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Box 451, Morgan, PA 15064}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li19\fi0\ri0\sb5\sa0\sl-307\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs30 (412) 221-1901/FAX (412) 221-1902}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li0\fi0\ri0\sb926\sa0\sl-312\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs30 This edition of The \i Practice of Piety \i0 was taken}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li5\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-312\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs30 from the Hamilton, Adams, and Co. edition}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li0\fi0\ri29\sb0\sa0\sl-312\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs30 published in London in 1842.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1430\fi0\ri0\sb1214\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs30 ISBN 1-877611-66-2}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3737\margrsxn3574\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li634\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs28 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.}\par {\shp {\*\shpinst \shpleft1363\shptop475\shpright3427\shpbottom475\shpfhdr0\shpbxcolumn\shpbypara\shpwr3\shpwrk0\shpfblwtxt1\shpz0\shplid1{\sp{\sn shapeType}{\sv 20}}{\sp{\sn lineWidth}{\sv 6350}}}}\pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi134\ri0\sb715\sa0\sl-163\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\loch\af0\dbch\af1\hich\f0\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 \u9632\'3f\u9632\'3f\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  The Church! Am I asked again, What is the Church? The plough\-man at his daily toil\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the workman who plies the shuttle\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the merchant \expndtw2 in his counting-house\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the scholar in his study\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the lawyer in the courts \expndtw3 of justice \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  the senator in the hall of legislature \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  the monarch on his \expndtw4 throne \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  these, as well as the clergymen in the works of the material building which is consecrated to the honour of God \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  these constitute \expndtw7 the Church. The Church is ' the whole congregation of faithful men, \expndtw3 in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly ad\-\expndtw6 ministered.' The Church is so constituted under its Divine Head, that \expndtw4 not one of its members can suffer but the whole body feels \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 nay, the \expndtw6 great Head himself feels in the remotest and meanest member of his \expndtw7 body: not the meanest member of the body can make an exertion in \expndtw3 faith and love, but the blessed effects of it are felt, to the benefit of the \dbch\af1\loch\af0\hich\f0\cchs0 \u9632\'3f\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 whole, ' which groweth by that which every joint supplieth, to the in\-\expndtw4 crease of itself in love.' \scaps "\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Bishop Blomfield.}\par {\shp {\*\shpinst \shpleft1402\shptop178\shpright3504\shpbottom178\shpfhdr0\shpbxcolumn\shpbypara\shpwr3\shpwrk0\shpfblwtxt1\shpz0\shplid1{\sp{\sn shapeType}{\sv 20}}{\sp{\sn lineWidth}{\sv 6350}}}}\pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi0\ri10\sb667\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 One \scaps0 who hopes to effect any good by his writing's, \expndtw-1 must be so pure in his life, that what he proposes for instruction or imitation must be a transcript of his own \expndtw0 heart. But general improvement is so little to be an\-\expndtw1 ticipated, that almost any attempt which may be made \expndtw-3 by an individual in his zeal to do good, seems to be lost \expndtw4 labour. Those whose character has attained to the \expndtw-1 greatest perfectness, are at all times the persons most \expndtw-2 willing and anxious to avail themselves of any hint or \expndtw2 suggestion which might tend to improve them in vir\-\expndtw1 tue and knowledge, so that what is intended for uni\-\expndtw3 versal benefit serves but to instruct a very few, and \expndtw-1 those few the individuals who require it least. Serious \expndtw0 works, meant to reform the careless, are read only by \expndtw2 those who already are serious, and disposed to assent \i to \i0 what such works set forth. In that case their object,}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4149\margrsxn4452\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr571\colno2\colw2347 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb10\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 IV}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4125\margrsxn3185\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi0\ri5\sb130\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 humanly speaking, is in a great measure defeated. It seems hopeless to attempt to infuse a taste for serious \expndtw2 reading into the minds of the thoughtless multitude. \expndtw1 Write down to the capacity of the weak and slenderly \expndtw2 informed, or write up to the taste of the intellectual \expndtw4 portion of them; give it cheap, or give it for nothing, \expndtw2 it is all the same\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 a man will not thus be forced or \expndtw0 induced to read what you put in print for his especial \expndtw-3 benefit.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The most powerful means, therefore, of promoting \expndtw1 what is good, is by example, and this means is what is in every individual's power. One man only in a thou\-\expndtw0 sand, perhaps, can write a book to instruct his neigh\-\expndtw2 bours, and his neighbours in their perversity will not \expndtw8 read it to be instructed. But every man may be a \expndtw4 pattern of living excellence to those around him, and \expndtw2 it is impossible but that, in his peculiar sphere, it will \expndtw-1 have its own weight and efficacy; for no man is in\-\expndtw1 significant who tries to do his duty\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 and he that suc\-\expndtw-1 cessfully performs his duty, holds, by that very circum\-stance, a station, and possesses an influence in society, \expndtw0 superior to that which can be acquired by any other \expndtw1 distinction whatever. But it is only those who propose \expndtw2 to themselves the very highest standard, that attain to \expndtw6 this distinction. There are many different estimates \expndtw0 of what a Christian's duty is, and society is so consti\-\expndtw5 tuted, that very false notions are formed of that in \expndtw0 which true excellence and greatness consists; besides, many men who are theoretically right are practically \expndtw-1 wrong\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 all which detracts from the weight of Christian \expndtw4 influence upon human society. But however much \expndtw1 human opinion may vary, and however inconsistent \expndtw6 human practice may be, there is but one right rule; \expndtw3 and it is only he who has this rule well defined in his}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3688\margrsxn3612\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1286\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4814 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 V}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb106\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 own mind, who can exhibit that preeminence in the \expndtw0 Christian life which is the noblest distinction to which \expndtw4 man can attain. It is deeply to be regretted that they \expndtw-1 who seek for this preeminence are a very small number \expndtw1 compared with the mass of the professedly religious \expndtw7 world. But small though the number be, the good \expndtw0 which might be effected through their means is incal\-\expndtw-1 culable, if they were bound as in solemn compact to \expndtw2 discountenance all those vices and habits which the \expndtw-3 usag-es of society have established into reputable virtues \expndtw3\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  thus becoming as it were a band of conspirators \expndtw2 against the prince of this world and his kingdom \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97 \expndtw3\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 transfusing and extending their principles and influ\-\expndtw4 ence, till they draw men off from their allegiance to \expndtw1 that old tyrant by whom they have been so long will\-\expndtw-1 ingly enslaved.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 It has been said of genius, that it creates an intel\-\expndtw1 lectual nobility, and that literary honours superadd a \expndtw3 nobility to nobility. Such, in a supereminent degree, \expndtw1 may be said of holiness. Holiness constitutes a royal family\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 yea, a nation of kings, whose honours shall \expndtw0 never fade, and whose reign shall have no termination.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi235\ri14\sb250\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 " Happy is the man who in this life is least known \expndtw0 of the world, so that he doth truly know God and him\-\expndtw2 self." It is to be hoped that this sentiment, taken from \expndtw3 the " \i Practice of Piety" \i0 was applicable to its learned \expndtw4 author, about whom almost nothing is extant to fur\-\expndtw3 nish materials for the pen of the biographer.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi230\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Lewis Bayly \scaps0 was born ia the ancient borough of Caermarthen, in Wales, about the middle, or towards \expndtw8 the end of the 16th century; but of the precise date \expndtw2 of his birth, or of his parentage, no record remains; neither is it known in what house he received his edu-}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4080\margrsxn3168\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1296 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex108\expndtw-14\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 VI{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw2 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi0\ri48\sb125\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 cation, nor what degree he took in arts; but it is sup\-\expndtw6 posed that he must have been educated at Exeter \expndtw5 College, Oxford, for it is recorded that as a member \expndtw0 of that College he was admitted to the reading of the \expndtw2 sentences in the year 1611. About that time he was \expndtw6 minister of Evesham, in Worcestershire, and chap\-\expndtw2 lain to Prince Henry, and afterwards minister of St. \expndtw7 Matthew's Church, Friday Street, London. He took \expndtw4 his degrees in divinity in 1613-14, and being much \expndtw0 famed for his great eminence in preaching, he was ap\-\expndtw7 pointed, on the decease of the amiable and pious \expndtw2 Prince of Wales, to be one of the chaplains of his fa\-\expndtw7 ther, King James I.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi235\ri43\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The King soon afterwards nominated him to the Bishopric of Bangor, in the room of Dr. H. Rowlands. \expndtw6 It is thus recorded: " 1610. Ludov. Bayly, A.M. \expndtw1 Admissus ad Thesaurariam S. Pauli per resign. Egidii \expndtw5 Fletcher, LL.D. Reg. London. 1616, 11 Jun. Franc. \expndtw3 James, SS. T. P. ad eccl. Sancti Matth. Fryday Strete \expndtw0 per promotionem Ludovici Bayly, SS. T. P. ad episco-\expndtw3 patum Bangor."}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li43\fi226\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 He was consecrated at the same time with Dr. Lake, \expndtw4 Bishop of Bath and Wells, at Lambeth, on Sunday, 18th December 1616, by George Abbot, Archbishop \expndtw6 of Canterbury, assisted by Bishop Andrews of Ely, \expndtw0 Dr. Neale, Bishop of Lincoln, Dr. Overall, Bishop of \expndtw2 Litchfield, and Dr. Buckeridge, Bishop of Rochester.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 It appears that Bishop Bayly on more than one \expndtw-2 occasion came under the royal displeasure chiefly about \expndtw0\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'95\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 matters connected with the marriages of the royal fa\-\expndtw7 mily. It is recorded of him, that on Monday, March \expndtw0 9, 1619> Mr. Secretary Nanton, by the King's orders, \expndtw4 called Bishop Baj*ly into the council chamber, and \expndtw3 there gave him a severe reprimand, in the presence of}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3670\margrsxn3622\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1310\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4709 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex96\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-18 VH}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi0\ri5\sb139\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 the two clerks of council in ordinary, because, in his prayer before sermon the previous Sunday in Lincoln's \expndtw1 Inn, he had prayed for the King's son-in-law and his \expndtw2 daughter the Lady Elizabeth, under the titles of King \expndtw-1 and Queen of Bohemia, before His Majesty had owned \expndtw3 the title. The Secretary aggravated the matter much, \expndtw-1 and in conclusion told him His Majesty was deservedly \expndtw2 offended with him, and so left him under high dis\-\expndtw-2 pleasure.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi235\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 If Bishop Bayly's satisfaction at the union of the \expndtw5 Princess Elizabeth with Frederick the Elector Pala\-tine, the head of the Protestant league in Germany, \expndtw2 made him, with a promptitude which gave offence to \expndtw4 the chary monarch, recognise the new title of that \expndtw7 princess when her consort was chosen to the crown \expndtw2 of Bohemia, it is not to be wondered at, that he gave \expndtw1 equal offence by evincing his disapprobation of the \expndtw3 alliances contemplated for the Prince Charles. Happy \expndtw0 in the one instance at any accession of dominion to the \expndtw2 Prince Palatine, by which the interests of the great protestant cause which he headed might be advanced, \expndtw1 he could not but feel, in respect of the other case, in\-\expndtw6 tense anxiety in a matter on which the future peace \expndtw7 and prosperity of the Church in his native land so \expndtw5 much depended. Actuated by that integrity of cha\-racter which the prospects of secular advancement \expndtw-2 could not bend, and disdaining the compliances of the \expndtw3 courtier where the interests of religion were at stake, \expndtw1 he could not enter into the peculiar views of his royal \expndtw6 patron with regard to the matches he had an. eye to \expndtw0 for Prince Charles, for whose spiritual welfare lie was \expndtw8 deeply concerned. The bright example of Prince \expndtw-1 Henry, who was immoveably attached to the principles \expndtw5 of the Reformation, was fresh in every one's remem-}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3936\margrsxn4637\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr576\colno2\colw2371 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 vm}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb58\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 BIOGRAPHICAL FREFAGE.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3792\margrsxn3394\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li82\fi0\ri0\sb149\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 France\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 " he who was compounded of all loveliness, the \expndtw2 glory of the nation, the ornament of mankind, a glo\-\expndtw3 rious saint." Thus Mr. Joseph Hall * justly describes \expndtw5 him wh\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'a9\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  was illustrious for every Christian virtue; \expndtw2 and that Charles might walk in the footsteps of his \expndtw1 deceased brother, that pattern of princes, whom would \expndtw2 to God all princes would imitate, was the earnest de\-\expndtw12 sire of Bishop Bayly's heart. To him he inscribed \expndtw6 " \scaps The Practice of Piety," \scaps0 and the whole tenor of \expndtw1 the Dedication manifests his faithfulness and his anx\-\expndtw2 ious solicitude for the establishment of the Gospel in \expndtw3 the hearts both of the Prince and people.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qr\li0\fi0\ri58\sb0\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 That any alliance below that of a great king was un\-worthy of a Prince of Wales, was the vain and charac-\expndtw0 terestic notion of King James, which opinion made him \expndtw7 resolve that no princess but a daughter of France or \expndtw1 Spain should be united to his son. Not to coincide with \expndtw2 this opinion, or to suggest any other alliance, was sure \expndtw1 to incur the royal displeasure.  Bishop Bayly could not \expndtw5 coincide.    What had been endured for the establish\-\expndtw7 ment of the Reformation was still in the memory of \expndtw2 many living witnesses, and not a matter of remote his\-\expndtw9 tory, as it now is, and accounted by certain classes \expndtw10 out of date and out of fashion to be referred to, as \expndtw3 fostering party spirit.    Scarce fifty years had elapsed \expndtw8 since England had enrolled her glorious division of \expndtw3 " the noble army of martyrs."   Their fiery tribulation, \expndtw10 it is true, was now over, and they had entered into \expndtw6 their rest; but the memory of their sufferings for the \expndtw8 name of \scaps Jesds \scaps0 had not passed away.    The eyes of \expndtw4 some that had witnessed the agonies of the meek suf\-\expndtw1 ferer Hooper, one of the earliest martyrs of that period, \expndtw8 perhaps were not yet closed in death: The ears that}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li0\fi0\ri125\sb58\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Bishop of Norwich.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3475\margrsxn1819\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li6226\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa379 \f1\fs20{\b\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 \\}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4757\margrsxn3307\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw2371\colsr1085\colno2\colw720 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb48\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs14 IX}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3475\margrsxn1819\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri1997\sb125\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 had heard his gentle voice raised aloft entreating for \expndtw-1 God's love more fire, that his protracted conflict should \expndtw3 the sooner cease, were not yet deaf in the dreamless \expndtw2 sleep of the grave; yea, the eyes that had wept to be\-\expndtw1 hold his mortal agony were ready to weep again at the \expndtw-1 remembrance of him standing immoveable in the refi\-\expndtw2 ner's fire, praying for strength, and smiting upon his \expndtw0 breast till the arm dropped off from his body, and still \expndtw1 smiting with his other hand, while his swollen tongue and lips, shrivelled with the flame, continued to move \expndtw2 with unutterable prayer.*}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi235\ri1968\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 We who read the record of such sufferings bless \expndtw8 ourselves that we live in happier times. But, in an \expndtw5 age when religious liberty was but ill understood by all parties, the spectators of such scenes must have \expndtw2 been indelibly impressed that the same might be en\-\expndtw3 acted over again. Bishop Bayly could not but parti\-\expndtw1 cipate in such feelings; and in what manner he had \expndtw6 expressed his dread of the match proposed for the \expndtw1 prince with the Infanta of Spain, or whether he had \expndtw2 interfered or remonstrated, is not known. But on ac\-\expndtw1 count of his opinion on that subject, and other matters \expndtw2 which brought upon him the displeasure of the Court, he was thrown into the Fleet prison; but was soon \expndtw3 afterwards acquitted, and again set at liberty. In An\-\expndtw7 nual Register, Jacobus I. sub Ann. 1621, this pas\-\expndtw5 sage occurs (15th July 1621) " Episcopus Bangori-\expndtw1 ensis examinatur et in Le Fleet datur, sed paulo post \expndtw2 liberatur."}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qr\li0\fi0\ri1963\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 If one might be allowed to hazard a conjecture with}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qr\li0\fi0\ri1968\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 regard to the other grounds of offence to the King,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qr\li0\fi0\ri1963\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw12\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 might it not have been his refusing to read in his}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qr\li0\fi0\ri1963\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 church  the " Book of Sports" which had been pub-}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qr\li0\fi0\ri3686\sb62\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * See Fox's Martyrs.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4078\margrsxn3209\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li34\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1320 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 X{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw7 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi0\ri0\sb96\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 lished in the year 1617, and which the Clergy were enjoined to read to their congregations, for neglect of \expndtw6 which some of them were prosecuted in the Star \expndtw-4 Chamber ?}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi250\ri19\sb5\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Such are the few particulars connected with this \expndtw2 excellent man, and useful and faithful minister, which \expndtw6 I have been able to collect, and these relate only to \expndtw8 his public life. But those features of private cha\-\expndtw4 racter which render biographies interesting to curi\-osity, and those circumstances which enable one to \expndtw0 trace the developement t)f the human mind, and the \expndtw-2 gradations whereby a man rises to eminence, are wholly \expndtw3 awanting. But enough remains to warrant our iden\-\expndtw0 tifying him with those men of all ages Jo whom man\-\expndtw-1 kind stands indebted, and who have justly earned an \expndtw2 honoured name for their efforts to improve society.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li974\fi-144\ri614\sb96\sa0\sl-163\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 " Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo : \expndtw-4 Omnibus his nivea cinguntur tempora vitta."}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri29\sb110\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thus the Latin poet expresses it; but we have a mare \expndtw6 sure word of testimony regarding them who have \expndtw2 thrown their mite into the treasury of Christian use\-\expndtw7 fulness, " great is their reward." Yea those whose \expndtw3 Work has been to convert souls " shall shine forth as \expndtw5 the sun in the kingdom of their Father."}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi226\ri29\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Lewis Bayly \scaps0 departed this life on Wednesday 26th \expndtw0 October 1631, and was buried in his church at Baiigor. \expndtw5 He left four sons, Nicholas, John, Theodore, and \expndtw6 Thomas. Nicholas, a military man, a major in Ire\-land, died 1689. John, Fellow of Exeter College, \expndtw5 Oxford, and a publisher of sermons entitled " The \expndtw3 Angel Guardian," Psalm xxxiv. 7 ; " Light Enlight\-\expndtw2 ening," John i. 9; and several other books much es\-\expndtw6 teemed in their time, died in the year 1633; and \expndtw2 Theodore and Thomas were likewise educated for the}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3578\margrsxn3684\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1330\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4795 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-11 XI}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi0\ri0\sb120\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Church. Doctor David Dolben, of St. John's College, \expndtw2 Cambridge, who was Bishop Bayly's successor to the \expndtw0 see of Bangor, found, at his first visitation in the year \expndtw-1 1632, these two sons, Theodore and Thctmas, occupy\-\expndtw4 ing Welsh curacies. Thomas, who had been educated \expndtw3 at Cambridge, was afterwards Rector of Brasteed in Kent: but being represented as popishly affected, he \expndtw2 was ejected from his living. He suffered much in the \expndtw4 civil wars, and brought himself into great trouble by \expndtw0 his political writings. He wrote many histories of his \expndtw-1 travels abroad, and railed freely against all the com\-\expndtw2 monwealths of Europe. He most desperately attacked \expndtw-2 the newly-erected one of England, for which injudicious \expndtw-1 and unpleasing publication he was committed to New\-\expndtw3 gate; but escaping from prison, he fled to the Conti\-\expndtw0 nent, where he long lived in obscurity, and died in an \expndtw4 hospital there. This unfortunate man, firmly attached \expndtw-1 to the Royalists, we find mentioned as \b a \b0 Commission \expndtw5 Officer with the Marquis of Worcester, in the year \expndtw1 1646, defending Ragland Castle against the Parlia\-\expndtw6 mentarians. In the enumeration of his sufferings in \expndtw7 the civil wars which he relates, he tells he had bees \expndtw2 " deprived of \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'a3\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 1000 a-year, and had lost blood \b and \b0\expndtw0 liberty,\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 he who was a peer's son, and his mother \i a, \i0\expndtw5 knight's daughter." This is the only intimation which \expndtw3 I find of the rank of the lady to whom Bishop Bayly \expndtw-1 was married.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi259\ri43\sb5\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 These few facts are all that remain of his family history and domestic relations. Of his public capacity \expndtw4 as a minister of Christ, it may again be repeated that \expndtw3 he was a powerful preacher of the Gospel. " \scaps The \expndtw8 Practice op Piety" \scaps0 remains a durable monument \expndtw-1 of the soundness of his faith, the purity of his doctrines, \i\expndtw1 mi \i0 the practically useful way and method wfeefreby be}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3840\margrsxn3389\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li10\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1262 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 XII{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-1 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb120\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 exercised that most valuable gift of preaching with \expndtw1 which he was endowed.    That book was the substance \expndtw7 of several sermons which he preached while he was \expndtw2 minister of Evesham.    He threw these discourses into \expndtw7 that form as a manual for the use of his people, and \expndtw10 it soon became the most popular book in England. Year by year, edition after edition issued from the \expndtw11 press; copies of it were multiplied throughout the \expndtw1 whole of England, till it was in every man's house, and \expndtw6 in the hands of every one that could read.    Nor was \expndtw2 its circulation confined to Britain alone; it was equally \expndtw3 well esteemed abroad.    In what year it was first pub\-\expndtw5 lished I am not able to state; but the eleventh edition \expndtw3 of it was published at London in the year 1619 (Bodl. \expndtw5 8vo. B. 185 Th.;) and when Bishop Lloyd was nomi\-\expndtw10 nated to the see of Bangor in the year 1673, it had \expndtw0 been printed above fifty times in English, besides many \expndtw8 times in the Welsh tongue, the French, Hungarian, \expndtw6 Polish, and various other continental languages.    It \expndtw11 was held in such high estimation in France by the \expndtw3 protestants there, that John Despagne, a French writer \expndtw2 and preacher in Somerset House Chapel, made a com\-\expndtw6 plaint of its popularity (1656), and said the common \expndtw0 people looked upon its authority as almost equal to that \expndtw3 of lie Scriptures.  Indeed it was so universally read by all classes, that the authorities in England took cogni\-\expndtw7 zance of the matter, and though the order of the day \expndtw5 was for every man to have a Bible in his pocket, yet, \expndtw3 with that unaccountable distortion of judgment which \expndtw2 often attends human deliberations, and seeming to for\-\expndtw5 get that its use and tendency is to draw men to study \expndtw9 more and more the Divine will, and to seek a more \expndtw4 intimate acquaintance with the Word of God, the Par\-\expndtw10 liament brought it under consideration, in order to}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3532\margrsxn3716\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1282\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4608 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 BIOGBAPHICAL PREFACE.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw3 Xlll}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb130\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 prohibit the reading of it, and to suppress its future \expndtw-3 publication.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi235\ri48\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 About that same period, a lying report concerning \expndtw-1 its authorship was raised by some of the prejudiced narrow-minded factious sectarians of those times, who were not willing that a book so highly esteemed should \expndtw-4 be written by a bishop. Some said it was written by Price, \expndtw-2 Archdeacon of Bangor, and that Bishop Bayly had taken \expndtw6 the credit of it to himself; and an author, who takes \expndtw0 all advantages of calumniating the clergy and speaking against the Established Church, said that it was written \expndtw4 by a puritan minister. (Ludov. Molinaeus in lib. suo \expndtw2 cui lit. est, Patronus bonae Fidei, &c, edit in oct. ann. \expndtw1 1672, in cap. continent specimen contra Durellum, p. 48.) " Nevertheless," he observes, " whoever be the author, it has been-very serviceable to persons of all \expndtw0 ranks in England, and was equally purchased by both \expndtw7 parties (viz. the Episcopal party and the Puritans), \expndtw-1 and those of the Episcopal party by reading it became \expndtw1 better."}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li48\fi230\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 An attempt was afterwards made to suppress the \expndtw2 Bishop's name upon the title-page; and when a new \expndtw0 edition was printed in the Welsh language, a person of \expndtw1 the name of Gouge caused the title-page to be torn out of the whole impression, and a new title-page to be \expndtw5 wrought off without the author's name. This disre\-\expndtw2 spect to the Bishop's memory, particularly to this edi\-tion set forth in his native language, was found great \expndtw0 fault with by the gentlemen in the country, and Bishop Lloyd, of Bangor, caused the author's name to be writ\-\expndtw2 ten on the title-pages of all the copies that were to be \expndtw0 distributed in that neighbourhood, many of which the \expndtw1 Bishop wrote with his own hand, and Dr. Humphreys \expndtw0 wrote the rest by his order. Many of Bishop Bayly's contemporaries, clergymen who had been intimate with}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3490\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 b}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3897\margrsxn3380\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li62\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1339 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex107\expndtw-14\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 XIV{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw10 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi0\ri5\sb130\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 him, and also several old men, his parishioners, who \expndtw1 were alive when Dr. Humphreys was appointed to the \expndtw4 see of Bangor, and who knew well that he was the \expndtw3 author of it, spoke with great veneration of his me\-\expndtw0 mory, and with regard to his book assured Bishop Humphreys, from whose original papers, in the pos\-session of Dr. White Kennet, Bishop of Peterborough, \expndtw5 these facts were derived, that highly esteemed as the \expndtw3 " \scaps Practice of Piety" \scaps0 was, Bishop Bayly had learn\-\expndtw5 ing for a greater work than that.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 To enumerate the editions through which it has gone \expndtw7 would be impossible. Scarcely any work ever had \expndtw2 such a prodigious circulation ; by reason that it is not \expndtw0 the book of a sect or party, but is a general book, ac\-ceptable to all who agree in the grand doctrinal and \expndtw1 practical truths of the Gospel. From the testimony of \expndtw0 various writers, it appears to have been remarkably \expndtw-2 beneficial; and during the period of its amazing popu\-\expndtw-1 larity, it was equally sought for by churchmen and \expndtw1 nonconformists, and was equally valued by both.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi206\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Peter Pindar characterizes Mr. Whitebread as bribing" \expndtw2 voters with}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1118\fi0\ri0\sb19\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 " Bunyans, and \i Practices of Piety."}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri24\sb77\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 instead of the more substantial douceurs usual on these \expndtw-2 occasions. Whether this be a mere figure of speech used \expndtw3 by that scurrilous lampooner, or whether it indicates that the work was circulated by the religious profes\-\expndtw4 sors of that period, I cannot determine. Certain it is, \expndtw8 that of the many manuals which have been written \expndtw5 to direct the Christian in his religious duties, this is \expndtw1 the most valuable. It may have been supplanted in \expndtw2 popularity by the multitude of ephemeral productions \expndtw4 of modern times, but as it holds a priority in the date \expndtw5 of its composition,  so it will maintain its rank in the}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3612\margrsxn3694\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1306\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4704 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex110\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-15 XV}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi0\ri14\sb134\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 scale of standard religious literature as an original English work, when their name and place are known \expndtw-1 no more.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi240\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 A book which the blessing of God has accompanied \expndtw3 in one period of the Church, may be alike blessed on \expndtw0 its revival now. It pertains to subjects of unchanging \expndtw-1 interest. The science of religion, as derived from God's \expndtw0 revealed will, is the same yesterday, to-day, and to\-morrow. No change of human affairs, effected by hu\-man advancement in other sciences, can alter its truths \expndtw1 or diminish their importance. It was written at a time \expndtw3 when a peculiar lustre adorned the ministers of reli\-\expndtw6 gion. It was an age of eminence in divinity such as \expndtw4 the world had not witnessed since the primitive days \expndtw-2 of Christianity, and which the world has not witnessed \expndtw4 again. The Church had come out of its bloody con\-\expndtw1 flicts " fair as the sun, and clear as the moon." The \expndtw2 ministers of religion had not settled down into dead-\expndtw0 ness and mediocrity, which become the characteristics \expndtw8 of the clergy when the Church is at her ease, and \expndtw0 when they lose sight of what their spiritual forefathers have suffered for the truth, and the free course of the \expndtw-1 Gospel which they are privileged to enjoy. They forget \expndtw4 what the defence of the truth cost others, because it costs themselves nothing. Religion, as it now exists, \expndtw-2 is to them honourable, fashionable, and advantageous in \expndtw2 a worldly sense, therefore they take it easily.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Lukewarmness is the besetting sin of the present \expndtw-1 day. If there be any zeal about doctrines, it is not for \expndtw2 essential truths, but about doubtful questions. If there \expndtw0 be any zeal about duties, it is not for the promotion of \expndtw2 piety and personal holiness, but for some particular \expndtw-1 duties, which leading characters, or the force and in\-\expndtw0 fluence of public opinion, have brought into fashion. \expndtw6 Make a virtue popular, and all other virtues are lost}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4068\margrsxn3219\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li5\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1282 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex107\expndtw-14\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 XVI{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw1 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb139\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 sight of in that one. The characteristics of the ge\-nuine diciples of Jesus are lost in the Christian's \expndtw6 anxiety to conform himself to the world. He con\-\expndtw0 stantly betrays his dread of losing his grasp of present \expndtw2 advantages; and no improvement can be expected un\-\expndtw5 til men professing to fear God divest themselves of \expndtw0 this worldly spirit, and selfishness, and the desire to \expndtw2 increase in this world's goods, and to advance their \expndtw6 families in this world's distinctions. Women, also, \expndtw3 who possess such influence in society, would require \expndtw4 to exalt the Christian character from the lamentably \expndtw0 low standard to which it is reduced, that they may be\-\expndtw5 come " as the polished corners of the Temple." But \expndtw2 this cannot be, until they aim at something better than \expndtw5 to be smatterers in superficial learning, or until the \expndtw0 sum of their existence be something more than " em\-broidery, small scandal, prayers, and vacancy." Above \expndtw-1 all, until they cease to be busy bodies in the affairs of \expndtw1 others, and indulgers in evil surmisings, or indeed in \expndtw-2 surmisings of any kind\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 that source of unspeakable'evil in society, whereby are sacrificed the peace and respec\-\expndtw-1 tability of individuals and families, and of which Satan, \expndtw1 the father of lies, is the busy promoter; and it rejoices \expndtw3 his malignant nature to see the constant agitation in \expndtw0 which it keeps the world, and the heart-burnings which \expndtw-2 it occasions.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi235\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Human plans of education and improvement may do \expndtw-4 much towards refining mankind, and adding to the adorn\-\expndtw-2 ments of life, until society become like a fair monument \expndtw-4 of polished marble, "beautiful indeed oustide," and which \expndtw2 might be mistaken for a temple consecrated to purity \expndtw0 and virtue, but in reality a habitation of death and ca\-\expndtw6 vern of moral putrefaction. The Gospel is the axe \expndtw4 which must be laid to the tree of human corruption. \expndtw1 The ministers of God, those men who have the inward}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3691\margrsxn3547\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1430\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4661 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 BIOGRAPHICAIi PREFACE.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-14 XV11}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li72\fi0\ri10\sb134\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 call, as well as the outward commission, are the labour\-\expndtw4 ers sent forth to this work. If they tire in their work, and lie down to rest, or execute it feebly, can they \expndtw0 wonder to see roots of bitterness springing up every\-\expndtw-1 where, and flourishing and occupying the good ground \expndtw1 which they have neglected.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi240\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 A martyr for religious liberty, after receiving sen\-\expndtw2 tence of death, protested before going to the scaffold \expndtw8 that he was " not so much cumbered how to die as \expndtw5 he many a time had been how to preach a sermon." \expndtw1 And another minister, Mr. Thomas Shepard, whose watchfulness to discharge the duties of the ministry is \expndtw3 worthy of imitation, exhorted some young ministers \expndtw8 who were about him on his death-bed to remember \expndtw1 " that their work was great, and called for great seri\-\expndtw5 ousness. For his own part he told them three things: \expndtw4\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 First, that the studying of every sermon cost him \expndtw3 tears; he wept in the studying of every sermon. Se\-\expndtw1 condly, before he preached any sermon he got good by \expndtw6 it himself. Thirdly, he always went up into the pul\-\expndtw1 pit as if he were going to give up his accounts to his \expndtw0 Master."}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri48\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 It was the opinion and experience of one* whose \expndtw1 preaching, and writings on the Christian faith and life were the means of awakening many millions of souls \expndtw-1 from a lifeless formality to an inward sense of religion, \expndtw2 that " one of the principal expedients for reviving the evangelical spirit in the churches when under a decay, \expndtw3 is to call to the people to live up to the plainest pre\-\expndtw-1 cepts of Christ; such as self-denial, mortification, con\-\expndtw1 trition, resignation, and the like; instead of filling their \expndtw-1 minds with the niceties of controversial and speculative}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi202\ri82\sb163\sa0\sl-192\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * John Arndt, general superintendent or principal minister in \expndtw3 the Duke of Zell's dominions, who died 162],}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3235\fi0\ri0\sb5\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex124\expndtw-13\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 62}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4003\margrsxn3264\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1282 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 XVUl{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi0\ri24\sb134\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 matters, which seemed to him rather to nourish, than \expndtw2 to abate pride and self-love, those springs of corrup\-\expndtw1 tion."}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri0\sb5\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 " \scaps The Practice op Piety" \scaps0 has been superseded \expndtw1 by innumerable treatises on the same subject, but not \expndtw7 excelled; while it retains its claim to originality in \expndtw3 that department of religious literature. Its power to \expndtw0 awaken the conscience, there is reason to believe, has been, by the blessing of God, most effectual. Two no\-\expndtw3 table instances may be recorded. When John Bunyan \expndtw1 was married, he and his wife were in extreme poverty, \expndtw3 being totally destitute of any provision, and they had \expndtw2 not one article of household stuff between them. But \expndtw13 Mrs. Bunyan possessed for her portion a copy of \expndtw3 " Bayly's Practice of Piety," which she had received \expndtw0 from her father on his death-bed; and she being a well-\expndtw-1 disposed woman, sprung of godly parents, induced her \expndtw6 husband to read it from time to time. This begot in \expndtw4 him a desire to reform his vicious life, and he forth\-\expndtw0 with began. But it seemed to proceed till in self-righte\-ousness and formality, and it was a considerable time \expndtw8 before he felt the freeness of the grace of God. But \expndtw0 a thing begun is half finished; therefore we must value \expndtw6 the beginning of all good works. " God is at much \expndtw1 pains with sinners, ordinarily, ere he draw them fully, \expndtw3 wholly, and effectually to himself." Many and varied \expndtw2 are the means and instruments which he employs, but all tend towards the one great point, the conversion of \expndtw1 the soul to himself. Another eminent person whose \expndtw3 awakeniug may be traced to the effects of that book, \expndtw1 was Mr. James Frazer of Brea, minister of Culross in \expndtw0 Fife, born 1639> who suffered much in the cause of religious liberty. He himself states, after describing a \expndtw4 youth spent in carelessness and sinful conformity to \expndtw6 the world like other young men of rank and fashion,}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3674\margrsxn3584\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1282\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4622 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-14 XIX}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb130\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 that he began seriously to think of his responsibility \expndtw0 as an accountable and immortal being, and determined \expndtw4 to reform his life. He thereupon " made a conscience \expndtw2 of all duties. The occasion," says he, " of this refor\-\expndtw1 mation and great change was this. One Sabbath-day \expndtw5 afternoon I read on a book called ' \i The Practice of \expndtw3 Piety' \i0 concerning the misery of a natural man, the \expndtw2 torments of hell, and the blessedness of a godly man, \expndtw4 and some directions for a godly life. The Lord so \expndtw1 wrought, and my heart was therewith so affected and drawn, that without more ado I thenceforth resolved to \expndtw5 become a new man, and to live not only a harmless \expndtw1 life, but a godly and devout life; and to turn my back \expndtw2 upon all my old ways, and utterly to forsake them." \expndtw3 Farther on in his Christian experience, when he had \expndtw5 attained to the blessed hope of the Gospel, he states, \i\expndtw0 " \i0 this hope produced a cheerful endeavour to seek the \expndtw2 Lord, which I did, and was labouring to do good unto \expndtw7 others, and to spread the knowledge of Christ; by \expndtw4 which means I daily grew in the knowledge and love \expndtw6 of God. One of the books I most read was * \i The \expndtw4 Practice of Piety,' \i0 which God did bless to me. And \expndtw1 thus," he adds, " Grace makes a great, wonderful, and \expndtw3 universal change; changing the outward life and in\-\expndtw0 ward frame; ' All things are new,'\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 new prayers, new \expndtw-1 love, new company, new opinions, and new principles." \expndtw-3 Among all the rises and downfalls of kingdoms\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 from \expndtw3 those of which history has preserved almost nothing \expndtw2 save the name, to those whose greatness and power seemed constituted to last till the end of time.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 one kingdom, one nation alone, viz. the kingdom of God, \expndtw0 the \scaps Chdrch, \scaps0 has stood immoveable, surviving shocks \expndtw-1 and vicissitudes that would have cast down temporal \expndtw1 dominions, and obliterated them from the earth. And \expndtw3 however varied it may have appeared\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 whatever \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'ab\dbch\af1\loch\af0\hich\f0\cchs0 \u9658\'3f}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3827\margrsxn3392\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li125\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1421 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-12\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 XX{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw6 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li72\fi0\ri0\sb120\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 ternations of lustre and obscurity may have passed \expndtw3 over it\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 whatever designations it may have assumed \expndtw6\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  whatever storms nigh to destruction may have \expndtw2 shaken it\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 whether its subjects were few or many \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97 \hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 whether it consisted of one simple patriarchal family, \expndtw0 or was spread over the empires of the civilized world, \expndtw-2 comprising different kindreds, and nations, and tongues, \expndtw0\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 yet by distinctive marks it can be always recognised as the one peculiar nation destined to outstand all tem\-\expndtw-1 poral kingdoms\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the one peculiar people distinguished \expndtw2 by internal characteristics, as well as marked by the \expndtw-2 special dealings and dispensations of its Almighty Ruler \expndtw2 through the successive ages of time.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri43\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 No community but itself could have outlasted what \expndtw1 it has endured from the internal divisions and animo\-\expndtw3 sities of persons struggling for opposite interests, as \expndtw1 well as the assaults from without of hostile powers \expndtw3 thirsting for its destruction; but with a singular, pre\-ternatural, unconquerable energy, it survives every \expndtw2 shock, waxing stronger and stronger after each attack \expndtw0\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 shewing that it is upheld and invigorated by a power \expndtw2 that cannot be subdued, nor finally overthrown. Se\-\expndtw3 curity, blindness, and ease, belong to the kingdom of \expndtw1 the wicked one, but nowhere characterize the kingdom \expndtw0 of God. The Church on earth is called sons or children, \expndtw-2 hecause it needs continual care, discipline, chastisement, \expndtw8 and teaching. The Church in heaven is called the \i\expndtw2 bride, \i0 no longer to be corrected and kept in awe as a \expndtw1 child, but to reign and rejoice in the full possession of \expndtw2 that peace and security, which, in its militant state, it \expndtw3 never could possess. Those who form their judgment \expndtw7 of Christianity from the Holy Scriptures, must see \expndtw2 that too much ease and worldly prosperity injure the \expndtw4 Church as well as the individual Christian. These, \expndtw6 instead of promoting the real interests of a kingdom}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3516\margrsxn3789\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1272\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4598 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-11 XXI}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri34\sb125\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 which is not of this world, accelerate its corruption. \expndtw0 And when Christianity is propagated merely by human \expndtw2 authority and worldly inducements, what it gains in numbers and earthly glory, it loses in purity, sound\-\expndtw1 ness, and spirituality.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Though the whole earth were but one vast area \expndtw3 overspread with temples for the service of God, and \expndtw0 you could not plant the sole of your foot but where it \expndtw5 might be said this is consecrated to God's glory, yet \expndtw6 as little true worship might ascend to him as there \expndtw1 does now from the desolate places of the world where \expndtw3 his name was never heard. Extent of territory is no\-\expndtw2 thing unless the corrupt soil of the human heart have \expndtw0 been subdued. Nations may throw off the yoke of \expndtw2 superstition, and a corrupt religion and Satan's king\-\expndtw0 dom lose nothing by the change. " Men judge of the \expndtw3 outside chiefly, but God values least of all that part \expndtw2 which shines brightest in the eyes of men." *}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi245\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 A pious and prayerful life persevered in by the indi\-\expndtw2 vidual Christian is one of the truest means of extend\-\expndtw0 ing the Church of God. Many think they are extending \expndtw1 the Redeemer's kingdom when they are but extending \expndtw2 their own name and fame. The Church of God is the \expndtw0 meek, the pure, the peacemakers, the humble, the sted-\expndtw2 fast, the just. These are the living stones which com\-\expndtw-1 pose the spiritual edifice, and this spiritual edifice, this \expndtw6 Church of God, comprises all that is excellent on \expndtw8 earth, and that only of earth which shall endure \expndtw3 through the eternal ages of Heaven.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi245\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 All else\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 men's honours and achievements, men's inventions, men's vanities, is doomed to everlasting \expndtw2 perdition. To think of wicked doers and their werks \expndtw0 being doomed to destruction is comparatively Betbiag,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li62\fi0\ri0\sb115\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Fenelon.