10 Zach. 12. while you look on him whom you have pierced let sin then appear exceeding sinfull because besmeared with the bloud of Christ 5. Apprehend and apply by faith the love of God and the love of Christ in dying for you Gal. 2.20 Rom 5.6 Gal. 2.2 and John 3.16 and 1 Joh. 3.16 6. Look upon Christ in dying as your surety Heb. 7.22 Eph. 5.2 and as your sacrifice in your name and steed Rom. 6 7. Gal. 3.13 Rom. 3.25 Dan. 9.24 Look on Christ in his death as answering the Law satisfying justice taking away sin bringing in everlasting righteousnesse establishing the covenant of Grace and making a purchase of grace and glory Heb. 9.15 Eph. 1.14 Rom. 6.6 giving a deadly stroke to sin and breaking the Serpent's head c. Heb. 2.14 8. Draw by faith all manner of virtues from him to mortify sin to quicken grace to strengthen faith and refresh your souls 9. Eph. 1.3 4. Be much in thansgiving to God for his Son and adore the Love 10. 2 Cor. 5.14 Improve all to Argument against corruption temptation and the world See Rom. 6.3 Titus 2.14 2 Cor. 15.14 11. 1 Cor. 6.20 Give up your selves again in an everlasting Covenant to be the Lords to live to him and if need be to dy for him 12. Depend upon the satisfaction of Christ Heb. 9. ult and expect the vertues of his Death till he come again in glory and take you up with himselfe that you may be for ever with him Long for his immediatee presence and hasten to it See Bp Taylor Rev. 22.20 latter end of his

treatise on the Sacrament SECT XVII Of reading the Scriptures 1. SEttle your faith in the Divinity 2 Pet. 1.19 Authority and Verity of the Scriptures And for that consider 1. that God is 2. that God in his name 2 Tim. 3.16 Joh. 1.1 c nature and will cannot be known without revelation of himselfe 3. such is his goodnesse not to say his justice that he will not expect that we should know him believe in him worship and serve him not having given the world a sufficient discovery of himselfe 4. there is no other Act. 4.12 but this of the Scriptures sufficient for that purpose Heb. 1.1 2 Tim. 3.15 16 17. 5. This hath been delivered from God from time to time and 6. is a sufficient discovery of God and of his will 1. The Scriptures affirm it 2. Nothing rationall can be objected against it 3. The Contents prove it it carries selfe-evidence with it and all divine characters necessary to it Heb. 2.4 4. It hath been sealed from heaven by a continued series of Providence by miracles by the powers of the Holy Ghost upon the first writers and publishers Heb. 4.12 by spirituall and divine operations on Hearers some to Conversion and Consolation on others to Conviction and Confusion 5. It hath been confirmed and sealed by the bloud of Christ and many thousand Martyrs Heb. 9.15 6. It is wonderfully preserved in the world 1 Tim. 3.15 and handed in the Church from one generation to another and is still the same notwithstanding all attempts to deface it 7. 1 Joh. 5.10 Every true Believer hath the witnesse to it within himselfe lives upon it Rev. 12.11 and would dye many a death rather then deny it loose it or the comforts of it 2. Be conversant with it Psal 1.1 2. and much in reading it hearing it and meditating upon it Ioh. 5.45 Ps 1. 19. 119. 2 Pet. 1.19 2 Tim. 3.15 Rev. 1.4 c with faith love humility diligence obedience constancy 3. Read sometime occasionally Act. 8.28 29. for your instruction and consolation as you shall be guided to it by God's spirit and providence and your best understanding but often solemnely have your set times for it in your retirements besides the family and publick opportunities sit close at it be not long absent from it Read for spirituall refreshment as God shall direct you be much acquainted with the Psalmes Esay the N Test Read for particular purposes on speciall places Read for the generall knowledge of the Scripture the Bible in order and for quantity at a time as your opportunity will give leave 4. when you are to read solemnly 1 Pet. 2.1 lay aside sinfull lust and worldly thoughts quicken your affections to the duty set your self in Gods presence beg his spirit take the Book in hand with reverence read with faith fear diligence and understanding and that you may the better understand it Act. 8.30 31. use such helps as God hath afforded 1 Consider the connexion and scope comparing it with other places 2. Refer it to an enquiry when you meet with a good Annotator or an able Minister 3. Passe on to what you may more easily understand and remember that places concerning salvation and the necessaries to it for saith and life are generally plaine and easy to be understood What you understand consider Ps 119. that it may affect your heart and take place in your memory and give you such obvious observations as it naturally affordeth for instruction or consolation take speciall notice of what may increase your spirituall knowledge rebuke your corruption direct and quicken you to duty answer temptations and refresh your soules and more especially of what the spirit of God in reading sets home upon your hearts with evidence and power If you would not willingly loose the observations set a note upon the place and if need be refer it to your Note-book for that purpose When you have done reflect upon the whole by meditation and commend it to God in prayer bringing forth the fruits of it in an holy life and conversation Helpes to the understanding of the Scriptures may be such as these 1. Read books directing you about the Scriptures as Ambrose Middle things Whites Directions for Reading Roberts Key to the Bible 2. When you meet with a difficult place Note it referre it for an enquiry when you meet with an able Minister or a good Expositor 3. Have some choice Annotations on the whole Bible and on particular books if the English Annotations in Folio be costly Get Bishop