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world_n	deny_v	live_v	ungodliness_n	2,303	5	11.2667	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91514	The pathway to peace and truth, with holinesse directed to all those who love the Lord Jesus Christ in truth and sincerity.		1646 (1646)	Wing P716; Thomason 669.f.10[75]; ESTC R210568	6,034	1

The Path way to Peace and Truth with Holinesse Directed to all those who love the Lord JESUS CHRIST in truth and sincerity John 13. 17. If yee know these things happy are yee if ye doe them GAL. 6. 16. And as many as walk according to this Rule peace be on them and mercy and upon the Israel of God To the Friendly Reader FRiend and Reader if it be thy lot to view this small Piece it may be thou mayst make good use of it and give God thanks but if thou scoffingly stile me Independent Separatist or Anabaptist thou art too rash and wilt meet with a modest reproofe in the ninth of these Precepts They all tend to holinesse of life which is the first step to peace For when a mans wayes plea●e the Lord his enemies shall be at peace with him saith the Word But There is no peace to the wicked saith the Lord PSAL. 119. 165. Great peace have they which love thy Law and nothing shall hurt them PSAL. 119. 5. O that my wayes were directed to keep thy Statutes I. THE first thing that thou art to look unto in this businesse is to receive Christ into thy heart when he knocketh at the doore thereof as he doth many wayes but principally by his Word and Spirit For untill then all the service thou offerest him is abominable Thou mayst take an example from thy selfe For when a Friend whom thou dearly lovest knocketh at thy doore thou first openest unto him and receivest him into thy house causest him to sit down and then administrest unto him But if thou offer him any thing at the doore it is a signe he is a Beggar and one whom thou rather hirest by thy gifts to depart from thee then invitest to abide with thee And when Christ hath once possession in thy heart he will purge it of all corruption and uncleannesse This is that which David so much desired Psam 51. 10. Create in me a clean heart O God And then all other Christian duties will follow as the threed followeth the needle and Christ shall sweetly subject every part and faculty both of soul and body to a willing obedience of the Gospel And as thou entertainest him into thy house of clay so will he entertain thee into his Fathers House wherein are many glorious Mansions and there thou shalt remain with him and the rest of his blessed Saints and Angels in eternall joy for ever and ever II. The next thing thou art to endevour is to become if thou be not already a member of the true Church of Christ of his spirituall Kingdome which he hath chosen and purchased to himselfe with the price of his most pretious blood as his peculiar inheritance unto whom and with whom he hath made his covenant promise of love presence protection preservation and blessing and upon whom he wil multiply the graces of his holy Spirit abundantly This is his Vineyard which his own right hand hath planted in a fruitful land with the choisest vine and fenced it about for safety Isa. 5. from the wild Boares of the Forrest and from the little Foxes which destroy Cant. 2. 15. This is his Walled Sheep fold in which are inclosed his tender lambs which he leadeth into pleasant pastures and conducteth in the paths of righteousnesse and causeth them to lie down in safety Psal. 23. himselfe being the good Shepheard John 10. 11. This is his watered Garden wherein he taketh delight Cant. 4. 12. This is the Citie of the great God wherein he is worshipped and his Name called upon whereof thou art a Citizen This is Gods House of whose Family thou art which House and City are built upon a sure foundation Of this spirituall Kingdom Christ is the only King Governour and law-giver Take heed therefore that thou submit not thy selfe unto any conscience-binding law of Antichrist his enemy beare not his mark neither on thy fore-head nor in thy hand if thou do thou losest all the former priviledges for Christ will admit no partner with him in his govrnment the Ark of God and Dagon cannot stand together nor Christ and Belial No Kingdome so safe as this because the Keeper thereof neither slumbreth nor sleepeth and all the Officers are watch-men watching over all the subjects ingenerall and every subject also watching over each other in particular III. When God hath thus honoured thee as to make thee a subject of his Kingdome see that thou yeeld obedience unto all his Lawes and subject thy selfe wholly thereunto and utterly renounce obedience unto the Lawes of any King or Kingdome that hold not correspondency with this and let the grace of God which thou hast received teach thee to deny all ungodlinesse and worldly lusts and to live righteously and soberly in this present world that thou dishonour not the profession which thou hast taken upon thee by thy ill conversation but let thy light so shine before men that they seeing thy good workes may glorifie thy father which is in heaven and say of a truth God is in thee indeed and so be induced to walke with thee in the wayes of piety and godlynesse For the reproach of a scandall in thee reflecteth not so much upon thy selfe as upon thy profession for the uncircumcised in heart wil frequently say This is the religion of such a Church such a people and so the Gospel of Christ is evill spoken off through thy bad conversation and a multitude of pretious Saints may undergoe rebuke as the Church of Corinth did 1 Cor. 5. for one mans offence or else punishment as many thousands did for one Achan O that men would therefore feare the Lord and depart from iniquity that it might go well with their soules IV. Neither must thou rest thy selfe contented with these former graces viz. that thou art Gods servant and livest uprightly and justly doing no man wrong but thou must apply thy selfe to doing good For many bruit beasts wil live amongst us all their lives and never hurt either us or any of their own Species or Kind but thou who hast obtained faith and other graces from God must be active in doing good For the Apostle James 1. 27 teacheth a religious man to visit the Fatherlesse and widow as wel as to keep himself unspotted of the world And David counsels us as well to doe good as eschew evill Psal. 14. If thou be a Vine in Gods Vineyard he expects grapes from thee If thou be a Tree in his Orchard he expects fruit for thou mayst bear leaves abundantly and yet be accursed Imitate therefore blessed Job be an eye to the blind a foot to the Lame let the naked be cloathed with the fleeces of thy flocks distribute thy bread unto the hungry thy drink unto the thirsty visit those that are sick and in prison and turn not thy face from the poore and remember that Divine saying of the Apostle 1 John 3. 17. Whosoever hath this worlds goods and seeth his