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4024\margrsxn3243\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li43\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1325 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex109\expndtw-11\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 XXU{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw3 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi0\ri29\sb120\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 but it is an appalling consideration to know that the reputable things, the honourable things of the world\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97 \expndtw-1\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the highly esteemed, shall pass away into everlasting contempt.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi245\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 If personal holiness be a true means of extending \expndtw1 and establishing the Church of God, union among Christians, as it is a chief token of Christ's presence \expndtw0 among his people, is also a powerful means of advan\-\expndtw1 cing the Gospel and the spiritual interests of mankind. \expndtw4 But when the disciples of Jesus dispute by the way \expndtw0 about the preference due to themselves and their opi\-nions, they are seeking their own preeminence and not \expndtw1 their master's glory. Mankind are represented as so-journers and travellers. This analogy implies sociality \expndtw4 and companionship. Where many are travelling the \expndtw2 same road they must of necessity converse as they \expndtw4 journey. The wicked go in company together to the \expndtw2 place of destruction though the ways are broad and \expndtw0 various, how much more the righteous, when to their \expndtw5 destination there is but one road, and that a narrow \expndtw-6 one.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi235\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Activity is another essential mark of the Christian \expndtw-2 character, and a means by which the kingdom of God is \expndtw-1 promoted. The kingdom of Satan and the kingdom of \expndtw2 Christ we all know are the two grand divisions of the \expndtw-1 human race. All other divisions are trifling and of tran\-\expndtw0 sient duration. The distinctions of blood and kindred, \expndtw-2 nation and language, sect, party, and opinion are among those fashions of the world which shall pass away. But \expndtw-1 these two divisions are permanent, yea eternally per\-\expndtw8 manent. The righteous all are one in Christ Jesus. \expndtw0 The wicked, the slothful Christians, the fearful, the \expndtw7 unbelieving, all are one with Satan. He leaves no \expndtw2 means untried to keep souls out of Christ's kingdom. \expndtw1 He hates an awakened frame of spirit.    Those who do}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3643\margrsxn3600\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1349\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4555 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-19 XXH1}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li43\fi0\ri0\sb115\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 no good, though they do no harm, promote by their \expndtw9 sloth the spread of Satan's reign. They who are of \expndtw-2 the kingdom and habitation of the wicked one, may be \expndtw2 slothful if they will. They are characterized as slug\-\expndtw4 gards, slumberers, and sleepers; but they who are of \expndtw0 the kingdom of Christ have all their appointed work. Satan's bramble-field will grow without dressing. The weeds, thorns, briars, and evil fruit which are \i his \i0 har\-\expndtw3 vest, flourish well in their native soil, the world. But \expndtw1 the vine which is the Lord's planting is not indigenous to earth, but is of celestial growth, and must be tended \expndtw0 by the vine-dressers, and pruned, and sheltered, and \expndtw2 watered with the dews of heaven.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi250\ri38\sb5\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Satan's followers may be idle, but there is no time \expndtw3 of idleness for the Christian. He is a soldier at con\-\expndtw0 tinual warfare. He is an husbandman sowing and reap\-\expndtw4 ing, a merchantman seeking great gain, a traveller on \expndtw1 a far Journey with but short time to accomplish it, a \expndtw3 secant with his appointed work and stipulated wages, \expndtw9 a child at school with his task to learn. He is an \expndtw2 invited guest to a banquet where all things are ready, \expndtw0 and if he hasten not to it, the company will be all as\-\expndtw1 sembled and the doors shut.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi245\ri58\sb5\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 There is nothing so humbling to human nature as a \expndtw0 view of the incompleteness of all that one is able to \expndtw4 perform in this life. A man may live long enough in the world in a reputable way, and never find out till \expndtw2 the last that he has been living to \i very \i0 little purpose. \expndtw-1 The extreme difficulty of knowing in many cases whe\-\expndtw3 ther we are seeking God's glory or our own, should \expndtw0 make the Christian abide more steadily by those duties and pursuits which he is sure will stand the test of the \expndtw2 judgment day, and then the certainty of ultimate suc\-\expndtw3 cess in such undertakings, assisted by divine aids and}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4140\margrsxn3166\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li34\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1310 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex108\expndtw-12\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 XXIV{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw2 BIOGRAPHICAL PKETACE.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri14\sb125\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 encouragements, enables him to persevere in his course. The human mind must be sustained by encouragements, \expndtw1 otherwise it will relax in its exertions, and finally fail. \expndtw-1 The countenance which a man zealous about religious \expndtw0 enterprises receives from his fellow-men helps him on \expndtw5 wonderfully, though, at the same time, if he would \expndtw4 have the honesty to confess it, he may be receiving \expndtw-3 very little encouragement from God, and may be making \expndtw0 no progress himself in the divine life. But when God's \expndtw-1 secret assistance and counsel to a man are combined \expndtw4 together with his gracious disposal of the hearts of \expndtw3 others to aid his exertions, \i then \i0 it is that great things may be achieved for the advancement of God's glory \expndtw6 on the earth. But one has much need to beware that \expndtw0 he mistake not outward prosperity for heavenly sanc\-tions. Religious professors go on generally with great eclat while many a faithful servant of God toils on his \expndtw1 way with very little human approbation. But he needs \expndtw7 not to be discouraged; for in this respect he is the \expndtw1 more like his divine master.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi230\ri0\sb5\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 " I have meat to eat which ye know not of," was \expndtw-1 Jesus Christ's acknowledgment to his friends when they \expndtw2 thought he stood in need of bodily refreshment. Such \expndtw1 in a certain degree is the experience of every follower \expndtw2 of Jesus. And when the world is pitying, and Satan \expndtw0 assaulting, and nature failing, there is a divine nourish\-ment imparted to the soul that carnal minds cannot be \expndtw4 made to participate in nor to discern. There is no \expndtw-2 redeemed soul but what has experienced this refreshing \expndtw0 from on high, and he estimates it above all other sup\-\expndtw5 ports. It is the food with which the Psalmist's table \expndtw2 was furnished in the presence of his enemies. In de\-spite of all those evils that conspired against him, he was sustained and nourished, and constrained to exult}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3639\margrsxn3701\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1272\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4536 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-12 XXV}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li24\fi0\ri0\sb134\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 in the loving-kindness of the great Shepherd of Israel \expndtw1 that had refreshed his soul and anointed his head.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi221\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-264\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 If the believer were to give utterance to the feelings \expndtw2 of his heart when he is rejoicing in the Lord's good\-ness, he would be called a foolish enthusiast. But he \expndtw1 has divine prudence imparted to him as well as divine \expndtw-1 joy, and he restrains himself. He avoids every appear\-\expndtw0 ance of evil \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  everything by which his good could be \expndtw-2 evil spoken of, and he moderates his feelings with the \expndtw0 remembrance that this is a vale of tears \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  a strange country not seemly to sing God's songs in, and he re\-\expndtw1 serves them for that land where every heart shall be attuned with melody like his own.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn1925\margrsxn10315\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720 {\pard\plain \sb0\sa0\sl-1\slmult0\fs2\par}\sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3895\margrsxn4496\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li29\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 THE}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb571\sa0\sl-293\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-5\dn4\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs40 PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn1908\margrsxn10332\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720 {\pard\plain \sb0\sa0\sl-1\slmult0\fs2\par}\sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3406\margrsxn3780\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li10\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs28 CONTENTS.}\par {\shp {\*\shpinst \shpleft2059\shptop365\shpright2894\shpbottom365\shpfhdr0\shpbxcolumn\shpbypara\shpwr3\shpwrk0\shpfblwtxt1\shpz0\shplid1{\sp{\sn shapeType}{\sv 20}}{\sp{\sn lineWidth}{\sv 6350}}}}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li394\fi0\ri0\sb686\sa0\tx3144\tx3744\tx4306 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 The Epistle Dedicatory,         .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\i\expndtw3 page \i0 xxxi}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li389\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx3446\tx4046\tx4603 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Address to the Devout Reader,    .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-2 xxxvii}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li96\fi0\ri0\sb43\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx288 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 1.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw2 A Plain Description of God, in respect of his Essence, Per-}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li475\fi0\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx3926\tx4954 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 sons, and Attributes, so far as every Christian should com\-\line \expndtw-2 petently endeavour to learn and know, with sundry sweet\line \expndtw-1 Observations and Meditations thereupon,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-2 .         .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 3}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li96\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx288 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 2.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw3 Meditations setting forth the Miseries of a Man in his Life}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li470\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx4867 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 and Death, that is not reconciled to God in Christ,   .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw1 28}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li96\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx288 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 3.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw2 Meditations of the Blessed State, both in Life and Death, of}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li475\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx1526\tx2131\tx2736\tx3350\tx4877 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 a Man that is reconciled to God in Christ; wherein thou\line \expndtw0 shalt find not a few things worthy the reading and obser\-\line \expndtw-2 vation,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-2 45}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li96\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx288 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 4.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw1 Meditations on Seven Hindrances which keep back a Sinner}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li456\fi0\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx4867 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 from the Practice of Piety; necessary to be read of all,\line \expndtw-1 but especially of carnal Gospellers in these times,     .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-5 76}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li96\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx360 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 5.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw7 How to begin the Morning with  pious Meditations and}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li475\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx1555 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Prayer,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw480 ......\expndtw0     \expndtw-23 102}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li82\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx278 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 6.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw2 How to read the Bible with profit and ease once over ^veiy}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li461\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx1306\tx4776 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 year,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw449 ......{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 105}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li278\fi-197\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx278\tx4262\tx4776 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  7.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li278\fi-197\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx278\tx4262\tx4776 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart7\pnindent197\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 A Morning Prayer,         \expndtw496 .....\expndtw-8     108\line \expndtw1 Another shorter Prayer for the Morning,        .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-1 115\line \expndtw2 Another brief Morning Prayer,            .                 .            \expndtw21 .118}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li278\fi-197\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx278\tx4272\tx4771\tx4858 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  8.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li278\fi-197\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx278\tx4272\tx4771\tx4858 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart7\pnindent197\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Meditations how to walk with God all the Day,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }119\line Especially how to guide thy Thoughts,     .            .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\i ib.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li778\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx1618\tx4776 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 \'84{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\i0\charscalex105\expndtw-3 \'84\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0         thy Words,   .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-8 123}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li782\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx1608\tx3941\tx4522 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex105\expndtw0\dn0\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 \'84{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-2 \'84\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0         thy Actions,        .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.    126}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li82\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx278\tx3058\tx3658\tx4248\tx4781 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex105\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 9.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\i0\charscalex90\expndtw7 Meditations for the Evening,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw5 133}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li5\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx283 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex90\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 10.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 An Evening Prayer.        \expndtw498 .....\expndtw0     135}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li283\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx3672\tx4262\tx4776 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex90\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Another shorter Evening Prayer,        .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw8 140}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li10\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx293\tx3950\tx4541\tx4771 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex90\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 11.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw7 Meditations as thou art going to Bed,       .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw5 .    142\line ] 2. Meditations for a Godly Householder,              .            .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw6 143}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx288\tx3355\tx3950\tx4536 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex90\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  13.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx288\tx3355\tx3950\tx4536 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart13\pnindent288\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex90\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex90\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 A Morning Prayer for a Family,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw53 .145}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx288 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex90\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  14.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx288 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart13\pnindent288\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex90\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex90\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Holy Meditations and Graces before and after LUnaer and}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li470\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx4786 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex90\expndtw-13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Supper,     \expndtw495 ......{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw5 149}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx288\tx3917\tx4526\tx4771 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex90\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 15.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw7 Rules to be observed in singing of Psalms,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw7 .    154\line \expndtw6 10. An Evening Prayer for a Family.      .             .            .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw8 155}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3370\fi0\ri0\sb67\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 c 2}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4164\margrsxn5018\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr1339\colno2\colw998 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 xxx}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb58\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 CONTENTS.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4106\margrsxn3022\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb101\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 17.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 A Religious Discourse of the Sabbath day, wherein is proved}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li490\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 ,that the Sabbath was altered from the seventh to the \expndtw-1 first day of the week, not by human ordinance, but by Christ himself and his Apostles\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 |that the fourth commandment is \expndtw0 perpetual and moral under the New Testament, as well as \expndtw2 under the Old. And the true manner of sanctifying the \expndtw1 Sabbath day is described out of the Word^of God,    \i page \i0 159}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx4330 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  18.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx4330 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart18\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 A Morning Prayer for the Sabbath day,         .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.         193}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx4003\tx4598 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  19.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx4003\tx4598 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart18\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 An Evening Prayer for the Sabbath day,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw1 .    204}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  20.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart18\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Meditations of the true manner of Fasting, and giving of}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li514\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx3715\tx4315 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Alms, out of the Word of God,      .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw4 .         207}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx3994\tx4598 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  21.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx3994\tx4598 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart21\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 The right manner of Holy Feasting,         .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw8 .   219}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  22.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart21\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Holy and Devout Meditations of the worthy and reverent}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li499\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx3725\tx4325\tx4829 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 receiving of the Lord's Supper,       .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw1 220}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  23.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart23\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 An Humble Confession of Sins before the Holy Communion, 237}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  24.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart23\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 A Sweet Soliloquy to be said a little before the receiving of}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li470\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 the Holy Sacrament,    \expndtw491 .....\expndtw-7     250}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 25.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw5 A Prayer to be said after the receiving of the Holy Sacra-}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li480\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 ment,         \expndtw485 ......\expndtw-5          257}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  26.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart26\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Meditations how to behave thyself in the time of Sickness,    263}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx3998\tx4594 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  27.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx3998\tx4594 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart26\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 A Prayer when one begins to be sick,      .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw1 .    264}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  28.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart26\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Directions for making thy Will, and setting thy house in}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li485\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 order,        \expndtw493 ......\expndtw-6          268}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb5\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx3394\tx3998\tx4594 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  29.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb5\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx3394\tx3998\tx4594 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart29\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 A Prayer before taking Medicine,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw6 .   271}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  30.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart29\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Meditations for the Sick,       \expndtw491 ....\expndtw-5          272}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li322\fi-307\ri0\sb10\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx2501\tx4819 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  31.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li322\fi-307\ri0\sb10\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx2501\tx4819 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart29\pnindent307\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Meditations for one that is recovered from Sickness,         .   279\line And a Thanksgiving,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw412 ....{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 280}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx3998\tx4598 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  32.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx3998\tx4598 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart29\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Meditations for one that is like to die,      .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw6 .   283}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx4315 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  33.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx4315 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart29\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 A Prayer to be said of one that is like to die,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw4 .         288}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx3984\tx4579 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  34.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx3984\tx4579 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart29\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Comfortable Meditations against Despair,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw3 .    290}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx4315\tx4819 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  35.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx4315\tx4819 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart29\pnindent308\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Directions for those who come to visit the Sick,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }301}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li322\fi-307\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx4589 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  36.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li322\fi-307\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx322\tx4589 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart29\pnindent307\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 A Prayer to be said for the Sick by those who visit him, .    303\line \expndtw2 And choice Scriptures to be read unto him,         .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .    305}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx355\tx4315\tx4584 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 37.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-1 Consolations against Impatience in Sickness,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw4 .         306\line \expndtw2 '38. Consolations against the Fear of Death,    .          .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }.    309}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li34\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx346 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 39.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw5 Seven Sanctified Thoughts, and so many Spiritual Sighs,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li485\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx3730\tx4325 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 fit for a'sick man ready to die,        .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw4 .         312}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li34\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx346 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 40.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 Of the Comfortable Assurance of God's Forgiveness of Sins,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li456\fi0\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx1608 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 and receiving of the Lord's Supper, to the faithful and pe\-\line \expndtw2 nitent, before they depart this life, if it may conveniently\line be had,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw473 ......\expndtw0    \expndtw-11 316}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li34\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx346\tx3730\tx4320 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  41.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li34\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx346\tx3730\tx4320 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart41\pnindent312\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 The Speech of a Godly Man dying,   .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw4 .         323}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li34\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx346 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18  42.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li34\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx346 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart41\pnindent312\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Meditations of Martyrdom, wherein is proved that those}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li514\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx4589 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 who die forPopery cannot be Christ's Martyrs,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw1 .    324}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li34\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx346 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 43.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw5 A Divine Colloquy between Christ and the Soul concern-}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li504\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx4829 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 ing the virtue and efficacy of his dolorous passion,    .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw1 330}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li34\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tx346\tx4618 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 44.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw2 The Soul's Soliloquy unto Christ her Saviour,     .{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw5 .   339}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3506\margrsxn3665\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1166\fi1061\ri979\sb0\sa0\sl-398\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 TO THE \expndtw6\fs20 HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li413\fi0\ri0\sb154\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs28 CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES.}\par {\shp {\*\shpinst \shpleft1718\shptop312\shpright3417\shpbottom312\shpfhdr0\shpbxcolumn\shpbypara\shpwr3\shpwrk0\shpfblwtxt1\shpz0\shplid1{\sp{\sn shapeType}{\sv 20}}{\sp{\sn lineWidth}{\sv 8890}}}}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1219\fi-173\ri922\sb403\sa0\sl-168\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 ToIIe malos, extolle pios, cognosce teipaum: \expndtw-4 Sacra tene, paci consule, disee pati.}\par {\shp {\*\shpinst \shpleft1699\shptop91\shpright3437\shpbottom91\shpfhdr0\shpbxcolumn\shpbypara\shpwr3\shpwrk0\shpfblwtxt1\shpz0\shplid1{\sp{\sn shapeType}{\sv 20}}{\sp{\sn lineWidth}{\sv 6350}}}}\pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi0\ri19\sb370\sa0\sl-254\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Christ Jesus, \scaps0 the Prince of princes, bless your High\-\expndtw0 ness with length of days, and an increase of all graces, which may make you truly prosperous in this life, and \expndtw2 eternally happy in that which is to come.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi235\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-254\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Jonathan shot three arrows to drive David further \expndtw5 off from Saul's fury; and this is the third epistle which \expndtw3 I have written, to draw your Highness nearer to God's \expndtw1 favour, by directing your heart to begin, like Josiah, in \expndtw0 your youth to seek after the God of David, and of Jacob, \expndtw6 your father. Not but that I know that your Highness \expndtw0 does this without my admonition, but because I would, with the apostle, have you to abound in every grace,* in \expndtw3 faith and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your \expndtw1 love to God's service and true religion. Never was there \expndtw0 more need of plain and unfeigned admonition; for the Comick in that saying, seems but to have prophesied of \expndtw3 our times, " Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit." \expndtw2 And no marvel; seeing that we are fallen into the dregs of time, which being the last, must needs be the worst \expndtw-1 days. And how can there be worse, seeing vanity knows not how to be vainer, nor wickedness how to be more \expndtw4 wicked?     And whereas  heretofore  those have  been}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li394\fi0\ri0\sb168\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Qui monet ut facias, quod jam facis, ipse monendo}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li739\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Laudat, et hortatu comprobat acta suo.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 2 Cor. viii. 7.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4142\margrsxn4358\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr499\colno2\colw2520 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb19\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 XXX11}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3998\margrsxn3110\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li38\fi0\ri0\sb173\sa0\sl-254\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 counted most holy, who have shewed themselves most \expndtw9 zealous in their religion (Matt. xv. 1), they are now \expndtw-1 reputed most discreet, who can make the least profession \expndtw2 of their faith.   And that these are the last days, appears \expndtw5 evidently (2 Tim. ii. 4), because the security of men's \expndtw6 eternal state hath so overwhelmed all sorts (as Christ \expndtw3 foretold it should), that most who now live are become \expndtw-1 lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; and of those \expndtw2 who pretend to love God, O God! what sanctified heart \expndtw5 cannot but bleed, to behold how seldom they come to prayers! how irreverently they hear God's word! what strangers they are at the Lord's table! What assiduous \expndtw4 spectators they are at stage-plays; where, being Chris\-\expndtw5 tians, they can sport themselves to hear the vassals of \expndtw1 the devil scoffing religion,* and blasphemously abusing \expndtw5 phrases of holy scripture on their stages, as familiarly \expndtw2 ag they use their tobacco-pipes in their bibbing-houses! \expndtw4 So that he who would now-a-days seek in most Chris\-\expndtw7 tians for the power, shall scarce almost find the very \expndtw1 shew of godliness. Never was there more sinning, never \expndtw6 less remorse for sin.    Never was the Judge nearer to \expndtw2 come, never was there so little preparation for his com\-\expndtw-1 ing : and if the bridegroom should now come, how many who think themselves wise enough, and full of all know\-\expndtw-3 ledge, would be found foolish virgins, without one drop of \expndtw-2 the oil of saving faith iu their lamps ? for the greatest wis\-\expndtw-1 dom of most men in this age consists in being wise, first, \expndtw1 to deceive others, aud in the end to deceive themselves. \expndtw8 And if sometimes some good book haps into their}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi202\ri72\sb235\sa0\sl-206\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Exemplum accidit, mulieris, domino teste, quae theatrum adiit, et \expndtw-1 inde cum deemonio rediit. Itaque in exorcismo cum oneraretur im-\expndtw-2 mundus spiritus quod ausus est fidelem aggredi: constanter justissime \expndtw4 quidem (inquit) feci: In meo earn inveni. \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  \i Tertul. de Sped. \i0 lib. \expndtw2 cap. 26. Therefore Tertullian, in cap. 26, calls the stage Diaboli \expndtw1 Ecclesiam, and Cathedram pestiJentiarum.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3535\margrsxn3637\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1291\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4531 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw11\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-11 XXX111}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb173\sa0\sl-254\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 lhands, or some good motion cometh into their heads, \expndtw4 whereby they are put in mind to consider the uncer\-\expndtw1 tainty of this life present, or how weak assurance they \expndtw5 have of eternal life if this were ended, and how they \expndtw0 have some secret sins, for which they must needs repent here, or be punished for them in hell hereafter, security \expndtw2 then forthwith whispers the hypocrite in the ear, that \expndtw6 though it be fit to think of these things, yet, it is not \expndtw2 yet time, and that he is yet young enough, though he cannot but know, that many millions as young as him\-\expndtw-1 self are already in hell for want of timely repentance. \expndtw5 Presumption warranteth him in the other ear, that he \expndtw3 may have time hereafter, at his leisure, to repent, and that howsoever others die, yet he is far enough from \expndtw1 <death, and therefore may boldly take yet a longer time to enjoy his sweet pleasures, and to increase his wealth \expndtw3 and greatness; and hereupon, like Solomon's sluggard, \expndtw2 he yields himself to a little more sleep, a little more \expndtw4 slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep in \expndtw0 his former sin, till at last, despair (security's ugly hand\-\expndtw-1 maid) comes in unlooked for, and shews him his hour\-\expndtw6 glass, dolefully telling him that his time is past, and \expndtw5 that nothing now remains but to die, and be damned. Let not this seem strange to any, for too many have \expndtw6 found it too true; and more, without more grace, are \expndtw5 like to he thus soothed to their end, and in the end, \expndtw1 snared to their endless perdition.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi250\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-254\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 In my desire, therefore, of the common salvation, but \expndtw-1 especially of your Highness's everlasting welfare, I have \expndtw0 endeavoured to extract out of the chaos of endless con\-\expndtw-1 troversies the old practice of true piety, which ftourished \expndtw-2 before those controversies were hatched; which a*y poor \expndtw3 labours, in a short while, now come forth again under the gracious protection of your Highness's favowj Sad \i\expndtw7 by \i0 their entertainment seem not to be altogether utt\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'bb}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3998\margrsxn4445\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr533\colno2\colw2544 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 xxxiv}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb48\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3940\margrsxn3226\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi0\ri10\sb163\sa0\sl-254\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 welcome to the church of Christ. If to be pious has in \expndtw-1 all ages been held the truest honour, how much more \expndtw3 honourable is it, in so impious an age, to be the true \expndtw2 patron and pattern of piety ? Piety made David, Solo\-\expndtw-1 mon, Jehoshaphat, Hezechias, Josias, Zerubbabel, Con-\expndtw0 stantine, Theodosius, Edward the VI., Queen Elizabeth, \expndtw1 Prince Henry, and other religious princes, to be so ho\-\expndtw6 noured, that their names, since their deaths, smell in \expndtw0 the church of God like a precious ointment, and their \expndtw-1 remembrances are sweet as honey in all mouths, and as \expndtw-2 music at a banquet of wine ; whereas the lives of others, \expndtw3 who have been godless and irreligious princes, do rot \expndtw0 and stink in the memory of God's people \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  and what \expndtw3 honour is it for great men to have great titles on earth, \expndtw5 when God counts their names unworthy to be written \expndtw1 in his book of life in heaven ?}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-254\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 It is piety that embalms a prince's good name, and \expndtw-3 makes his face to shine before ,men, and glorifies his soul \expndtw2 among angels. For as the face of Moses, by often talk\-\expndtw1 ing with God, shined in the eyes of the people, so by frequent praying, which is our talking with God, and \expndtw3 hearing the word, which is God speaking unto us, we \expndtw5 shall be changed from glory to glory, by the Spirit of \expndtw8 the Lord, to the image of the Lord. And seeing this \expndtw0 life is uncertain to all, especially to princes, what argu\-\expndtw3 ment is more fit both for princes and people to study, \expndtw-2 than that which teacheth sinful man to deny himself by \expndtw4 mortifying his corruptions, that he may enjoy Christ, the author of his salvation \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  to renounce these false \expndtw1 and momentary pleasures of the world, that he may at\-\expndtw0 tain to the true and eternal joys of heaven\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 and to make \expndtw6 them truly honourable before God in piety, who are \expndtw7 now only honourable before men in vanity? What \expndtw-3 charges soever we spend in earthly vanities, for the inosfc \expndtw8 part they either die before us, or we shortly die after}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3494\margrsxn3677\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1349\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4570 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-16 XXXV}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi0\ri0\sb168\sa0\sl-254\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 them; but what we spend, like Mary, in the practice of \expndtw7 piety, shall remain our true memorial for ever. For \expndtw5 piety hath the promise of this life, and of that which \expndtw1 shall never end; but without piety there is no internal \expndtw2 comfort to be found in conscience,* nor external peace \expndtw1 to be looked for in the world, nor any eternal happiness \expndtw4 to be hoped for in heaven. How can piety but promise \expndtw1 to herself a zealous patron of your Highness, being the \expndtw3 sole son and heir of so gracious aud great a monarch, \expndtw5 who is not only the defender of the faith by title, but also a defender of the faith in truth, as the Christian \expndtw-1 world hath taken notice, by his learned confuting of Bellarmine's overspreading heresies, and his suppressing \expndtw5 in the blade of Vorstius's Athean blasphemies ? And \expndtw0 how easy it is for your Highness to equal, if not exceed, \expndtw3 all that were before you, in grace and greatness, if you do but set your heart to seek and to serve God, con\-\expndtw0 sidering how religiously your Highness hath been edu\-\expndtw2 cated by godly and virtuous governors and tutors ;f as \expndtw0 also that you live in such a time, wherein God's provi\-\expndtw3 dence, and the King's religious care, hath placed over \expndtw0 this church, to the unspeakable comfort thereof, another \expndtw1 venerable Jehoiada, that doth good in our Israel both \expndtw2 towards God and towards his house; of whom your \expndtw1 Highness at all times, in all doubts, may learn the sin\-\expndtw0 cerity of religion, for the salvation of your inward soul, \expndtw-1 and the wisest counsel for the direction of your outward \expndtw9 state. And to excite you the rather to the zealous \expndtw-1 practice of divine piety, often suppose with yourself, that}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li53\fi197\ri5\sb230\sa0\sl-206\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Principibus ad salutem sola satis vera est pietas, absque ilia vero, nihil est vel exercitus vel imperatoris fortitudo, vel apparatus reliquus. \expndtw4\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  \i Zozom. Eccles. Hist. \i0 lib. 9, cap. 1.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li48\fi168\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-206\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 + The Honourable Sir Robert Cary, Knight, and the religious Lady \expndtw4 Gary, his wife. Mr. Thomas Murray. Sir James Fullerton. The \expndtw1 gracious Archbishop of Canterbury, G. A.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4120\margrsxn4347\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr533\colno2\colw2520 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex108\expndtw-12\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 XXXVI}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb5\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex108\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4087\margrsxn3118\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi0\ri0\sb168\sa0\sl-254\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 your Highness hears your religious father James speak\-\expndtw7 ing unto you, as sometimes holy David spake to his \expndtw1 son Solomon: aad thou Charles my son know thou the \expndtw3 God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, \expndtw6 and with a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all \expndtw1 hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the \expndtw6 thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; \expndtw2 but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi230\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-254\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 To help you the better to seek and serve this God \expndtw-1 Almighty, who must be your chief protector in life, and \expndtw9 only protector in death, I here once again, on my \expndtw-2 bended knees, offer my old mite new stamped into your \expndtw-1 Highness's hands ; daily, for your Highness, offering up \expndtw2 unto the Most High my humblest prayers, that as you \expndtw0 grow in age and stature, so you may, like your master \expndtw-1 Christ, increase in wisdom and favour with God and all \expndtw5 good men. This suit will I never cease. In all other \expndtw3 matters I will ever rest,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1042\fi0\ri0\sb67\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Your Highness's humble servant,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1843\fi0\ri0\sb67\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 during life to be commanded,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3034\fi0\ri0\sb96\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw17\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 LEWIS BAYLY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3686\margrsxn3470\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li864\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs26 TO THE DEVOUT READER.}\par {\shp {\*\shpinst \shpleft1853\shptop293\shpright3072\shpbottom293\shpfhdr0\shpbxcolumn\shpbypara\shpwr3\shpwrk0\shpfblwtxt1\shpz0\shplid1{\sp{\sn shapeType}{\sv 20}}{\sp{\sn lineWidth}{\sv 3175}}}}\pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb552\sa0\sl-278\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 I \scaps had \scaps0 not purposed to enlarge the last Edition, save \expndtw-2 that the importunity of many devoutly disposed prevailed \expndtw1 with me to add some points, and to amplify others. To \expndtw0 satisfy whose godly requests I have done my best en\-\expndtw2 deavour, and withal finished all that I intend in this \expndtw6 argument. If thou shalt hereby reap any more profit, \expndtw3 give God the more praise; and remember him in thy \expndtw-1 prayers who hath vowed both his life and his labours to \expndtw2 further thy salvation as his own.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1430\fi0\ri0\sb120\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Farewell in the Lord Jesus,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3235\fi0\ri0\sb120\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Lewis \b Bayly.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3461\margrsxn3658\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li48\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li830\fi0\ri0\sb456\sa0\sl-446\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex83\expndtw10\up7\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs42 PRACTICE OF PIETY;}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li998\fi-739\ri0\sb197\sa0\sl-403\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 DIRECTING A CHRISTIAN HOW TO WALK \expndtw12 THAT HE MAY PLEASE GOD.}\par {\shp {\*\shpinst \shpleft2150\shptop374\shpright3024\shpbottom374\shpfhdr0\shpbxcolumn\shpbypara\shpwr3\shpwrk0\shpfblwtxt1\shpz0\shplid1{\sp{\sn shapeType}{\sv 20}}{\sp{\sn lineWidth}{\sv 6350}}}}{\shp {\*\shpinst \shpleft2160\shptop432\shpright3034\shpbottom432\shpfhdr0\shpbxcolumn\shpbypara\shpwr3\shpwrk0\shpfblwtxt1\shpz0\shplid1{\sp{\sn shapeType}{\sv 20}}{\sp{\sn lineWidth}{\sv 21590}}}}\pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li48\fi0\ri0\sb874\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Whoeveb. \scaps0 thou art that lookest into this book, never undertake to read it, unless thou first resolvest to be\-\expndtw7 come from thine heart an unfeigned Practitioner of \expndtw4 Piety. Yet read it, and that speedily, lest, before thou \expndtw3 hast read it over, God, by some unexpected death, cut \expndtw2 thee off for thine inveterate impiety.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li293\fi0\ri0\sb96\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The \scaps Practice \scaps0 of \scaps Piety \scaps0 consists\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi235\ri29\sb62\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 First, \i0 In knowing the essence of God, and that in respect of, (I.) The diverse manner of being therein, \expndtw2 which are three persons\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. \expndtw7 (II.) The Attributes thereof; which are either Nomi\-\expndtw4 nal or Real,\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 (1.) Absolute, as, Simpleness, Infinite-ness,\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  (2.) Relative, as, Life, Understanding, Will, \expndtw2 Power, Majesty.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi240\ri53\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Second, \i0 In knowing thy own self, in respect of thy \expndtw3 state of Corruption and Renovation.