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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00721	Dauids blessed man: or, A short exposition vpon the first Psalme, directing a man to true happinesse. Wherein the estate and condition of all man-kinde is laid downe, both for this life, and that which is to come.	Smith, Samuel, 1588-1665.	1616 (1616)	STC 22839.3; ESTC S95240	104,172	327

4.23 looke vnto the casements of thy soule thy eyes and thy eares Ps 119.37 Eccl. 9.4.5 Pray with Dauid Lord turne away my eyes from beholding vanity make a couenant with them with Iob. Iob 31. What folly nay what madnesse is it then in them that dare come into any company that dare looke and pry into the beauty of a woman as though they were so strong that they were out of all danger to sin But art thou more holy or strong then Dauid Peter c. if not thou maist fall Vse 2 Let all godly men and women take heed let them feare themselues and doubt the worst Blessed is the man that feareth alwaies but hee that hardeneth his heart shall not prosper Wee must at all times haue especiall regard to the heart or else wee cannot stand Such and so many are the assaults that sathan doth lay against our soules this is that wholesome counsell that the Apostle Peter doth lay downe vnto vs who was both acquainted with the frailty of mans nature and the malice of sathan when hee saith 1. Pet. 5.8 Bee sober and watch for your aduersary the deuill c. Where hee ioyneth vnto Sobriety Watchfulnesse for though a man be neuer so sober yet if hee do not watch withall and that against the occasions of sin hee is easily made a prey to Sathan And for want of this care and watchfulnesse many of Gods children haue beene ouertaken and haue fell into many horrible and grieuous sinnes which they could not so easily haue done had they beene watchfull ouer their owne affections And thus much for the first Doctrine in the description of a godly man hee must carefully auoide all occasions of sinne That doth not walke in the Counsell of the wicked c. HEre the Prophet Dauid shewes who is a godly man and what be his properties First as we haue heard hee auoides all occasions of sinne so now in the second place the counsell and company of lewd wicked and vngodly men A godly man and such a one as shall bee truely happy and blessed indeed doth distaste and dislike yea vtterly renounce and abhorre their societie and company their counsels and consultations so as hee doth shunne and auoid them as dangerous and infectious from whence wee gather a second point of Doctrine That men must carefully shunne Doctr. 2. Wee must shunne the company of wicked men and auoid the company of the wicked it is very apparant Num. 31.16 2. Sā 10.3 Mat. 16.22 Acts 13.8 Psalme 15 Tit. 2.12 2. Cor. 6.14 if they themselues will not be defiled with their abhomination for that rule of Salomon will stand Hee that toucheth pitch shall bee defiled Bad company is exceeding pernicious and hurtfull either to disswade from that which is truely good or to perswade to that which is naught and wicked Dauid maketh it a marke of a true member of the Church That in his eyes a vile person is contemned And the Apostle willeth all Christians who looke for glory through Christ that they would haue nothing to do with the vnfruitfull workes of darknesse And againe This indeed is pure Religion and vndefiled to keepe our selues vnspotted of the world This the Apostle S. Paul vrgeth Be not vnequally yoaked with infidels for what fellowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse It is the exhortation of Salomon Forsake the wicked and yee shall liue Ioseph liuing in the Court of Pharaoh had quickly learned to sweare by the life of Pharaoh and we know that it was in the common Hall amongst the seruants of the high Priests that Peter had learned to curse and to sweare It were no lesse then treason in a subiect to liue in friendship with one that is a professed enemie to the King much more is it treason in the subiects of the King of heauen to haue society with the wicked and this is obserued to bee the fault of Iehosaphat That hee would helpe the wicked and loue them that hate the Lord. Such are euen odious vnto God Psalm 5.5 as Dauid saith Thou hatest all them that worke iniquitie Besides their company is exceeding dangerous for the wrath of God hangeth ouer the head of the vngodly This we may see in Lot who for the fruitfulnesse of the place was drawne to liue in Sodome where the men were wicked Gen. 19. So when they were taken prisoners Lot was taken prisoner with them And had not thē Lord beene exceeding mercifull vnto him hee had perished with them in the generall ouerthrow of that Citie And this was the voyce of God from heauen concerning Babylon Reu. 18.4 Goe out of her my people that yee bee not partakers of her sins and that yee receiue not of her plagues And this was the cause why the Lord gaue so streight a charge to the people of Israel that they should haue no dealing at all with the Inhabitants of the land of Caanan Thou shalt make no couenant with them nor with their gods Ex. 23.32 Neither shall they dwell in thy land lest they make thee sinne against me Deut. 7.2 Neither shalt thou make any marriages with them neither giue thy daughter to his sonne nor take his sonne to thy daughter for they will cause thy sonne to fall away from me and to serue other gods And how true this threatning from the Lord was the euent maketh it manifest for they neglecting this Commandement from God Wee are mingled amongst the heathen and learned their workes Ps 106.35 as Dauid saith and wofull experience doth proue this to be true of many who haue sometime beene indifferently conformable to good duties afterwards falling into wicked and lewd company haue beene corrupted and growne dissolute Oh what stumbling blockes are such vnto a man from the performance of any good duety This did Dauid know full well when hee said Away from mee yee wicked Ps 119.115 I will keepe the Commandements of my God Insinuating therby as it may easily be gathered that he could not set himselfe to the performance of any holy duty as hee ought so long as such wicked company were about him Yea it hath been a griefe vnto the godly to haue beene in the company of vngodly persons As Lot liuing in Sodome where hee saw their filthy abhominations 2. Pet. 2.7 It vexed his righteous soule And this was it that made Dauid bemone his estate in the time of his banishment when he was constrained to abide amongst the vncircumcised people Woe is me that I remaine in Mesech and to dwell in the tents of Kedar My soule hath long dwelt among those that bee enemies vnto peace By all this that hath beene spoken it doth appeare That the godly man who shall bee happy and blessed indeed doth carefully shunne and auoid the lewd company of the wicked This Doctrine in the first place doth serue to reproue all such as Vse 1 are carelesse of their company that can vse