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A51788 Præparatio evangelica, or, A plain and practical discourse concerning the soul's preparation for a blessed eternity being the substance of several sermons preach'd at Leeds / by Timothy Manlove ... Manlove, Timothy, d. 1699. 1698 (1698) Wing M455; ESTC R6789 123,238 196

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every false way Psa 119.104 So vers 106. I have sworn and I will perform it that I will keep thy Righteous Judgments Psal 17 5. Hold up my Goings in thy Paths that my Foot steps slio not Your prevailing Habits and consequently your State must be known by your Behaviour in a time of trial then it must appear whether the Interest of God or your own Corruptions be predominant in you whether his Commands or the Inclinations of the F●esh bear the greater sway with you That is whether ye be sincere Christians or Self-deceiving Hypocrites 'T is true in leed the best of Men through surprize or the violence of a Temptation may be overtaken even with gross Sin but if they fall into it they do not lie in it but renew their Repentance and double thei● wa●er Their Wills are habitually more against Sin th●n for it they endeavour to be rid of it and therefore are not to be denominated Workers of Iniquity But with the unregenerate the case is otherwise they love their Sins and are loth to leave them Quest 6 Do ye love to be plainly dealt with as to the great Concerns of your Souls Are ye for awakening convincing searching Light or had he rather sleep on and take your rest Are ye earnestly desirous to know your Duty better in order to practice Have ye no Sin which ye are not willing to find out Have ye discovered none which ye are not resolved to leave Do ye take it well to be prudently and faithfully reproved He that hateth Reproof is brutish shall die suddenly be destroy'd and that without Remedy Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend Let the Righteous smite me it shall be a Kindness and let him reprove me it shall be an excellent O●le c. Psal 141.5 It is a woful Sign when Men desire to be foothed up and flattered in their evil ways And woe be to those who humour them therein and daub with untempered Morter Ezek. 13.10 Joh. 3.19 20. This is the Condemnation that Light is come into the World c. For every one that doeth Evil hateth the Light neither cometh to the Light l●st his Deeds should be reproved But a gracious Soul is for an home and close application of the most searching powerful convincing Truths and for judging himself impartially by them Hyp●crites indeed are forward to judg others they can espy Motes in their Brother's Eye bu● O how favourable are they to themselves how ready to cloak and extenuate their own Sins 'T is a sign your Cause is naught when ye would have it shuffled over without searching Quest 7. Do ye earnestly desire and endeavour after greater degrees of Holiness both in Heart and Life Were it put to your choice whether had ye rather be as holy as Abraham David Daniel c. or any other of the most eminent Saints ye have heard or read of or as great and successful in the World as Cesar Alexander Scipio or any the like c. This is a plain Question but 't is worth your while to put it close to your own Conscience● Sensible things are apt to make very strong Impressions upon us while spiritual Objects tho infinitely more excellent are but coldly or indifferently regarded If ye be truly gracious ye will certainly desire to be more yea to be perfectly so And your Desires will be seconded with answerable Endeavours As for inward habitual Holiness Ye will still be taking pains with your own Souls to bring them to a more full conformity to the blessed God This ye will aim at in all your Religious Exercises viz. That ye may get more Knowledg of God more intimate Acquaintance and Communion with him through Christ That your Hearts may be carried out more earnestly purtly and strongly towards him in short that ye may be more inward with him and near to him And that whatever ye find in your selves contrary to him may be more and more rooted out mort●fied and destroyed Ye will even hunger and thirst after Righteousness Mat. 5.6 All the Afflictions ye meet with in the World will be as nothing to you if compared with the Burden of remaining Corruption especially Averseness from God As for Holiness of Life Ye will lay out your selves for God your Time your Strength your All will be at his Service As accounting that there is nothing else worth living for but the promoting of his Glory and the pleasing of his Will Ye will therefore endeavour to abound in the Work of the Lord And joyfully embrace Opportunities put into your Hand to testify your Love by Obedience tho the Flesh should be a loser or a sufferer by it Yea you will seek for such opportunities and contrive with your selves how ye may be most serviceable to the Honour and Interest of your God But if as to these Matters ye be cold and careless ye may well suspect your selves to be false and unsound at the bottom Quest 8. Do ye heartily love and value all that are truly Godly as such Is your delight in the Excellent Ones of the Earth Do ye love the Soci●ty and Converse of such Persons Are ye heartily concerned for their Welfare And ready to relieve their Wants and Necessities How dwelleth the Love of God in that Man who shatteth up his bowels of Compassion from his Brother 1 Joh. 3.17 The Hearts of wicked Men rise against those who are more strict and serious than themselves They can hardly afford them a good Word or Look but put Nick-Names upon them and could wish they were rooted out of the Earth Others there are who tho not so desperately malignant do yet think that less Care and Strictness might serve the turn and are offended to see them make so much ado about Religion But all those who truly love God love his holy Image where-ever they can discern it love those that are begotten of him love those that love him as such So that Love to the People of God is principally and ultimately referred unto God himself who is loved in them and they for his sake 1 Joh. 3.14 We know that we have passed from Death unto Life because we love the Brethren But then ye must observe it is not every lower degree of Love to the Godly even as such that will prove your Sincerity but it must be such a prevailing degree of Love to them as will argue the predominancy of your Love to God himself upon whose account they are loved Take these together and they will help to prove and illustrate each other Thus chap. 5.2 By this we know that we love the Children of God when we love God and keep his Commandments So then love to the Brethren is a more remote mark of Sincerity and must it self be tried by this more immediate one viz. Love to God himself Quest 9. What way do your Thoughts most naturally turn for support in an hour of Trouble Whence do y● fetch your greatest Relief at