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi254\ri58\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Third, \i0 In glorifying God aright, (I.) By thy life, in \expndtw-2 dedicating thyself devoutly to serve him,\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 both privately, \expndtw7 in thine own person; and publicly, with thy family, \expndtw6 every day; and with the Church, on the Sabbath-day; \expndtw3\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 'and extraordinarily, by fasting and by feasting. (II.) \expndtw5 By thy death, in dying in the Lord, and for the Lord.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4082\margrsxn3127\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li5\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1445 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 2{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw3 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri5\sb202\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Unless that a man doth truly know God, he neither \expndtw6 can nor will worship him aright: for how can a man \expndtw-1 love him whom he knoweth not ? and who will worship him whose help a man thinks he needeth not ? and how \expndtw-3 shall a man seek remedy by grace, who never understood \expndtw9 his misery by nature ? Therefore, saith the Apostle, \expndtw8 " He that cometh to God, must believe that God is, \expndtw3 and that he is a rewarder of them that seek him," Heb. xi. 6.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 And forasmuch as there can be no true piety without \expndtw3 the knowledge of God; nor any good practice without \expndtw5 the knowledge of a man's own self; we will therefore \expndtw1 lay down the knowledge of God's majesty, and man's \expndtw2 misery, as the first and chiefest grounds of the Practice \expndtw3 of Piety.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3547\margrsxn3615\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li811\fi-802\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-379\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs26 A PLAIN DESCRIPTION OF THE ESSENCE AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1104\fi0\ri0\sb130\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 OUT OF THE HOLT SCRIPTURE,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li331\fi-235\ri0\sb110\sa0\sl-269\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 SO FAR AS EVERY CHRISTIAN MUST COMPETENTLY KNOW, \expndtw5 AND NECESSARILY BELIEVE, THAT  WILL BE SAVES.}\par {\shp {\*\shpinst \shpleft1949\shptop317\shpright3043\shpbottom317\shpfhdr0\shpbxcolumn\shpbypara\shpwr3\shpwrk0\shpfblwtxt1\shpz0\shplid1{\sp{\sn shapeType}{\sv 20}}{\sp{\sn lineWidth}{\sv 6350}}}}\pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri10\sb619\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Although \scaps0 no creature can define what God is, because \expndtw7 he is incomprehensible (Psal. cxliii. 3) and dwelling \expndtw4 in inaccessible light (1 Tim. vi. 16); yet it has pleased \expndtw0 his majesty to reveal himself to us in his word, so far as \expndtw2 our weak capacity can best conceive him.    Thus:}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi250\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 God is that one spiritual and infinitely perfect es\-\expndtw0 sence, whose being is of himself eternally (Deut. i. 4; iv. \expndtw9 35; xxxii. 39 ; vi. 4; Isa. xlv. 5 - 8 ; 1 Cor. viii. 4; \expndtw7 Eph. iv. 5, 6; 1 Tim. ii. 5; John iv. 24; 2 Cor. iii. 17 \i i \i0\expndtw4 1 Kings viii. 17; Psal. cxlvii. 5 ; Deut. xxxii. 4; Exod. \expndtw7 iii. 14;  1 Cor. viii. 6 ; Acts xvii. 25 ; Rom. xi. 36.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi235\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 In the Divine Essence we are to consider two things: \expndtw4 First, The diverse manner of being therein; secondly, \expndtw3 The attributes thereof.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi245\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The diverse manner of being therein, are called Per\-\expndtw6 sons (Heb. i. 3.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi240\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 A person is a distinct subsistence of the whole God\-\expndtw11 head (John i. 1; v. 31, 37; xiv. 16; Col. ii. 9; John \expndtw1 xiv. 9.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi235\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 There are Three Divine Persons, the Father, the \expndtw6 Son, and the Holy Ghost (Gen. i. 26; iii. 22 ; xi. 7 ; \expndtw3 Exod. xx. 2; Hos. i. 4, 7; Isa. lxiii. 9, 10; Zech. iii. 2; Hag. ii. 5, 6; 1 John v. 7; Matt. iii. 16, 17; xxviii. 19; \expndtw6 John xiv. 26; 2 Cor. xiii. 13.) These three persons are}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4054\margrsxn3094\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li58\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1397 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 4{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw3 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi0\ri5\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 not three several substances, but three distinct subsis\-\expndtw4 tences ; or three diverse manner of beings, of one and the same substance and divine essence. So that a per\-\expndtw0 son in the Godhead is an individual Understanding and \expndtw-2 incommunicable subsistence, living of itself, and not sus\-\expndtw1 tained by another.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi240\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 In the unity of the Godhead there is a plurality which \expndtw5 is not accidental (Gen. i. 26 ; iii. 22; xi. 7; Isa. vi. 8), \expndtw0 for God is a most pure act, and admits no accidents; nor \expndtw2 essential, for God is one essence only\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 but personal.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi254\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The persons in this one essence are but three. In \expndtw1 this mystery there is \i alius et alius, \i0 another and another; \expndtw3 but not \i aliud et aliud, \i0 another thing and another thing.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The Divine Essence in itself is neither divided nor dis\-\expndtw2 tinguished, but the three Persons in the Divine Essence \expndtw1 are distinguished amongst themselves three manner of \expndtw-3 ways:}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi250\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 1. By their Names. 2. By their Order. 3. By their \expndtw-1 Actions.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1382\fi0\ri0\sb34\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 1. \i By their Names, thus :}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi245\ri19\sb106\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The first Person is named the Father; first, in respect \expndtw5 of his natural son, Christ (Matt. xi. 27; iii. 17 ;) se\-condly, in respect of the elect, his adopted sons (Isa. \expndtw3 lxiii. 16; Eph. iii. 14, 15;) that is, those who, being not \expndtw2 his sons by nature, are made his sons by grace.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The second Person is named the Son, because he is \expndtw8 begotten of his Father's substance, or nature (Prov. \expndtw6 xxx. 4 ; Psal. ii. 7 ; JHeb. i. 3; Phil. ii. 6;) and he is \expndtw5 called the Word\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 First, because the conception of a \expndtw4 word in man's mind is the nearest thing that, in some \expndtw0 sort, can shadow to us the manner how he is eternally \expndtw5 begotten of his Father's substance; and in this respect \expndtw4 he is also called the Wisdom of his Father (Prov. viii. \expndtw0 12.) Secondly, because that by him the Father has from \expndtw4 the beginning declared his will for our salvation (John \expndtw-1 i. 18); hence he is called \i Xiyog \i0 quasi \i \\iyuv, \i0 the person \expndtw6 speaking with or by the Father.    Thirdly, because he}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3367\margrsxn3718\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1435\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx5054 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex117\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 OF THE ESSENCE OF GOD,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 5}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi0\ri0\sb202\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 is the chief argument of all the word of God (Acts x. \expndtw11 43; Heb. i. 1; Luke xxiv. 27 ; John v. 45 ; Acts iii. \expndtw4 22, 23, 24), or that Word whereof God spake when he \expndtw1 promised the blessed seed to the fathers under the Old \expndtw3 Testament.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi264\ri38\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The third Person is named the Holy Ghost (Isa. \expndtw1 Ixiii. 10; 2 Cor. xiii. 14)\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 First, because he is spiritual* \expndtw0 without a body (1 John iv. 13; 2 Cor. iii. 17=) Secondly, \expndtw2 because he is spired, and as it were breathed from both \expndtw6 the Father and the Son (John xx. 21, 22 \i ; \i0 Gal. iv. 6), that is, proceedeth from them both; and he is called \expndtw4 Holy, both because he is holy in his own nature (1 Pet. \expndtw0 i. 15, 16), and also the immediate sanctifier of all God's-\expndtw4 elect people (2 Cor. iii. 18; 1 Thess* v. 23; 1 Pet. i. 2.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1382\fi0\ri0\sb173\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 2. \i By their Order, thus r}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi254\ri67\sb106\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The Persons of the Godhead are either the Father, \expndtw8 or those which are of the Father.* The Father is the \expndtw4 first Person (Mat. xxviii. 19 ; 1 John v. 7) in the glo\-\expndtw2 rious Trinity, f having neither his being nor beginning\super 1 \nosupersub\expndtw1 of any other but of himself; begetting his Son, and to\-gether with his Son sending- forth the Holy Ghost from \expndtw5 everlasting. The persons which are of the Father are \expndtw3 those who, in respect of their personal existence, have \expndtw-1 the whole divine essence eternally communicated unto-\expndtw4 them from the Father. And those are either from the \expndtw7 Father alone, as the Son; or from the Father and the \expndtw4 Son, as the Holy Ghost.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri96\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The Son is the second Person of the glorious Trinity, \expndtw3 and the only begotten Son of his Father, not by grace, \expndtw8 but by nature; having his being of the Father alone, \expndtw0 and the whole being of his Father by an eternal and in\-\expndtw1 comprehensible generation; and with the Father sendetb}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi197\ri115\sb226\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tlul\tx994 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex109\expndtw0\dn0\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 \'95\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  Origo essentiae in divinis nulla est, origo personarum locum habet\line \expndtw4 in Filio, et Spiritu Sancto; Pater enim est prior Filio, non tempore,\line \expndtw-1 sed ordine{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\i\charscalex117\expndtw0 Alstcd.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li202\fi0\ri0\sb29\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex117\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 \\ \i0 Ideo dicitur pater \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'ab\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 W^); et \i uyvrrnTv,,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3245\fi0\ri0\sb24\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex117\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 A  2}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4056\margrsxn3029\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li10\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1469 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 6{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw1 THE PRACTICE OF PIETI.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi0\ri67\sb197\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 forth the Holy Ghost.* In respect of his absolute es\-\expndtw4 sence, he is of himself; but in respect of his person he \expndtw8 is, by an eternal generation, of his Father. For the \expndtw-1 essence doth not beget an essence, but the person of the \expndtw7 Father begetteth the person of the Son, and so he is God of God, and hath from his Father the beginning \expndtw3 of his person and order, but not of essence and time.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li62\fi221\ri43\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The Holy Ghost is the third Person of the blessed \expndtw0 Trinity, proceeding and sent forth equally from both the \expndtw4 Father and the Son (John xv. 26; xvi. 15)f by an eter\-\expndtw0 nal and incomprehensible spiration. ^ For as the Son  receiveth the whole divine essence by generation, so the \expndtw2 Holy Ghost receiveth it wholly by spiration.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li67\fi250\ri43\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 This order betwixt the three persons appears in that \expndtw2 the Father begetting must in order be before the Son \expndtw8 begotten; and the Father and Son, before the Holy \expndtw1 Ghost proceeding from both.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li77\fi254\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 This order serves to set forth to us two things\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 First, \expndtw3 the manner how the Trinity worketh in their external actions; as, that the Father worketh of himself, by the \expndtw6 Son and the Holy Ghost; the Son from the Father by the Holy Ghost; the Holy Ghost from the Father and \expndtw4 the Son. Secondly, to distinguish the first and imme\-\expndtw-1 diate beginning from which those external and common \expndtw4 actions flow. Hence it is, that forasmuch as the Father is the fountain and original of the Trinity, the begin\-\expndtw2 ning of all external working, the name of God in rela\-\expndtw6 tion, and the title of Creator in the creed, are given in \expndtw4 a special manner to the Father; our redemption to the \expndtw7 Son, and our sanctification to the person of the Holy}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li77\fi202\ri19\sb125\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Films Dei \i i xiyos, \i0 quoad essentiam absolutam, est quidem a se-\expndtw-5 ipso et \i Avr&foot, \i0 sed ratione \scaps tjSwou \scaps0\i iirga^iu;, \i0 give esse personalia per \expndtw2 seternam generationem a Patre existit: ideoque non est \i %'tiToitwt \i0\expndtw8 (John vi. 38; v. 19; Mic. v. 1 ; John i. 1.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li91\fi178\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 f Therefore (Rom. viii. 9) the Holy Ghost i\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'bb\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  called the Spirit of Christ.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li72\fi182\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 $. Spiritus S. a Patre, et \i k \i0 Filio procedit, tanquam ab uno et eodem \expndtw1 principio, in duabus tantum personis subsidence, non autem taiquain \expndtw-2 a duobus ac ciiversis princi^iis.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3554\margrsxn3525\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1358\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4954 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 OP THE ESSENCE OP GOD.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }7}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri91\sb202\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Ghost, as the immediate agents of those actions. And \expndtw1 this also is the cause why the Son, as he is mediator, \expndtw11 referreth all things to the Father, not to the Holy \expndtw12 Ghost (Matt. xi. 25, 26, 27; John v. 19-23; xi. 41, \expndtw6 42; xii. 49), and that the Scripture so often saith that \expndtw4 we are reconciled to the Father (2 Cor. v. 18, &c.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi250\ri91\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 This divine order or economy excepted, there is nei\-\expndtw4 ther first nor last, neither superiority nor inferiority, among the three persons; but for nature they are co-\expndtw1 essential, for dignity co-equal, for time co-eternal.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi250\ri77\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The whole divine essence is in every one of the three \expndtw4 persons; but it was incarnated only in the second per\-\expndtw6 son of the Word, and not in the person of the Father, \expndtw5 or of the Holy Ghost, for three reasons:\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi245\ri67\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 First, That God the Father might the rather set forth \expndtw2 the greatness of his love to mankind, in giving his first \expndtw3 and only-begotten Son to be incarnated, and to suffer \expndtw1 death for man's salvation.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li43\fi250\ri58\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Secondly, That he who was in his divinity the Son \expndtw2 of God, should be in his humanity the Son of man: lest \expndtw5 the name of Son should pass to another, who by his \expndtw4 eternal nativity was not the Son.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li53\fi0\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thirdly, Because it was meetest that that person, who is the substantial image of his eternal Father, should re\-\expndtw-1 store in us the spiritual image of God, which we had lost. \expndtw3 In the incarnation, the Godhead was not turned into \expndtw4 the manhood, nor the manhood into the Godhead; but the Godhead, as it is the second person or Word, as\-\expndtw1 sumed unto it the manhood, that is, the whole nature of \expndtw0 man, body and soul; and all the natural properties and \expndtw2 infirmities thereof, sin excepted * (Heb. iii. 17, 18; iv. \expndtw-2 15.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li72\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The second person took not upon him the person of \expndtw3 man, but the nature of man.f So that the human nature \expndtw6 has no personal subsistence of its own (for then there}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li67\fi0\ri0\sb82\sa0\sl-187\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Iufirmitates merae privationes non pravse dispositionis. \expndtw4 + Humana natura est distinctnm jndividuum a natura divina, etsi \b\expndtw3 non \b0 sit distincta persona. \i\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Keck. Syst. Thtol. \i0 lib. iii. page 119.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3981\margrsxn4514\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr653\colno2\colw2371 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 8}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb34\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3938\margrsxn3189\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi0\ri10\sb192\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 should be two persons in Christ), but it subsisteth in \expndtw1 the Word, the second person-: for as the soul and body \expndtw0 make but one person of man, so the Godhead and man\-\expndtw3 hood make but one personrof Christ.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The two natures of the Godhead and manhood are so \expndtw2 really united by a personal union, that as they can never \expndtw-1 be separated asunder, so are they never confounded; but \expndtw0 remain still distinguished by their several and essential \expndtw4 properties which they had before they were united. \i A\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'bb \i0\expndtw1\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 for example, the infiniteness of the divine is not com\-municated to the human nature, nor the finiteness of the \expndtw4 human to the divine nature.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Yet by reason of this personal union, there is such a \expndtw1 communion of the properties of both natures, that that \expndtw6 which is proper to the one is sometimes attributed to \expndtw7 the other nature. As, that God purchased the church \expndtw9 with his own blood (Acts xx. 28); and that he will \expndtw3 judge the world by that man whom he hath appointed \expndtw4 (Acts xvii. 31.) Hence also it is, that though the hu\-\expndtw0 manity of Christ be a created, and therefore a finite and \expndtw4 limited nature, and cannot be everywhere present by \expndtw1 actual position, or local extension, according to his na\-\expndtw3 tural being; yet because he hath communicated unto it \expndtw-1 the personal subsistence of the Son of God, which is in\-finite, and without limitation,, and is so united with God,, \expndtw1 that it is nowhere severed from God, the body of Christ, \expndtw4 in respect of his personal being, may rightly be said to \expndtw0 be everywhere.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li2069\fi-1925\ri0\sb206\sa0\sl-278\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 3. \i The Actions by which the Three Persons are dis\-\expndtw2 tinguished.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi250\ri43\sb77\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The actions are of two sorts: either external, re\-\expndtw3 specting the creatures; and those are after a sort com\-mon to every one of the three persons: or internal, \expndtw0 respecting the persons only amongst themselves, and are \expndtw-1 altpgether incommunicable.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi254\ri58\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The external and communicable actions of the three \expndtw2 persons are these :}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3273\margrsxn3869\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1387\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4978 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 OF \b THE ESSENCE \b0 OF \b GOD.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\b0\expndtw0 9}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi197\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The creation of the world, peculiarly belonging to God \expndtw6 the Father; the redemption of the church, to God the \expndtw1 Son; and the sanctification of the elect, to God the Holy \expndtw7 Ghost. But because the Father created (Rom. xi. 36) \expndtw4 and still governeth the world by the Son in the Holy \expndtw1 Ghost, therefore these external actions are indifferently, in Scripture, often ascribed to each of the three persons, \expndtw-1 and therefore called communicable and divided actions.*}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi254\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The internal and incommunicable actions or proper\-\expndtw5 ties of the three persons are these:}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx523 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  1.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx523 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent264\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 To beget; and that belongeth only to the Father,\line \expndtw3 who is neither made, created, nor begotten of any.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx523 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx523 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent264\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 To be begotten; and that belongeth only to the\line \expndtw3 Son, who is of the Father alone, not made, nor created,\line \expndtw1 but begotten.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx523 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  3.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx523 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent264\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 To proceed from both; and that belongeth only\line to the Holy Ghost, who is of the Father and the Son;\line \expndtw1 neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi250\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 So that when we say, that the divine essence is in \expndtw2 the Father unbegotten, in the Son begotten, and in the \expndtw5 Holy Ghost proceeding, we make not three essences, but only shew the diverse manners of subsisting, by \expndtw-1 which the same most simple, eternal, and unbegotten es\-\expndtw6 sence subsisteth in each person: namely, that it is not \expndtw3 in the Father by generation; that it is in the Son com\-\expndtw5 municated from the Father by generation; and in the \expndtw6 Holy Ghost communicated from both the Father and \expndtw1 the Son by proceeding.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi254\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 These are incommunicable actions, and make not an \expndtw2 essential, accidental, or rational, but a real distinction \expndtw4 betwixt the three persons: so that he who is the Father in the Trinity, is not the Son; he who is the Son in the \expndtw10 Trinity, is not the Father; he who is the Holy Ghost}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi197\ri24\sb206\sa0\sl-187\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * As Redemption (Acts xx. 28) and Sanctification (1 Pet. i. 2) \expndtw4 to the Father; Creation (1 John iii.) and Sanctification (1 Cor. i. 2) \expndtw3 to the Son; Creation (Psal. xxxiii. 6) and Redemption (Eph. iv. 30) \expndtw4 to the Holy Ghost; jointly all to each (1 Cor. vi. II.) Opera Trini-\expndtw1 tatis ad extra indivis3, ad intus divisa.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3996\margrsxn4490\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr672\colno2\colw2361 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 10}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb14\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3953\margrsxn3180\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi0\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 in the Trinity, is neither the Son nor the Father, but the \expndtw6 Spirit proceeding from both; thougn there is but one \expndtw1 and the same essence common to all three. As therefore \expndtw3 we believe that the Father is God, the Son is God, and \expndtw8 the Holy Ghost is God, so we likewise believe that \expndtw3 God is the Father, God is the Son, and God is the Holy \expndtw5 Ghost. But by reason of this real distinction, the per\-\expndtw0 son of the one is not, nor ever can be, the person of the \expndtw1 other. The three persons, therefore, of the Godhead, do \expndtw-1 not differ from the essence but formally; but they differ \expndtw5 really one from another, and so are distinguished by \expndtw2 their hypostatical proprieties. As the Father is God, \expndtw8 begetting God the Son; the Son is God, begotten of \expndtw4 God the Father; and the Holy Ghost is God, proceed\-\expndtw6 ing from both God the Father and God the Son.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi250\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Hence it is that the Scriptures use the name of God \expndtw0 two manner of ways : either essentially, and then it sig-\expndtw2 nifieth the three persons conjointly; or personally, and \expndtw0 then by a synecdoche it signifieth but one of the three \expndtw8 persons in the Godhead; as the Father (1 Tim. ii. 5), \expndtw5 or the Son (Acts xx. 28 ; 1 Tim. iii. 16), or the Holy \expndtw10 Ghost (Acts v. 4; 2 Cor. vi. 16.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 And because the divine essence (common to all the \expndtw1 three persons) is but one, we call the same Unity. But because there be three distinct persons in this one indi\-\expndtw3 visible essence, we call the same Trinity. So that this \expndtw2 unity in trinity, and trinity in unity, is a holy mystery, \expndtw0 rather to be religiously adored by faith, than curiously searched by reason, further than God has revealed in his \expndtw-2 word.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li720\fi-677\ri0\sb326\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thus far of the diverse Manner of being in the Divine Essence ; now of the Attributes thereof.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi240\ri14\sb235\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Attributes are certain descriptions of the Divine Es\-\expndtw-1 sence, delivered in the Scriptures according to the weak\-\expndtw3 ness of our capacity, to help us the better to understand}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3175\margrsxn3948\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1094\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4858 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 OP THE ATTRIBUTES OP GOD.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }11}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri38\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 the nature of God's essence, and to discern it from all \expndtw0 other essences.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi245\ri38\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The attributes of God are of two sorts, either nomi\-\expndtw3 nal or real.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi245\ri34\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The nominal attributes are of three sorts: 1. Those \expndtw6 which signify God's essence. 2. The persons in the \expndtw2 essence.    3. Those which signify his essential works.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi250\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Of the first sort is the name \i Jehovah \i0 (Exod. xv. 3), \expndtw2 or rather \i Jehueh,* \i0 which signifieth the eternal being of himself, in whom, being without all beginning and end, \expndtw3 all other beings both begin and end (Isa. xlii. 8; Psalm \expndtw5 lxxxiii. 18.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 God tells Moses (Exod. vi. 3) that he was not known \expndtw6 to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, by his name Jehovah. \expndtw10 Not but that they knew this to be the name of God, \expndtw6 for they used it in all their prayers, but because they \expndtw2 lived not to see God effecting in deed (Exod. vi. 3) that which he promised them in graciously delivering their \expndtw3 seed out of Egypt, and in giving them the real posses\-sion of Canaan's land, and so to be not only God Al\-\expndtw1 mighty, by whom all things were made, but also per\-\expndtw3 forming in deed to the children that which he promised in his word to the fathers, which this name Jehovah \expndtw6 especially signifieth. And for this cause Moses calls \expndtw2 God first Jehovah, when the universal creation had its \expndtw7 absolute being (Gen. ii. 4.) And this admirable name \expndtw0 is graven on the decalogue's forehead, which was pro\-\expndtw4 nounced upon the Israelites' deliverance, to be the rule \expndtw0 of righteousness, after which they should serve their De\-\expndtw2 liverer in the promised land.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 This name is so full of divine mysteries, that the \expndtw9 Jews hold it a sin to pronounce it; but if it be no sin \expndtw4 to write it, why should it be unlawful to pronounce it?}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li293\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 This holy name of God teacheth us\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li43\fi240\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 First, what God is in himself; namely, an eternal \expndtw-2 being of himself.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li96\fi0\ri0\sb206\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Jehovah non habet plurale, ot in scripturis soli vero Deo tribuitur.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4204\margrsxn4277\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr672\colno2\colw2366 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 12}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb29\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OP PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4132\margrsxn2986\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi254\ri10\sb182\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Secondly, how he is unto others, because that from \expndtw2 him all other creatures have received their being.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thirdly, that we may confidently believe his promises, \expndtw3 for he is named Jehovah, not only in respect of being, \expndtw1 and causing all things to be, but especially in respect of \expndtw-1 his gracious promises, which without fail he will fulfil in \expndtw4 his appointed time, and so cause that to be which was \expndtw6 not before. And so this name is a golden pledge unto \expndtw2 us, that because he hath promised, he will surely, upon \expndtw4 our repentance, forgive us all our sins (Isa. lv. 7; John \expndtw11 xi. 5; xii. 26; xiv. 2, 3; Job vi. 40;) at the time of \expndtw2 death receive our souls, and in the resurrection raise up our bodies in glory to life everlasting.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi250\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The second name denoting God's essence is \i Ehejeh; \i0\expndtw7 but once read (Exod. iii. 14) of the same root that \expndtw2 Jehovah is, and signifieth I am, or I will be; for when \expndtw-1 Moses asked God by what name he should call him, God \expndtw4 then named himself Ehejeh, Asher Ehejeh, I am that I \expndtw2 am, or I will be that I will be, signifying, that he is an \expndtw4 eternal, unchangeable being: for seeing every creature \expndtw2 is temporary and mutable, no creature can say, \i ero qui \expndtw4 ero, \i0 I will be that I will be. This name in the New \expndtw9 Testament is given to our Lord Christ, when he is \expndtw1 called Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, \expndtw5 which is, which was, and which is to come, the Al\-\expndtw4 mighty (Rev. i. 8.) For all time, past and to come, is \expndtw3 always present before God. And to this name Christ \expndtw4 himself alludeth, John viii. 58, " Before Abraham was, \expndtw5 I am."}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri38\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 This name should teach us likewise to have always \expndtw2 present in our minds our first creation, present corrup\-\expndtw8 tion, and future glorification; and not content our\-\expndtw5 selves with, I was good, or, I will be good, but to be \expndtw8 good presently, that whenever God sends for us, he \expndtw2 may find us prepared for him.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri48\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The third name is \i Jah, \i0 which, as it comes of the same \expndtw10 root, so is it the contract of Jehovah, and signifieth}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3283\margrsxn3840\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1109\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4862 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 OF THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw3 13}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri24\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Lord, because he is the beginning and being of beings.* \expndtw2 It is a name for the most part ascribed unto God (Psal. \expndtw8 lxviii. 19; ci. 18; cvi. 1, 48; cxi. 1, &c; cxii. 1, &c; \expndtw7 cxiii. 1, 9; cxv. 17, 18; cxvi. 19; cxviii. 5, 14; cxxv. \expndtw1 34), when some notable deliverance or benefit comes to pass according to his former promise; and therefore all \expndtw3 creatures in heaven and earth are commanded to cele\-\expndtw5 brate and praise God in this name Jah.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi230\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The fourth is \i Kvgtos, Lord, \i0 used often in the New \expndtw4 Testament: for \i ni/^u, \i0 or \i xv^ui, \i0 signifieth I am. Hence \i\expndtw-2 xi>l\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'bb\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 f \i0 signifieth the first essence of a thing, or authority. \expndtw3 When it is absolutely given to God, it answereth to the \expndtw2 Hebrew name Jehovah, and is so translated by the se\-\expndtw4 venty interpreters: for God is so a Lord, that he is of \expndtw0 himself Lord of all. This name should always put us in remembrance to obey his commandments, and to fear his judgments, and submit ourselves to his blessed will and \expndtw5 pleasure, saying with Eli, " It is the Lord, let him do \expndtw4 what seemeth him good," 1 Sam. iii. 18.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi235\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The fifth is \i &i\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'bb\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 t, God, \i0 six hundred times used in the \expndtw4 New Testament, and the profane writers commonly. It \expndtw-2 is derived \i Awo \i0\scaps t\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'ab\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 5 \scaps0\i Bur, \i0 because he runs through and \expndtw-4 compasseth all things; or \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'ab\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 w\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'ab\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  \scaps toD \scaps0\i cudtlv, \i0 which signifieth \expndtw7 to burn and kindle\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 for God is light, and the author \expndtw2 both of heat, light, and life in all creatures, either im\-\expndtw-1 mediately of himself, or mediately by secondary causes. \expndtw2 This name is used either improperly, or properly. Im\-\expndtw1 properly, when it is given either figuratively to magis\-trates, or falsely to idols. But when it is properly and \expndtw-1 absolutely taken, it signifieth the eternal essence of God, \expndtw5 being above all things, and through all things; giving \expndtw1 life and light to all creatures, and preserving and gover\-\expndtw7 ning them in their wonderful frame and order. God \expndtw2 seeth all in all places; let us therefore everywhere take \expndtw3 heed what we do in his sight.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li312\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thus far of the names which signify God's essence.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1056\fi0\ri0\sb336\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Deus est causa causarum et ens entiutn.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3624\fi0\ri0\sb10\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 B}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4207\margrsxn4255\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr672\colno2\colw2385 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 14}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb24\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4164\margrsxn2955\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi0\ri29\sb182\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The name'which signifieth the persons in the essence, is \expndtw2 chiefly one, \i Elohim.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi235\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Elohim signifieth the mighty Judges; it is a name of \expndtw4 the plural number, to express the trinity of persons in \expndtw2 unity of essence. And to this purpose the Holy Ghost \expndtw1 beginneth the holy Bible with this plural name of God, \expndtw4 joined with a verb of the singular number, as Elohim \expndtw3 Bara, Dii creavit, the mighty Gods, or all the three per\-\expndtw9 sons in the Godhead created. The Jews also note in \expndtw3 the verb ^3i Bara, consisting of three letters, the mys\-\expndtw12 tery of the Trinity, by 3 beth, ben, the Son; by \i 1 \i0\expndtw6 resch, rouach, the Spirit; by J* aleph, ab, the Father. \expndtw1 But this holy mystery is more clearly taught by Moses, \expndtw6 Gen. iii. 23. And Jehovah Elohim said, " Behold the \expndtw3 man is become as one of us." And Gen. xix. 24, " Je\-\expndtw2 hovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brim\-\expndtw1 stone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;" that is, God \expndtw2 the Son, from God the Father, who hath committed all \expndtw10 judgment unto the Son (John v. 22; see Psal. xxxiii. 6; Isa. vi. 8, 9, 10.) The singular number of Elohim \expndtw0 is Eloah, derived of Alah, he swore; because that in all weighty causes, when necessity requireth an oath to de\-\expndtw8 cide the truth, we are only to swear by the name of \expndtw6 God, who is the great and righteous Judge of heaven \expndtw2 and earth.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi240\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 This name Eloah is but seldom used, as Habak. iii. \expndtw15 3; Job iv. 9; xii. 4; xv. 2, 8, 36; Psal. xviii. 32; \expndtw9 cxiv. 7. Once it has a noun plural joined to it, Job \expndtw2 xxxv. 10, " None saith, where is Eloah Gosai, the Al\-\expndtw1 mighty my Maker ?" to note the mystery of the eternal \expndtw2 Trinity. Many times also Elohim, the plural number, is \expndtw4 joined with a verb singular,'to express more emphati\-\expndtw11 cally, this mystery (Gen. xxxv. 7; 2 Sam. vii. 23; \expndtw5 Josh. xxiv. 19; Jer. x. 10.) Elohim is also sometimes \expndtw1 tropically given to magistrates, because they are God's \expndtw5 vicegerents; as to Moses (Exod. vii. 1), Jehovah said \expndtw3 unto Moses, I have made thee Elohim to Pharaoh j that \expndtw2 is, I have appointed thee an ambassador to represent the}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3374\margrsxn3691\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1085\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4882 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 OF THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw1 15}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi0\ri72\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 person of the true three-one God, and to deliver his \expndtw1 message and will unto Pharaoh; as oft, therefore, as we \expndtw2 read, or hear this name Elohim, it should put us is mind to consider, that in one divine essence there are three \expndtw5 distinct Persons, and that God is Jehovah Elohim.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li749\fi-634\ri0\sb211\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Now follow the Names which signify God's essential \expndtw4 Works, which are these Jive especially:\i0\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi254\ri0\sb77\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx538 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  1.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi254\ri0\sb77\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx538 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent270\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw12\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 El\sub t\nosupersub  \i0 which is as much as the strong God,* and\line \expndtw5 teacheth us, that God is not only most strong, and for\-\line \expndtw2 titude itself in his own essence, but also that it is he that\line \expndtw11 giveth all strength and power to all other creatures.\line \expndtw6 Therefore Christ is called (Isa. ix. "6) El Gibbor, the-\line \expndtw5 strong most mighty God.    Let not God's children fear\line \expndtw4 the power of enemies, for El, our God, is stronger than\line \expndtw0 they.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx538 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx538 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent270\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Shaddai,\\ \i0 that is, Omnipotent. By this name God\line \expndtw1 usually styled himself to the patriarchs, I am El Shaddai,\line \expndtw6 the strong God Almighty; because he is perfectly able\line \expndtw5 to defend his servants from all evil, to bless them with\line all spiritual and temporal blessings, and to perform all\line \expndtw6 his promises which he hath made to them for this life,\line \expndtw4 and that which is to come.    This name belongeth only\line \expndtw8 to the Godhead, and to no creature, no not to the hu\-\line manity of Christ.    This may teach us with the patri\-\line \expndtw7 archs, to put our whole confidence in God, and not to\line \expndtw2 doubt of the true performance of his promises.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li240\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx442 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 3.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\i\expndtw-1 Adonai,% \i0 my Lord. This name, as theMassorets note,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li62\fi187\ri14\sb134\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Hence \i Eli \i0 in Hebrew (as Matth. xxvii. 46), and \i Eloi \i0 in Syriac \expndtw5 (as Mark xv. 31), doth signify \i my God \i0 (2 Chron. xxxii. 8.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li62\fi187\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\loch\af0\dbch\af1\hich\f0\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 \u9632\'3f\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 f* (The LXX. turns it \i ira>n\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'bb\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 ^drii>^.) \i0 It is derived of \i Dai, \i0 suf\-\expndtw-1 ficiency, and the relative \i V, \i0 the same as \i auraoxns, \i0 self-sufficient, \b\i\expndtw1 (avro; \i0 and \i apxtv.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li72\fi178\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 $ A name compounded of \i at, \i0 my, and \i Adon, \i0 Lord. Adon den-\expndtw0 vatur ab Eden, basis, quia Deus est fundamentum et sustentator om\-\expndtw1 nium creaturafuin. Hinc Adon, Dominus, cui rei domestics cura in-\expndtw0 Cumbit, et ei tanquam columns innititur. Quando tie creaturig usur-patur Adonai, est Jod cum patach: Sed de Creatore cum cametz. Ab Adonai manasse videtur Ethnicorum 'AAjva.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4238\margrsxn4238\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr667\colno2\colw2376 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 16}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb34\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4181\margrsxn2942\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi0\ri0\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 is found one hundred and thirty-four times in the Old Testament; and logically it is given to creatures, but \expndtw6 properly it belongeth to God alone. It is used (Mai. i. \expndtw1 6) in the plural number to note the mystery of the holy \expndtw9 Trinity. If I be Adonim, Lords, where is my fear? \expndtw3 Adoni, the singular; Adonim, the plural number. This \expndtw6 name is given to Christ, Dan. ix. 16, " Cause thy face \expndtw3 to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for Adoni \expndtw5 (the Lord Christ) his sake."}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi254\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The hearing of this holy name may teach every man \expndtw0 to obey God's commandments, to fear him alone, to suf\-\expndtw3 fer none besides him to reign in his conscience, to lay \expndtw0 hold (by a particular hand of faith) upon his word and \expndtw2 promise, and to challenge God in Christ to be his God, \expndtw4 that he may say with Thomas, " Thou art my Lord and \expndtw2 my God."}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx514 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  4.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx514 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart4\pnindent264\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw11\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Helion, \i0 that is, Most High (Psal. ix. 2; xci. 9;\line \expndtw8 xcii. 9; Dan. iv. 17, 24, 25, 34 ; Acts vii. 48.)    This\line \expndtw9 name Gabriel gives to God, telling the Virgin Mary\line \expndtw8 that the child which should be born of her, should be\line \expndtw5 the Son of the Most High* (Luke i. 32.) This teacheth,\line \expndtw6 that God in his essence and glory exceedeth infinitely\line \expndtw10 all creatures in heaven and earth;  secondly, that no\line \expndtw1 man should be proud of any earthly honour or greatness;\line \expndtw12 thirdly, if we desire true dignity, to labour to have\line \expndtw3 communion with God in grace and glory.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx514 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  5.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx514 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart4\pnindent264\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Abba, \i0 a Syriac name, signifying Father (Rom. viii.\line 15.) This is sometimes used essentially, as in the Lord's\line \expndtw7 prayer;   secondly,  personally (as  Matt. xi.  25.) Por\line \expndtw3 God is the Father of Christ by nature, and of Christians\line \expndtw2 by adoption and grace.    Christ is called the everlasting\line \expndtw4 Father (Isa. ix. 6), because he regenerates us under the\line \expndtw2 New Testament.   God is also called the Father of lights\line \expndtw3 (Jam. i. 17), because God dwelleth in inaccessible light\line \expndtw6 (1 Tim. vi. 16), and is the author not only of the sun's\line \expndtw8 light, but also of all the light, both of natural reason,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li293\fi0\ri0\sb211\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 * So the Devil styled Christ, The most High (Luke viii. 28.)}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3473\margrsxn3631\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1157\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4877 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 OF THE ATTKIBUTES OF GOD.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw3 17}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri29\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 and of supernatural grace, which lighteneth every man \expndtw9 that cometh into the world. This name teacheth us, \expndtw5 that all the gifts which we receive from God proceed \expndtw4 from his mere fatherly love; secondly, that we should \expndtw6 love him again as dear children; thirdly, that we may, \expndtw5 in all our needs and troubles, be bold to call upon him \expndtw7 as a father for his help and succour. Thus should we \expndtw5 not hear of the sacred,names of God, but we should \expndtw0 thereby be put in mind of his goodness to us, and of our \expndtw4 duties to him. And then should we find how comfort\-\expndtw5 able a thing it is to do everything in the name of God, \expndtw4\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 a phrase usual in every man's tongue, but the true \expndtw2 comfort of it, through ignorance, known to few men's \expndtw1 hearts.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 It is a great wisdom, and an unspeakable matter \b for \b0\expndtw1 the strengthening of a Christian's faith, to know how, in \expndtw0 the mediation of Christ, to invocate God by such a name, \expndtw1 as whereby he hath manifested himself to be most will\-\expndtw0 ing, and best able, to help and succour him in his present \expndtw6 need or adversity. The ardent desire of knowing God, \expndtw2 is the surest testimony of our love to God, and of God's \expndtw1 favour to us. " Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, be\-\expndtw3 cause he hath known my name: He shall call upon me, \expndtw9 and I will answer him," &c. Psal. xci. 14, 15. And it \expndtw2 is a great strengthening of faith with understanding to \expndtw3 begin every action in the name of God.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li264\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thus far of the nominal attributes.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi254\ri29\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The real attributes are of two sorts; either absolute \expndtw2 or relative.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi254\ri29\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The \i absolute \i0 attributes are such, which cannot in any \expndtw5 sort agree to any creature, but to God alone.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li269\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 These are two, Simpleness and Infiniteness.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Si'mpleness is that whereby God is void of all compo\-\expndtw2 sition, division, multiplication, accidents, or parts com\-\expndtw6 pounding, either sensible or intelligible; so that what \expndtw2 ever he is, he is the same essentially.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li264\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 It hinders not God's simpleness that he is three, be-}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3763\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 b \scaps0 2}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3977\margrsxn4495\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr672\colno2\colw2376 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 18}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb24\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 THE PRACTICE OF PIETV.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3924\margrsxn3195\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi0\ri19\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 cause God is three, not by composition of parts, but by \expndtw0 co-existence of persons.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi235\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Infiniteness is that whereby all things in God are \expndtw0 void of all measure, limitation, and bounds above and \expndtw1 beneath, before and after.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi245\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 From these two do necessarily flow three other ab\-\expndtw3 solute attributes.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li5\fi250\ri0\sb24\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx542 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 1.