Halls Paraphrase or Deodates Annotations For the perticular books there are severall as Caryll on Jobe Burroughes on Hosea Greenhill on some part of Ezekiel Hutchenson on the lesser Prophets Dickson on the Psalmes 1. Dixon on Matthew and Hebrewes and all the Epistles Hutchenson on St Johns Gospell Manton on James and Jude Jenkins on Jude Sclater on Thessalonians Baine on Ephesians Bifield on Collossions c. Ainsworth on Pentatench Psalmes and Canticles with many others if you cannot get all get such as you can 4. Acquaint your selves with the Generall Contents of the severall books In Scritpure the Five Books of Moses shew the Creation of the World and the foundation of the Church at length setling it on Abrahams family with Gods proceeding with them in Egypt and the wildernesse under the conduct of Moses c. Joshua and other Historicall Books shew the progresse of God and his providence towards the Church in severall waies and persons and times The Psalmes are full of spirituall Meditations Proverbs full of instructions for Holy Wisdome Ecclesiastes shewes the vanity of the creature Canticles communion between Christ and his Church and that as some think Prophetically The Prophets containe not only Prophecies that concerned the Jewes and other Nations but many promises of Christ and Grace c. The Evangelists give you the History of Christ his person doctrine miracles life death resurrection and ascension The Acts shew the foundations of the Christian Church among Jewes and Gentiles The Epistles are for the edification of those Churches and our instruction occasioned mostly by Heresies and persecutions The Revelations Prophetically set forth the state of the world in generall and the Church in speciall from St Iohns daies till the end of the World Be most conversant in plaine and practicall Scripturess neglect not others Doctrinall or Historicall For the propheticall especially Daniell and the Revelations they are beyond the reach of famous Divines much more common Christians Providence is the best expositor on Prophecies and to a good understanding in them there needs much knowledg of History and Chronology yea the most profound and abstrusest parts of learning only somethings in generall may be easily understood as that such and such places concerne the description and condition of the Church in her pure or degenerate in her prosperous or suffering condition and such and such the enemies of God and of his people and so may be read with profit In summe believe the truth of the Scripture Adore the Majesty of God in them acquaint your selves with their matter make them the ground of your faith and the rule of your life and practise blesse God for them and wait till Heaven give an absolute and perfect understanding of the whole SECT XVIII Of Reading good Books IT hath been Gods wonderfull care of his people to provide as the Scriptures so good books for them there are many such both doctrinall and practicall Get and read the best but in a good method and with diligence 1. For Books Scripturall they are such as these 1. Expositors as before Sermons of them make choice Concordances Newmans and Cottons are large but usefull Downhams are briefe and it may be may serve a private Christian A Book of Scripture references perhaps in English may be wanting the Catechisme in quarto with the Scripture references may be a present supply till a larger may be had Directive for reading of the Scriptures you had in the former Section as Ambrose and Bifield c. And for the reading of expositors some as the briefe Annotations must be consulted on difficulties others as larger expositors may be read in order throughout as other choice books Doctrinall Bishop Ushers Body of Divinity Downhams sum Leighs Body of Divinity The morning exercise at Giles and the Assemblies larg Catechismes with other Catechismes will be a good introduction to them you may referre your other reading From some good Catechisme understand the principles of Religion and then having gotten a knowledg of the heads in Divinity proceed to other books observing the point of doctrine with its proofe from Scripture and sound reason It 's severall branches for Amplification and it's uses in Application For sentences and illustrations you may look upon them as profitable or pleasant but not so necessary For Controversall you need not trouble your selfe with most of that nature get advice for such from an able minister For practicall there are many on particular subjects I have referred you to not a few Others are on mixed subjects get and read the best Such as these I would commend besides others you may meet with and at present I may let slip Shepheards sound convert and believer and others of his Hookers works Baxters Gurnhalls Loves Preston Sibbes Perkins Downham Harris Tomas Goodwins VVorks Reynolds Symonds Mor●i Exercises both Ball. Read well Ambro●● looking unto Iesus c. In reading practicall books observe these directions 1. Acquaint your self with 〈◊〉 best books 2. With the generall conte● of the book 3. Then read it over in ●●der for time as opportunity gives lea●● 4. Observe the principall heads more 〈◊〉 enlargements 5. Incorproate the ma●●ter into your understanding And 6 the●● get it wrought into your hearts and upon your affections by meditation 7. take speciall notice of what particularly concernes you especially what is set home upon your hearts by the spirit of God in your reading either by way of conviction instruction or consolation 8. make an end with one good book before you begin with another in your ordinary course Let your books be few choice sufficient and read them well Get a well chosen and composed closet of books A faire Bible Deodates Annotations a Concordanc●● Ushers Body of Divinity and for practic●●● Books as you can procure them FINIS