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world_n	deny_v	lust_n	ungodliness_n	2,308	5	11.2023	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13854	Directions for a godly life especially for communicating at the Lord's table. Intended first for private vse; now publish'd for the good of those who desire the safty [sic] of their owne soules, and shall bee pleased to make vse thereof. By H. Tozer Mr of Arts, and fellow of Exceter Colledge in Oxford.	Tozer, Henry, 1602-1650.	1628 (1628)	STC 24161; ESTC S122218	43,206	213

both thereby deserue from vs a true regard as a recompence of this their loue therefore if any man desire to bee furthered in good duties let him testifie it by louing such men 2 If wee desire to obtaine that which is good wee must bee carefull that we make conscience as of avoyding every evill so of doing every good duty be it neuer so little endeavouring with Saint Paul to haue alwaies a conscience voyde of offence toward God and men Act. 24.16 and labouring to keepe not onely some but all Gods commandements according to Davids wish Psal 119.5.6 O that my wayes were made so direct that I might keepe thy statutes so shall I not be confounded while I haue respect to all thy commandements Let vs not deceiue our selues in thinking it sufficient that we obserue the sabbath that wee offend not God by swearing stealing or such like haynous offences yet in the meane time make no conscience of a lie for our commodity or of vaine and idle discourses for delight for if we thus doe it is certainely an argument of a bad heart But some perhaps will say If I thus endeavour to carry my selfe in all things if I now and then doe not giue a little way I shall bee accounted too precise and curious in matters which I need not Bee it so yet bee willing to vndergoe that censure and esteeme it safer to offend vngodly men by thy good life than a righteous God by thy bad life though others account it too much precisenes yet doe not thou so but rather consider that God commandeth vs to keepe his precepts diligently Psal 119.4 if diligently then certainely there is nothing in his precepts superfluous nothing which we may doe or not doe but euery one though of neuer so small a matter is to be performed of vs whosoever therefore shall endeavour to his power to keepe the Commandements of God in every thing is so farre from being too precise that hee doth but what he is commanded To these rules for avoyding of evill and seeking of good wee may adde one more as the rule of all the rest and of our whole life and that is the Word of God which alone is able to direct vs in the way to saluation as David testifieth Psal 119.9 Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way even by ruling himselfe after thy word Wherefore let vs carefully reade meditate conferre about this Word that often accounting as well wee may every day lost wherein wee learne not something out of it ever desiring more more to be instructed therein and account it a great blessing of God that wee haue the vse of it so freely to direct vs in the way of salvation Neither let any man thinke himselfe so learned that hee needeth no farther instruction for the best of vs comes short of David and yet hee prayed still to be instructed in the word of the Lord as wee may see throughout the 119 Psal Againe if wee did know more than wee doe yet wee are dull in the performance of what wee know and therefore wee haue neede to reade the same againe and againe to stirre vs vp to a daily practise hereof But that wee may so vse the word of God as that it may bee vnto vs the savour of life vnto life let vs at all times when wee are about to reade it lift vp our hearts to God by prayer that he may giue a blessing to our endeavours without which whatsoeuer we doe in this or any other thing it will bee so farre from being profitable vnto vs as that it will rather proue our ruine in the end Hee which shall thus set his heart to serue the Lord by denying vngodlines and worldly lusts by living honestly righteously and soberly in this present world he which shall thus carefully receiue the Sacrament in a right manner heare the word with diligence devoting himselfe to God by prayer in all things which he doth he which shall thus make conscience of his wayes in every thing the blessing of God rest vpon him as it needs must and that peace of conscience which no man knoweth but he that enjoyes ever attend him here and everlasting peace and happines crowne him hereafter Amen FINIS The Contents of each Chapter CHAP. I. What a Sacrament is and how many there bee pag. 1 CHAP. II. What the Lord's Supper is 17. CHAP. III. The Necessity of receiving the Lord's Supper 27. CHAP. IV. The Necessity of Preparation 54. CHAP. V. Of Examination in generall pag. 62. CHAP. VI. The Examination of our Knowledge 69. CHAP. VII The Examination of our Repentance 78. CHAP. VIII The Examination of our Faith 98 CHAP. IX The Examination of our Charity 104. CHAP. X. Of Premeditation and Prayer pag. 134. CHAP. XI Of Meditation at the Lord's Table 147 CHAP. XII Of Practise 160