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw4 Unmeasureableness or ubiquity, whereby he is of\line \expndtw8 infinite extension, filling heaven and earth (Acts vii.\line \expndtw11 48; Psal clxv; Job xi. 7, &c; 2 Chron. ii. 5, 6; Psal.\line \expndtw4 cxxxix. 5, &c; Jer. xxiii. 23, 24), containing all places,\line \expndtw6 and not contained of any space, place, or bounds, and\line \expndtw2 being nowhere absent, is everywhere present.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi254\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 There are four degrees of God's presence: The first \expndtw0 is universal, by which God is repletively everywhere, in\-\expndtw3 clusively nowhere; secondly, special, by which God is \expndtw1 said to be in heaven, because that there his power, wis\-\expndtw-2 dom, and goodness is in a more excellent manner seen and \expndtw1 enjoyed (Psal. xix. 1; Hos. ii. 21); as also because that usually he doth from thence pour forth his blessings and \expndtw2 Judgments; thirdly, more special, by which God dwell-\expndtw3 eth in his saints (1 Cor. iii. 16; vi. 19; 2 Cor. vi. 16); \expndtw0 fourthly, most special, and altogether singular, by which \expndtw5 the whole fulness of the Godhead dwelleth in Christ \expndtw4 bodily (Col. ii. 8.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li5\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx542 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li5\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx542 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart2\pnindent287\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Unchangeableness, whereby God is void of all\line \expndtw3 change, both in respect of his essence and will * (Rom.\line \expndtw10 i. 23; Isa. xl. 28; Psal. cii. 27, &c; Rev. i. 8; 1 Sam.\line \expndtw15 xv. 29; Numb, xxiii. 19; Mai. iii. 6; Rom. xi. 29;\line \expndtw6 James i. 18.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li5\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx542 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  3.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li5\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx542 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart2\pnindent287\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Eternity, whereby God is without beginning of\line \expndtw4 days, or end of time, and without all bounds of preces\-\line \expndtw0 sion or succession.\super 1\nosupersub ]" (Isa. xliv. 6; James v. 19 j Dan. vi.\line \expndtw10 26; Heb. xii; Rev. iv. 8.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi192\ri29\sb178\sa0\sl-187\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Prenitentia cum de Deo enunciatur, non affectum in Deo, Red \expndtw2 effectum Dei in hominibus significat.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\i\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Alsttd.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi187\ri43\sb0\sa0\sl-187\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 f \i0 Creaturae quaedam sternae sunt a posteriori: a priori solus Deus \expndtw3 est seternus.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\i\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Alsted. Lex, Tlieol. \i0 cap. 2.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3309\margrsxn3804\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1181\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4901 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 OF THE ATTRIBUTES OP GOD.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw6 19}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li48\fi240\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thus far of the absolute attributes; now of the \i rela\-tive, \i0 or such which have reference to the creatures.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li43\fi245\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Those are five:\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 1. Life; 2. Understanding; 3. Will; \expndtw13 4. Power; 5. Majesty;}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx566 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  1.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx566 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent302\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The life of God is that by which, as by a most\line \expndtw1 pure and perpetual act, he not only liveth of himself, but\line \expndtw4 is also that ever and overflowing fountain of life, from\line \expndtw10 which all creatures derive their lives (Acts xvii. 25,\line \expndtw18 28; xiv. 15; Psal. xlii. 2; xxxvi. 19; John v. 26;\line \expndtw3 Heb. iii. 12); so as that in him they live, move, breathe,\line \expndtw2 and have their being.    And because only his life differs\line \expndtw9 not from his essence;* therefore God is said only to\line \expndtw5 have immortality (1 Tim. vi. 16.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx566 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx566 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent302\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The understanding, or knowledge of God, is that\line \expndtw7 whereby, by one pure act, he most perfectly knoweth\line \expndtw9 in himself all things that ever were, are, or shall be;\line \expndtw6 yea, the thoughts and imaginations of men's hearts (1\line Kings viii. 39; Psal. lxiv. 21; cxxxix. 1, &c; Jer. xvii.\line \expndtw15 10; xx. 12; Luke xvi. 15; Acts i. 24; Heb. iv. 12;\line \expndtw12 Rom. xi. 33; xvi. 17; 1 Tim. ii. 19; Matt. vii. 13.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi240\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 This knowledge of God is either general, by which \expndtw1 God knoweth simply all things eternally, the good by \expndtw0 himself, the evil by the good opposite to it, imposing to \expndtw2 things contingent the lot of contingency, and to things \expndtw3 necessary the law of necessity. And thus knowing all \expndtw0 things in and of himself, he is the cause of all the know\-ledge that is in all, both men and angels. Or, secondly, \expndtw2 special, called the knowledge of approbation, by which \expndtw1 he particularly knoweth, and graciously acknowledged, \expndtw2 only his elect or his own.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi254\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Understanding also contains the wisdom of God, by which he most wisely created all things of nothing, ia \expndtw3 number, measure; and weight, and still ruleth" and dis-}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi197\ri38\sb235\sa0\sl-187\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Hence it is that God is called of the Hebrews \i Ehtje, \i0 so likewise \i\expndtw3 Echeje; \i0 and as of the Grecians, \i i an, \i0 so also \i i \i0\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'a3\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 oiy; and as of the \expndtw4 Latins, \i primum ens, \i0 so also \i primum vivens\i0 ; for, to \i be, \i0 and to \i live, \i0\expndtw2 i* al] one and the same in God.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4173\margrsxn4260\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr706\colno2\colw2380 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 20}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb5\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4092\margrsxn2978\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li86\fi0\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 poseth them to serve his own most holy purpose and \expndtw-1 glory.*}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li72\fi245\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 3. The will of God is that whereby of necessity he \expndtw7 willeth himself as the sovereign good (1 Tim. ii. 5; \expndtw11 Rom. ix. 19; Eph. i. 5); and (by willing himself) \expndtw4 willeth most freely all other good things which are out \expndtw-2 of himself.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li58\fi259\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The will of God, though in itself it be but one, as \expndtw3 is his essence, yet in respect of the diversity of objects \expndtw7 and effects, it is called in the Scriptures by diverse \expndtw3 Barnes; as,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li58\fi235\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (1.) Love, whereby is meant God's eternal good-will \expndtw7 (1 John iii. 1), whereby he ordaineth his elect to be \expndtw1 freely saved through Christ, and bestoweth on them all \expndtw3 necessary graces for this life (Psal. xlv. 7) and that to \expndtw7 come, taking pleasure in their persons and services \expndtw5 (Gen. iv. 4.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi230\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (2.) Justice is God's constant will (Rom. ii. 5; 2 \expndtw4 Thess. i. 6, &c.; 2 Tirauiv. 8; Deut. vii. 9, 10), where\-\expndtw1 by he recompenseth men and angels, according to their \expndtw2 works; punishing the impenitent according to their de\-\expndtw1 serts, called the justice of his wrath; and rewarding the \expndtw3 faithful according to his promises, called the justice of \expndtw10 his grace (Rom. ix. 15, 16; Ezek. xvi. 6.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi240\ri38\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (3.) Mercy, which is God's mere good will (Psal. ciii. 8, &c.; Tit. iii. 4) and ready affection to forgive a peni\-\expndtw3 tent sinner, notwithstanding all his sins and ill deserts.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi240\ri38\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (4.) Goodness, whereby God willingly communicates \expndtw3 his good with his creaturesf (Psal. cxlv. 7, 9, 16 ; Matt, xvi. 17); and because he communicates it freely, it is \expndtw2 termed grace.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li269\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (5.) Truth,  whereby God willeth constantly those}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi192\ri58\sb125\sa0\sl-187\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Intellectus scientia et sapientia in Deo non distinguuntur.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  \i Tilen. \i0 Nam sapientia in homine est habitus intellectui impressus, qui de Deo \expndtw0 dici non debet, cujus intellectus est ipga sapientia.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\i\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Keckerm. Matva \expndtw-2 \\~iui A/os h^SaX/iis \i0 *\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'ab\'ab\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  \i -raira von?a.;. \i0 Hes, ib. \i igya xai ii/tig. \i0 Sap. \expndtw4 Hence the Platonics term God \i ipi*rn*, \i0 all-eye, seeing all.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi182\ri72\sb0\sa0\sl-187\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 + In creaturis multa inveniuntur bona, ergo Creator inulto magis est bonus.    Imo \i avrayahv, \i0 ipsum bonum.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3470\margrsxn3644\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1171\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4872 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 OF THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }21}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi0\ri14\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 things which he willeth (Josh. xiii. 14 ; Psal. cxlix. 6 ; Numb, xxiii. 19) ;* effecting and performing all things \expndtw3 which he hath spoken in his appointed time.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi245\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (6.) Patience, whereby God willingly forbeareth to \expndtw1 punish the wicked, so long as it may stand with his jus\-\expndtw4 tice, and until their sins be ripened (2 Pet. iii. 9 ; Rom. \expndtw11 ii. 4; Gen. v. 16.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1051\fi-187\ri653\sb120\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 Ad poenam tardns Deus est, ad praemia velox; \expndtw1 Sed pensare solet vi graviore moram.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi240\ri14\sb106\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (7.) Holiness, whereby God's nature is separated from \expndtw3 all profaneness, and abhorreth all filthiness (1 Pet. i. 5 ; \expndtw13 1 Thess. iv. 3; Heb. xii. 14; Mark xv. 9); and so \expndtw3 being wholly pure in himself, delighteth in the inward \expndtw4 and outward purity of his servants, which he infuseth \expndtw3 into them.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi264\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (8.) Anger, whereby is meant God's most certain and \expndtw5 just will in chastening the elect f (Psal. cvi. 23, 29, 40, \expndtw6 41; Numb. xxv. 11); and in revenging and punishing \expndtw2 the reprobate, for the injuries they offer to him and his \expndtw0 chosen; and when God will punish with rigour and se\-\expndtw4 verity, then it is termed wrath, temporal to the elect, \expndtw3 eternal to the reprobates (1 Cor. xix. 2 ; 1 Thess. i. 10.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi240\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 4. The Power of God is that whereby he can simply and freely do whatsoever he will J (Gen. xvii. 1; Psal. \expndtw5 cxv. 3; Matt. viii. 2; xi. 26; Eph. i. 11), that is agree\-\expndtw1 able to his nature; and whereby, as he hath made, so he \expndtw8 still ruleth heaven and earth, and all things therein. \expndtw1 This almighty power of God is either absolute, by which}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi197\ri10\sb139\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 \'95\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  Veritas est harmonia turn intellectus et verborum cum rebus, turn \expndtw0 etiam rerum ipsarum cum Ideis in mente divina.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\i\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Keckerm. ' \i0 Veritas \expndtw3 Dei in verbis, fides Dei dicitur, quod certo fiant, qu* ab ipso dicta \expndtw1 sunt.    Item constantia, quia sententiam non mutat.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\i\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Polan.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi149\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 *t* Ira Dei non est aliud quam voluntas puniendi. \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  \i Aug. \i0 15, \i de \expndtw6 Civit. Dei, \i0 c. 15. \i Ansel, \i0 lib. vii. cap. 6. Cur Deus Horn, furor et \expndtw-1 ira in Deo, non passionem mentis, sed ultionis acerbitatem notant.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97 \i\expndtw4\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Carth. in Apoc. \i0 19.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi178\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 J Deus potest omnia quae contradictionem non implicant.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\i\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Aqu. \i0 i. qti. 25, art 3, 4. Omnia potentia excludit omnes delectus, qui sunt \expndtw1 impotentia, seu, posse mentiri, mori, peccare, &c.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4063\margrsxn4395\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr686\colno2\colw2376 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 22}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb5\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4044\margrsxn3079\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri38\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 he can will, and do more than he willeth or doth (Matt, \expndtw7 iii. 9; xx. 53; Rom. ix. 18); or actual, by which God \expndtw1 doth indeed whatsoever he will, and hindereth whatso\-\expndtw4 ever he will not have done (Psal. cxv. 3.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi240\ri29\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 5. Majesty is that by which God, of his own absolute and free authority, reigneth and ruleth as Lord and King \expndtw3 over all creatures visible, and invisible (1 Chron. xxix. \expndtw8 11, 12; 2 Sam. vii. 22; Rev. v. 12, 13); having both the right and propriety in all things* (1 Chron. xxix. \expndtw1 i 4\i )\i0 ; as also such a plenitude of power, that he can par\-\expndtw0 don the offences of all whom he will have spared (Rom. \expndtw3 ix. 15; John iv. 11); and subdue all his enemies, whom \expndtw0 he will have plagued and destroyed without being bound to render to any creature a reason of his doing (Luke xix. \expndtw6 17; Psal. ii. 9; ex. 1); but making his own most holy \expndtw3 and just will his only most perfect and eternal law.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi240\ri29\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 From all these attributes ariseth one, which is God's \expndtw0 sovereign blessedness or perfection.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi250\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Blessedness is that perfect and unmeasurable posses\-\expndtw6 sion of joy and glory, which God hath in himself for \expndtw5 ever; f and is the cause of all the bliss and perfection \expndtw3 that every creature enjoys in its measure.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi259\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 There are other attributes figuratively and improperly ascribed to God, in the holy scriptures, as by an an-\expndtw-1 thropomorphosis, the members of a man, eyes, ears, nos\-\expndtw3 trils, mouth, hands, feet, &c.; or the senses and actions \expndtw-1 of a man, as, seeing, hearing, smelling, working, walking, \expndtw0 striking, &c.: by an anthropopatheia, the affections and \expndtw-1 passions of a man, as, gladness, grief, joy, sorrow, love, \expndtw3 hatred, &c.; or by an analogy, as when he is named, a \expndtw1 Lion, a Rock, a Tower, a Buckler, &c, whose significa\-\expndtw3 tion every commentary will express.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li197\fi0\ri0\sb259\sa0\sl-187\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Hine Deus dicitur, \i etvrnxgarag.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi187\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-187\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 + Deus est \i Sharldi, \i0 give \i alra^xns, \i0 non solum quia Ipse nihil desi-\expndtw2 flerat, sed etiam quia nihil in eo desiderari potest. Creaturas fecit \expndtw1 perfectas in suo quasque genere, ergo ipse perfectissimus est in se et \expndtw6 per se.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\i\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Seal. Exerc. \i0 146, sect. 2. (Mark xiv. 61; Acts xvii. 25; \expndtw7 Rom. xi. 35, 36 ; 1 Tim. vi. 15; Matt. xxv. 36; James i. 17.)}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3355\margrsxn3686\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1258\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4968 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex102\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 OP THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw21 23}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li96\fi254\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Of all these attributes we must hold these general rules:\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 No attributes can sufficiently express the es\-\expndtw1 sence of God, because it is infinite and ineffable.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li77\fi250\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Whatsoever, therefore, is spoken of God, is not God; \expndtw3 but serves rather to help our weak understanding, to \expndtw2 conceive in our reason, and to utter in our speech, the \expndtw0 majesty of his divine nature, so far as he hath vouchsafed \expndtw4 to reveal himself to us in his word.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx518 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  1.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx518 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent268\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 All the attributes of God belong to every of the\line \expndtw5 three Persons, as well as to the essence itself, with the\line \expndtw3 limitation of a personal propriety.   As the mercy of the\line \expndtw12 Father is mercy begetting, the mercy of the Son is\line \expndtw5 mercy begotten, the mercy of the Holy Ghost is mercy\line \expndtw6 proceeding: and so of the rest.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx518 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx518 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent268\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The essential attributes of God differ not from his\line \expndtw8 essence; because they are so in the essence, that they\line \expndtw4 are the very essence itself.    In God, therefore, there is\line \expndtw3 nothing which is not either his essence or person.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx518 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  3.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx518 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent268\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The essential attributes of God differ not essen\-\line \expndtw3 tially or really one from another, because whatsoever is\line \expndtw2 in God, is one most simple essence, and admits no divi\-\line \expndtw6 sion, but only in our reason and understanding, which\line \expndtw2 being not able to know earthly things by one simple act,\line without the help of many distinct acts, must of necessity\line \expndtw4 have the help of many distinct acts to know the incom\-\line \expndtw2 prehensible God. Therefore, to speak properly, there are\line \expndtw-2 not in God many attributes, but one only, which is nothing\line \expndtw3 else but the Divine Essence itself, by what attribute so\-\line ever you call it.    But in respect of our reason, they are\line \expndtw7 said to be so many different attributes; for our under\-\line \expndtw2 standing conceives by the name of mercy, a thing diffe\-\line \expndtw7 rent from that which is called justice.    The essential\line \expndtw4 attributes of God are not therefore really separate.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx518 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  4.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx518 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent268\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The essential attributes of God are not parts or\line qualities of the divine essence,  nor accidents in the\line \expndtw9 essence, nor a subject, but the very whole and entire\line \expndtw12 essence of God; so that every such attribute is not\line \i\expndtw7 aliud et aliud, \i0 another and another thing, but one and}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3960\margrsxn4497\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr686\colno2\colw2376 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 24}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb38\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3945\margrsxn3187\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri24\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 the same thing. There are therefore no quantities in \expndtw5 God, hy which he may be said to be so much and so \expndtw-1 much ; nor qualities, by which he may be said to be such \expndtw4 and such 5 but whatsoever God is, he is such and the \expndtw2 same by Bis essence. By his essence he is wise, and \expndtw-2 therefore wisdom itself; by his essence he is good, and \expndtw1 therefore goodness itself; by his essence he is merciful, \expndtw0 aud therefore mercy itself; by his essence he is just, and \expndtw4 therefore justice itself, &c. In a word, God is great, \expndtw1 without quantity ; good, true, and just, without quality; \expndtw3 merciful, without passion; an act, without motion; \expndtw6 everywhere present, without sight; without time, the \expndtw3 first and the last; the Lord of all creatures, from whom \expndtw0 all receive themselves, and all the good they have, yet \expndtw2 neither needeth nor receiveth he any increase of good\-ness or happiness from any other.*}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi240\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 This is the plain description of God, so far as he hath \expndtw3 revealed himself to us in his word.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 This doctrine, of all other, every true practitioner of piety must competently know, and necessarily believe, \expndtw4 for four special uses:\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx542 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  1.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx542 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent292\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 That we may discern our true and only God from\line \expndtw7 all false gods and idols; for the description of God is\line properly known only to his church, in whom he hath\line \expndtw0 thus graciously manifested himself (Psal. clxvii. 19\sub S\nosupersub  20 ;\line \expndtw9 Jer. x. 25.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx542 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx542 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent292\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 To possess our hearts with a greater awe of his\line \expndtw6 majesty, whilst we admire him for his simpleness and\line \expndtw5 infiniteness;  adore him for his unmeasurableness, un-\line \expndtw3 changeableness,   and  eternity;   seek wisdom from his\line \expndtw4 understanding and knowledge; submit ourselves to his\line \expndtw8 blessed will and pleasure; love him, his love, mercy,\line \expndtw6 goodness, and patience;  trust to his word, because of\line \expndtw9 his truth; fear him for his power, justice, and anger;\line \expndtw6 reverence him for his holiness; and praise him for his\line blessedness: and to depend all our life on him, who is}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi178\ri29\sb77\sa0\sl-192\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Exhibet omnia, accipit nihil; ipsum igitur bormm,  est Deus ipse \expndtw2 semper.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  \i Triamey. \i0 serm. ii. \i Plin.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4351\margrsxn3439\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw2793\colsr936\colno2\colw720 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb19\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 OF THE ATTRIBUTES OP GOD.}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 25}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3137\margrsxn3439\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li77\fi0\ri494\sb168\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 the only author of our life, being, andall the good things \expndtw-1 we have.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li72\fi250\ri403\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx581 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  3.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li72\fi250\ri403\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx581 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart3\pnindent259\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 To stir us up to imitate the Divine Spirit in his holy\line \expndtw0 attributes, and to bear, in some measure, the image of his\line \expndtw1 wisdom, love, goodness, justice, mercy, truth*, patience,\line zeal, and anger against sin; that we may be wise, loving,\line \expndtw4 just, merciful, true, patient, and zealous, as our God is.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li72\fi250\ri403\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx581 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  4.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li72\fi250\ri403\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx581 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart3\pnindent259\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Lastly, that we may in our prayers and meditations\line \expndtw2 conceive aright of his divine majesty, and not according\line to those gross and blasphemous imaginations which na\-\line \expndtw1 turally arise in men's brains, as when they conceive God\line \expndtw4 to be like an old man sitting in a chair; and the blessed\line \expndtw3 Trinity to be like that tripartite idol which papists have\line painted in their church windows.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li125\fi250\ri427\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 When, therefore, thou art to pray to God, let thine \expndtw3 heart speak to him as to that eternal, infinite, almighty, \expndtw1 holy, wise, just, merciful Spirit, and most perfect, in\-\expndtw2 divisible essence of three several persons, Father, Son, \expndtw0 and Holy Ghost; who being present in all places, ruleth \expndtw-2 heaven and earth, understandeth all men's hearts, knoweth \expndtw1 all men's miseries, and is only able to bestow on us all \expndtw-1 graces which we want, and to deliver aH penitent sinners \expndtw1 who with faithful hearts seek, for Christ's sake, his help \expndtw3 out of all their afflictions and troubles (Psal. xc. 2; 1 \expndtw2 Kings viii. 27, 30; Gen. xvii. 1; Job xv. 25 ; Isa. vi. 3 ; \expndtw9 Rev. iv. 8; xv. 4; Rom. xi. 33; xvi. 17 ; Deut. xxxii. \expndtw10 4 ; Psal. cxlv. 8, 9, 17; ciii. 11 ; John iv. 24; 1 John \expndtw3 v. 7; Matt. iii. 16; xxviii. 19; 2 Cor. xiii. 14; Jer. xxiii. \expndtw10 24; Dan.iv. 32; Jer. xvii. 10; Acts i. 24.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri398\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The ignorance of this true knowledge of God makes \expndtw3 many to make an idol of the true God, and is the only \expndtw-1 cause why so many profess all other parts of God's wor\-\expndtw3 ship and religion with so much irreverence and hypo\-\expndtw0 crisy ;\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 whereas, if they did truly know God, they durst not but come to his holy service; and coming, serve him \expndtw3 with fear and reverence: for so far doth a man fear God \expndtw10 as he knoweth him; and then doth a man truly know \expndtw3 ,   God, when he joins practice to speculation: and that is,}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4157\margrsxn4263\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr691\colno2\colw2409 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 26}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb29\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PKACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4032\margrsxn2995\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li120\fi240\ri10\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 First, when a man doth so acknowledge and celebrate God's majesty, as he hath revealed himself in his word.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li62\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Secondly, when, from the true and lively sense of \expndtw4 God's attributes, there is bred in a man's heart a love, \expndtw0 awe, and confidence in God; for saith God himself, " If I \expndtw4 be a Father, where is my honour? if I be a Lord, where \expndtw5 is my fear?" " O taste and see that the Lord is good !" saith David, Psal. xxxiv. 9. He that hath not by ex\-\expndtw1 perience tasted his goodness, knows not how good he is. \expndtw4 " He" (saith John) " that saith he knoweth God, and \expndtw5 keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth \expndtw6 is not in him," 1 John ii. 4. So far, therefore, as we \expndtw2 imitate God in his goodness, love, justice, mercy, pa\-\expndtw3 tience, and other attributes, so far do we know him.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li43\fi250\ri62\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thirdly, when with inward groans, and the serious \expndtw6 desires of our hearts, we long to attain to the perfect \expndtw2 and plenary knowledge of his majesty, in the life which \expndtw3 is to come.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri77\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Lastly, this discovers how few there are who do truly \expndtw1 know God; for no man knoweth God, but he that loveth \expndtw7 him; and how can a man choose but love him, being \expndtw5 the sovereign \i goSd, \i0 if he know him, seeing the nature \expndtw7 of God is to enamour with the love of his goodness? \expndtw2 and whosoever loveth anything more than God, is not \expndtw5 worthy of God; and such is every one who settles the \expndtw6 love and rest of his heart upon anything besides God. If, therefore, thou dost believe that God is almighty, \expndtw2 why dost thou fear devils and enemies, and not confi\-\expndtw11 dently trust in God, and crave his help in all thy \expndtw1 troubles and dangers ?\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 if thou believest that God is in\-finite, how darest thou provoke him to anger ?\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 if thou believest that God is simple, with what heart canst thou \expndtw0 dissemble and play the hypocrite?\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 if thou believest that \expndtw3 God is the sovereign good, why is not thy heart more \expndtw0 settled upon him than on all worldly good?\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 if thou dost \expndtw1 indeed believe that God is a just Judge, how darest thou \expndtw0 live so securely in sin without repentance ?\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 if thou dost \expndtw5 truly believe that God is most wise, why dost not thou}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3249\margrsxn3869\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1152\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4877 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex101\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 OF THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw19 27}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri5\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 refer the events of crosses and disgraces to him who \expndtw6 knoweth how to turn all things to the best unto them \expndtw5 that love him? (Rom. viii. 28)\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 if thou art persuaded \expndtw0 that God is true, why dost thou doubt of bis promises ?\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97 \expndtw2\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 and if thou believest that God is beauty and perfection \expndtw4 itself, why dost not thou make him alone the chief end of all thine affections and desires? for if thou lovest \expndtw0 beauty, he is most fair; if thou desirest riches, he is most \expndtw-1 wealthy; if thou seekest wisdom, he is most wise. What\-\expndtw1 soever excellency thou hast seen in any creature, it is \expndtw4 nothing but a sparkle of that which is in infinite per\-\expndtw0 fection in God: and when in heaven we shall have an \expndtw6 immediate communion with God, we shall have them \expndtw0 all perfectly in him communicated to us. Briefly, in \b all \b0\expndtw2 goodness, he is all in all. Love that one good God, and \expndtw0 thou shalt love him in whom all the good of goodness \expndtw2 consisteth. He that would therefore attain to the saving-\expndtw7 knowledge of God, must learn to know him by love: \expndtw0 for God is love, and the knowledge of the love of God \expndtw10 passeth all knowledge (Eph. iii. 19; 1 John iv.) For \expndtw0 all knowledge besides to know how to love God, and to \expndtw1 serve him only, is nothing, upon Solomon's credit, but \expndtw2 vanity of vanities, and vexation of spirit (Eccles. i.117.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Kindle therefore, O Lord, the love of thyself in my soul especially, seeing it was thy good pleasure that, \expndtw-1 being reconciled by the blood of Christ (Rom. v. 9> 10 ; \expndtw9 John xvii. 3, 22; 1 Cor. xv. 8), I should be brought, \expndtw0 by the knowledge of thy grace, to the communion of thy \expndtw1 glory, wherein only consists my sovereign good \b and \b0 happiness for ever.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thus, by the light of his own word, we have seen the \expndtw6 back parts of \scaps Jehovah \scaps0 Elohim, the Eternal Trinity; \expndtw5 whom to believe is saving faith and verity; and unto \expndtw6 whom from all creatures in heaven and earth, be all \expndtw2 praise, dominion, and glory for ever.    Amen.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi250\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thus far of the knowledge of God. Now of the \expndtw0 knowledge of a man's self. And first of the state of his \expndtw3 misery and corruption without renovation by Christ.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4233\margrsxn4219\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr686\colno2\colw2380 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 28}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb10\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4233\margrsxn2880\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li418\fi-288\ri0\sb538\sa0\sl-288\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw12\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 MEDITATIONS OF THE MISERY OF A MAN \expndtw9 NOT RECONCILED TO GOD IN CHRIST.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri10\sb235\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 O wretched Man! where shall I begin to describe thine \expndtw-2 endless misery, who art condemned as soon as conceived; \expndtw7 and adjudged to eternal death, before thou wast born \expndtw5 to a temporal life? A beginning indeed, I find, but no \expndtw3 end of thy miseries. For when Adam and Eve, being \expndtw1 created after God's own image, and placed in Paradise, \expndtw8 that they and their posterity might live in a blessed \expndtw0 state of life immortal, having dominion over all earthly \expndtw2 creatures, and only restrained from the fruit of one tree, \expndtw3 as a sign of their subjection to the almighty Creator; \expndtw6 though God forbade them this one small thing, under \expndtw9 the penalty of eternal death; yet they believed the \expndtw3 devil's word before the word of God, making God, as \expndtw6 much as in them lay, a liar. And so being unthankful \expndtw0 for all the benefits which God bestowed on them, they \expndtw5 became malcontent with their present state, as if God had dealt enviously or niggardly with them; and be\-\expndtw2 lieved that the devil would make them partakers of far \expndtw0 more glorious things than ever God had bestowed upon \expndtw7 them; and in their pride they fell into high-treason \expndtw0 against the Most High ; and disdaining to be God's sub\-\expndtw-2 jects, they affected blasphemously to be gods themselves, \expndtw1 equals to God. Hence, till they repented (losing God's \expndtw5 image) they became like the devil; and so all their \expndtw1 posterity, as a traitorous brood (whilst they remain im\-penitent, like thee) are subject in this life to all cursed miseries, and, in the life to come, to the everlasting fire \expndtw4 prepared for the devil and his angels.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Lay then aside for a while thy doting vanities, and \expndtw4 take the view with me of thy doleful miseries ; which \expndtw2 duly surveyed, I doubt not but that thou wilt conclude, \expndtw7 that it is far better never to have nature's being, than \expndtw3 not to be by grace a practitioner of religious piety.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3386\margrsxn3689\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1589\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4930 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE MISERY OF MAN.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw25 29}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li302\fi0\ri0\sb187\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Consider therefore thy misery\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li312\fi0\ri0\sb19\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 1. In thy life.    2. In thy death.    3. After death.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li67\fi235\ri0\sb72\sa0\sl-240\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 In thy life, 1. The miseries accompanying thy body; \expndtw3 2. The miseries which deform thy soul.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li53\fi250\ri5\sb34\sa0\sl-240\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 In thy death, The miseries which shall oppress thy \expndtw1 body and soul.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li48\fi250\ri14\sb19\sa0\sl-245\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 After death, The miseries which overwhelm both \expndtw3 body and soul together in hell.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li43\fi250\ri14\sb77\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 And, first, let us take a view of those miseries which \expndtw-1 accompany the body in the four ages of life, viz. infancy, \expndtw2 youth, manhood, and old age.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li2179\fi-2011\ri0\sb216\sa0\sl-254\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 Meditations of the Miseries of Man from Infancy to \expndtw-1 Old Age.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi250\ri38\sb86\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 What wast thou, being an infant, but an helpless un\-\expndtw1 conscious creature, having the human form, but without \expndtw3 speech or reason ? Thou wast born in the stain of ori\-\expndtw6 ginal sin, and cast naked upon the earth. What cause \expndtw1 then hast thou to boast of thy birth, which was pain and \expndtw5 anguish to thy mother, and to thyself the entrance into \expndtw-1 a troublesome life ? the greatness of which miseries, be\-\expndtw6 cause thou couldst not utter in words, thou didst ex\-\expndtw3 press as well as thou couldst in weeping tears.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi250\ri53\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 What is youth, but an untamed beast ? all whose ac\-\expndtw-2 tions are rash and rude, not capable of good counsel, when \expndtw5 it is given; and, ape-like, delighting in nothing but in toys and babies? therefore thou no sooner beganst to \expndtw3 have a little strength and discretion, but forthwith thou \expndtw0 wast kept under the rod, and fear of parents and masters; \expndtw1 as if thou hadst been born to live under the discipline of \expndtw3 others, rather than at the disposition of thine own will. \expndtw2 No tired horse was ever more willing to be rid of his \expndtw8 burden, than thou wast to get out of the servile state \expndtw4 of this bondage\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 a state not worthy the description.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi254\ri86\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 What is man's estate but a sea, wherein, as waves, one \expndtw6 trouble arises in the neck of another\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the latter worse}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li3581\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 c 2}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4219\margrsxn4248\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr691\colno2\colw2361 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 30}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb29\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4205\margrsxn2928\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb187\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 than the former ? No sooner didst thou enter into the \expndtw5 affairs of this world, but thou wast enwrapped about \expndtw6 with a cloud of miseries. Thy flesh provokes thee to \expndtw2 lust, the world allures thee to pleasures, and the devil \expndtw0 tempts thee to all kinds of sins; fears of enemies affright \expndtw4 thee, suits in law vex thee, wrongs of ill neighbours \expndtw1 oppress thee, cares for wife and children consume thee, \expndtw3 and disquietness betwixt open foes and false friends do \expndtw9 in a manner confound thee; sin stings thee within; \expndtw1 Satan lays snares before thee; conscience of sins past \expndtw5 doggeth behind thee. Now adversity on the left hand \expndtw4 frets thee ; anon, prosperity on thy right hand flatters \expndtw11 thee; over thy head God's vengeance due to thy sin \expndtw6 is ready to fall upon thee; and under thy feet, hell's \expndtw3 mouth is ready to swallow thee up. And in this miser\-able estate whither wilt thou go for rest and comfort ? \expndtw6 The house is full of cares, the field full of toil, the \expndtw5 country of rudeness, the city of factions, the court of \expndtw1 envy, the church of sects, the sea of pirates, the land of \expndtw6 robbers. Or in what state wilt thou live, seeing weal h \expndtw0 is envied and poverty contemned; wit is distrusted, and \expndtw4 simplicity is derided; superstition is mocked, and re\-\expndtw0 ligion is suspected; vice is advanced, and virtue is dis\-\expndtw6 graced ? Oh, with what a body of sin art thou com\-\expndtw1 passed about in a world of wickedness! What are thine \expndtw3 eyes, but windows to behold vanities ? What are thine ears but flood-gates to let in the streams of iniquity ? \expndtw6 What are thy senses, but matches to give fire to thy \expndtw3 lusts? What is thine heart, but the anvil whereon Satan \expndtw2 hath forged the ugly shape of all lewd affections ? Art \expndtw6 thou nobly descended ? thou must put thyself in peril \expndtw1 of foreign wars to get the reputation of earthly honour j oft-times hazard thy life in a desperate combat to avoid \expndtw7 the aspersion of a coward. Art thou born in a mean \expndtw3 estate ? Lord! what pains and drudgery must thou en\-dure at home and abroad to get maintenance; and all \expndtw4 perhaps scarce sufficient to serve thy necessity. And \expndtw8 when, after much service and labour, a man has go*}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn5011\margrsxn3197\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw1963\colsr1349\colno2\colw720 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb34\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE MISERY OF MAN}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 31}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3432\margrsxn3197\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri504\sb182\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 something, how little certainty is there in that which \expndtw6 is gotten ? seeing thou seest by daily experience, that \expndtw1 he who was rich yesterday, is to-day a beggar; he that \expndtw3 yesterday was in health, to-day is sick ; he that yester\-\expndtw2 day was merry and laughed, has cause to-day to mourn \expndtw8 and weep; he that yesterday was in favour, to-day is \expndtw2 in disgrace; and he who yesterday was alive, to-day is \expndtw7 dead; and thou knowest not how soon, nor in what \expndtw3 manner thou shalt die thyself. And who can enumerate \expndtw-1 the losses, crosses, griefs, disgraces, sicknesses, and ca\-\expndtw4 lamities, which are incident to sinful man? to speak \expndtw0 nothing of the death of friends and children, which oft-\expndtw2 times seems to us far more bitter than present death it\-\expndtw-5 self.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi245\ri451\sb5\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 What is old age, but the receptacle of all maladies? \expndtw7 For if thy lot be to draw thy days to a long date, in \expndtw0 comes old bald-headed age, stooping under dotage, with his wrinkled face, decaying teeth, and offensive breath; testy with choler, withered with dryness, dimmed with blindness, obsurded with deafness, overwhelmed with, \expndtw1 sickness, and bowed together with weakness; having no \expndtw7 use of any sense, but of the sense of pain, which so \expndtw2 racks every member of his body, that it never eases him \expndtw4 of grief, till it has thrown him down to his grave.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi245\ri494\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thus far of the miseries which accompany the body. \expndtw3 Now of the miseries which accompany chiefly the soul in this life.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li216\fi0\ri0\sb163\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 Meditations of the Misery of the Soul in this Life.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi245\ri451\sb19\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The misery of thy soul will more evidently appear, if \expndtw6 thou wilt but consider\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\i\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 1st, \i0 The felicity she has lost; \i\expndtw11 2d, \i0 The misery which she has brought upon herself \expndtw1 by sin.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi274\ri427\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 1. The felicity lost was, first, the fruition of the image \expndtw0 of God, whereby the soul was like God in knowledge, \expndtw1 enabling her perfectly to understand the revealed will of \expndtw4 God (Col. iii. 10; Rom. xii. 2); secondly, true holiness, \expndtw7 by which she was free from all profane error; thirdly,}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4186\margrsxn4272\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr686\colno2\colw2376 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 32}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb5\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4080\margrsxn2990\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li72\fi0\ri0\sb182\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 righteousness, whereby she was able to incline all her natural powers, and to frame uprightly all her actions, \expndtw5 proceeding from those powers. With the loss of this \expndtw0 divine image, she lost the love of God, and the blessed \expndtw2 communion which she had with Him, wherein consists her life and happiness. If the loss of earthly riches vex \expndtw3 thee so much, how should not the loss of this divine \expndtw4 treasure perplex thee much more?}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li67\fi245\ri29\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 2. The misery which she drew upon herself, consists \expndtw8 in two things:\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\i\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 1st, \i0 Sinfulness; \i Id, \i0 Cursedness.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi254\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 1. Sinfulness is an universal corruption both of her \expndtw3 nature and actions: for her nature is infected with a \expndtw4 proneness to every sin continually (Eph. ii. 3; Gen. vi. \expndtw6 5); the mind is stuffed with vanity (Rom. xii. 2; Eph. iv. 17); the understanding is darkened with ignorance \expndtw0 (1 Cor. ii. 14); the will affects nothing but vile and vain \expndtw1 things (Phil. ii. 3); all her actions are evil (Rom. iii. 12); \expndtw2 yea, this deformity is so violent, that often in the re\-\expndtw1 generate soul, the appetite will not obey the government of reason, and the will wanders after, and yields consent \expndtw6 to sinful motions. How great, then, is the violence of \expndtw2 the appetite and will in the reprobate soul, which still \expndtw3 remains in her natural corruption! hence it is that thy \expndtw0 wretched soul is so deformed with sin, denied with lust, \expndtw1 polluted with filthiness, outraged with passions, over-\expndtw2 carried with affections, pining with envy, overcharged with gluttony, surfeited with drunkenness, boiling with \expndtw4 revenge, transported with rage, and the glorious image \expndtw6 of God transformed into the ugly shape of the devil (John viii. 44), so far as it once " repented the Lord, \expndtw4 that ever he made man," Gen. vi. 6.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi250\ri67\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 From the former flows the other part of the soul's \expndtw5 miseries, called Cursedness (Deut. xxvii. 26; Gal. iii. \expndtw7 10; Psal. cxix. 21); whereof there are two degrees\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97 \i\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 1st, \i0 In part; \i 2d, \i0 In the fulness thereof.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi264\ri77\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 1. Cursedness in part is that which is inflicted upon \expndtw6 the soul in life and death, and is common to her with \expndtw1 the body.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn5028\margrsxn3185\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw2011\colsr1296\colno2\colw720 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb29\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE MISERY O\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'a3\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  MAN.}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 33}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3477\margrsxn3185\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi226\ri485\sb187\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 2. The cursedness of the soul in life, is the wrath of \expndtw1 God, which lies upon such a creature so far, as that all \expndtw0 things, not only calamities, but also very blessings and \expndtw4 graces turn to ruin (Rom. ii. 4, 5; Jer. xxviii. 13; Isa. xxviii. 13); terror of conscience drives him from God \expndtw3 and his service, that he dares not come to his presence \expndtw9 and ordinances (Gen. iii. 8, 10; iv. 14; Heb. ii. 15), \expndtw3 but is given up to the slavery of Satan, and to his own \expndtw8 lusts and vile affections (Rom. i. 21, 24, 26; Eph. ii. \expndtw10 2; Col. i. 13). This is the cursedness of the soul in \expndtw-1 life. Now follow the cursedness of the soul and body in \expndtw-2 death.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li2107\fi-1872\ri403\sb86\sa0\sl-254\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 Meditations of the Misery of the Body and Soul \expndtw-3 in Death.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi245\ri446\sb82\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 After that the aged man has conflicted with long \expndtw2 sickness, and having endured the brunt of pain, should \expndtw-2 now expect some ease, in comes death, nature's slaughter\-\expndtw1 man, God's curse, and hell's purveyor, and looks the old \expndtw2 man grim and black in the face; and neither pitying his \expndtw0 age, nor regarding his long-endured dolours, will not be \expndtw6 hired to forbear either for silver or gold; nay, he will \expndtw4 not take to spare his life, skin for skin (Job i.), and all \expndtw3 that the old man hath; but batters all the principal parts \expndtw0 of his body, and arrests him to appear before the terrible \expndtw3 Judge. And as thinking that the old man will not des\-\expndtw8 patch to go with him fast enough, Lord! how many \expndtw0 darts of calamities doth he shoot through him, stitches, \expndtw-3 aches, cramps, fevers, obstructions, rheums, phlegm, colic, \expndtw5 stone, wind, &c. Oh, what a ghastly sight it is, to see \expndtw8 him then in his bed, when death has given him his mortal wound \i \\ \i0 what a cold sweat over-runs all his \expndtw-1 body\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 what a trembling possesses all his members!\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the \expndtw2 head shoots, the face waxeth pale, the nose black, the \expndtw1 nether jaw-bone hangs down, the eye-strings break, the \expndtw5 tongue falters, the breath shortens and smells earthy, \expndtw2 and at every gasp the heart-strings are ready to break \expndtw1 asunder.   Now the miserable soul sensibly perceives her}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4185\margrsxn4249\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr691\colno2\colw2395 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 34}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb48\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4152\margrsxn2929\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi0\ri0\sb197\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 earthly body to begin to die; for as towards the dissolu\-\expndtw4 tion of the universal frame of the great world, the sun \expndtw3 shall be turned into darkness, the moon into blood, and \expndtw2 the stars shall fall from heaven, the air shall be full of \expndtw5 storms and flashing- meteors, the earth shall tremble, \expndtw0 and the sea shall roar, and men's hearts shall fail for fear, \expndtw1 expecting the end of such sorrowful beginnings; so, to\-\expndtw3 wards the dissolution of man, which is the little world, \expndtw1 his eyes, which are as the sun and moon, lose their light, \expndtw4 and see nothing but blood-guiltiness of sin ; the rest of \expndtw3 the senses, as lesser stars, do one after another fail and \expndtw0 fall\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 his mind, reason, and memory, as heavenly powers of his soul, are shaken with fearful storms of despair, and \expndtw1 fierce flashings of hell fire\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 his earthly body begins to \expndtw0 shake and tremble, and the huniours. iike an overflowing \expndtw8 sea, roar and rattle in his throat, still expecting the \expndtw1 Woful end of these dreadful beginnings.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi254\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Whilst he is thus summoned to appear at the great \expndtw-1 assizes of God's judgment, behold, a quarter-sessions and \expndtw0 jail-delivery is held within himself; where reason sits as \expndtw3 judge, the devil puts in a bill of indictment, as large as \expndtw2 that book of Zachary (Zech. v. 2 ; Ezek. ii. 10); wherein \expndtw4 is alleged all thy evil deeds that ever thou hast com\-\expndtw2 mitted, and all the good deeds that ever thou hast omit\-\expndtw6 ted, and all the curses and judgments that are due to \expndtw2 every sin. Thine own conscience shall accuse thee, and thy memory shall give bitter evidence, and death stands at the bar ready, as a cruel executioner, to dispatch thee. \expndtw4 If thou shalt thus condemn thyself, how shalt thou es\-\expndtw0 cape the just condemnation of God, who knows all thy \expndtw6 misdeeds better than thyself? (1 John iii. 20.) Fain \expndtw3 wouldest thou put out of thy mind the remembrance of \expndtw2 thy wicked deeds that trouble thee; but they flow faster \expndtw5 into thy remembrance, and they will not be put away, \expndtw2 but cry unto thee, We are thy works, and we will follow \expndtw7 thee! and whilst thy soul is thus within, out of peace \expndtw6 and order, thy children, wife, and friends trouble thee as fast, to have thee put thy goods in order; some cry-}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3497\margrsxn3583\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1622\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4944 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex96\expndtw15\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 THE MISERY OF MAN.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-15 OO}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi0\ri5\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 ing, some craving, some pitying, some cheering; all, like flesh-flies, helping to make thy sorrows more sorrowful \expndtw9 (Luke xii. 20.) Now the devils, who are come from \expndtw2 hell to fetch away thy soul, begin to appear to her; and \expndtw3 wait, as soon as she comes forth, to take her, and carry \expndtw2 her away. Stay she would within, but that she feels the \expndtw0 body begin by degrees to die, and ready, like a ruinous \expndtw7 house, to fall upon her head. Fearful she is to come \expndtw0 forth, because of those hell-hounds which wait for her \expndtw2 coming. Oh, she that spent so many days and nights in \expndtw0 vain and idle pastimes, would now give the whole world, \expndtw3 if she had it, for one hour's delay, that she might have \expndtw1 space to repent, and reconcile herself unto God! But it \expndtw4 cannot be, because her body, which joined with her in \expndtw5 the actions of sin, is altogether now unfit to join with \expndtw4 her in the exercise of repentance: and repentance must \expndtw2 be of the whole man.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi250\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Now she sees that all her pleasures are gone, as if \expndtw1 they had never been; and that but only torments remain, \expndtw4 which never shall have end of being. Who can suffi\-\expndtw0 ciently express her remorse for her sins past, her anguish \expndtw5 for her present misery, and her terror for her torments \expndtw-1 to come ?}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi240\ri34\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 In this extremity she looks everywhere for help, and she finds herself every way helpless. Thus in her great\-\expndtw4 est misery, desirous to hear the least word of comfort, \expndtw3 she directs this or the like speech to her eyes : O eyes, \expndtw0 who in times past were so quick-sighted, can ye spy no comfort, nor any way how I might escape this dreadful \expndtw7 danger ? But the eye-strings are broken, they cannot \expndtw-2 see the candle that burns before them, nor discern whether \expndtw5 it be day or night.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi259\ri43\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The soul, finding no comfort in the eyes, speaks to \expndtw2 the ears: O ears, who were wont to recreate yourselves \expndtw-1 with hearing new pleasant discourses, and music's sweet\-\expndtw5 est harmony, can you hear any news or tidings of the \expndtw3 least comfort for me ? The ears are either so deaf, that they cannot hear at all, or the sense of hearing is grown}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4099\margrsxn4354\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr682\colno2\colw2385 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 36}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb34\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PKACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4056\margrsxn3053\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi0\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 so weak, that it cannot endure to hear his dearest friends \expndtw5 speak. And why should those ears hear any tidings of joy in death, who could never abide to hear the glad \expndtw4 tidings of the gospel in this life ? The ear can minister \expndtw0 no comfort.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi322\ri29\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw11\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Then she intimates her grief to the tongue: O \expndtw2 tongue, who wast wont to brag it out with the bravest, \expndtw0 where are now thy big and daring words ? Now, in my greatest need, canst thou speak nothing in my defence ? \expndtw1 Canst thou neither daunt these enemies with threatening words, nor entreat them with fair speeches ? Alas! the \expndtw3 tongue two days ago lay speechless: it cannot, in his greatest extremity, either call for a little drink, or desire \expndtw1 a friend to take away with his finger the phlegm that is \expndtw2 ready to choke him.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi240\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Finding here no hope of help, she speaks to the feet: \expndtw4 Where are ye, O feet, which sometime were so nimble \expndtw0 in running? Can you carry me nowhere out of this dan\-\expndtw3 gerous place ? The feet are stone-dead already : if they \expndtw5 be not stirred, they cannot stir.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi245\ri34\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Then she directs her speech to her hands: O hands, \expndtw-1 who have been so often approvW for manhood, in peace and war, and wherewith I have so often defended myself, \expndtw-2 and offended my foes, never had I more need than now. \expndtw2 Death looks me grim in the face, and kills me\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 hellish \expndtw0 fiends wait about my bed to devour me: help now, or I \expndtw9 perish for ever. Alas! the hands are so weak, and do \expndtw1 so tremble, that they cannot reach to the mouth a spoon\-\expndtw3 ful of liquid, to relieve languishing nature.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi250\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The wretched soul, seeing herself thus desolate, and \expndtw0 altogether destitute of friends, help, and comfort, and \expndtw1 knowing that within an hour she must be in everlasting \expndtw3 pains, retires herself to the heart (which of all members is \i primum vivens, \i0 and \i ultimum moriensj, \i0 from whence \expndtw2 she makes this doleful lamentation with herself.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li43\fi226\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 O miserable caitiff that I am! how do the sorrows of \expndtw5 death compass me! how do the floods of Belial make \expndtw7 me afraid ! (2 Sam. xxii. 5.)    Now have, indeed, the}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3377\margrsxn1826\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw5088\colsr1229\colno2\colw720 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1570\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4853 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE MI6ERY OF MAN.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw20 37}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb202\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 snares both of the first and second death overtaken me \expndtw7 at once* O how suddenly has death stolen upon me \expndtw2 with insensible degrees! h'ke the sun, which the eye \expndtw1 perceives not to move, though it be most .swift of mo\-\expndtw6 tion. How does death wreak on me his spite without \expndtw4 pity ! The God of mercy has utterly forsaken me; and \expndtw0 the devil, who knows no mercy, waits to take me. How \expndtw4 often have I been Warned of this doleful day by the \expndtw9 faithful preachers of God's word, and I made but a \expndtw10 jest of it \{ What profit have I now of all my pride, \expndtw4 fine house, and gay apparel ? What is become of the \expndtw2 sweet relish of all my delicious fare ? All the worldly goods which I so carefully gathered, would I now give \expndtw0 for a good conscience, which 1 so carelessly neglected. \expndtw1 And what joy remains now of all my former fleshly \expndtw5 pleasures, wherein I placed my chief delight? those \expndtw3 foolish pleasures were but deceitful dreams, and now \expndtw5 they are past like vanishing shadows: but to think of \expndtw1 those eternal pains which I must endure for those short \expndtw0 pleasures, pains me as hell before I enter into hell. Yet \expndtw2 justly, I confess, as I have deserved I am served ; that \expndtw-1 being made after God's image a reasonable soul, able to \expndtw2 judge of mine own estate, and having mercy so often \expndtw0 offered, and I entreated to receive it, I neglected God's \expndtw1 grace, and preferred the pleasures of sin before the re* \expndtw-1 ligious care of pleasing God ; lewdly spending my short \expndtw2 time, without considering what accounts I should make \expndtw4 at my Ia6t end. And now all the pleasures of my life \expndtw0 being put together, countervail not the least part of my present pains: my joys were but momentary, and gone \expndtw1 before I could scarce enjoy them; my miseries are eter\-\expndtw7 nal, and never shall know an end. O that I had spent \expndtw4 the hours that I consumed in carding, dicing, playing, \expndtw3 and other vile exercises, in reading the scriptures, in \expndtw0 hearing sermons, in receiving the communion, in weep\-\expndtw1 ing for my sins, in fasting, watching, praying, and \i m \i0\expndtw4 preparing my soul, that I might have now departed in \expndtw9 the assured hope of everlasting salvation!    O that I}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3547\fi0\ri0\sb24\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex66\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 J>}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb10253\sa0\sl-730\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex72\expndtw0\dn10\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs100 J}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3998\margrsxn4541\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr619\colno2\colw2361 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 38}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb38\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 TfiE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3998\margrsxn3077\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi0\ri0\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 were now to begin my life again! how would I con\-\expndtw8 temn the world and its vanities! how religiously and \expndtw4 purely would I lead my life ! how would I frequent the \expndtw6 church, and sanctify the Lord's day!    If Satan should \expndtw2 offer- me all the treasures, pleasures, and promotions of \expndtw8 this world, he should never entice me to forget these \expndtw5 terrors of this last dreadful hour.    But, O corrupt car\-\expndtw4 case and loathsome carrion! how has the devil deluded \expndtw7 us! tod how have we served and deceived each other, \expndtw3 and pulled swift damnation upon us both!    Now is my \expndtw6 case more miserable than the beast that perisheth in a \expndtw10 ditch; for I must go to answer before the judgment-\expndtw5 seat of the righteous Judge of heaven and earth, where \expndtw9 I shall have none to speak for me: and these wicked \expndtw5 fiends, who are privy to all my evil deeds, will accuse \expndtw4 me, and I cannot excuse myself; my own heart already \expndtw2 condemns me; I must needs therefore be damned before \expndtw4 his judgment-seat, and from thence be carried by these \expndtw5 infernal fiends into that horrible prison of endless tor-\expndtw3 Hients and utter darkness, where I shall never more see \expndtw9 light,  that first most excellent thing that God made. \expndtw5 I, who gloried heretofore in being a libertine, am now \expndtw7 enclosed in the very claws of Satan, as the trembling partridge is within the griping talons of the ravenous \expndtw5 falcon.    Where shall I lodge to-night\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 and who shall \expndtw8 be my companions*?   O horror to think!   O grief to \expndtw9 consider!   O cursed be the day wherein I was born, \expndtw12 and let not the day wherein my mother bare me be \expndtw7 blessed!    Cursed be the man that shewed my father, \expndtw0 saying;, " A child is born unto thee," and comforted him; \expndtw8 cursed be that man because he slew me not!    O that \expndtw6 my mother might have been my grave, or her womb a perpetual conception!    How is it that I came forth of \expndtw4 the womb to endure these hellish sorrows, and that my \expndtw7 ikys should thus end with eternal shame?   Cursed be \expndtw13 the day that I was first united to so vile a body! O \expndtw11 that I had but so much favour as that I might never \expndtw5 see thee more!    Our parting is bitter and doleful, \i hvtt}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3410\margrsxn3656\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1541\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4838 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex104\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE MISERY OF MAN.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw14 39}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi0\ri91\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 our meeting again, to receive at that dreadful day the \expndtw-1 fulness of our deserved vengeance, will be far more ter\-\expndtw7 rible and intolerable. But what mean I thus, by too-\expndtw2 late lamentation, to seek to prolong time ? my last hour \expndtw8 is come, I hear the heart-strings break: this filthy-\expndtw4 house of clay falls on my head; here is neither hope, \expndtw10 help, nor place of any longer abiding. And must I \expndtw3 needs be gone, thou filthy carcase ? O filthy carcase! \expndtw5 with fare-ill, farewell, I leave thee: And so all trem\-\expndtw-1 bling she comes forth, and forthwith is seized upon by \expndtw1 infernal fiends, who carry her with a violence \i torrenti \expndtw2 simili \i0 to the bottomless lake that burneth with fire and \expndtw3 brimstone; where she is kept as a prisoner in torments \expndtw2 till the general judgment of the great day (Hev. xxi. 8 ; \expndtw10 Jude, ver. 6; 1 Pet. iii. 19.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi240\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The loathsome carcase is afterwards laid in the grave. \expndtw5 In which action, for the most part, the dead bury the \expndtw3 dead; that is, they who are dead in sin, bury them who \expndtw4 are dead for sin. And thus the godless and unregene-\expndtw2 rated worldling, who made earth his paradise, his belly \expndtw3 his god, his lust his law; as in his life he sowed vanity, \expndtw4 so he is now dead, and reapeth misery. In his prospe\-\expndtw0 rity he neglected to serve God: in his adversity God re\-\expndtw1 fuses to save him; and the devil, whom he long served, \expndtw3 now at length pays him his wages. Detestable was his \expndtw2 life, damnable is his death. The devil has his soul, the \expndtw6 grave has his carcase: in which pit of corruption, den \expndtw0 of death, and dungeon of sorrow, let us leave the mise\-\expndtw5 rable sinner, rotting with his mouth full of earth, his \expndtw-1 belly full of worms, and his carcase full of stench; ex\-\expndtw0 pecting a fearful resurrection, when the body shall be \expndtw3 reunited with the soul; that as they sinned together,, so \expndtw2 they may be eternally tormented together.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li110\fi245\ri0\sb216\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thus far of the miseries of the soul and body is death, \expndtw-2 which is but cursedness in part: Now follows the^ fulness \expndtw0 of cursedness, which is the misery of the soul aad body \expndtw2 after death.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4126\margrsxn3007\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1373\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1262\fi-1234\ri0\sb293\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Meditations of the Misery of a Man after Death, which \expndtw5 is the fulness ofCursedness.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi264\ri34\sb91\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The fulness of cursedneas, when it falls upon a crea\-\expndtw2 ture, not able to bear the brunt of it, presseth him down \expndtw-1 to that bottomless deep of the endless wrath of Almighty \expndtw3 God, which is called the damnation of hell (Luke viii, \expndtw5 28, & xvi. 23; 1 Thess. i. 10 ; Matt, xxiii. 33.) This \expndtw1 fulness of cursedness is either particular or general.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi240\ri29\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Particular is that which, in a less measure of fulness, \expndtw-2 Kghteth upon the soul imraediately^as too% as she is se^ \expndtw1 parated from the body (Luke xvi. 22, 23; 1 Pet. iii. 19 ; \expndtw5 Jude, ver. 6, 7 ;) for in the very instant of dissolution \expndtw1 she is in the sight and presence of God: for when she ceaseth to see with the organ of fleshly eyes, she seeth \expndtw0 after a spiritual manner; like Stephen, who saw the glory \expndtw5 of God, and Jesus standing at his right hand (Acts vii. \expndtw-1 5;) or as a man who, being born blind, and miraculously \expndtw0 restored to his sight, should see the sun, which he never \expndtw1 saw before. And there, by the testimony of her own \expndtw4 conscience, Christ, the righteous Judge, who knoweth \expndtw0 all things, maketh her, by his omnipresent power, to \expndtw1 understand the doom and judgment that is due unto her \expndtw3 sins, and what must be her eternal state. And in this \expndtw0 manner standing in the sight of heaven, not fit, for her \expndtw1 uncleanness, to come into heaven, she is said to stand \expndtw8 before the throne of God. And so forthwith she is \expndtw-1 carried by the evil angels, who came to fetch her with \expndtw0 violence into hell, where she is kept, as in a prison, in everlasting pains and chains, under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day ; but not in that extremity of \expndtw2 torments which she shall finally receive at the last day.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The general fulness of cursedness is in a greater mea\-\expndtw2 sure of fulness which shall be inflicted upon both soul \expndtw3 and body, when, by the mighty power of Christ, the \expndtw2 supreme Judge of heaven and earth, the one shall be \expndtw0 brought out of hell, and the other out of the grave, as \expndtw4 prisoners, to receive their dreadful doom, according to}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn5200\margrsxn3017\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw2001\colsr1301\colno2\colw720 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb38\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE MISERY OF MAN.}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 41}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3568\margrsxn3017\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi0\ri518\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 their evil deeds (2 Pet. ii. 9 ; Jude, ver. 7; Rev. xi. 18 ; \expndtw9 John v. 28, 29 ; Rev. xx. 13.) How shall the repro\-\expndtw0 bate, by the roaring- of the sea, the quaking of the earth, \expndtw1 the trembling of the powers of heaven (Matt. xxiv. 29 ; \expndtw5 Luke xxi. 24, 25), and terrors of heavenly signs, be driven, at the world's end, to their wits' end! Oh, what \expndtw0 a woful salutation will there be betwixt the damned soul \expndtw5 and body, at their reuniting at that terrible day!}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi269\ri547\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 O sink of sin, O lump of filthiness (will the soul say \expndtw4 to her body), how am I compelled to re-enter thee, not as to an habitation to rest, but as a prison, to be tor\-\expndtw1 mented ! How dost thou appear in my sight, like Jeph-\expndtw3 tha's daughter, to my great torment! Would God thou \expndtw1 hadst perpetually rotted in the grave, that I might never \expndtw-1 have seen thee again! How shall we be confounded to\-\expndtw3 gether to hear, before God, angels, and men, laid open \expndtw7 all those secret sins which we committed together! \expndtw2 Have I lost heaven for the love of such a foul carrion ? \expndtw6 Art thou the flesh for whose pleasures I have yielded \expndtw1 to commit so many fornications ? O filthy belly! how \expndtw8 became I such a fool as to make thee my god! How \expndtw2 mad was I, for momentary joys, to incur these torments \expndtw4 of eternal pains! Ye rocks and mountains, why skip ye \expndtw6 so like rams (Ps. cxliv. 4), and will not fall upon me, \expndtw4 to hide me from the face of him that comes to sit on yonder throne; for the great day of his wrath is come, \expndtw1 and who shall be able to stand ? (Rev. vi. 16, 17.) Why \expndtw0 tremblest thou thus, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, \expndtw5 and will not open thy mouth, and swallow me up, as thou didst Corah, that I be seen no more ?}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi250\ri571\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 O evil fiends! I would ye might without delay tear \expndtw-1 me in pieces, on condition that you would tear me into \expndtw3 nothing!}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi245\ri533\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 But whilst thou art thug in vain bewailing thy misery, \expndtw1 the angels (Matt. xiii. 41) hale thee violently away from \expndtw2 the brink of thy grave to some place near the tribunal-\expndtw3 seat of Christ; where being, as a cursed goat, separated \expndtw10 to stand beneath on earth, as on the left hand of t*#}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3370\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 D 2}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3871\margrsxn4629\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr638\colno2\colw2380 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 42}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb14\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3871\margrsxn3122\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi0\ri0\sb235\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Judge, Christ will pass sentence upon thee (Matt, xxv, \expndtw2 33.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qr\li0\fi0\ri62\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Within thee, thine own conscience (more than a thou\-\expndtw1 sand witnesses) shall accuse thee; the devils, who tempt\-\expndtw3 ed thee to all thy lewdness, shall on the one side testify \expndtw4 with thy conscience against thee; and on the other side \expndtw2 shall stand the holy saints and angels approving Christ's \expndtw7 justice; behind thee, an hideous noise of innumerable \expndtw1 fellowireprobates tarrying for thy company; before thee, \expndtw2 all the world burning in flaming fire; above thee, an ire\-\expndtw1 ful Judge of deserved vengeance, ready to pronounce his \expndtw3 6entenoe upon thee; beneath thee, the fiery and sulphu\-\expndtw7 reous mouth of the- bottomless pit. gaping to receive thee.   In this woful estate, to hide thyself will be im\-\expndtw4 possible, for on that condition, thou wouldest wish that \expndtw2 the greatest rock might fall upon thee (Rev. vi. 16, 17 j) \expndtw7 to appear will be intolerable, and yet thou must stand \expndtw5 forth, to receive with other reprobates, this sentence\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97 \hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, pre\-\expndtw3 pared for the devil and his angels."}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li86\fi259\ri72\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Depart from me."] \i0 There is a separation from all \expndtw2 joy and happiness.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li130\fi254\ri62\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Ye cursed."] \i0 There is a black and direful excommu\-\expndtw-1 nication.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li149\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Intojire.] \i0 There is the cruelty of pain. \i\expndtw12 Everlasting."] \i0 There is the perpetuity of punish\-\expndtw0 ment.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li130\fi240\ri43\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Prepared for the devil and his angels.] \i0 Here are \expndtw2 thy;infernal tormenting and tormented companions.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li106\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 O terrible sentence! from which the condemned can\-\expndtw6 not escape; which being pronounced, cannot possibly \expndtw2 be withstood; against which a man cannot except, and \expndtw1 from which a man.can nowhere appeal: so that to the \expndtw3 damned, nothing remains but hellish torments, which \expndtw1 know neither ease of pain, nor end of time! From this \expndtw4 judgment-seat thou must be thrust by angels, together with all the devils and reprobates, into the bottomless \expndtw6 Jake of utter darkness, that perpetually burns with fife}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3407\margrsxn3634\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1536\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4858 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 THE MISEttY OP MAS.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw15 43}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi0\ri77\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 and brimstone (Rev. xxi. 8:) Whereunto, as thou shalt \expndtw2 be thrust, there shall be such weeping, woes, and wail\-ing, that the cry of the company of Korah, Dathan, and \expndtw-1 Abiram, when the earth swallowed them up, was nothing \expndtw4 comparable to this howling: nay, it will seem unto thee \expndtw3 a hell, before thou goest into hell, but to hear it. Into-\expndtw2 which lake, after that thou art once plunged, thou shaft \expndtw5 ever be falling down, and never meet a bottom; and in \expndtw2 it thou shalt ever lament, and none shall pity tbee; thou \expndtw1 shalt always weep for pain of the fire, and yet gnash thy teeth for the extremity of cold; thou shalt weep to think, \expndtw4 that thy miseries are past remedy; thou shalt weep to \expndtw2 think, that to repent is to no purpose; thou shalt weep to \expndtw0 think, how, for the shadows of short pleasures, thou hast \expndtw1 incurred these sorrows of eternal pains; tbou shalt weep, \expndtw0 to see how weeping itself can nothing prevail; yea, itt \expndtw2 weeping, thou shalt weep more tears than there is water \expndtw5 in the sea; for the water of the sea is finite, but the \expndtw2 weeping of a reprobate shall be infinite!}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li62\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 There thy lascivious eyes will be afflicted with sights of ghastly spirits; thy curious ear affrighted with hideous \expndtw3 noise of devils, and the weeping and gnashing of teeth \expndtw1 of reprobates; thy dainty nose will be cloyed with noi\-some stench of sulphur; thy delicate taste pained with \expndtw2 intolerable hunger; thy drunken throat will be parched \expndtw-1\dbch\af1\loch\af0\hich\f0\cchs0 \u9632\'3f\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 with unquenchable thirst; thy mind will be tormented to \expndtw3 think how, for the love of abortive pleasures, which \expndtw0 perished ere they budded, thou so foolishly didst lose heaven's joys, and incur hellish pains, which last beyond \expndtw4 eternity; thy conscience shall ever sting thee like an \expndtw5 adder, when thou thinkest how often Christ by bis \expndtw0 preachers offered the remission of sins, and the kingdom \expndtw5 of heaven freely to thee, if thou wouldest but believe \expndtw1 and repent; and bow easily thou mightest have obtained \expndtw6 mercy in those days; how near thou wert many times \i\expndtw9 to \i0 have repented, and yet didst suffer the devil and \expndtw6 &e World to keep thee still in impenitency; and how \b\expndtw10 ibe \b0 dtty of mercy is now past, and  will never dawn}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3929\margrsxn4581\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr634\colno2\colw2376 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 44}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb48\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3866\margrsxn3237\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li53\fi0\ri14\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 again* How shall thy understanding be racked, to con\-\expndtw5 sider, that, for momentary riches, thou hast lost the \expndtw1 eternal treasure, and changed heaven's felicity for hell's \expndtw0 misery, where every part of thy body, without intermis\-\expndtw2 sion of pain, shall be continually tormented!}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 In these hellish torments thou shalt be for ever de\-\expndtw4 prived of the beatifical sight of God, wherein consists \expndtw1 the sovereign good and life of the soul; thou shalt never \expndtw0 see light, nor the least light of joy, but lie in a perpetual \expndtw2 prison of utter darkness, where shall be no order, but \expndtw3 horror; no voice, but of blasphemers and howlers; no \expndtw6 noise, but of tortures and tortured; no society, but of \expndtw-2 the devil and his angels, who being tormented themselves, \expndtw2 shall have no other ease but to wreak their fury in tor\-\expndtw0 menting thee; where shall be punishment without pity; misery without mercy; sorrow without succour; crying \expndtw2 without comfort; mischief without measure; torment without ease: where the worm dieth not and the fire is \expndtw6 never quenched; where the wrath of God shall seize \expndtw-1 ^pon the soul and body, as the flame of fire doth on the \expndtw2 lump of pitch, or brimstone. In which flame thou shalt \expndtw1 ever be burning, and never consumed; ever dying, and \expndtw7 never dead; ever roaring in the pangs of death, and \expndtw2 aever rid of those pangs, nor knowing end of thy pains. \expndtw1 So that after thou hast endured them so many thousand \expndtw8 years as there are grass on the earth, or sand on the \expndtw1 sea shore, thou art no nearer to have an end of thy tor\-\expndtw3 ments, than thou wast the first day that thou wast cast \expndtw5 into them; yea, so far are they from ending, that they \expndtw6 are ever but beginning. But if, after a thousand times \expndtw0 so many thousand years, thy lost soul could but conceive \expndtw10 a hope that her torments should have an end, this \expndtw1 would be some comfort\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 to think that at length an end \expndtw2 will come. But as oft as the mind thinketh of this word \i\expndtw5 Never, \i0 it is as another hell in the midst of hell.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi245\ri67\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 This thought shall force the damned to cry, \i ovah \i0\expndtw-3 ova/', as much as if they should say, \i\scaps ouk \scaps0 a&l, ovx \i0 a\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'bb\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 4 O \expndtw9 Lord, not ever, not ever torment us thus!    But \i ihffl}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3412\margrsxn3730\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li773\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4853 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 MAN RECONCILED TO GOD IN CHBIST.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw20 45}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi0\ri34\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 conscience shall answer them as an echo, \i ail, ail, \i0 Ever, \expndtw-1 ever! Hence shall arise their doleful \i clot,!, \i0 woe, and alas \expndtw4 for evermore!}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi250\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 This is that second death, the general perfect fulness \expndtw0 of all cursedness and misery, which every damned re\-probate must suffer, so long as God and his saints shall \expndtw1 enjoy bliss and felicity in heaven for evermore.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi245\ri14\sb221\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thus far of the misery of man in his state of cor\-\expndtw3 ruption, unless he be renewed by grace in Christ.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi245\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Now follows the knowledge of man's self, in respect \expndtw3 of his state of regeneration by Christ.}\par {\shp {\*\shpinst \shpleft1738\shptop322\shpright3504\shpbottom322\shpfhdr0\shpbxcolumn\shpbypara\shpwr3\shpwrk0\shpfblwtxt1\shpz0\shplid1{\sp{\sn shapeType}{\sv 20}}{\sp{\sn lineWidth}{\sv 3175}}}}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li811\fi-710\ri0\sb648\sa0\sl-211\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 MEDITATIONS OF THE STATE OF A CHRISTIAN RECONCILED TO GOD IN CHRIST,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi0\ri19\sb274\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Now let us see how happy a godly man is in his state \expndtw2 of renovation, being reconciled to God in Christ.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi259\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The godly man whose corrupt nature is renewed by \expndtw2 grace in Christ and become a new creature, is blessed in a threefold respect\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 First, in his life; Secondly, in his \expndtw6 death; Thirdly, after death.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi245\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 I. His blessedness during his life is but in part, and \expndtw3 that consists in seven things: \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx514 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  1.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx514 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent264\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Because he is conceived of the Spirit (John iii. 5),\line \expndtw7 and is born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,\line \expndtw4 nor of the will of man, but of God (John i. 13), who in\line \expndtw5 Christ is his Father (Gal. iv. 6, 7; 2 Cor. ix. 8:) so that\line \expndtw8 the image of God his Father is renewed in him every\line \expndtw7 day more and more (Epb. iv. 2, 3, 13; Col. iii. 10.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx514 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx514 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent264\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 He has, for the merits of Christ's sufferings, all\line \expndtw4 his sins, original and actual, with the guilt and punish\-\line \expndtw13 ment belonging to them (Rom. iv. 8, 25; viii. 1, 2;\line \expndtw10 1 \b Pet, \b0 ii. 24), freely and fully forgiven him; and all\line \b\expndtw4 the \b0 righteousness of Christ as freely and fully imputed\line \expndtw9 to \b him \b0 (Rom. iv, 5, 19;) and so God is reconciled ta}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4003\margrsxn3106\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1363 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw15\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 46{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-1 THE PRACTICE OE PIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 him (2 Cor. v. 19;) and approveth him as righteous in \expndtw4 his sight and account (Rom. viii. 33, 34.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx542 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  3.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx542 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart3\pnindent283\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 He is freed from Satan's bondage (Act. xvi. 18;\line Eph. ii. 2), and is made a brother of Christ (John xx.\line \expndtw3 17 ; Rom. viii. 20), a fellow-heir of his heavealy king\-\line \expndtw9 dom (Rom. viii.  17), and a spiritual king and priest\line (Rev. i. 6), to offer up spiritual sacrifices to God by\line \expndtw8 Jesus Christ (1 Pet. ii. 5; Mai. iii. 17.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx542 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  4.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx542 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart3\pnindent283\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 God spareth him as a man spareth his own son\line \expndtw2 that serveth him.    And this sparing consists in,,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi230\ri34\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (1.) Not taking notice of every fault, but bearing \expndtw2 with his infirmities (Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7.) A loving father will not cast his child out of doors in his sickness.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi250\ri43\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (2.) Not making his punishment, when he is chas\-tened, as great as his deserts (Psal. ciii. 10.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi245\ri29\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (3.) Chastening him moderately when he seeth that \expndtw6 he will not by any other means be reclaimed (2 Sam. \expndtw7 vii. 14, 15 ; 1 Cor. xi. 32.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi245\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (4.) Graciously accepting his endeavours, notwith\-\expndtw-1 standing the imperfection of his obedience; and so pre\-\expndtw0 ferring the willingness of his mind before the worthiness \expndtw5 of his work (2 Cor. viii. 12.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi250\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (5.) Turning the curses which he deserved to crosses \expndtw5 and fatherly corrections; yea, all things, all calamities \expndtw1 of this life, death itself, yea, his very sins, to his good \expndtw10 (Rom. viii. 28; Psal. lxxxix. 31, 33; cxix. 71; Heb. \expndtw5 xii. 10 $ 2 Cor. xii. 7 ; 1 Cor. xv. 54, 55 ; Heb. ii. 14, \expndtw9 15 ; Luke xxii. 31, 32; Psal. Ii. 13, 14 ; Rom. v. 20,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li43\fi0\ri0\sb24\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 21.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li259\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx542 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 5.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw3 God gives him his Holy Spirit, which,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li58\fi240\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (1.) Sanctifies him by degrees throughout (1 Thess. \expndtw6 v. 23), so that he more and more dies to sin and lives \expndtw4 to righteousness (Rom. viii. 5, 10.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li62\fi250\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (2.) Assures him of his adoption, and that he is by grace the child of God (Rom. viii. 16.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li72\fi235\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (3.) Encourages him to come with boldness and con\-\expndtw2 fidence into the presence of God (Heb. iv. 16; Eph. iii. \expndtw-5 12.)}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4233\margrsxn3212\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw3532\colsr542\colno2\colw720 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb29\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 MAN RECONCILED TO GOD IN CHRIST.}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 47}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3489\margrsxn3212\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi235\ri499\sb158\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (4.) Moves him without fear to say unto him, Abba, \expndtw8 Father (Gal. iv 6; Rom. viii. 15, \i 16.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li235\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (5.) Pours into his heart the gift of sanctified prayer.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi235\ri475\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (6.) Persuades him that both he and his prayers are \expndtw5 accepted and heard of God, for Christ his mediator's \expndtw-5 sake.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi240\ri456\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (7.) Fills him with, \i 1st, \i0 Peace of conscience (Rom. \expndtw7 v. 1; xiv. 17 j) 2rf, Joy in the Holy Ghost (Rom. xiv. \expndtw2 17 :) in comparison whereof all earthly joys seem vain and vile to him.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi235\ri422\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  6.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi235\ri422\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart6\pnindent293\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 He has a recovery of his sovereignty over the\line \expndtw2 creatures (Psal. viii. 5, &c.; Heb. ii. 7, 8), which he lost\line \expndtw3 by Adam's fall; and from thence free liberty (Rom. xiv.\line \expndtw7 14;  1 Tim. iv. 2, &c.) of using all things which God\line \expndtw6 hath not restrained (1 Cor. ix. 19, 20), so that he may\line \expndtw9 use them with a good conscience (1 Cor. iii. 22, 32;\line \expndtw8 Heb. i. 7.)    For to all things in heaven and earth he\line \expndtw3 hath a sure title in this life (1 Cor. iii. 22 ;) and he shall\line \expndtw6 have the plenary and peaceable possession of them in\line \expndtw4 the life to \i come \i0 (Matt. xxv. 34; 1 Pet. i. 4.) Hence it is\line that all reprobates are but usurpers of all that they pos\-\line \expndtw0 sess, and have no place of their own but hell (Acts i. 25.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi235\ri422\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  7.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi235\ri422\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart6\pnindent293\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 He has the assurance of God's fatherly care Mid\line \expndtw4 protection day and night over him; which care consists\line \expndtw7 in three things:'}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li58\fi240\ri422\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (1.) In providing all things necessary for his soul \expndtw2 and body, concerning this life (Matt. vi. 32; 2 Cor. xii. \expndtw10 14; Psal. xxiii; xxxiy. 9, 10), and that which is to \expndtw8 come; so that he shall be sure ever either to have \expndtw4 enough, or patience to be content with that he hath.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li58\fi254\ri408\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (2.) In that God gives his holy angels, as ministers, \expndtw4 a charge to attend upon him always for his good (Heb. \expndtw5 i. 14; Psal. xxxiv. 7; xci. 11;) yea, in danger to pitch \expndtw7 their tents about him for his safety wherever he be: \expndtw6 yea, God's protection shall defend him as a cloud by \expndtw9 day, and as a pillar of fire by night (Isa. iv. 5;) and \expndtw3 his providence shall hedge him from the power of the \i devU \i0 (Job i. \i 10.)}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4152\margrsxn4363\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr634\colno2\colw2371 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 48}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb29\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF FIETV.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4142\margrsxn3005\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi250\ri14\sb182\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (3.) In that the eyes of the Lord are upon him, and \expndtw4 his ears continually open, to see his state (Psal. xxxiv. \expndtw2 15 ; Gen. vii. 1), and to hear his complaint, and in his good time to deliver him out of all his troubles (Psal. \expndtw5 xxxiv. 19.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi254\ri34\sb72\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thus far of the blessed state of the godly and re\-\expndtw3 generate man in this life: Now of his blessed state in \expndtw-1 death,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1661\fi-1478\ri0\sb149\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 2. \i Meditations of the blessed state of a Regenerate \expndtw9 Man in his Death.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi240\ri0\sb67\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 When God sends death as his messenger for the re\-\expndtw7 generate man, he meets him half-way to heaven, fof \expndtw1 his conversation and affection is there before him (Phil, \expndtw2 iii. 20; Col. iii. 2.) Death is never strange nor fearful to \expndtw-1 him: not strange, because he died daily\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 not fearful, be\-\expndtw-5 cause whilst he lived, he was dead, and his life was hid with \expndtw1 Christ in God (1 Cor. i. 31; Col. iii. 3;) to die, therefore, \expndtw-1 is to him nothing else in effect, but to rest from his labour \expndtw7 in this world, to go home to his Father's house, unto \expndtw1 the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an \expndtw-1 innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly \expndtw6 and church of the first-born, to God the Judge of all, \expndtw2 and to tke spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant (Rev. xiv. 13\i ', \i0 2 Cor. \expndtw9 v. 6; John xiv. 2; Heb. xii. 22, &c.) Whilst his body \expndtw1 is sick, his mind is sound; for God maketh his bed in \expndtw2 sickness, and strengthened him with faith and patience, upon his bed of sorrow (Psal. xli. 3.) And when he be\-\expndtw6 gins to enter into the way of all the world, he giveth \expndtw5 (like Jacob, Moses, and Joshua) to his children and \expndtw4 friends, godly exhortations and counsels, to serve the \expndtw9 true God, to worship Him truly all the days of their \expndtw1 life (Gen. xlix.) His blessed soul breatheth nothing but \expndtw-2 blessings, and such speeches as savour a sanctified spirit* \expndtw1 As his outward man decayeth, so his inward man itr-\expndtw6 creaseth, and waxeth stronger; when the speech of his}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3473\margrsxn3651\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li797\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4848 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex104\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 MAN RECONCILED TO GOD IN CHRIST.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw26 49}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 tongue faltereth, the sighs of his heart speak louder unto \expndtw2 God; when the sight of the eyes faileth, the Holy Ghost \expndtw3 illuminates him inwardly with abundance of spiritual light. His soul feareth not, but is bold to go out of the \expndtw7 body, and to dwell with her Lord (2 Cor. v. 8.) He \expndtw3 sigheth out with Paul, \i Cupio dissolvi, \i0 " I desire to be \expndtw2 dissolved and to be with Christ," Phil. i. 23. And with \expndtw3 David, " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so \expndtw7 panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth \expndtw6 for God, for the living God: when shall I come and \expndtw3 appear before God?" Psal. xlii. 2. Heprayeth with the saints, " How long, O Lord, which art holy and true?** Rev. vi. 10. " Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly," Rev. \expndtw4 xxii. 10. And when the appointed time of his dissolu\-\expndtw3 tion is come (Job xiv. 5), knowing that he goeth to his \expndtw-1 Father and Redeemer in the peace of a good conscience \expndtw3 (Psal. xxxi. 5), and the assured persuasion of the \b for-' \b0\expndtw5 giveness of all his sins, in the blood of the Lamb, he \expndtw1 sings with blessed old Simeon his \i Nunc dimittis, \i0 " Lord, \expndtw8 now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace," (Luke \expndtw5 ii. 29; Psal. xxxvii. 37; Isa. lvii. 2), and surrenders up \expndtw4 his soul, as it were, with his own hands, into the hands \expndtw3 of his heavenly Father, 6aying with David, " Into thy \expndtw2 hands, O Father, I commend my soul, for thou hast re\-\expndtw3 deemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth," Psal. xxxi. 5. \expndtw5 And saying with Stephen, " Lord Jesus, receive my \expndtw2 spirit," Acts vii. 59 > he no sooner yields up the ghost, but immediately the holy angels (Matt, xviii. 10 \b v \b0 Act* \expndtw7 xii. 15; xxvii. 23) who attended upon him from his. \expndtw3 birth to his death, carry and accompany his soul into \expndtw1 heaven, as they did the soul of Lazarus into Abraham's \expndtw2 bosom (Luke xvi. 22), which is the kingdom of heaven, \expndtw-1 whither only good angels and good works do accompany \expndtw3 the soul (Matt. viii. 11; Luke xiii. 28; Acts xv. 10,11; \expndtw10 Eph. i. 10; Heb. xi. 9, 10,16; xii. 22, 23; \b Lttie \b0 xix. \expndtw8 9; ix. 31;) the one to deliver their charge \b (Psfcf. \b0 xcu \expndtw4 11; Heb. i. 14;) the other to receive their reward \b (Rev. \b0\expndtw10 xiv. 13; xxii. 12.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3600\fi0\ri0\sb24\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex104\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 E}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4068\margrsxn4438\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr643\colno2\colw2371 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 50}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb10\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE  PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4054\margrsxn3079\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi245\ri14\sb168\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The body, in convenient time, as the sanctified temple \expndtw1 of the Holy Ghost (1 Cor. vi. 19), the members of Christ \expndtw3 (1 Cor. vi. 15), nourished by his body (Mat. xxvi. 26), \expndtw4 the price of the blood of the Son of God (1 Cor. vi. 20; \expndtw1 1 Pet. i. 19)) is by his fellow-brethren reverently laid to \expndtw4 sleep in the grave as in the bed of Christ (1 Thess. iv. \expndtw8 14; Acts vii. 6; viii. 2), in an assured hope to awake \expndtw2 in the resurrection of the just, at the last day, to be par\-taker, with the soul, of life and glory everlasting (Dan. \expndtw8 xii. 2; John v. 28, 29; Luke xiv. 14; 1 Thess. iv. 16, \expndtw9 17; Rev. xiv. 13.) And in this respect not only the \expndtw1 souls, but the very bodies of the faithful also are termed \expndtw-4 blessed.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi259\ri0\sb101\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thus far of the blessedness of the soul and body of \expndtw0 the regenerate man in death: Now let us see the blessed\-\expndtw2 ness of bis soul and body after death.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1709\fi-1565\ri0\sb230\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 3. \i Meditations of the blessed state of the Regenerate \expndtw11 Man after Death.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi250\ri0\sb96\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 This estate has three degrees:\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\i\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 1st, \i0 From the day of \expndtw10 death to the resurrection; \i 2d, \i0 From the resurrection \expndtw2 to the pronouncing of the sentence; \i 3d, \i0 After the sen\-tence, which lasts eternally.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi245\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 As soon as ever the regenerate man hath yielded up his soul to Christ, the holy angels take her into their \expndtw2 custody, and immediately carry her into heaven (Luke \expndtw3 xvi. 22), and there present her before Christ, where she \expndtw0 is crowned with a crown of righteousness and glory; not \expndtw1 which she hath deserved by her good works, but which \expndtw-1 God hath promised of his free goodness to all those who, \expndtw2 of love, have in this life unfeignedly served him, and \expndtw9 sought Ms glory (Heb. i. 14 j xii. 24; 2 Tim. iv. 8; \expndtw16 Rev. ii. 10; iPet.v. 4.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi254\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Oh, what joy will it be to thy soul, which was wont \expndtw0 to see nothing but misery and sinners, now to behold the \expndtw1 face of the God of glory! yea, to see Christ welcoming \expndtw8 thee, as soon as thou art presented before him by the}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3334\margrsxn3751\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li869\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4848 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 BLESSEDNESS OF THE REGENERATE,{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw16 51}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qr\li0\fi0\ri0\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 holy angels, with an \i Euge bone serve ! \i0 " Well done, and \expndtw6 welcome good and faithful servant, &c, enter into thy \expndtw10 Master's joy."   And what joy will this be, to behold \expndtw3 thousand  thousands  of cherubims,  seraphims,  angels, \expndtw-1 thrones, dominions, principalities, powers! (Col.i. 6; Eph. \expndtw1 i. 21.) All the holy patriarchs, priests, prophets, apostles, \expndtw8 martyrs,  confessors, and all the souls of thy friends, \expndtw2 parents, husbands, wives, children, and the rest of God's \expndtw11 saints, who departed before thee in the true faith of \expndtw2 Christ, standing before God's throne in bliss and glory ? \expndtw4 If the Queen of Sheba, beholding the glory and attend\-\expndtw6 ance given to Solomon, as it were ravished therewith, \expndtw8 brake out and said,  " Happy are thy men,  happy are \expndtw-1 these thy servants, which stand ever before thee, and hear \expndtw-3 thy wisdom," (1 Kings x. 8), how shall thy soul be ravished \expndtw11 to see herself by grace  admitted to stand with  this \expndtw5 glorious company, to behold tie blessed face of Christ, \expndtw4 and to hear all the treasures of his divine wisdom; how \expndtw8 shalt thou rejoice to see so many thousand thousands \expndtw5 welcoming thee into their heavenly society (Luke xv;) \expndtw-1 for as they all rejoiced at thy conversion, so will they now \expndtw6 be much more joyful to behold thy coronation, and to \expndtw5 see thee receive thy crown, which was laid up for thee \expndtw4 against thy coming (1 Tim. iv. 8.)   There the crown of martyrdom shall be put on the head of the martyr, who \expndtw3 for Christ's gospel's sake endured torments\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the crown \expndtw7 of piety on the head of them who sincerely professed \expndtw5 Christ-r\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  the crown of good works on the good alms-\expndtw1 giver's head, who liberally relieved the poor\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the crown \expndtw3 of incorruptible glory on the head of those pastors, who \expndtw8 by their preaching and good example have converted \expndtw4 souls from the corruption of sin, to glorify God in holi\-\expndtw2 ness of life.   Who can sufficiently express the rejoicing \expndtw1 of this heavenly company, to see thee thus crowned with \expndtw8 glory (Rev. vii. 9), arrayed with the shining robes of \expndtw1 righteousness, and to behold the palm of victory put into \expndtw9 thy hand! O what gratulation will there be, that thou \expndtw3 hast escaped all the miseries of the world, the snares of}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4260\margrsxn4255\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr624\colno2\colw2380 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 52}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb29\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 THE PRACTICE OP PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4231\margrsxn2863\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi0\ri38\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 the devil, the pains of hell, and obtained with them thy \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'ab\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 ternal rest and happiness! for there every one joyeth as \expndtw2 much in another's happiness as in his own, because he \expndtw5 shall see him as much loved of God as himself; yea, \expndtw2 they have as many distinct joys as they have copartners \expndtw6 of their joy. And in this joyful and blessed state, the \expndtw2 soul resteth with Christ in heaven till the resurrection; \expndtw4 when the number of her fellow-servants and brethren \expndtw1 shall have been fulfilled, which the Lord termeth but a \expndtw5 little season (Rev. vii. 90}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi269\ri43\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The \i second \i0 degree of man's blessedness after death, \expndtw2 is from the resurrection to the pronouncing of the final \expndtw4 sentence.    For at the last day,}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi269\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx552 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  1.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi269\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx552 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent283\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The  elementary heavens,   earth,  and all things\line \expndtw2 therein, shall be dissolved, and purified with fire (2 Pet.\line \expndtw6 ii. 10, 12, 13.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi269\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx552 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi269\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx552 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent283\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw14\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 At the sound of the last trumpet,  or voice of\line \expndtw5 Christ, the Archangel, the very same bodies which the\line \expndtw4\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'ab\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 lect had before (though turned to dust and earth) shall\line \expndtw5 arise again (1 Cor. xv. 52; 1 Thess. iv. 16; John v. 28;\line \expndtw2 Ezek. xxxvii. 7, 8, &c.)   And in the same instant, every\line \expndtw3 man's soul shall re-enter into his own body, by virtue of\line \expndtw8 the resurrection of Christ, their head (Rom. viii. 11 ;\line \expndtw6 Phil. iii. 10, 11 ;  1 Thess. iv. 14),  and be made alive\line \expndtw2 and rise out of their graves, as if they did but awake out\line \expndtw5 -of their beds (Rom. v. 17; 1 Cor. xv. 22.)    And how\-\line \expndtw2 soever tyrants bemangled their bodies in pieces, or con\-\line \expndtw6 sumed them to ashes, yet shall the elect find it true at\line \expndtw2 that day, that not an hair of their head is perished (Matt.\line \expndtw6 xix. 30.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi269\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx552 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  3.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi269\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx552 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent283\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 They shall come forth out of their graves, like so\line \expndtw3 many Josephs out of prison; or Daniels out of the lion's\line \expndtw7 den; or Jonahs out of the whale's belly;* (1 Thess. iv.\line \expndtw9 14; Dan. vi. 23.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li269\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx552 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  4.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li269\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx552 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent283\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 All the bodies of the elect being thus made alive,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li53\fi379\ri0\sb221\sa0\sl-197\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 \'95\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 P\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'ab\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 r eat potestas Dei ad instituendos,  et restituendos homines.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97 \i\expndtw4\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Athenagor.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3446\margrsxn3634\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li922\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4848 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 THE RESORBECTION OF THE JUST.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw20 53}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri53\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 shall arise in that perfection of nature whereunto they should have attained by their natural temperament, if no \expndtw6 impediment had hindered (Isa. lxv. 20); and in that \expndtw3 vigour of age that a perfect man is at about three and \expndtw6 thirty years old, each in tlieir proper sex. To which \expndtw0 divines think the apostle alludes when he saith, " Till we \expndtw6 all come unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the \expndtw2 age (or stature) of the fulness of Christ," Eph. iv. 13. \expndtw1 Whatsoever imperfection was before in the body (as \expndtw3 blindness, lameness, crookedness) shall then be done \expndtw10 away. Jacob shall not halt, nor Isaac be blind, nor \expndtw1 Leah blear-eyed, nor Mephibosheth lame: for if David \expndtw6 would not have the blind and lame to come into his \expndtw3 house, much less will Christ have blindness and lame\-\expndtw6 ness to dwell in his heavenly habitation. Christ made \expndtw1 all the blind to see, the dumb to speak, the deaf to hear, \expndtw3 the lame to walk, that came to him to seek his grace on \expndtw4 earth: much more will he heal all their imperfections \expndtw8 whom he will admit to his glory in heaven. Among \expndtw4 those tribes, there is not one feeble; but the lame man \expndtw3 shall leap as an hart, and the dumb man's tongue shall \expndtw7 sing (Psal. cv. 37; Isa. xxxv. 6.) And it is very pro\-\expndtw5 bable, that seeing God created our first parents, not \expndtw1 infants, or old men, but of a perfect age or stature, the \i\expndtw2 avdirkaeii, \i0 or new creation from death, shall every way be more perfect than the \i vkaeiz, \i0 or first frame of man, \expndtw7 from which he fell into the state of the dead. Neither \expndtw0 is it like that infancy, being imperfection, and old age \expndtw3 corruption, can well stand with the state of a perfect \expndtw-2 glorified body.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi245\ri53\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 5. The bodies of the elect being thus raised, shall \expndtw5 have four most excellent and supernatural qualities-: For,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi240\ri43\sb5\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (1.) They shall be raised in power, whereby they shall \expndtw1 for ever be freed from all wants and weakness, and en\-abled to continue, without the use of meat, drink, sleep, \expndtw6 and other former helps (1 Cor. xv. 43.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li269\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (2.) In incorruption, whereby they shall never be sub--}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3418\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 e \scaps0 2}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4056\margrsxn3014\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li24\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1392 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw20\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 54{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 THE PRACTICE OP PIETV.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li24\fi0\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 ject to any manner of imperfections, blemish, sickness, \expndtw7 -or death (1 Cor. xv. 41; Isa. lxv. 20.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi254\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (3.) In glory, whereby their bodies shall shine as \expndtw3 bright as the sun in the firmament (Matt. xiii. 43; Luke \expndtw2 ix. 31;) and which being ^nade transparent, their souls \expndtw4 shall shine through far more glorious than their bodies \expndtw3 (1 Thess. iv. 17.) Three glimpses of which glory were seen\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 first, in Moses's face (Exod. xxxiv. 29;) second\-\expndtw4 ly, in the Transfiguration (Matt. xvii. 2;) thirdly, in \expndtw0 Stephen's countenance (Acts vi. 15 :) three instances and \expndtw1 assurances of the glorification of our bodies at that glo\-\expndtw5 rious day. Then shall David lay aside his shepherd's \expndtw1 weed, and put on the robe of the King's Son, Jesus, not \expndtw9 Jonathan's (1 Sam. xviii. 4.) Then every true Mor-\expndtw2 decai (who mourned under the sackcloth of this corrupt \expndtw4 flesh) shall be arrayed with the King's royal apparel \expndtw6 (Esther \\i. 4), and have the crown-royal set upon his \expndtw1 head, that all the world may see how it shall be done to \expndtw6 him whom the King of kings delighteth to honour. If \expndtw0 now the rising of one sun make the morning so glorious, \expndtw1 how glorious shall that day be, when innumerable mil\-\expndtw0 lions of millions of bodies of saints and angels shall ap\-\expndtw4 pear more glorious than the brightness of the sun, the \expndtw3 body of Christ in glory surpassing all!}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li58\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (4.) In agility, whereby our bodies shall be able to \expndtw1 ascend, and meet the Lord at his glorious coming in the \b\expndtw4 air, \b0 as eagles flying unto their blessed carcase (Matt. \expndtw3 xxiv. 28.) To this agility of the glorious bodies of the \expndtw4 saints the prophet alludes, saying, " They shall renew \b\expndtw0 their \b0 strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; \expndtw4 they Shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and \b\expndtw3 not \b0 faint," Isa. xl. 31. And to this state may that saying \expndtw1 of Wisdom be referred: " In the time of their vision they \expndtw4 shall shine, and run to and fro, as sparks among the \expndtw-1 stubble."}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li67\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 And in respect of these four qualities, Paul calleth \expndtw3 the raised bodies of the elect spiritual (1 Cor. xv. 46 s) for they shall be spiritual in qualities, but the same still \expndtw0 in substance.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3381\margrsxn3722\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1613\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4877 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 JOY OP THE ELECT.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw13 55}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 And howsoever sin and corruption make a man, in this state of mortality, lower than angels, yet surely, \expndtw2 when God shall thus crown him with glory and honour (Psal. viii. 5), I cannot see how man shall be anything \expndtw5 inferior to angels. For are they spirits ? so is man also \expndtw6 in respect of his soul: yea, more than this, they shall \expndtw2 have also a spiritual body, fashioned like unto the glo\-\expndtw5 rious body of the Lord Jesus Christ (Phil. iii. 21), in \expndtw3 whom man's nature is exalted by a personal union into \expndtw1 the glory of the Godhead, and individual society of the \expndtw2 blessed Trinity (Heb. ii. 16), an honour which he never \expndtw0 vouchsafed angels: and in this respect man hath a pre\-\expndtw2 rogative above them. Nay, they are but spirits appointed to be ministers unto the elect (Heb. i. 14; Psal. xci. 11;) \expndtw-3 and as many of them, who at the first disdained this office, \expndtw3 and would not keep their first standing, were for their \expndtw5 pride hurled into hell (Jude, ver. 6; 2 Pet. ii. 4.) This \expndtw1 lesseneth not the dignity of angels, but extols the great\-\expndtw2 ness of God's love to mankind.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi240\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 But as for all the elect, who at that second and sudden \expndtw6 coming of Christ shall be found quick and living, the \expndtw4 fire that shall burn up the corruption of the world, and \expndtw6 the works therein, shall in a moment, in the twinkling \expndtw1 of an eye, overtake them as it finds them, either grinding \expndtw0 in the mill of provision, or walking in the fields of plea\-\expndtw6 sure, or lying in the bed of ease (2 Pet. iii. 10, 11, 12 j \expndtw3 1 Cor. xv. 51; Luke xvii. 31;) and so (burning up theiT dross and corruption) of mortal, make them immortal \expndtw4 bodies: and this change shall be unto them instead of \expndtw-1 death.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi250\ri29\sb5\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Then shall the soul with joyfulness greet her body, \expndtw7 saying, O well met again, my dear sister: How sweet \expndtw5 is thy voice! How comely is thy countenance, having \expndtw6 lain hid so long in the clefts of the rocks, and in the \expndtw3 secret places of the grave! (Canticles ii. 14.) Thou art \expndtw0 indeed an habitation fit, not only for me to dwell in, but \expndtw3 such as the Holy Ghost thinks meet to reside in, as his \expndtw6 temple, for ever.    The winter of our affliction is now}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4065\margrsxn4406\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr658\colno2\colw2390 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 56}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb43\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4065\margrsxn3019\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi0\ri10\sb173\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 past; the storm of our misery is blown over and gone. \expndtw3 The bodies of our elect brethren appear more glorious \expndtw2 than the lily-flowers on the earth ; the time of singing \expndtw1 hallelujah is come, and the voice of the trumpet is heard \expndtw9 in the land. Thou hast been my yoke-fellow in the \expndtw5 Lord's labours, and companion in persecutions and \expndtw2 wrongs, for Christ and his gospel's sake; now shall we enter together into our Master's joy. As thou hast borne \expndtw1 with me the cross, so shalt thou now wear with me the \expndtw0 crown. As thou hast with me sowed plenteously in tears, so shalt thou reap with me abundantly in joy. O blessed, ever blessed be that God, who, when yonder reprobates \expndtw2 spent their whole time in pride, fleshly lusts, eating, \expndtw3 drinking, and profane vanities, gave us grace to join \expndtw1 together in watching, fasting, praying, reading the scrip\-\expndtw2 tures, keeping his sabbaths, hearing sermons, receiving \expndtw4 the holy communion, relieving the poor, exercising, in \expndtw2 all humility, the works of piety to God, and walking \expndtw1 conscionably in the duties of our calling towards men. \expndtw3 Thou shalt, anon, hear no mention of thy sins, for they \expndtw8 are remitted and covered (Psal. xxxii. 1); but every \expndtw6 good work which thou hast done for the Lord's sake \expndtw1 shall be rehearsed and rewarded.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li43\fi250\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Cheer up thy heart, for thy Judge is flesh of thy flesh, \expndtw8 and bone of thy bone (Dan. ix. 21, &c.) Lift up thy \expndtw-2 head, behold these glorious angels, like so many Gabriels, \expndtw1 flying towards us, to tell us that the day of our redemp\-\expndtw5 tion is come (Luke xxi. 28), and to convey us in the \expndtw8 clouds to meet our Redeemer in the air. Lo, they are \expndtw6 at hand! Arise, therefore, my dove, my love, my fair \expndtw4 one, and come away (Cant. ii. 1, 3.) And so, like roes, \expndtw2 or young harts (verse 17), they run with angels towards \expndtw4 Christ, over the trembling mountains of Bether,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li43\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 6. Both quick and dead being thus revived and glo\-\expndtw5 rified, shall forthwith, by the ministry of God's holy \expndtw2 angels (Luke xvii. 34, 35, 36), be gathered from all the \expndtw4 quarters and parts of the world, and caught up together \expndtw6 in the clouds, to meet the Lord, in the air (1 Thess. iv.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3391\margrsxn3727\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1632\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4872 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 JOY \b0 OF THE ELECT.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw13 57}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi254\ri14\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 )\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'bb\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  and so shall come with him, as a part of his glorious \expndtw3 train, to judge the reprobates and evil angels (1 Cor. vi. \expndtw1 1, 3.) The twelve apostles shall sit upon twelve thrones \expndtw2 (next Christ) to judge the twelve tribes, who refused to hear the gospel preached by their ministry ; and all the \expndtw7 saints, in honour and order, shall stand next to them, \expndtw4 as judges also, to judge the evil angels, and earthly-minded men (1 Cor. vi. 2, 3.) And as every of them \expndtw-1 received grace in this life to be more zealous of his glory, \expndtw5 and more faithful in his service, than others, so shall \expndtw8 their glory and reward be greater than others in that \expndtw9 day (Rev. xxii. 12; 2 Cor. v. 6.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi250\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The place whither they shall be gathered unto Christ, \expndtw5 and where Christ shall sit in judgment, shall be in the \expndtw2 air (1 Thess. iv. 17), over the valley of Jehoshaphat, by \expndtw4 Mount Olivet, near to Jerusalem, eastward from the \expndtw6 temple, as it is probable, for four reasons: \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi259\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 1. Because the holy scripture seems to intimate so \expndtw8 much in plain words: " I will gather all nations into \expndtw2 the valley of Jehoshaphat and plead with them there.* Cause thy mighty one to come down, O Lord: let the \expndtw1 heathen be awakened and come up to the valley of Je\-\expndtw2 hoshaphat ; for there will I sit to judge all the heathen \expndtw3 round about," Joel iii. 1, 2, 11, 12. Jehoshaphat signi-\expndtw1 fieth, \i the Lord will judge. \i0 And this valley was so called \expndtw5 from the great victory which the Lord gave Jehosha\-\expndtw0 phat and his people over the Ammonites, Moabites, and \expndtw6 inhabitants of Mount Seir (2 Chron. xx;) which vic\-\expndtw2 tory was a type of the final victory which Christ, the \expndtw3 Supreme Judge, shall give his elect over all their ene\-\expndtw2 mies in that place at the last day, as also the Jews in\-\expndtw7 terpret it\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 (see Zech. xiv. 4, 5 ; Psal. li. 1, 2, &c.)\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97 \expndtw3\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 all agreeing that the place shall be thereabouts.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi408\ri0\sb77\sa0\sl-187\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 -\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'95\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 '\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'95\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 ;ar trus valley was Mount Moriah, where Abraham sacrificed \b\expndtw0 Isaac (Gen. \b0 xxii;) Jacob saw angels ascending and descending on \b a \b0\expndtw2 ladder (Gen. xxviii;) the angel put up his sword, and fire from hea\-\expndtw1 ven burnt the sacrifice in Araunah's floor (2 Sam. xxiv;) SSlomon \expndtw2 builded the Temple (2 Chr. iii. 1;) Christ preached the gospel, suf\-\expndtw1 fered his passion, and entered into his glory.\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\i\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Carth. \i0 in Gen. xxviii.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3807\margrsxn3269\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li10\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1354 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 58{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx533 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx533 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart2\pnindent279\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Because that as Christ was thereabouts crucified\line and put to open shame, so over that place his glorious\line \expndtw7 throne should be erected in the air, when he shall ap\-\line \expndtw9 pear in judgment to manifest his majesty and glory.\line \expndtw10 For it is meet that Christ should in that place judge\line \expndtw7 the world with righteous judgment, where he himself\line \expndtw1 was unjustly judged and condemned.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx533 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  3.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx533 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart2\pnindent279\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Because that seeing the angels shall be sent to\line \expndtw3 gather together the elect from the four winds, from one\line \expndtw5 end of heaven to the other, it is most probable that the\line \expndtw8 place whither they shall be gathered to shall be near\line Jerusalem and the valley of Jehoshaphat; which cos-\line \expndtw9 mographers describe to be in the midst of the super\-\line \expndtw4 ficies of the earth :* if the \i termini a quibus \i0 be the four\line \expndtw3 parts of the world, the \i terminus ad quern \i0 must be about\line the centre.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx533 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  4.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx533 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart2\pnindent279\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Because the angels told the disciples that as they\line \expndtw9 saw  Christ ascend from Mount  Olivet  (Acts i. 11),\line which is over the valley of Jehoshaphat,  so he shall\line \expndtw7 in like manner come down from heaven.    This is the\line \expndtw2 opinion  of  Aquinas,   and  all  the  schoolmen,   except\line \expndtw3 Lombard and Alexander Hales.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx533 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  5.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx533 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart2\pnindent279\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Lastly, When Christ is set in his glorious throne,\line \expndtw8 and all the many thousands of his saints  and angels,\line \expndtw4 shining more bright than so many suns in glory, sitting\line \expndtw14 about him (Matt. xxv. 31; Jude, ver. 14; Rev. xx.\line \expndtw9 11,  12), and the body of Christ in glory and bright\-\line \expndtw3 ness surpassing them all; the reprobates being separate,\line \expndtw10 and remaining beneath upon the earth (for the right\line \expndtw3 hand signifieth a blessed, the left hand a cursed estate),\line \expndtw7 Christ will first pronounce the sentence of bliss upon\line \expndtw5 the elect (Matt. xix. 28 ;) and he will thereby increase\line the grief of the reprobate that shall hear it, and he will}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li53\fi178\ri10\sb221\sa0\sl-187\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * The sea beyond Jordan towards Tyrus cutteth the midst of the \expndtw4 world. And Hezekiah saith of Jerusalem, \i In medio gentium posui \expndtw3 earn, \i0 That from Sion, as from a eentre, the law should be published \expndtw2 to all nations; and there all nations shall be judged according to the \expndtw4 iaw (Rom. ii. 12.)}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3148\margrsxn3956\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1637\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4862 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 JOY OF THE ELECT.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw15 59}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi0\ri19\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 shew himself more prone to mercy than to judgment \expndtw9 (Psal. cxlv. 9; Isa. xxviii. 21.) And thus, from his \expndtw3 throne of majesty in the air, he will, in the sight and \expndtw12 hearing of all the world, pronounce unto his elect, \expndtw-1 " Come ye Messed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you, from the beginning of the world," &c. \expndtw6 Matt. xxv. 34.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li43\fi259\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Come ye.~\\ \i0 Here is our blessed union with Christ, \expndtw4 and, by him, with the whole Trinity.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li48\fi230\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Blessed.^ \i0 Here is our absolution from all sins, and \expndtw2 our plenary endowment with all grace and happiness.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li53\fi254\ri29\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Of my Father\i0 .] Here is the author from whom, by \expndtw1 Christ, proceeds our felicity.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li350\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Inherit.^ \i0 Here is our adoption.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi259\ri34\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The kingdom.^ \i0 Behold our birth-right and posses\-\expndtw-3 sion.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li274\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Prepared.^ \i0 See God's fatherly care for his chosen.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li53\fi221\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 From the foundation of the world.~\\ \i0 O the free, eter\-\expndtw1 nal, unchangeable election of God!}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li48\fi250\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 How much are those souls bound to love God, who \expndtw-1 of his mere good will and pleasure chose and loved them \expndtw4 before they had done either good or evil (Rom. ix. 3.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi235\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 For I was hungry, \i0 cijrc.] O the goodness of Christ, \expndtw4 who takes notice of all the good works of his children to reward them! How great is his love to poor Chris\-\expndtw2 tians, whb takes every work of mercy done to them for \expndtw8 his sake, as if it had been done to himself! Come ye \expndtw6 to me, in whom ye have believed before ye saw me \expndtw9 (John xx. 29; 1 Pet. i. 8), and whom ye have loved \expndtw1 and sought for with so much devotion, and through so \expndtw0 many tribulations. Come now from labour to rest, from disgrace to glory, from the jaws of death to the joys of \expndtw6 eternal life. For my sake ye have been railed upon, \expndtw4 reviled, and cursed (Matt. v. 11;) but now it shall ap\-\expndtw7 pear to all those cursed Esaus that you are the true \expndtw3 Jacobs that shall receive your heavenly Father's bless\-\expndtw4 ing ; and blessed shall you be. Your fathers, mothers, \expndtw7\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'95\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 and nearest kindred, forsook and cast you off for my}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3772\margrsxn3327\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li67\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1421 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw15\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 60{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li48\fi0\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 truth's sake which you maintained (Psal. xxvii. 10; \expndtw10 Matt. xix. 29;) but now my Father will be unto you \expndtw6 a father, and you shall be his sons and daughters \b for \b0\expndtw7 ever (John xx. 17 ; 2 Cor. vi. 18.) You were cast \b out \b0\expndtw4 of your lands and livings, and forsook all for my sake \expndtw5 and the gospel's: but that it may appear that you have not lost your gain, but gained by your loss, instead of \expndtw0 an earthly inheritance and possessions, you shall possess with me the inheritance of my heavenly kingdom; where \expndtw1 you shall be for love, son# ; for birth-right, heirs ; for \expndtw6 dignity, kings; for holiness, priests; and you may be \expndtw-1 bold to enter into the possession of it now, because my \expndtw2 Father prepared and kept it for you ever since the first \expndtw1 foundation of the world was laid.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi250\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Immediately after this sentence of absolution and \expndtw0 benediction, every one receiveth his crown, which Christ \expndtw6 the righteous Judge puts upon their heads, as the re\-\expndtw5 ward which he hath promised, of his grace and mercy \expndtw2 to the faith and good works of all them that loved bis \expndtw14 appearing (2 Tim. iv. 8; 1 Pet. v. 4.) Then every \expndtw5 one taking his crown from bis head, shall lay it down, \expndtw2 as it were, at the feet of Christ; and prostrating them\-\expndtw4 selves, shall with one heart and voice, in an heavenly \expndtw3 sort and consort, say, " Praise, and honour, and glory, \expndtw1 and power, and thanks, be unto thee, O blessed \b Lamb, \b0\expndtw3 who sittest upon the throne, wert killed, and hast re\-\expndtw4 deemed us to God by thy blood, out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation, and hast made us \expndtw6 unto our God kings and priests, to reign with thee in \expndtw3 thy kingdom for evermore.   Amen." (Rev. iv. 10.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi278\ri48\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Then shall they sit in their thrones and order, as \expndtw1 judges of the reprobates, and evil angels (1 Cor. vi. 1, 2, \expndtw3 3, &c; Matt. xix. 13), by approving, and giving testi\-\expndtw2 mony to the righteous sentence and judgment of Christ \expndtw4 the Supreme Judge.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi235\ri43\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 After the pronouncing of the reprobates' sentence and \expndtw0 condemnation, Christ will perform two solemn actions\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li278\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 1. The presenting of all the elect unto his Father;}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3220\margrsxn3922\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1613\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4843 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 JOY OF THE ELECT.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw3 61}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi0\ri5\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 " Behold, O righteous Father, these are they whom thou \expndtw5 gavest me: I have kept them, and none of them is lost. \expndtw7 I gave them thy word, and they helieved it, and the \expndtw0 world hated them, because they -were not of the world, \expndtw10 even as I was not of the world. And now, Father, I \expndtw3 will that those whom thou hast given me, be with me \expndtw0 where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou \expndtw4 hast given me; and that I may be in them, and thou in \expndtw0 me, that they may be made perfect in one: that the world \expndtw5 may know that thou hast sent me, and that thou hast \expndtw4 loved them as thou hast loved me." (John xvii. 12,14, \expndtw6 23, 24.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 r- \i0 2. Christ shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even \expndtw1 the Father, that is, shall cease to execute his office of \expndtw2 mediatorship (1 Cor. xxv. 24;) whereby, as he is King, Priest, Prophet, and Supreme Head of the Church, he \expndtw0 suppressed his enemies, and ruled his faithful people by \expndtw6 his spirit, word, and sacraments: so that his kingdom \expndtw1 of grace over his church in this world ceasing, he shall \expndtw3 rule immediately, as he is God, equal with the Father, \expndtw8 and the Holy Ghost, in his kingdom of glory ever\-\expndtw0 more. Not that the dignity of his manhood shall be any thing diminished; but that the glory of his Godhead shall \expndtw-1 be more manifested: so that as he is God, he shall from \expndtw4 thenceforth in all fulness, without all external means, \expndtw3 rule all in all.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 From this tribunal-seat, Christ shall arise, and with \expndtw2 all his glorious company of elect angels and saints, he \expndtw3 shall go up triumphantly, in order and array, unto the \expndtw-3 heaven of heavens, with such a heavenly noise and music, \expndtw0 that now may that song of David be truly verified, " God \expndtw5 is gone up with a triumph, the Lord with the sound of \expndtw4 the trumpets. Sing praises to God, sing praises, sing \expndtw2 praises to our King, sing praises: for God is the King of \expndtw7 all the earth, he is greatly to be exalted." (Psal. xlvii. \expndtw8 4, 5, 6, 8.) And that marriage-song of John, " Let us \expndtw3 be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him; for the \expndtw5 marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3783\margrsxn3331\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li10\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1349 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex122\expndtw12\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 62{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw2 THE PRACTICE OF FIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb202\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 herself ready.   Allelujah; for the Lord God Omnipotent \expndtw5 reigneth."  (Rev. xix. 6, 7.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi245\ri58\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The \i third \i0 and \i last \i0 degree of the blessed state of a re\-\expndtw3 generate man after death, begins after the pronouncing of the sentence, and lasteth eternally without all end.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li2054\fi-1997\ri0\sb250\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Meditations of the blessed state of a Regenerate Man in Heaven.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi235\ri29\sb101\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Here my meditation dazzles, and my pen falls out of \expndtw4 my hand; the one being not able to conceive, nor the \expndtw0 other to describe, that most excellent bliss, and eternal \expndtw2 weight of glory (2 Cor. iv. 17; Rom. viii. 18)\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 whereof all the afflictions of this present life are not worthy\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97 \expndtw1\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 which all the elect shall with the blessed Trinity enjoy, \expndtw5 from that time that they shall be received with Christ, \expndtw2 as joint-heirs (Rom. viii. 17) into that everlasting king\-\expndtw-1 dom of joy.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi226\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Notwithstanding, we may take a scantling thereof. \expndtw2 The holy scriptures thus set forth (to our capacity) the \expndtw-1 glory of our eternal and heavenly life after death, in four \expndtw2 respects \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  \i 1st, \i0 Of the place; 2c?, Of the object; \i 3d, \i0 Of \expndtw6 the prerogatives of the elect there; \i 4th, \i0 Of the effects \expndtw1 of these prerogatives.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li10\fi0\ri0\sb197\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 1.  \i Of the Place.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li58\fi245\ri0\sb101\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The place is the heaven of heavens, or the third \expndtw3 heaven, called paradise (Psal. xix. 5; 2 Cor. xii. 24;) \expndtw0 whither Christ (in his human nature) ascended far above \expndtw4 all visible heavens. The bridegroom's chamber (Psal. \expndtw6 xix. 5; Matt. xxv. 10), which by the firmament, as by \expndtw3 an azured curtain spangled with glittering stars, and glorious planets, is hid, that we cannot behold it with \expndtw0 these corruptible eyes of flesh. The Holy Ghost framing \expndtw-2 himself to our weakness, describes the glory of that place \expndtw-1 (which no man can estimate) by such things as are most \expndtw0 precious in the estimation of man; and therefore likeneth it to a great and holy city, named the heavenly Jerusalem}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3334\margrsxn3780\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1027\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4829 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex121\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 JOY OF THE ELECT IX HEAVEN.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw14 63}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb202\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (Rev. xxi. 2, &c), where only God and his people who \expndtw5 are saved, and written in the Lamb's book (ver. 24 & \expndtw4 27), do inhabit; all built of pure gold, like unto clear glass or crystal (ver. 11, 18, 19, 20;) the walls of \expndtw7 jasper-stone: the foundations of the walls garnished \expndtw1 with twelve manner of precious stones, having twelve \expndtw6 gates, each built of one pearl (ver. 21:) three gates \expndtw9 towards each of the four corners of the world (ver. \expndtw3 13), and at each gate an angel (ver. 12), as so many \expndtw2 porters, that no unclean thing should enter into it (ver. \expndtw3 27.) It is four square (ver. 16), therefore perfect: the \expndtw1 length, the breadth, and height of it are equal, 12,000 furlongs every way; therefore glorious and spacious. \expndtw5 Through the midst of her streets ever runneth a pure river of the water of life, as clear as crystal (Rev. xxii. \expndtw7 1); and on the other side the river is the tree of life \expndtw3 (ver. 2), ever growing, which bears twelve manner of \expndtw6 fruits, and gives fruit every month; and the leaves of \expndtw3 the tree are health to the nations. There is therefore no \expndtw0 place so glorious by creation, so beautiful with delecta\-\expndtw-1 tion, so rich in possession, so comfortable for habitation. \expndtw5 For there, the king is Christ-\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the law is love\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the \expndtw2 honour, verity\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the peace, felicity\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 the life, eternity. \expndtw0 There is light without darkness, mirth without sadness, \expndtw3 health without sickness, wealth without want, credit \expndtw-1 without disgrace, beauty without blemish, ease without \expndtw0 labour, riches without rust, blessedness without misery, \expndtw2 and consolation that never knoweth an end. How truly \expndtw6 may we cry out with David, of this city, " Glorious \expndtw2 things are spoken of thee, O thou city of God!" Psal. lxxxvii. 3; and yet all these things are spoken but ac\-\expndtw1 cording to the weakness of our capacity. For heaven \expndtw4 exceedeth all this in glory, so far, as that no tongue is \expndtw0 able to express, nor heart of man to conceive, the glory \expndtw4 thereof, as witnesseth St. Paul (2 Cor. xii. 4; 1 Cor. ii. \expndtw8 5), who was in it, and saw it. O let. us not then dote \expndtw0 so much upon these wooden cottages, and houses of \expndtw1 mouldering clay, which are but the tents of ungodliness,}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4080\margrsxn4426\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr629\colno2\colw2385 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 64}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb53\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4056\margrsxn3058\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi0\ri34\sb192\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 and \b0 habitation of sinners; but let us look rather, and \expndtw1 long for this heavenly city, whose builder and maker is \expndtw2 God (Heb. xi. 10;) which he, who is not ashamed to be \expndtw4 called our God hath prepared for us (Heb. xi. 6.\}}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li0\fi0\ri14\sb298\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 2. \i Of the Object.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi254\ri19\sb101\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The blissful and glorious object of all intellectual and \expndtw0 reasonable creatures in heaven is the Godhead, in Trinity \expndtw3 of Persons, without which there is neither joy nor fe\-\expndtw2 licity; but the very fulness of joy consisteth in enjoying \expndtw0 the same. \i\expndtw-11\dbch\af1\loch\af0\hich\f0\cchs0 \u9632\'3f\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  ?>\dbch\af1\loch\af0\hich\f0\cchs0 \u9632\'3f\u9632\'3f\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  \i0 This, object we shall enjoy two ways:\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\'95}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li254\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx542 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  1.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li254\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx542 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent288\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 By a beatific vision of God.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li10\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx542 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li10\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx542 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent287\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 By possessing an immediate communion with this\line divine nature.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi259\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The beatifical vision of God is that only that can con\-\expndtw6 tent the infinite mind of man. For every thing tendeth to its centre. God is the centre of the soul: therefore, \expndtw2 like Noah's dove, she cannot rest nor joy till she return \expndtw1 and enjoy him.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 All that God bestowed upon Moses could not satisfy \expndtw6 his mind, unless he might see the face of God (Exod. \b\expndtw1 iii. \b0 13 :) therefore the whole church prayeth so earnestly, \expndtw2 " God be merciful unto us, and cause his face to shine \expndtw3 upon us." (Psal. lxvii. ], and Ixxx. 1.) When Paul once \expndtw0 had seen this blessed sight, he ever after counted all the \expndtw1 riches and glory of the world (in respect of it) to be but \expndtw4 dung (Phil. iii. 8, 11); and all his life after was but a \expndtw3 sighing out \i (cupio dissolvi), \i0 " I desire to be dissolved, \expndtw4 and to be with Christ." (Phii. i. 23.; And Christ prayed \expndtw0 xor ail his elect in his last prayer, that they might obtain \expndtw1 this blessed vision: " Father, I will that they which thou \expndtw4 hast given me be (where ?) even where I am, (to what \expndtw2 end ?) that they may behold my glory," &c. (John xvii. \expndtw7 14.) If Moses's face did so shine, when he had been \expndtw4 with God but forty days, and seen but his back parts \expndtw3 (Exod. xxxiv. 29; xxxiii. 31), how shall we shine, when}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3427\margrsxn3639\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1114\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4930 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex113\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 JOY OF THE ELECT IN HEAVEN.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw19 65}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi0\ri10\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 we shall see him face to face for ever, and know him as \expndtw3 we are known, and as he is ! (1 Cor. xiii. 12; 2 Cor. iii. \expndtw8 18; 1 John iii. 2.) Then shall the soul no longer be \expndtw2 termed Marah, bitterness, but Naomi, beautifulness; for \expndtw6 the Lord shall turn her short bitterness to an eternal \expndtw4 beauty and blessedness (Ruth i. 20.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi264\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The second means to enjoy this object is, by having-\expndtw2 an immediate and an eternal communion with God in \expndtw1 heaven. This we have,\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 first, by being, as members of \expndtw-1 Christ, united to his manhood, and as by the manhood, \expndtw3 personally united to the Word, we are united to him, as \expndtw1 he is God; and, by his Godhead, to the whole Trinity. \expndtw2 Reprobates at the last day see God, as a just Judge, to \expndtw9 punish them; but, for lack of this communion, they \expndtw3 shall have neither grace with him, nor glory from him. \expndtw0 For want of this communion, the devils, when they saw \expndtw6 Christ, cried out, \i Quid nobis tecum ? \i0 " What have we \expndtw2 to do with thee, O Son of the most high God ?" (Mark v. \expndtw3 7.) But, by virtue of this communion, the penitent soul \expndtw2 may boldly go and say unto Christ, as Ruth unto Boaz \expndtw5 (Ruth iii. 9), " Spread, O Christ, the wing of the gar\-\expndtw7 ment of thy mercy over thine handmaid; for thou art \expndtw0 my kinsman." This communion God promised Abraham, \expndtw1 when he gave himself for his great reward (Gen. xv. 1.) \expndtw5 And Christ prayeth for his whole church to obtain it \expndtw4 (John xvii. 20, 21.) This communion St. Paul express-\expndtw11 eth in one word, saying, that God shall be all in all \expndtw7 to us (1 Cor. xv. 28.) Indeed, God is now all in all to \expndtw10 us; but by means, and in a small measure. But in \expndtw-2 heaven, God himself immediately, in fulness of measure, \expndtw5 without all means, will be unto us all the good things that our souls and bodies can wish or desire. He him\-\expndtw0 self will be salvation and joy to our souls, life and health \expndtw5 to our bodies, beauty to our eyes, music to onr ears, honey to our mouths, perfume to our nostrils, light to \expndtw1 our understandings, contentment to our wills, and dehght to our hearts. And what can be lacking, where God him\-\expndtw2 self will be the soul of our souls ?   Yea, all the strength,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3422\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw12\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 f \scaps0 2}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4024\margrsxn3089\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1387 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw15\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 66{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\i0\expndtw0 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri14\sb197\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 wit, pleasures, virtues, colours, beauties, harmony, and \expndtw2 goodness, that are in men, beasts, fishes, fowls, trees, \expndtw0 herbs, and all creatures, are nothing but sparkles of those \expndtw4 things which are in infinita perfection in God. And in \expndtw-2 him we shall enjoy them in a far more perfect and blessed \expndtw8 manner. He himself will tjien supply their use: nay, \expndtw7 the best creatures which serve us now shall not have \expndtw6 the honour to serve us then. There will be no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine in that city; for the \expndtw3 glory of God doth light it (Rev. xxi. 23.) No more will \expndtw0 there be any need or use of any creature, when we shall \expndtw2 enjoy the Creator himself.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi250\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 When, therefore., we behold anything that is excellent \expndtw7 in any creatures, let us say to ourselves, How much \expndtw4 more excellent is he who gave them this excellency! \expndtw0 When we behold the wisdom of men, who overrule crea\-\expndtw9 tures stronger than themselves; outrun the sun and \expndtw-1 moon in discourse, prescribing many years before in what \expndtw3 courses they shall be eclipsed; let us say to ourselves, \expndtw5 How admirable is the wisdom of God, who made men \expndtw0 so wise! When we consider the strength of whales and \expndtw4 elephants, the tempest of winds, and terror of thunder, \expndtw1 let us say to ourselves, How strong, how mighty, how terrible is that God, that makes these mighty and fearful \expndtw8 creatures! When we taste things that are delicately \expndtw1 sweet, let us say to ourselves, O how sweet is that God \expndtw-1 from whom all these creatures have received their sweet\-\expndtw1 ness ! When we behold the admirable colours which are in flowers and birds, and all the lovely beauty of nature, \expndtw3 let us say, How fair is that God that made these so fair!}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 And if our loving God hath thus provided us so many \expndtw1 excellent delights, for our passage through this Bochim \expndtw2 (Judg. ii. 5), or valley of tears, what are those pleasures \expndtw1 which he hath prepared for us, when we shall enter into \expndtw2 the palace of our Master's joy! How shall our souls be \expndtw5 there ravished with the love of so lovely a God! So \expndtw4 glorious is the object of heavenly saints: so amiable is the sight of our gracious Saviour.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3381\margrsxn3694\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 {\shp {\*\shpinst \shpleft-648\shptop9158\shpright-648\shpbottom10646\shpfhdr0\shpbxmargin\shpbypara\shpwr3\shpwrk0\shpfblwtxt1\shpz0\shplid1{\sp{\sn shapeType}{\sv 20}}{\sp{\sn lineWidth}{\sv 45720}}}}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1123\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4925 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex103\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 JOY OF THE* ELECT IN HEAVEN.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw20 67}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li2069\fi-1843\ri0\sb298\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 3. \i Of the Prerogatives which the Elect shall enjoy \expndtw-1 in Heaven.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi245\ri29\sb115\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 By reason of this communion with God, the elect in \expndtw3 heaven shall have four superexcellent prerogatives:\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx518 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  1.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx518 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent264\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 They shall have the kingdom of heaven for their\line inheritance (Matt. xxv.; 1 Pet. i. 4), and they shall be\line \expndtw8 free denizens of the heavenly Jerusalem (Eph. ii. 19;\line \expndtw3 Heb. xii. 22.)   St. Paul, by being a free citizen of Rome\line \expndtw10 (Acts xxi. 26), escaped whipping; but they who are\line \expndtw4 once free citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem, shall ever\line \expndtw5 be freed from the whips of eternal torments.    For this\line \expndtw10 freedom was bought for us,  not with a great sum of\line \expndtw7 money (Acts xxii. 28), but with the precious blood of\line \expndtw8 the Son of God (1 Pet. i. 18.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx518 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx518 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent264\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 They shall all be kings and priests (Rev. v. 10;\line \expndtw2 1 Pet. ii. 9 ; Rom. xvi. 10:) spiritual kings, to reign with\line \expndtw8 Christ, and to triumph over Satan and the world; and\line \expndtw3 spiritual priests, to offer to God the spiritual sacrifice of\line praise and thanksgiving for evermore (1 Pet. ii. 5; Heb.\line \expndtw10 xiii. 15.)    And therefore they are said to wear both\line \expndtw8 crowns and robes.    O what a comfort is this to poor\line \expndtw4 parents that have many children! If they breed them up\line \expndtw7 in the fear of God, and to be true Christians, then are\line \expndtw4 they parents to so many kings and priests.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li34\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx571 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 3.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw7 Their bodies shall shine as the brightness of the\line \expndtw6 sun in the firmament, like the glorious body of Christ\line \expndtw7 (Matt. xiii. 43), which shined brighter than the sun at\line \expndtw6 noon, when it appeared to Paul (Phil. iii. 21; Acts xii.\line \expndtw2 6.)   A glimpse of which glorious brightness appeared in\line \expndtw9 the bodies of Moses and Elias, transfigured with our\line \expndtw13 Lord in the holy mount (Luke ix. 30; Mark ix. 5.)\line \expndtw1 Therefore, saith the apostle, it shall rise a glorious body;\line \expndtw8 yea, a spiritual body, not in substance, but in quality\line \expndtw6 (1 Cor. xv. 43, 44 :) preserved by spiritual means, and\line having (as an angel) agility to ascend or descend.    O\line \expndtw5 what an honour is it, that our bodies (falling more vile\line \expndtw8 than carrion) should thus arise in glory, like unto the\line \expndtw6 body of the Son of God! (1 Thess. iv. 1.)}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4113\margrsxn4388\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr634\colno2\colw2385 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 68}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb29\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE \i OF \i0 PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4103\margrsxn2996\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri29\sb178\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 4. Lastly, They (together with all the holy angels) \expndtw2 there keep, without any labour to distract them, a per\-\expndtw1 petual Sabbath, to the glory, honour, and praise of God, lor the creating, redeeming, and sanctifying the church; \expndtw-1 and for his power, wisdom, justice, mercy, and goodness, \expndtw7 in the government of heaven and earth. When thou \expndtw3 hearest a sweet concert of music, meditate how happy \expndtw-2 thou shalt be, when, with the qujre of heavenly angels and \expndtw4 saints, thou shalt sing a part in that spiritual Allelujah, \expndtw0 in that eternal blessed Sabbath, where there shall be such \expndtw-1 variety of pleasures, and satiety of joys, as neither know \expndtw1 fcediousness in doing, nor end in delighting.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li744\fi0\ri0\sb336\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 4. \i Of the Effects of those Prerogatives.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li48\fi250\ri24\sb91\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 From these prerogatives there will arise to the elect \expndtw2 in heaven, five notable effects:\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li48\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 1. They shall know God with a perfect knowledge \expndtw1 (1 Cor, i. 10), so far as creatures can possibly compre\-\expndtw10 hend the Creator. For there we shall see the Word, \expndtw3 the Creator; and in the Word, all creatures that by the \expndtw5 Word were created; so that we shall not need to learn \expndtw2 (of the things which were made) the knowledge of him \expndtw4 by whom \i all \i0 things were made. The most excellent \expndtw2 creatures in this life, are but as a dark veil (1 Cor. xxiii. \expndtw8 1.2; 2 Cor. iii. 16) drawn between God and us; but \expndtw4 when this veil shall be drawn aside, then shall we see \expndtw2 God face to face, and know him as we are known. We \expndtw1 shall know the power of the, Father, the wisdom of the Son, the grace of the Holy Ghost> and the indivisible \expndtw8 nature of the blessed Trinity. And in him we shall \expndtw1 know, not only all our friends who died in the faith of \expndtw3\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'95\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Christ, but also all the faithful that ever were, or shall \i\expndtw5 he.   \i0 For,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li53\fi235\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (1.) Christ telje the Jews that they shall see Abraham, \expndtw0 Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of \expndtw6 God (Luke xiii. 28); therefore we shall know them,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi250\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (2.) Adam in his innocency knew Eve to be bone of his \expndtw4 ttone, and flesh of his flesh (Gen. ii. 23), as soon as he}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3521\margrsxn3612\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1056\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4834 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex103\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 JOY OF THE ELECT IN HEAVEN.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw27 69}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi0\ri34\sb182\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 waked; much more then shall we know our kindred, \expndtw-2 when we shall awake perfected and glorified jn the resur\-\expndtw0 rection.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi245\ri34\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (3.) The apostles knew Christ after his resurrection, \expndtw1 and the saints which rose with him, and appeared in the \expndtw4 holy city (Matt, xxvii. 53.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi254\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (4.) Peter, James, and John, knew Moses and Elias in \expndtw1 the transfiguration (Matt. xvii. 4;) how much more shall \expndtw0 we know one another, when We shall be all glorified ?}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi235\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (5.) Dives knew Lazarus in Abraham's bosom (Luke \expndtw5 xvi. 23;) much more shall the elect know one another \expndtw1 in heaven.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi250\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (6.) Christ saith that the twelve apostles shall sit upon \expndtw7 twelve thrones (Matt. xix. 28), to judge (at that day) \expndtw5 the twelve tribes (1 Cor. vi. 2, 3;) therefore they shall \expndtw3 be known, and consequently the rest of the saints.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (7.) Paul saith, that at that day we shall know as we \expndtw3 are known of God (1 Cor. fciii. 11;) and Augustine out \expndtw4 of this place comforteth a widow, assuring her, that as \expndtw5 in this life she saw her husband with external eyes, so \expndtw1 in the life to come she should know his heart, and what were all his thoughts and imaginations. Then, husbands \expndtw5 ftnd wives, look to your actions and thoughts; for all \expndtw3 shall be made manifest one day (See 1 Cor. iv. 5.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi254\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (8.) The faithful in the Old Testament, are said to be \expndtw5 gathered to their fathers (Gen. xxv. 35; 2 Kings xxii;) \expndtw2 therefore the knowledge of our friends remains.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (9-) Love never falleth away (I Cor. xiii. 8;; therefore \expndtw0 k*"V*feuge, tne ground thereof, remains in another life.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 (10.) Because the last day shall be a declaration of the just judgment of God, when he shall reward every man \expndtw9 according to his works (Rom. ii. 5; Rev. xxii. 12; \expndtw6 Eccles. xii. 14; Rom. ii. 16;) and if every man's work \expndtw7 be brought to light, much more the worker. And if \expndtw0 wicked men shall account for every idle word (Matt. xii. \expndtw1 36), much more shall the idle speakers themselves be \expndtw6 known. And if the persons be not known, in vain are \expndtw-1 the works made manifest.   " Therefore," saith the apostle}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3974\margrsxn4541\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr624\colno2\colw2380 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 70}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb43\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3969\margrsxn3164\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri38\sb187\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 " every man shall appear, to account for the work that \expndtw7 he hath done in his body," &c, 1 Cor. v. 10. Though \expndtw-1 the respect of diversities of degrees and callings in ma\-\expndtw0 gistracy, ministry, and economy shall cease; yea, Christ \expndtw8 shall then cease to rule, as he is Mediator (I Cor. xv. \expndtw1 14, 28), and rule all in all, as he is God equal with the \expndtw6 Father and the Holy Ghost.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi245\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The greatest knowledge that men can attain to in this \expndtw-1 life (1 Cor. xiii, 11) comes as far short of the knowledge \expndtw2 which we shall have in heaven, as the knowledge of a \expndtw-2 child that cannot yet speak plain, comes of the knowledge \expndtw7 of the greatest philosopher in the world. They who \expndtw0 thirst for knowledge, let them long to be students of this \expndtw5 university. For all the light by which we know any* \expndtw4 thing in this world, is nothing but the very shadow of \expndtw0 God; * but when we shall know God in heaven, we shall \expndtw6 in him know the manner of the work of the creation, \expndtw4 the mysteries of the work of our redemption; yea, so \expndtw-2 much knowledge as a creature can possibly conceive and \expndtw5 comprehend of the Creator and his works. But whilst \expndtw1 we are in this life, we may say with Job, " How little a \expndtw6 portion hear we of him?" Job xxvi. 14,}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx518 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx518 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart2\pnindent254\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 They shall love God with as perfect and absolute a\line \expndtw7 love  as  possibly a creature can do.    The manner of\line \expndtw3 loving God, is to love him for himself (1 Cor. xiii. 12);\line \expndtw1 the measure is to love him without measure.   For in this\line \expndtw3 life (knowing God but in part) we love him but in part;\line \expndtw2 but when the elect in heaven shall fully know God, then\line \expndtw3 they will perfectly love God: and for the infinite causes\line of love, which they shall know to be in Him, they shall\line be infinitely ravished with the love of Him.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx518 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  3.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx518 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart2\pnindent254\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 They shall be filled with all manner of divine plea^\line \expndtw7 sures.    " At thy right hand," saith David, " there are\line \expndtw4 pleasures for evermore," Psal. xvi. 11:" Yea, they shall\line \expndtw6 drink," saith he, " out of the river of pleasures," Psal.\line \expndtw5 xxxvi. 8.    For as soon as the soul is admitted into the\line \expndtw2 actual fruition of the beatifical essence of God, she hath}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li130\fi0\ri0\sb58\sa0\tlul\tx4070 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Lumen est umbra Dei, ej; Deus est lumen lumjnis{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\i\expndtw4 Plato, \i0 Pol. 6,}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3384\margrsxn3696\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1051\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4858 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 JOY OF THE ELECT IN HEAVEN.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw13 71}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi0\ri43\sb192\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 all the goodness, beauty, glory, and perfection of all \expndtw1 creatures, in all the world-, united together, and at once \expndtw2 presented to her in the sight of God. If any delight in \expndtw0 fairness, the fairest beauty is but a dusky shadow to that. \expndtw2 He that delights in pleasures shall there find infinite \expndtw3 varieties, without either interruption of grief, or dis\-\expndtw10 traction of pain. He that loveth honour shall there \expndtw8 enjoy it, without the disgrace of cankered envy. He \expndtw0 that loveth treasure shall there possess it, and never be \expndtw2 beguiled of it. There they shall have knowledge void of \expndtw3 all ignorance, health that no sickness shall impair, and \expndtw9 life that no death can determine. How happy, then, \expndtw-1 shall we be, when this life is changed, and we translated \expndtw7 thither!}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi226\ri0\sb5\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 4. They shall be replenished with an unspeakable joy. \expndtw1 " In thy presence," saith David, " is the fulness of joy." (Psal. xvi. 11.) And this joy shall arise chiefly from the vision of God, and partly from the sight of all the holy \expndtw3 angels, and blessed souls of just and perfect men, who \expndtw6 are in bliss and glory with them; but especially from \expndtw2 the blissful sight of Jesus, the Mediator of the New \expndtw5 Testament, our Emmanuel, God made man. His sight \expndtw0 will be the chief cause of our bliss and joy. If the Israel\-\expndtw2 ites in Jerusalem so shouted for joy, that the earth rang \expndtw1 again, to see Solomon crowned, how shall the elect re\-\expndtw-1 joice in heaven, to see Christ, the true Solomon, adorned \expndtw3 with glory! If John Baptist, at his presence, did leap in \expndtw1 his mother's womb for joy, how shall we exult for joy, \expndtw5 when he will be with us in heaven! If the wise men \expndtw-1 rejoiced so greatly to find him a babe, lying in a manger, \expndtw7 how great shall the joy of the elect be, to see him sit, as a king, in his celestial throne! If Simeon was glad \expndtw5 to see him an infant, in the temple, presented by the \expndtw6 hands of the priest, how great shall our joy be to see \expndtw4 him a king, ruling all things, at the right hand of his \expndtw5 Father! If Joseph and Mary were so joyful to find him \expndtw1 in the midst of the doctors in the temple, how glad shall \expndtw5 our souls be, to see him sitting, as Lord, among angels}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3943\margrsxn3166\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li29\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1392 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex102\expndtw21\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 72{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi0\ri34\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 in heaven! This is that joy of our Master, which, as \expndtw5 the apostle saith, " the eye hath not seen, the ear hath not heard, nor the heart of man can conceive." (1 Cor. \expndtw1 ii. 5; Matt. xxv. 21;) which, because it cannot enter into \expndtw4 us, we shall enter into it.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi240\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 5. Lastly, They shall enjoy this blissful and glorious \expndtw5 state for evermore: therefore it is termed everlastings life (John xvii. 3.) And Christ saith, that our joy shall \expndtw3 no man take from us. All other joys, be they never so \expndtw2 great, have an end. Ahasuerus's feast lasted an hundred \expndtw4 and eighty days (Esth. i. 3): but he, and it, and all his \expndtw5 joys are gone. For mortal man to be assumed to hea\-venly glory, to be associated to angels, to be satiated with all delights and joys, but for a time, were much: \expndtw1 but to enjoy them for ever, without intermission or end, \expndtw10 who can hear it, and not admire? All the saints of \expndtw1 Christ, as soon as they felt once but a true taste of these eternal joys, counted all the riches and pleasures of this \expndtw3 life to be but loss and dung, in respect of that (Phil. iii. \expndtw0 8.) And therefore, with incessant prayers, fasting, alms-\expndtw2 deeds, tears, faith, and good life, they laboured to as\-\expndtw4 certain themselves of this eternal life; and for the love \expndtw1 of it, they willingly either sold or parted with all their \expndtw3 earthly goods and possessions (Acts ii. 45.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi254\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Christ calleth Christians merchants (Luke xix.), and \expndtw-1 eternal life a precious pearl, which a wise merchant will \expndtw2 purchase, though it cost him all that he hath (Matt, xiii.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Alexander hearing the report of the great riches of the \expndtw4 eastern country, divided forthwith among his captains \expndtw-2 and soldiers all his kingdom of Macedonia. Hephaestion \expndtw1 asking him, What he meant in so doing? Alexander an\-\expndtw4 swered, That he preferred the riches of India (whereof \expndtw1 he hoped shortly to be master) before all that his father \expndtw0 Philip had left him in Macedonia. And should not Chris\-tians, then, prefer the eternal riches of heaven, so greatly \expndtw-1 renowned ^ which they shall enjoy ere long), before the \expndtw5 corruptible things of this world, which last but for a \expndtw-4 season ?'}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3293\margrsxn3768\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1147\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4949 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 JOY OF THE ELECT IN HEAVEN.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw15 73}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi250\ri5\sb197\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Abraham and Sarah left their own country and pos\-\expndtw2 sessions, to look for a city whose builder and maker is God (Heb. xi. 10, 15, 16;) and therefore bought no land \expndtw4 but only a place of burial. David preferred one day in \expndtw0 this place before a thousand elsewhere ; yea, to be a \expndtw1 door-keeper in the house of God, rather than to dwell in the richest tabernacles of wickedness (Psal. lxxxiv. 10.) \expndtw6 Elias earnestly besought the Lord to receive his soul \expndtw1 into his kingdom (1 Kings xix. 4), and went willingly, \expndtw5 though in a fiery chariot, thither (2 Kings ii. 11.) St. Paul, having once seen heaven, continually desired to \expndtw1 be dissolved, that he might be with Christ (Phil. i. 23.) \expndtw3 Peter, having espied but a glimpse of that eternal glory in the Mount, wished that he might dwell there all the \expndtw0 days of his life, saying, " Master, it is good for us to be \expndtw2 here." (Matt. xvii. 4.) How much better does Peter now \expndtw9 think it to be in heaven itself! Christ, a little before \expndtw2 his death, prayeth his Father to receive him into that \expndtw6 excellent glory (John xvii. 5.) And the apostle wit-\expndtw2 nesseth, that " for the joy that was set before him, he \expndtw3 endured the cross, and despised the shame." Heb. xi. 2. \expndtw0 If a man did but once see those joys (if it were possible), \expndtw1 he would endure an hundred deaths to enjoy that happi\-\expndtw2 ness but one day.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri48\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Augustine saith, that he would be content to endure \expndtw4 the torments of hell to gain this joy, rather than to lose \expndtw1 it. Ignatius, Paul's scholar, being threatened, as he was going to suffer, with the cruelty of torments, answered, \expndtw-1 with great courage of faith, " Fire, gallows, beasts, break\-\expndtw0 ing of my bones, quartering of my members, crushing of \expndtw1 my body, all the torments of the devil together, let them \expndtw0 come upon me, so I may enjoy my Lord Jesus, and his \expndtw4 kingdom." The like constancy shewed Polycarp, who \expndtw2 could not by any terrors of any kind of death, be moved \expndtw3 to deny Christ in the least measure. With the like re\-\expndtw-2 solution Basil answered his persecutors, when they would \expndtw4 terrify him with death: " I will never," said he, " fear \expndtw1 death, which can do no more than restore me to him that}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3576\fi0\ri0\sb34\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 G}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4027\margrsxn3091\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li5\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1416 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 74{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri5\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 made me." If Ruth left her own country, and followed \expndtw3 Naomi, her mother-in-law, to go and dwell with her in \expndtw4 the land of Canaan (which was but a type of heaven), \expndtw0 only upon the fame which she heard of the God of Israel (though she had no promise of any portion in it), how \expndtw2 shouldst thou follow Christ into the heavenly Canaan, \expndtw0 where God has given thee an eternal inheritance, assured \expndtw2 by an holy covenant, made in the word of God, signed \expndtw0 with the blood of his Son, and sealed with his Spirit and \expndtw2 sacraments! This shall be thine eternal happiness in the \expndtw-1 kingdom of heaven, where thy life shall be a communion \expndtw5 with the blessed Trinity; thy jey, the presence of the \expndtw2 Lamb; thy exercise, singing; thy song, hallelujah ; thy \expndtw-1\dbch\af1\loch\af0\hich\f0\cchs0 \u9632\'3f\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 consorts, saints and angels: where youth flourishes, that \expndtw2 never waxeth old; beauty lasts, that never fadeth; love \expndtw1 abounds, that never cooleth; health continues, that never \expndtw5 slacketh; and life remains, that never endeth.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li250\fi-226\ri5\sb259\sa0\sl-259\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Meditations directing a Christian how to apply to him\-\expndtw5 self, without delay, the foresaid knowledge of God \expndtw4 and himself.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi288\ri0\sb96\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thou seest, therefore, O man, how wretched and \expndtw6 cursed thy state is, by corruption of nature, without \expndtw5 Christ! insomuch, that as the scriptures liken wicked \expndtw2 men to lions, bears, bulls, horses, dogs, and such like savage creatures, in their lives, it is certain that the con\-dition of an unregenerate man is in his death more vile \expndtw7 than a dog, or the filthiest creature in the world. For \expndtw2 the beast, being made but for man's use, when he dies, \expndtw5 ends all his miseries with his death; but man, endued \expndtw-1 with a reasonable and an immortal soul, made after God's \expndtw2 image, to serve God, when he ends the miseries of this \expndtw5 life, must account for all his misdeeds, and begin to \expndtw2 endure those miseries that never shall know end. No \expndtw4 creature but man is liable to yield at his death an ac\-\expndtw3 count for his life. The brute creatures, not having rea\-son, shall not be required to make any account for their}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3329\margrsxn3785\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1603\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4858 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex103\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 JOY OF THE ELECT.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw17 75}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri29\sb197\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 deeds: and good angels, though they have reason, yet \expndtw3 shall they yield no account, because they have no sin. \expndtw1 And as'for evil angels, they are without all hope already \expndtw0 condemned, 80 that they need not make any further ac\-counts : man only in his death must be God's accountant \expndtw1 for his life.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi245\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 On the other side thou seest, O man, how happy and \expndtw3 blessed thy estate is, being truly reconciled to God in \expndtw2 Christ; in that, through the restoration of God's image, \expndtw6 and thy restitution into thy sovereignty over other \expndtw10 creatures, thou art in this life little inferior to the \expndtw6 angels, and shalt be in the life to come equal to the \expndtw3 angels: yea, in respect of thy nature, exalted by a per\-sonal union to the Son of God, and by him to the glory of the Trinity, superior to the angels, a fellow-brother with angels in spiritual grace and everlasting glory.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi245\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thou hast seen how glorious and perfect God is, and \expndtw3 how that all thy chief bliss and happiness consists in having an eternal communion with him.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Now, therefore, O impenitent sinner! in the bowels \expndtw6 of Christ Jesus I entreat thee, nay, I conjure thee, as \expndtw0 thou tenderest thine own salvation, seriously to consider with me, how false, how vain, how vile, are those things \expndtw3 which still retain and chain thee in this wretched and \expndtw1 cursed estate wherein thou livest, and which hinder thee \expndtw0 from the favour of God, and the hope of eternal life and \expndtw-2 happiness.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3948\margrsxn4515\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr686\colno2\colw2371 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs26 76}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb67\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3928\margrsxn3214\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li0\fi0\ri10\sb379\sa0\sl-240\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 MEDITATIONS ON THE HINDRANCES WHICH}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li0\fi0\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-240\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw12\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 KEEP BACK A SINNER FROM THE}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li5\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-240\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li24\fi0\ri0\sb235\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Those \scaps0 hindrances are chiefly seven : \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 I. An ignorant mistaking of the true meaning of \expndtw4 certain places of the holy Scriptures, and some other \expndtw2 chief grounds of Christian religion.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li254\fi0\ri0\sb72\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The Scriptures mistaken are these:}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb34\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx533 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  1.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb34\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx533 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent279\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw12\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Ezek. xxxiii. 14, 16, " At what time soever a\line \expndtw4 sinner repenteth him of his sin, I will blot out all," &c.\line Hence the carnal Christian gathers, that he may repent\line \expndtw3 when he will.    It is true, whensoever a sinner does re\-\line \expndtw10 pent, God will forgive; hut the text saith not, that a\line \expndtw5 sinner may repent whensoever he will, but when God\line will give him grace.    Many, saith the scripture, when\line \expndtw3 they would have repented, were rejected, and could not\line repent, though they sought it carefully with tears (Heb.\line \expndtw5 xii. 17 ; Luke xiii. 24, 27.)    What comfort yields this\line \expndtw2 text to thee who hast not repented, nor knowest whether\line \expndtw3 thou shalt have grace to repent hereafter ?}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx533 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx533 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent279\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Matt. xi. 28, " Come unto me, all ye that labour\line \expndtw3 and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."    Hence\line the lewdest man collects, that he may come unto Christ\line \expndtw15 when he list; but he must know that no man ever\line \expndtw11 comes to Christ, but he who, as Peter saith, having\line \expndtw4 known the way of righteousness, hath escaped the pol\-\line \expndtw10 lutions  of the world, through the knowledge of our\line \expndtw6 Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (2 Pet. ii. 20, 22.)   To\line \expndtw8 come unto Christ is to repent and believe (Isa. i. 18;\line \expndtw15 John vi.  35;) and this no man can do, except his\line \expndtw5 heavenly Father draw him by his grace (John vi. 4.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx533 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  3.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx533 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent279\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Rom. viii. 1, " There is therefore no condemna\-\line \expndtw9 tion to them which are in Christ Jesus."    True; but\line \expndtw2 they are such who walk not after the flesh, as thou dost,\line \expndtw4 but after the Spirit, which thou didst never yet resolve\line \expndtw-2 to do.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3235\margrsxn3845\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1560\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4949 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 HINDRANCES TO riETY.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw16 77}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li34\fi274\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx610 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 4.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw7 1 Tim. i. 15, " Christ Jesus came into the world\line \expndtw4 to save sinners," &c.   True; but such sinners, who like\line \expndtw5 St. Paul, are converted from their wicked life; not like\line \expndtw8 thee, who still continuest in thy lewdness: " For that\line \expndtw9 grace of God which bringeth salvation unto all men,\line \expndtw1 teacheth us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,\line \expndtw5 we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this\line \expndtw6 present world." (Tit. ii. 11, 12.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  5.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart5\pnindent288\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Prov. xxiv. 16, "A just man falleth seven times\line \expndtw6 in a day, and riseth," &c. \i [in a day \i0 is not in the text:]\line \expndtw0 which means not falling into sin, but falling into trouble,\line \expndtw6 which his malicious enemy plots against the just, and\line \expndtw5 from which God delivers him (Psal. xxxiv. 19.)    And\line \expndtw8 though it meant falling in and rising out of sin, what\line \expndtw3 is this to thee, whose falls all men may see every day ?\line but neither God nor man can at any time see thy rising-\line \expndtw1 again by repentance.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  6.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart5\pnindent288\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Isa. lxiv. 6, " All our righteousnesses are as filthy\line rags."    Hence the carnal Christian gathers, that, seeing\line \expndtw5 the best works of the best saints are no better, then his\line \expndtw11 are good enough; and therefore he needs not much\line \expndtw4 grieve that his devotions are so imperfect.    But Isaiah\line \expndtw6 means not in this place the righteous works of the re\-\line \expndtw4 generate, as fervent prayers in the name of God; chari\-\line \expndtw6 table alms from the bowels of mercy; suffering in the\line \expndtw-2 gospel's defence, the spoil of goods, and spilling of blood,\line \expndtw5 and such works which Paul calls the fruit of the Spirit\line \expndtw6 (Gal. v. 22 ;) but the prophet, making an humble con\-\line \expndtw2 fession in the name of the Jewish church, when she had\line \expndtw4 fallen from God to idolatry, acknowledges, that whilst\line \expndtw8 they were by their filthy sins separated from God, as\line \expndtw7 lepers are from men by their infecting sores and pol\-\line \expndtw3 luted clothes, their chief righteousness could not be but\line \expndtw4 abominable in his sight.    And though our best works,\line \expndtw1 compared with Christ's righteousness, are no better than\line \expndtw9 unclean rags; yet, in  God's acceptation for  Christ's\line \expndtw4 sake, they are called white raiment (Rev. iii.  18), yea,\line pure fine linen and shining (Rev. xix. 8), far unlike the}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3370\fi0\ri0\sb5\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 G 2}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4185\margrsxn2933\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1416 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 78{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-1 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri38\sb197\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 leopard's spots (Jer. xiii. 23) and filthy garments (Zech. iii. 4.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi230\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 7. James iii. 2, " In many things we sin all." True; \expndtw2 but God's children sin not in all things as thou doest, without either bridling their lusts or mortifying their \expndtw9 corruptions. And though the relics of sin remain in \expndtw7 the dearest children of God, that they had need daily \expndtw2 to cry, " Our Father which art in heaven, forgive us our \expndtw3 trespasses;" yet, in the New Testament, none are pro\-perly called sinners, but the unregenerate (Gal. i. 15 ; \expndtw10 Rom. v. 8; John ix. 31;) but the regenerate, in re\-\expndtw3 spect of their zealous endeavour to serve God in un\-\expndtw-1 feigned holiness, are everywhere called saints; insomuch \expndtw6 that St. John saith, " Whosoever is born of God sin-neth not," (1 John iii. 9; v. 18;) that is, liveth not in \expndtw3 wilful filthiness, suffering sin to reign in him, as thou \expndtw0 dost. Deceive not thyself with the name of a Christian: \expndtw2 whosoever liveth in any customary gross sin, he liveth \expndtw1 not in the state of grace. " Let, therefore," saith St. Paul, \expndtw2 " every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from \expndtw3 iniquity/' (2 Tim. ii. 19-) The regenerate sin, but upon \expndtw6 frailty; they repent, and God doth pardon; there they \expndtw5 sin not to death (1 John v. 16.) The reprobate sin maliciously, sinfully, and delight therein ; so that by their good will, sin shall leave them before they will \expndtw8 teave it; they will not repent, and God will not par\-\expndtw2 don ; therefore their sins are mortal, saith St. John, or \expndtw10 rather immortal, as saith St. Paul (Rom. ii. 5.) It is \expndtw1 no excuse, therefore, to say, we are all sinners: true \expndtw2 Christians, thou seest, are all saints.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li43\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 8. Luke xxiii. 43. The thief converted at the last \expndtw6 gasp, was received to paradise. What then? if I may \expndtw-2 have but time to say, when I am dying, " Lord have mercy \expndtw4 upon me," I shall likewise be saved. But what if thou \expndtw6 shalt not? and yet many in that day shall say, Lord, \expndtw3 Lord, and the Lord will not know them (Matt. vii. 22, \expndtw0 23.) The thief was saved, for he repented; but his fellow \expndtw1 had no grace to repent, and was damned. Beware, there-}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3437\margrsxn3624\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1450\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4848 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 HINDRANCES TO riETY.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw18 79}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi0\ri96\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 fore, lest, trusting to late repentance at thy last end on earth, thou be not driven to repent too late without end \expndtw2 in hell.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li10\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx518 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 9.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw5 1 John i. 7, " The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth\line \expndtw9 us from all sin."   And 1 John ii. 1, "If any man sin,\line \expndtw6 we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the\line \expndtw3 righteous," &c.   O comfortable! but hear what St. John\line \expndtw1 saith in the same place, " My little children, these things\line \expndtw9 write I unto you, that ye sin not;" if, therefore, thou\line \expndtw2 leavest thy sin, these comforts are thine -\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 else they be\-\line \expndtw5 long not to thee.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li29\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx677 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 10.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw9 Rom. v. 20, " Where sin abounded, grace did\line \expndtw5 abound much more."   O sweet! but hear what St. Paul\line \expndtw3 addeth, " What shall we say then ? shall we continue in\line \expndtw2 sin, that grace may abound? God forbid.   How shall we\line \expndtw4 that are dead'to sin, live any longer therein?" (Rom. vi.\line \expndtw2 1, 2.) This place teacheth us not to presume, but that we\line \expndtw3 should not despair.  None, therefore, of these promises,\line \expndtw5 promiseth any grace to any but to the penitent heart.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li298\fi0\ri0\sb91\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The grounds of religion mistaken are these: \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li67\fi250\ri0\sb82\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 1. From the doctrine of justification by faith only, a \expndtw2 carnal Christian gathers, that good works are net neces\-\expndtw10 sary. He commends others that do good works, but \expndtw-1 he persuades himself that he shall be saved \i by \i0 his faith, \expndtw6 without doing any such matter. But he should know, \expndtw-1 that though good works are not necessary to justification, \expndtw1 yet they are necessary to salvation: " For we are God's \expndtw2 workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, \expndtw1 which God hath predestinated that we should walk in \expndtw2 them." (Eph. ii. 10.) Whosoever, therefore, in years of \expndtw0 discretion, brings not forth good works after he is called, \expndtw-1 he cannot be saved; neither was he ever predestinated \expndtw-3\fs24 to life eternal \i (Fulk. Rhem. Test. Annot. in \i0 Eph. ii. 2.) \expndtw3\fs22 Therefore the Scripture saith, that Christ will reward \expndtw6 every man according to his works (Rom. ii. 6; 2 Cor. \expndtw7 ix. \i 6; \i0 Rev. xxii. 12.) Christ respects in the angels of \expndtw3 the seven churches nothing but their works (Rev. ii. 2;)}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4111\margrsxn4313\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr725\colno2\colw2371 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 80}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb29\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4073\margrsxn3012\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb182\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 and at the last day he will give the heavenly inheritance \expndtw0 only to them who have done good works\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 in feeding the \expndtw3 hungry, clothing the naked, &c.   At that day righteous\-\expndtw7 ness shall wear the crown (Matt. xxv.;  2 Tim. iv. 8.) \expndtw1 No righteousness, no crown\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 no good works, according \expndtw12 to a man's talent, no reward from God, unless it be \expndtw6 vengeance (Rom. ii. 8.)   To be rich in good works, is \expndtw4 the surest foundation of our assurance to obtain eternal \expndtw7 life (1 Tim. vi. 19;) for good works are the true fruits \expndtw3 of a true faith, which apprehendeth Christ, and his obe\-\expndtw6 dience unto salvation.   And no other faith availeth in \expndtw4 Christ, but that which worketh by love (Gal. v. 6;) and \expndtw2 (but in the act of justification) that faith which only jus-\expndtw3 tifieth, is never alone, but ever accompanied with good works: as the tree with his fruits, the sun with his light, the fire with his heat, and water with his moisture. And \expndtw5 the faith which does not justify herself by good works \expndtw6 before men, is but dead faith, which will never justify \expndtw5 a man's soul before God (James ii. 26.)   But a justify\-\expndtw7 ing faith purifieth the heart and sanctifieth the whole \expndtw8 man throughout (Acts xv. 9; xvi. 18; 1 Thess. v. 23.) \expndtw5 2. From the doctrine of God's eternal predestination \expndtw14 (Matt.  xxv. 24;  Eph. i. 4; Eccles. iii. 14) and un\-\expndtw0 changeable decree, he gathers, that if he be predestinated \expndtw2 to be saved, he cannot but be saved; if to be damned, no means can do any good; therefore all works of piety are \expndtw8 but in vain.   But he should learn, that God hath pre\-\expndtw5 destinated to the means, as well as to the end.  Whom, \expndtw3 therefore, God hath predestinated to be saved, which is \expndtw1 the end (1 Pet. i. 9)\sub 5\nosupersub  he hath likewise predestinated to be \expndtw0 first called, justified, and made conformable to the image \expndtw4 of his Son, which is the means (Rom. viii. 29, 30; John \expndtw6 xv. 16.)   And they, saith St. Peter, who are elect unto \expndtw7 salvation, are also elect unto the sanctification of the \expndtw4 spirit (1 Pet. i. 2.)   If, therefore, upon thy calling, thou \expndtw7 conformest thyself to the word and example of Christ \expndtw6 thy master, and obeyest the good motions of the Holy Spirit, in leaving sin, \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'ab\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 nd living a godly life, then as-}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3307\margrsxn3840\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1469\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4862 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 HINDRANCES TO PIETY.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw1 81}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi0\ri14\sb192\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 \'95\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 ure thyself, that thou art one of those who are infallibly \expndtw6 predestinated to everlasting salvation. If otherwise, \expndtw0 blame not God's predestination, but thine own sin and \expndtw3 rebellion. Do thou but return to God, and God will \expndtw4 graciously receive thee, as the father did the prodigal \expndtw-1 son, and by thy conversion, it shall appear both to angels \expndtw5 and men, that thou didst belong to his election (Luke \expndtw8 xv. 10, 24.) If thou wilt not, why should God save \expndtw4 thee?}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri0\sb5\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 3. When a carnal Christian hears that man hath not \expndtw0 free-will unto good, he looseth the reins to his own cor\-\expndtw5 rupt will, as though it lay not in him to bridle, or to \expndtw1 subdue it: implicitly making God the author of sin, in suffering man to run into this necessity. But he should \expndtw3 know that God gave Adam free-will, to stand in his in\-\expndtw1 tegrity if he would; but man, abusing his free-will, lost \expndtw0 both himself and it. Since the fall, man in his state of \expndtw1 corruption hath free-will to evil, but not to good; for in \expndtw6 this state, we are not, saith the apostle, sufficient to think a good thought (2 Cor. iii. 5.) And God is not bound to restore us what we lost so wretchedly, and take no more care to recover again. But as soon as a \expndtw0 man is regenerated, the grace of God freeth his will unto \expndtw6 good; so that he doth all the good things he doth with \expndtw1 a free-will: for so the apostle saith, that God of his own \expndtw-1 good pleasure, worketh both the will and the deed in us,* \expndtw1 who, as the apostle expoundeth, cleanse ourselves from \expndtw0 all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and finish our sancti-\expndtw5 fication in the fear of God (Phil. ii. 12, 13; 2 Cor. vii. \expndtw2 1.) And in this state, every true Christian has free-will, \expndtw0 and as he increases in grace, so does his will in freedom: \expndtw1 " For when the Son shall make us free, then shall we be \expndtw-1 free indeed," (1 John viii. 36;) and where the Spirit of the \expndtw5 Lord is, there is liberty (2 Cor. iii. 17;) for the Holy Spirit draws their minds, not by coaction, but by the \expndtw2 cords of love (Cant. i. 4), by illuminating their minds to}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi187\ri14\sb86\sa0\sl-178\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * \i Acti agimus, \i0 The will is passive in receiving the first grace, after\-wards active in all goodness.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4128\margrsxn4325\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr691\colno2\colw2376 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 82}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb38\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETT.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4123\margrsxn3029\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi0\ri14\sb192\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 know the truth; by changing their hearts to love the \expndtw1 known truth; and by enabling every one of them (ac\-\expndtw2 cording to the measure of grace which he has received) \expndtw4 to do the good which he loveth. But thou wilt not use \expndtw2 the freedom of thy will, so far as God has freed it; for \expndtw0 thou dost many times wilfully against God's law, to the \expndtw6 hazard of thy soul, which, if the king's law forbade \expndtw0 under the penalty of death, or loss of thy worldly estate, \expndtw10 thou wouldst not do. Make not, therefore, thy want \expndtw8 of free-will to good, to be so much the cause of thy \expndtw1 sin, as thy want of a loving heart to serve thy heavenly \expndtw4 Father.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi235\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 4. When the natural man hears that no man, since \expndtw3 the fall, is able to fulfil the law of God, and to keep all \expndtw1 his commandments, he boldly presumes to sin as others \expndtw4 do; he contents himself with a few good thoughts: and \expndtw1 if he be not altogether as bad as the worst, he concludes \expndtw3 that he is as truly regenerate as the best. And every \expndtw4 voluntary refusal of doing good, or withstanding evil, he counts the impossibility of the law. But he should \expndtw7 learn, that though, since the fall, no man but Christ, \expndtw2 who was both God and man, did, or can perfectly fulfil \expndtw6 the whole law, yet every true Christian, as soon as he \expndtw4 is regenerate, begins to keep all God's commandments \expndtw2 in truth, though he cannot in absolute perfection. Thus, \expndtw1 with David, they apply their hearts to fulfil God's com\-mandments always unto the end (Psal. cxix. 112.) And \expndtw8 then the Spirit of grace, which was promised to be \expndtw2 more abundantly poured forth under the gospel, helps \expndtw3 them in their good endeavours, and assists them to do \expndtw6 what he commands them to do (Joel ii. 28, 29; Zech. \expndtw4 xii. 10.) And in so doing, God accepts their good will \expndtw2 and endeavour (2 Cor. viii. 12), Christ having fulfilled \expndtw3 the law for us. And in this respect St. John saith, that \expndtw2 God's commandments are not burthenous (1 John v. 3.) \expndtw1 And St. Paul saith, " I am able to do all things, through \expndtw4 the help of him that strengtheneth me." (Phil. iv. 13.) \expndtw6 And Zachary and Elizabeth are said to walk in all the}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3441\margrsxn3682\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1450\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4862 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 HINDRANCES TO PIETY.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw15 83}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 commandments of the Lord without reproof (Luke i. 6.) \expndtw0 Hereupon Christ commends to his disciples the care of \expndtw3 keeping his commandments, as the truest testimony of \expndtw10 our love unto him (John xv. 10.) So far, therefore, \expndtw2 doth a man love Christ, as he makes conscience to walk in his commandments; and the more unto Christ is our \expndtw5 love, the less will our pains seem in keeping his law. \expndtw4 The law's curse, which, under the Old Testament, was \expndtw1 so terrible, is, under the New, by the death of Christ, \expndtw5 abolished to the regenerate. The rigour which made it \expndtw2 so impossible to our nature before, is now to the new\-\expndtw1 born so mollified by the Spirit, that it seems facile and easy. The apostles, indeed, pressed on the unconverted \expndtw3 Jews and Gentiles the impossibility of keeping the law \expndtw6 by ability of nature corrupted; but when they have to \expndtw2 do with regenerate Christians, they require to the law, \expndtw5 which is the rule of righteousness, true obedience in \expndtw0 word and deed; the mortifying of their members; the \expndtw4 crucifying of the flesh, with the affections and lusts \expndtw1 thereof; resurrection to newness of life; walking in the \expndtw2 Spirit; overcoming of the world by faith (Rom. xv. 18; \expndtw15 Col. iii. 5; Gal. v. 24, 25; Rom. vi. 4, 5, 12, 13; \expndtw13 viii. 11; 1 John v. 4.) So that, though no man can \expndtw6 say as Christ, Which of you can rebuke me of sin ? \expndtw5 (John viii. 46), yet every regenerate Christian can say \expndtw1 of himself, Which of you can rebuke me of being an \expndtw-1 adulterer, whoremonger, swearer, drunkard, thief, usurer, oppressor, proud, malicious, covetous, profaner of the \expndtw0 Sabbath, a liar, a neglector of God's public service, and \expndtw2 such like gross sins ? else he is no true Christian. When \expndtw1 a man casts off the conscience of being ruled by God's \expndtw8 law, then God gives him over to be led by his own \expndtw3 lusts, the surest sign of a reprobate sense (Rom. i. 24, \expndtw2 28.) Thus the law, which, since the fall, no man by his \expndtw6 own natural ability can fulfil, is fulfilled in truth of \expndtw1 every regenerate Christian, through the gracious assist\-\expndtw7 ance of Christ's Holy Spirit (Rom. viii. 9, &c.) And \expndtw8 this Spirit God will give to every Christian that will}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4238\margrsxn2813\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li134\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1536 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex102\expndtw16\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 84{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw1 THE PRACTICE OF PIETT.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li120\fi0\ri0\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 pray for it, and will incline his heart to keep his laws \expndtw10 (Luke xi. 13; James i. 5.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qr\li0\fi0\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 5. When the unregenerate man hears that God de-\expndtw7 lighteth more in the inward mind than in the outward \expndtw11 man, then he feigns within himself that all outward \expndtw6 reverence and profession is but either superstitious or \expndtw5 superfluous.    Hence it is that he seldom kneels in the \expndtw10 church; that he puts on his hat at singing of psalms, \expndtw4 and the public prayers; which the profane varlet would \expndtw7 not offer to do in the presence of a prince or a noble\-\expndtw13 man.    And so that he keep his mind unto God, he \expndtw7 thinks he may fashion himself, in other things, to the \expndtw4 world.    He divides his thoughts, and gives so much to \expndtw5 God, and so much to his own lusts; yea, he will divide \expndtw2 with God the Sabbath, and will give him almost the one \expndtw5 half, and spend the other wholly in his own pleasures. \expndtw6 But know, O carnal man, that Almighty God will not \expndtw10 be served by halves, because he has created and re\-\expndtw6 deemed the whole man!    And as God detests the ser\-vice of the outward man, without the inward heart, as \expndtw4 hypocrisy; so he counts the inward service, without all \expndtw3 external reverence, to be mere profaneness: he requires \expndtw1 both in his worship. In prayer, therefore, bow thy knees, \expndtw3 in witness of thy humiliation ; lift up thine eyes and thy \expndtw6 hands, in testimony of thy confidence; hang down thy \expndtw7 head and smite thy breast, in token of thy contrition ; \expndtw1 but especially call upon God with a sincere heart\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 serve \expndtw5 him holily, serve him wholly, serve him only; for God \expndtw6 and the Prince of this world are two contrary masters, \expndtw2 and therefore no man can possibly serve both.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri58\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 6. The unregenerate Christian holds the hearing of \expndtw5 the gospel preached, to be but an indifferent matter, \expndtw0 which he may use, or not use, at his pleasure. But who\-\expndtw6 soever thou art, that wilt be assured in thy heart that \expndtw3 thou art one of Christ's elect sheep, thou must have a special care and conscience (if possibly thou canst) to \expndtw4 hear God's word preached. For, First, the preaching of \expndtw7 the gospel is the chief ordinary means which God has}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3379\margrsxn3701\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1445\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4877 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 HINDRANCES TO PIETY.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\i\expndtw6 85}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 appointed to convert the souls of all that he hath pre\-\expndtw6 destinated to be saved (Acts xiii. 48:) therefore it is \expndtw4 called " the power of God unto salvation to every one \expndtw2 that believeth." (Rom. i. 16.) And where this divine or\-\expndtw3 dinance is not, the people perish (Prov. xxix. 18;) and \expndtw0 whosoever shall refuse it, " it shall be more tolerable for \expndtw5 the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judg\-\expndtw6 ment than for these people." (Matt. x. 22.) Secondly, \expndtw2 the preaching of the gospel is the standard or ensign of \expndtw0 Christ (Isa. xi. 1), to which all soldiers and elect people \expndtw-1 must assemble themselves: when this ensign is displayed, \expndtw6 as upon the Lord's day, he is none of Christ's people \expndtw3 that flocks not unto it (Isa. ii. 2;) neither shall any drop \expndtw4 of the rain of his grace light on their souls (Zech. xiv-\expndtw8 17.) Thirdly, it is the ordinary means by which the \expndtw3 Holy Ghost begetteth faith in our hearts (Rom. x. 14), \expndtw8 without which we cannot please God (Heb. xi. 6.) If \expndtw0 the hearing of Christ's voice be the chief mark of Christ's \expndtw2 elect sheep, and of the bridegroom's friend (John x. 27; \expndtw6 iii. 29), then must it be a fearful mark of a reprobate \expndtw5 goat (Heb. ii.; John viii. 47) either to neglect or con\-\expndtw4 temn to hear the preaching of the gospel. Let no man \expndtw-1 think this position foolish, for " by this foolishness of \expndtw3 preaching it pleaseth God to save them which believe." \expndtw5 (1 Cor. i. 11.) Their state is therefore fearful who live \expndtw1 in peace, without caring for the preaching of the gospel. \expndtw2 Can men look for God's mercy, and despise his means ? \expndtw1 " He," saith Christ of the, preachers of his gospel, " that \expndtw3 despiseth you, despiseth me." (Luke x. 16.) " He that is \expndtw0 of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, \expndtw2 because ye are not of God." (John viii. 4,7.) Had not the \expndtw0 Israelites heard the message of Phineas, they had. never \expndtw4 wept (Judges ii. 1, &c.) Had not the Baptist preached, \expndtw7 the Jews had never mourned (Luke vii. 32, 33.) Had \expndtw1 not they who crucified Christ heard Peter's sermon, their \expndtw8 hearts had never been pricked (Acts ii. 37.) Had not \expndtw2 the Ninevites heard Jonah's preaching, they had never \expndtw4 repented (Jonah iii. 5 ;)\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 and if thou wilt not hear, and}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3581\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 H}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4168\margrsxn4227\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr749\colno2\colw2376 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 86}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb19\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4072\margrsxn2998\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li86\fi0\ri0\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 repent, thou shalt never be saved (Prov. xxviii. 9 ; Luke \expndtw4 xiii. 5.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li5\fi283\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx581 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  7.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li5\fi283\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx581 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart7\pnindent293\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The opinion that the sacraments are but bare signs\line \expndtw6 and seals of God's promise and grace to us, doth not a\line \expndtw7 little hinder piety: whereas, indeed, they are seals, as\line \expndtw3 well of our service and obedience unto God; which ser\-\line \expndtw7 vice if we perform not to him, the sacraments seal no\line \expndtw8 grace to us.    But if we receive them, upon the reso\-\line \expndtw5 lution to be his faithful and penitent servants, then the\line sacraments do not only signify and offer, but also seal\line \expndtw10 and exhibit indeed the inward spiritual grace which\line \expndtw1 they outwardly promise and represent.   And to this "end\line \expndtw3 baptism is called the " washing of regeneration, and re\-\line \expndtw5 newing of the Holy Ghost," (Tit. iii. 5;) and the Lord's\line \expndtw-3 Supper, " the communion of the body and blood of Christ."\line \expndtw6 (1 Cor. x. 16.)    Were this truth believed, the holy sa\-\line \expndtw3 crament of the Lord's Supper would be more often, and\line \expndtw2 with greater reverence received.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li5\fi283\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx581 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  8.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li5\fi283\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx581 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart7\pnindent293\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The last, and not the least block at which piety\line \expndtw4 stumbles in the course of religion, is by adorning vices\line \expndtw3 with the names of virtues: as to call drunken carousing,\line \expndtw7 drinking of healths ; spilling innocent blood,  valour;\line \expndtw4 gluttony, hospitality; covetousness, thriftiness; whore\-\line \expndtw5 dom, loving a mistress; simony, gratuity; pride, grace\-\line \expndtw6 fulness ; dissembling, compliment; children of Belial,\line good-fellows; wrath, hastiness; ribaldry, mirth: so, on\line \expndtw3 the other side, to call sobriety in words and actions, hy\-\line \expndtw1 pocrisy ; alms-deeds, vain-glory; devotion, superstition ;\line zeal in religion, Puritanism; humility, crouching; scruple\line \expndtw0 of conscience, preciseness, &c.    And whilst thus we call\line \expndtw3 evil good, and good evil, true piety is much hindered in\line her progress.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi245\ri62\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 And thus much of the first hindrance of piety, by \expndtw0 mistaking the true sense of some special places of Scrip\-\expndtw4 ture, and grounds of Christian religion.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4745\margrsxn3314\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw2208\colsr1253\colno2\colw720 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb38\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 HINDRANCES TO PIETY.}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 87}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3281\margrsxn3314\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1032\fi0\ri0\sb230\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 The Second Hindrance of Piety,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi245\ri475\sb101\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 II. The evil example of great persons, the practice of \expndtw4 whose profane lives they prefer for their imitation be\-\expndtw1 fore the precepts of God's holy word : so that, when they \expndtw2 see the greatest men in the state, and many chief gentle\-\expndtw0 men in their country, to make neither care nor conscience \expndtw1 to hear sermons, to receive the communion, nor to sanc\-\expndtw3 tify the Lord's Sabbaths, &c, but to be swearers, adul\-\expndtw6 terers, carousers, oppressors, &c, then they think that \expndtw1 the using of these holy ordinances are not matters of so \expndtw0 great moment; for if they were, such great and wise men \expndtw6 would not set so little value on them. Hereupon they \expndtw-2 think that religion is not a matter of necessity ;\dbch\af1\loch\af0\hich\f0\cchs0 \u9632\'3f\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  and there\-\expndtw1 fore, where they should, like Christians, row against the \expndtw-1 stream of impiety \sub r\nosupersub towards heaven, they suffer themselves \expndtw1 to be carried with the multitude downright to hell, think\-\expndtw5 ing it impossible that God will suffer so many to be \expndtw-1 damned: whereas, if the god of this world had not blinded \expndtw1 the eyes of their minds, the holy Scriptures would teach \expndtw0 them, that " not many wise men after the flesh, not many \expndtw3 mighty, not many noble are called," &c. (1 Cor. i. 26 ;) \expndtw6 but that for the most part the poor receive the gospel, and that few rich men shall be saved (Matt. xi. 5; xix. \expndtw5 23, 24;) and that howsoever many are called, yet the \expndtw3 chosen are but few. Neither did the multitude ever save \expndtw4 any from damnation (Matt. xxii. 14.) As God has ad\-\expndtw2 vanced men in greatness above others, so does God ex\-\expndtw6 pect that they in religion and piety should go before \expndtw2 others; otherwise greatness abused, in the time of their \expndtw3 stewardship, shall turn to their greater condemnation in \expndtw2 the day of their accounts. At what time sinful great and \expndtw0 iriighty men, as well as the poorest slaves and bondmen, shall wish that the rocks and mountains should fall upon \expndtw7 them, and hide them from the presence of the Judge, \expndtw5 and from his just deserved wrath (Rev. vi. 15, 16, &c), \expndtw0 it will prove but a miserable solace to have a great com\-\expndtw7 pany of great men partakers with thce of thine eternal}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4135\margrsxn4332\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr686\colno2\colw2366 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 88}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb19\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4111\margrsxn3007\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri38\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 torments. The multitude of sinners doth not extenuate, but aggravate sin, as in Sodom. Better it is, therefore, \expndtw0 with a few to be saved in the ark, than, with the whole \expndtw2 world, to be drowned in the flood. Walk with the few \expndtw0 godly in the narrow path to heaven ; but crowd not with \expndtw3 the godless multitude in the broad way to hell (Exod. \expndtw2 xxiii. 2.) Let not the example of irreligious great men \expndtw1 hinder thy repentance ; for their greatness cannot at that \expndtw-1 day exempt themselves from their own most grievous \expndtw0 punishment.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1090\fi0\ri0\sb82\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 The Third Hindrance of Piety.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi250\ri5\sb77\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 III. The long escaping of deserved punishment in this \expndtw-2 life. " Because sentence," saith Solomon, " is not speedily \expndtw2 executed against an evil worker, therefore the hearts of \expndtw-1 the children of men are fully set in them to do evil, not knowing that the bountifulness of God leadeth them to \expndtw0 repentance." (Eccl. viii. 11; Rom. ii. 4; 2 Pet. iii. 10.) But \expndtw1 when his patience is abused, and man's sins are ripened, \expndtw3 his justice will at once both begin, and make an end of \expndtw1 the sinner (1 Sam. iii. 12 ; Ezek. xxxix. 8 ;) and he will \expndtw-1 recompense the slowness of his delay with the grievous-\expndtw4 ness of his punishment. Though they were suffered to \expndtw3 run on the score all the days of their life, yet they shall \expndtw5 be sure to pay the utmost farthing at the day of their \expndtw4 death. And whilst they suppose themselves to be free \expndtw-1 from judgment, they are already smitten with the heaviest \expndtw5 of God's judgments\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 a heart that cannot repent (Rom. \expndtw6 ii. 5.) The stone in the reins or bladder is a grievous \expndtw3 pain that kills many a man's body; but there is no dis\-\expndtw1 ease to the stone in the heart, whereof Nabal died, and \expndtw4 which kills millions of souls (1 Sam. xxv. 17.) They \expndtw6 refuse the trial of Christ and his cross; but they are \expndtw3 stoned by hell's executioner to eternal death.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi245\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Because many nobles and gentlemen are not smitten with present judgment for their outrageous swearing, adultery, drunkenness, oppression, profaning of the Sab\-\expndtw3 bath, and disgraceful neglect of God's worship and ser-}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3348\margrsxn3780\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1445\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4872 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex114\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 HINDRANCES TO PIETY.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw14 89}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 vice, they begin to doubt of divine providence and justice, \expndtw1 both which two eyes they would as willingly put out in \expndtw4 God, as the Philistines bored out the eyes of Sampson. \expndtw1 It is greatly therefore to be feared lest they will provoke \expndtw0 the Lord to cry out against them, as Sampson against the \expndtw2 Philistines (Judges xvi. 21.) By neglecting the law, and walking after their own hearts, they put out, as much as \expndtw6 in them lieth, the eyes of my providence and justice: \expndtw2 lead me therefore to these chief pillars (Judges xvi. 26, \expndtw1 &c.) whereupon the realm standeth, that I may pull the realm upon their heads, and be at once avenged of them \expndtw3 for my two eyes. Let not God's patience hinder thy \expndtw5 repentance; but because he is so patient, therefore do \expndtw6 thou the rather repent.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1037\fi0\ri0\sb77\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 The Fourth Hindrance of Piety.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri0\sb77\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 IV. The presumption of God's mercy: For when men \expndtw0 are justly convinced of their* sins, forthwith they betake \expndtw5 themselves to this shield\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Christ is merciful: so that \expndtw7 every sinner makes Christ the patron of his sin: As \expndtw5 though he had come into the world to bolster sin, and \expndtw2 not to destroy the works of the devil (John iii. 3.) Here\-\expndtw1 upon the carnal Christian presumes, that though he con\-\expndtw6 tinues a while longer in his sin, God will not shorten \expndtw2 his days. But what is this but to be an implicit atheist? \expndtw0 Doubting that either God seeth not his sins; or if he does, \expndtw6 that he is not just: for if he believes that God is just, \expndtw5 how can he think that God, who for sin so severely \expndtw-1 punishes others, can love him who still loveth to continue \expndtw6 in sin ? True it is, Christ is merciful; but to whom ? \expndtw0 Only to them that repent and turn from iniquity in Jacob. (Isa, Iix 20.) But if any man bless himself in his heart, \expndtw1 saying, I shall have peace, although I walk according to \expndtw-2 the stubbornness of mine own heart, thus adding drunken\-\expndtw0 ness to thirst, the Lord will not be merciful to him, &c. \expndtw6 (Deut. xxix. 19.) O madmen! who dare bless them\-\expndtw-1 selves, when God pronounceth them accursed! Look, \expndtw5 therefore, how far thou art from finding repentance in}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3374\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 h \scaps0 2}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4065\margrsxn3044\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1421 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw18\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 90{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi0\ri43\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 thyself; so far art thou from any assurance of finding \expndtw0 mercy in Christ. " Let, therefore, the wicked forsake his \expndtw-4 ways, and the unrighteous his own imaginations, and return \expndtw0 unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; and to \expndtw4 our God, for he is very ready to forgive." (Isa. lv. 7.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Despair is nothing so dangerous as presumption; \expndtw4 for we read not in all the Scriptures of above three or \expndtw0 four whom roaring despair overthrew: but secure pre\-\expndtw4 sumption hath sent millions to perdition without any \expndtw0 noise. As, therefore, the damsels of Israel sang in their \expndtw-1 dances, " Saul hath killed his thousands and David his ten \expndtw-2 thousands," (1 Sam. xviii. 7 ;) so may I say, that despair of \expndtw1 God's mercy hath damned thousands, but the presump\-\expndtw-1 tion of God's mercy hath damned ten thousands, and. sent \expndtw1 them quick to hell, where now they remain in eternal \expndtw-1 torments, without all help of ease, or hope of redemption. \expndtw1 God spared the thief but not his fellow (Luke xxiii. 43.) \expndtw0 God spared one, that no man might despair: God spared \expndtw3 but one, that no man should presume. Joyful assurance \expndtw2 to a sinner that repents: no comfort to him that remains \expndtw3 impenitent. God is infinite in mercy, but to them only \expndtw-1 who turn from their sins, to serve him in holiness, " with\-\expndtw1 out which no man shall see the Lord." (Heb. xii. 14.) To keep thee, therefore, from presuming, remember that as Christ is a Saviour, so Moses is an accuser (John v. 45.) Live, therefore, as though there were no gospel: die as \expndtw2 though there were no law. Pass thy life as though thou \expndtw3 wert under the conduct of Moses: depart this life as if thou knewest none but Christ, and him crucified. Pre\-\expndtw2 sume not if thou wilt not perish: repent if thou wilt be \expndtw-5 saved.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1051\fi0\ri0\sb86\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 The Fifth Hindrance of Piety.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi250\ri0\sb72\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 V. Evil company, commonly termed good-fellows ; \expndtw1\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 but indeed, the devil's chief instruments, to hinder a \expndtw5 wretched sinner from repentance and piety. The first \expndtw1 sign of God's favour to a sinner is, to give him grace to \expndtw3 forsake evil companions: such who wilfully continue in}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4831\margrsxn3276\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw2203\colsr1210\colno2\colw720 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb24\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 HINDRANCES TO PIETY.}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 91}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3347\margrsxn3276\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri514\sb154\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 ein, contemn the means of their calling, gibing at the \expndtw0 sincerity of profession in others, and shaming the Chris\-tian religion by their own profane lives. These sit in the \expndtw2 seat of the scorners (Psal. i. 1.) For as soon as God ad\-\expndtw1 mits a sinner to be one of his people, he bids him come \expndtw4 out of Babylon (Rev. xviii. 4.) Every lewd company is \expndtw3 a Babylon, out of which, let every child of God either \expndtw1 keep himself; or if he he be in, think that he hears his \expndtw0 Father's voice sounding in his ear, " Come out of Baby\-\expndtw-1 lon, my child." As soon as Christ looked in mercy upon \expndtw1 Peter, he went out of the company that was in the high \expndtw0 priest's hall, and wept bitterly for his offence (Luke xxii. \expndtw9 62.) David vowing (upon recovery) a new life, said, \expndtw1 " Away from me, all ye workers of iniquity," &c. (Psal. \expndtw5 vi. 8), as if it were impossible to become a new man, \expndtw0 till he had shaken off all old evil companions. The truest \expndtw-2 proof of a man's religion is the quality of his companions. \expndtw-1 Profane companions are the chief enemies of piety, and \expndtw1 quellers of holy motions. Many a time is poor Christ \expndtw2 \{offering to be new-born in thee) thrust into the stable, \expndtw-1 \{Luke ii. 7), when these lewd companions, by their drink\-\expndtw0 ing, plays, and jests, take up all the best rooms in the inn \expndtw3 of thy heart. O let not the company of earthly sinners \expndtw6 hinder thee from the society of heavenly saints and \expndtw-8\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'ab\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 ngels 1}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1109\fi0\ri0\sb77\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 The Sixth Hindrance of Piety.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi245\ri504\sb82\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 VI. A conceited fear, lest the practice of piety should \expndtw-1 make a man (especially a young man) to wax too sad and \expndtw0 pensive : whereas, indeed, none can better joy nor have \expndtw-1 more cause to rejoice, than pious and religious Christians. For as soon as they are justified by faith they have peace \expndtw1 with God (Rom.v. 2), than which there can be no greater \expndtw0 joy. Besides, they have already the kingdom of grace \expndtw6 descended into their hearts, as an assurance that, in \expndtw0 God's good time, they shall ascend into his kingdom of \expndtw2 glory. This kingdom of grace consists in three things\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97 \hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 First, Righteousness (Rom. xiv. 17;) for having Christ's}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4099\margrsxn4353\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr696\colno2\colw2371 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 92}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb38\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4099\margrsxn3005\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi0\ri0\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 righteousness to justify them before God, they endeavour \expndtw7 to live righteously before men. Secondly, Peace; for \expndtw-2 the peace of conscience inseparably follows a righteous \expndtw0 conversation. Thirdly, The joy of the Holy Ghost; which \expndtw4 joy is only felt in the peace of a good conscience : and \expndtw2 is so great, that it passeth all understanding (Phil. iv. 70 No tongue can express it, no heart can conceive it, but \expndtw3 only he that feels it. This is that fulness of joy which \expndtw-3 Christ promised his disciples in the midst of their troubles, \expndtw3 a joy that no man could take from them (John xvi. 22.) \expndtw4 The feeling of this joy, David, upon his repentance, \expndtw0 begged so earnestly at the hand of God\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 " Restore me to \expndtw1 the joy of thy salvation." (Psal. li. 12.) And if the angels in heaven rejoice so much at the conversion of a sinner, \expndtw2 the joy of a sinner converted must needs be exceeding \expndtw4 great in his own heart (Luke xv. 7, 10.) It is worldly, \expndtw1 sorrow that snows so timely upon men's heads, and fills \expndtw7 the furrows of their hearts with the sorrows of death \expndtw3 (2 Cor. vii. 10.) The godly sorrow of the godly (when \expndtw2 God thinks it meet to try them) causeth in them repent\-\expndtw1 ance not to be repented of: for it doth but further their \expndtw2 salvation. And in all such tribulation, they shall be sure \expndtw3 to have the Holy Ghost to be their comforter (John xiv. \expndtw4 16, 17;) who will make our consolations to abound \expndtw2 through Christ, as the sufferings of Christ shall abound in us (2 Cor. i. 5.) But whilst a man lives in impiety, he \expndtw3 hath no peace, saith Esai (Isa. lvii. 21.) His laughter is \expndtw2 but madness, saith Solomon (Eccl. ii. 9;) his riches are but, clay, saith Habakkuk (Hab. ii. 6 :) nay, the apostle \expndtw1 esteems them no better than dung in comparison of the \expndtw3 pious man's treasure (Phil. iir. 8; Luke vi. 25 ;) all his \expndtw4 joys shall end in woe, saith Christ. Let not, therefore, this fake fear hinder thee from the practice of piety. \expndtw3 Better it is to go sickly (with Lazarus) to heaven, than \expndtw0 full of mirth and pleasure, with the rich man to hell. Bet\-\expndtw2 ter it is to mourn for a time with men, than to be tor\-\expndtw0 mented for ever with devils.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3391\margrsxn3732\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1478\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4886 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 HINDRANCES TO PIETY.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw10 93}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1018\fi0\ri0\sb259\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 The Seventh, Hindrance of Piety.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi182\ri0\sb77\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 VII. And lastly, the hope of long life: For, were it pos\-\expndtw1 sible that a wicked liver thought this year to be his last \expndtw-1 year, this month his last month, this week his last week,* \expndtw4 but that he would change and amend his wicked life ? \expndtw0 No verily, he would use the best means to repent, and to become a new man. But as the rich man in the gospel \expndtw-1 promised himself many years to live in ease, mirth, and \expndtw6 fulness (Luke xii. 19, 20), when he had not one night \expndtw-1 to live longer: so many wicked epicures falsely promise \expndtw3 themselves the age of many years, when the thread of \expndtw4 their life is already almost drawn out to an end. So \expndtw1 Jeremiah ascribes the cause of the Jews' sins and cala\-\expndtw6 mities to this, that she remembered not her last end (Lam. i. 9.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi254\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The longest space between a man's coming by the \expndtw4 womb, and going by the grave, is but short: for " man \expndtw3 that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live," \expndtw0 (Job xiv. 1;) he has but a few days, and those full of no\-\expndtw7 thing but troubles. And except the practice of piety, \expndtw2 how much better is the state of the child that yesterday \expndtw1 was baptized, and to-day is buried, than Methusalern's, \expndtw0 who lived nine hundred sixty-nine years, and then died ? \expndtw4 Of the two, happier the babe, because he had less sin, \expndtw3 and fewer sorrows. And what now remains of both, but \expndtw4 a bare remembrance ? What trust should a man repose \expndtw3 in long life? seeing the whole life of man is nothing but \expndtw1 a lingering death; so that, as the apostle protests, a man dieth daily.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi245\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Hark in thine ear, O secure fellow! thy life is but a \expndtw1 puff of breath in thy nostrils ; trust not to it (Isa. ii. 22.) \expndtw5 Thy soul dwells in a house of clay, that will fall ere it \expndtw-1 be long; as may appear by the dimness of thine eyes, the \expndtw1 deafness of thine ears, the wrinkles in thy cheeks, the \expndtw3 rottenness of thy teeth, the weakness of thy sinews, the}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi197\ri29\sb106\sa0\sl-187\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Fleres, si scires unum tua tempora mensem: rides, quum non sit \expndtw1 forsitam una dies. \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  \i T. Morus.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4325\margrsxn4123\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr696\colno2\colw2376 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 94}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb34\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF FIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4320\margrsxn2779\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri34\sb192\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 trembling of thy hands, the kalendar in thy bones, the shortness of thy sleep, and every grey hair, as so many \expndtw2 summoners, bid thee prepare for thy long home. Come, \expndtw0 let us in the meanwhile walk to thy father's coffin: break \expndtw3 open the lid; see here, how that " corruption is thy fa\-\expndtw0 ther, and the worm thy mother and sister." (Job xvii. 14.) \expndtw5 Seest thou how these are ? so must thou be ere long. \expndtw1 Fool! thou knowest not how soon. Thy hour-glass run\-\expndtw2 neth apace, and in all places; death in the meanwhile waiteth for thee.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi259\ri38\sb10\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The whole life of man, save what is spent in God's \expndtw4 service, is but foolery: for a man lives forty years be\-\expndtw1 fore he knows himself to be a fool; and by that time he \expndtw2 seeth his folly, his life is finished.*}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi312\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Hark, husbandman, before thou seest many more \expndtw0 crops of harvest, thyself shall be ripe, and death will cut \expndtw5 thee down with his sickle. Hark, tradesman, ere many \expndtw1 six months go over, thy last month will come on; after which, thou shalt trace away, and trade no longer. Hark, \expndtw5 most grave judge, within a few terms, the term of thy \expndtw-1 life approacheth, wherein thou shalt cease to judge others, \expndtw2 and go thyself to be judged. Hark, O man of God, that \expndtw7 goest to the pulpit, preach this sermon as it were the \expndtw1 last that thou shouldst make to thy people. Hark, noble\-\expndtw6 man, lay aside the high conceit of thy honour: death) \expndtw1 ere it be long, will lay thy honour in the dust, and make \expndtw6 thee as base as the earth that thou treadest under thy \expndtw7 feet. Hark, thou that now readest this book, assure \expndtw1 thyself, ere it be long there will be but two holes where \expndtw2 now thy two eyes are placed; and others shall read the \expndtw1 truth of this lesson upon thy bare skull, which now thou \expndtw6 readest in this little book. How soon I know not; but \expndtw2 this I am sure of, that thy time is appointed, thy months \expndtw6 are determined; thy days are numbered, and thy very \expndtw11 last hour is limited (Job xiv. 5, 14 ; Psal. xc. 12 ; \expndtw8 Dan. v. 26; xi. 8), beyond which thou shalt not pass.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li53\fi206\ri5\sb86\sa0\sl-182\slmult0\tlul\tx2266 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 * Homo est fatuus usque ad 40 annum, delude nbi agnovit se esse\line \expndtw0 fatuum, vita consumpta est{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\i\charscalex115\expndtw-3 Luth.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3470\margrsxn3644\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1454\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4867 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 HINDRANCES TO PIETY.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw8 95}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 For then the first-born of death, mounted on his pale \expndtw1 horse (Rev. vi. 8), shall alight at thy door; and, not\-withstanding all thy wealth, thy honour, and the tears of \expndtw-1 thy dearest friends, will carry thee away, bound hand and \expndtw0 foot, as his prisoner, and keep thy body under a load of \expndtw1 earth, until that day come wherein thou must be brought \expndtw2 forth to receive according to the things which thou hast done in that body, whether it be good or evil (2 Cor. v. \expndtw1 10.) O let not, then, the false hope of an uncertain long-\expndtw2 life hinder thee from becoming a present practiser of \expndtw3 religious piety! God offereth grace to-day; but who \expndtw5 promiseth to-morrow? (Psal. xcv. 7; Heb. iii. 7, 13.) \expndtw3 There are now in hell many young men who had pur\-\expndtw5 posed to repent in their old age; but death cut them off in their impenitency, ere ever they could attain to the \expndtw7 time they set for their repentance. The longer a man \expndtw5 runs in a disease, the harder it is to be cured: for cus\-\expndtw0 tom of sin breeds hardness of heart, and the impediments \expndtw1 which hinder thee from repenting now, will hinder thee \expndtw4 more when thou art more aged.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi235\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 A wise man being to go a far and foul journey, will \expndtw6 not lay the heaviest burthen upon the weakest horse. \expndtw2 And with what conscience canst thou lay the great load \expndtw1 of repentance on thy feeble and tired old age ? whereas \expndtw6 now in thy chiefest strength thou canst not lift it, but art ready to stagger under it. Is it wisdom for him that \expndtw0 is to sail a long and dangerous voyage, to lie playing and \expndtw5 sleeping whilst the wind serveth, and the sea is calm, \expndtw2 the ship sound, the pilot well, mariners strong; and then set forth when the winds are contrary, the weather tem\-\expndtw3 pestuous, the sea raging, the ship rotten, the pilot sick, \expndtw2 and the sailors languishing ? Therefore, O sinful soul, \expndtw1 begin now thy conversion to God, whilst life, health, strength, and youth last: " before those years draw nigh, when thou shalt say.. I have no pleasure in them." (Eccl, \expndtw4 xii. 1.) God ever required in his service the first-born, \expndtw1 and the first-fruits, and those to be offered to him with\-\expndtw2 out delay (Exod. xiii, 2; xxii. 29.)   So just Abel offered}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4190\margrsxn4296\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr686\colno2\colw2347 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 96}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb53\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF TIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4176\margrsxn2947\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb178\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 to God his firstlings and fattest lambs (Gen. iv. 4;) and \expndtw0 good reason that the best Lord should be first and best \expndtw5 served. All God's servants should therefore remember \expndtw4 to serve their Creator in the days of their youth (Eccl. \expndtw5 xii. 12), and early in the morning, like Abraham, to \expndtw4 sacrifice unto God the young Isaac of their age (Gen. \expndtw8 xxii. 3.) " Ye shall not see my face," saith Joseph to \expndtw1 his brethren, " except you bring your brother with you." \expndtw3 (Gen. xliii. 3.) And how shalt thou look in the face of \expndtw1 Jesus, if thou givest thy younger years to the devil, and \expndtw4 bringest him nothing but thy blind, lame, and decrepit \expndtw8 old age? " Offer it unto thy prince," saith Malachi. \expndtw7 (Mai. i. 8.) If he will not accept such a one to serve \expndtw6 him, how shall the Prince of princes admit such a one \expndtw7 to be his servant ? If the king of Babel would have \expndtw3 young men (well-favoured, and such as had ability in \expndtw4 them) to stand in his palace, shall the King of heaven \expndtw1 have none to stand in his courts but the blind and lame, \expndtw3 such as the soul of David hated ? (Dan. i. 4 ; 2 Sam. v. \expndtw7 8.) Thinkest thou, when thou hast served Satan with \expndtw2 thy prime years, to satisfy God with thy dotage ? Take \expndtw4 heed lest God turn thee over to thy old master again ; that as thou hast all the days of thy life done his work, \expndtw6 so he may in the end pay thee thy wages. Is that time \expndtw0 fit to undertake, by the serious exercises of repentance \expndtw2 (which is the work of works), to turn thy sinful soul to \expndtw7 God, when thou art not able with all thy strength to \expndtw6 turn thy weary bones on thy soft bed ? If thou findest \expndtw7 it so hard a matter now, thou shalt find it far harder \expndtw5 then. For thy sin will wax stronger, thy strength will \expndtw1 grow weaker, thy conscience will clog thee, pain will \expndtw2 distract thee, the fear of death will-amaze thee, and the visitation of friends will so disturb thee, that if thou be \expndtw5 not furnished aforehand with store of faith, patience, \expndtw0 and consolation, thou shalt net be able either to meditate \expndtw3 thyself, or to hear the word of comfort from others; not \expndtw1 to pray alone, nor to join with others who' pray for thee. \expndtw10 It may be thou shalt be taken with a dumb palsy, or}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3451\margrsxn3629\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1445\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4838 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 HINDRANCES TO PIETT.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw13 97}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 such a deadly senselessness, that thou shalt neither re\-member God, nor think upon thine own state: and dost \expndtw8 thou not well deserve that God should forget to save thee in thy death, who art so unmindful now to serve \expndtw5 him in thy life ?   The fear of death will drive many at \expndtw6 that time to cry, Lord, Lord! but Christ protesteth that \expndtw2 he will not then know them for his (Matt. vii. 22.)  Yea, \expndtw8 many shall then, like Esau, with tears seek to repent, \expndtw4 and yet then find no place of repentance (Heb. xii. 17.) \expndtw6 For man hath not free-will to repent when he will, but \expndtw3 when God will give him grace.    And if Mercy shewed herself so inexorable, that she would not open her gates \expndtw7 to so tender suitors as virgins, to so earnest suitors as \expndtw1 knockers, because they knocked too late (Matt. xxv. 11), \expndtw3 how thinkest thou that she will ever suffer thee to enter \expndtw4 her gates, being so impure a wretch that never thinkest \expndtw2 to leave sin till sin first leaveth thee, and didst never yet \expndtw6 knock with thine own fists upon the breasts of a peni\-\expndtw1 tent heart ? And justly does grace deny to open the gates \expndtw4 of heaven, when thou knockest in thine adversity, who \expndtw8 in thy prosperity wouldst not suffer Christ, whilst he \expndtw7 knocked, to enter in at the door of thy heart (Rev. iii. \expndtw5 20.)\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 Trust not either late repentence or long life. Not \expndtw3 late repentance; because it is much to be feared lest the \expndtw2 repentance which the fear of death enforces, dies with a \expndtw6 man dying; and the hypocrite, who deceived others in \expndtw1 his life, may deceive himself in his death.    God accept-\expndtw3 eth none but free-will offerings, and the repentance that \expndtw6 pleaseth him must be voluntary, and not of constraint. \expndtw-1 Not long life, for old age will fall upon the neck of youth: \expndtw8 and as nothing is more sure than death, so nothing is \expndtw0 more uncertain than the time of dying-.  Yea, often when \expndtw2 ripeness of sin is hastened by outrageousness of sinning, God suddenly cutteth off such vicious livers, either with \expndtw-1 the sword, intemperateness, luxury, surfeit, or some other \expndtw3 fearful manner of sickness.   Mayest thou not see that it is the evil spirit that persuades thee to defer thy repent\-\expndtw2 ance till old age, when experience tells thee that not one}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3691\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex180\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 i}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4296\margrsxn2851\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li14\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1382 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw10\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 98{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw0 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 of a thousand that takes thy course ever attains to it ? \expndtw1 Let God's Holy Spirit move thee not to give thyself any \expndtw0 longer to eat and drink with the drunken, lest thy Master \expndtw3 send death for thee in a day when thou lookest not for \expndtw2 him, and in an hour that thou art not aware of, and so \expndtw1 suddenly cut thee off, and appoint thee thy portion with \expndtw-1 the hypocrites, where shall be weeping and gnashing of \expndtw3 teeth (Matt, xxvii. 49> 50, 51.) But if thou lovest long life, fear God, and long for life everlasting (Deut. xxx. \expndtw4 16; Prov. iii. 2; Psal. xxxiv. 11, &c.) The longest life \expndtw3 here, when it comes to the period, will appear to have \expndtw1 been but as a tale that is told, a vanishing vapour, a flit\-\expndtw0 ting shadow, a seeming dream, a glorious flower, grow\-\expndtw4 ing and flourishing in the morning, but in the evening \expndtw3 cut down and withered (Psal. xc. 9; James iv. 14; Psal. \expndtw9 cix. 23; lxxvi. 5 ; xc. 5, 6; 1 Pet. i. 24;) or like a \expndtw5 weaver's shuttle, which, by winding here and there \expndtw4 swiftly, unwindeth itself to an end (Isa. xxxviii. 12.) It is but a moment, saith St. Paul (2 Cor. iv. 17.) O then \expndtw3 the madness of man, that for a moment of sinful plea\-\expndtw1 sure will hazard the loss of an eternal weight of glory! \expndtw10 (Heb. i, 25 ; 2 Cor. iv. 17.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi245\ri0\sb82\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 These are the seven chief hinderers of piety, which \expndtw1 must be cast out, like Mary Magdalene's seven devils, \expndtw2 before ever thou canst become a true practiser of piety, \expndtw5 or have any sound hope to enjoy either favour from \expndtw1 Christ by grace, or fellowship with him in glory (Mark \expndtw4 xvi. 9 > Luke viii. 2.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li72\fi0\ri0\sb101\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 The Conclusion.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li38\fi245\ri5\sb14\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 To conclude all. Forasmuch as thou seest that with\-\expndtw7 out Christ thou art but a slave of sin, death's vassal, \expndtw6 and the meat of worms, whose thoughts are vain\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97 \expndtw-1\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 whose deeds are vile\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 whose pleasures have scarce be\-\expndtw1 ginnings\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 whose miseries never know end: what wise \expndtw6 man would incur these hellish torments, though he \expndtw4 might, by living in sin, purchase to himself for a time \expndtw2 the empire of Augustus, the riches of Croesus, the plea-}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3545\margrsxn3602\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li936\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4829 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex101\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 EXHORTATION TO A GODLY LIFE.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\i\expndtw20 99}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri29\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 sures of Solomon, the policy of Achitophel, the volup\-\expndtw1 tuous fare and fine apparel of the rich man ? For what \expndtw2 should it avail a man, as our Saviour saith, to win the \expndtw1 whole world for a time, and then to lose his soul in hell \expndtw3 for ever?}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi240\ri29\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 And seeing that likewise thou seest how great is thy \expndtw5 happiness in Christ, and how vain are the hindrances \expndtw4 that debar thee from it; beware, as the apostle exhorts, of the deceitfulness of sin (Heb. iii. 13;) for that sin, \expndtw3 which seems now to be so pleasing to thy corrupt na\-\expndtw1 ture, will one day prove the bitterest enemy to thy dis\-\expndtw3 tressed soul, and in the meanwhile harden, unawares, \expndtw2 thine impenitent heart.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li14\fi245\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Sin, as a serpent, seems beautiful to the eye, but take \expndtw5 heed of the sting behind, whose venomous effects, if \expndtw0 thou knewest, thou wouldst as carefully fly from sin as \expndtw3 from a serpent.    For,}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  1.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent278\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Sin did never any man good: and the more sin a\line \expndtw3 man has committed, the more odious he has made him\-\line self to God, the more hateful to all good men.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent278\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Sin brought upon thee all the evil, crosses, losses,\line \expndtw0 disgraces, and sicknesses, that ever befel thee: \i\super tf\nosupersub  \i0 Fools',"\line \expndtw2 saith David, " by reason of their transgressions, and be\-\line \expndtw4 cause of their iniquities, are afflicted." (Psal. cvii. 17.)\line \expndtw12 Jeremiah in a lamenting manner asks the question,\line \expndtw7 " Wherefore is the living man sorrowful ?" (Lam. iii.\line \expndtw4 20.)   The Holy Ghost answereth him, " Man suffereth\line for his sin."   Hereupon the prophet takes up that dole\-\line \expndtw3 ful outcry against sin, as the cause of all their miseries,\line \expndtw6 " Woe now unto us that ever we have sinned!" (Lam.\line \expndtw5 v. 16.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  3.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent278\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 If thou dost not speedily repent thee of thy sins,\line \expndtw1 they will bring upon thee yet far greater plagues, losses,\line \expndtw2 crosses, shame, and judgments, than hitherto ever befel\line \expndtw6 thee. (Read Lev. xxvi. 18, &c.; Deut. xxviii. 15, &c.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  4.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx547 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent278\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 And lastly, If thou wilt not cast off thy sin, God,\line \expndtw2 when the measure of thine iniquity is full, will cast thee\line \expndtw5 off for thy sin (Gen. xv. 6;) for as he is just, so he has}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4113\margrsxn4335\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr730\colno2\colw2342 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 100}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb29\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4056\margrsxn3101\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb182\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 power to kill and cast into hell all hardened and impeni\-\expndtw4 tent sinners. If, therefore, thou wilt avoid the cursed \expndtw2 effects of sin in this life, and the eternal wrath due to it \expndtw4 in the world to come, and be assured that thou art not \expndtw5 one of those who are given over to a reprobate sense; \expndtw0 let then, O sinner, my counsel be acceptable unto thee! \expndtw1 break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities \expndtw7 by shewing mercy towards the poor: O let there at \expndtw3 length be an healing of thine error! (Dan. iv. 27.) Na\-\expndtw4 than used but one parable, and David was converted \expndtw1 (Sam. xii. 13;) Jonas preached but once to Nineveh, and \expndtw0 the whole city repented (Jonas iii. 5, &c.;) Christ looked \expndtw4 but once on Peter, and he went out and wept bitterly \expndtw8 (Luke xxii. 62.) And now that thou art oft and so \expndtw2 lovingly entreated, not by a prophet, but by Christ the \expndtw-1 Lord of prophets; yea, that God himself, by his ambas\-\expndtw6 sadors, prays thee to be reconciled to him (2 Cor. v. \expndtw2 20), leave off thine adultery with David; repent of thy sins like a true Ninevite; and whilst Christ looketh in \expndtw-2 mercy upon thee, leave thy wicked companions, and weep \expndtw1 bitterly for thy offences. Content not thyself with that \expndtw-1 formal religion which unregenerate men have framed to themselves, instead of sincere devotion; for in the mul\-\expndtw0 titude of opinions,* most men have almost lost the prac\-\expndtw2 tice of true religion. Think not that thou art a Christian \expndtw1 good enough, because thou dost as the most, and art not \expndtw4 so bad as the worst. No man is so wicked that he is \expndtw1 addicted to all kind of vices, for there is an antipathy \expndtw8 between some vices; but remember that Christ saith, \expndtw0 " Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteous\-\expndtw4 ness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case \expndtw1 -enter into the kingdom of heaven." (Matt. v. 20.) Con\-\expndtw0 sider with thyself how far thou comest short of the Pha\-\expndtw1 risees, in fasting, praying, frequenting the church, and \expndtw6 giving of alms: think with thyself how many pagans \expndtw1 who never knew baptism, yet in moral virtues and ho\-\expndtw0 nesty of life, do go far beyond thee; \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 where is then the \expndtw8 life of Christ thy master ? and how far art thou from}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3290\margrsxn3857\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li922\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4738 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw8\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 EXHORTATION TO A GODLY LIFE.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw9 101}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri14\sb192\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 being a true Christian ? If them dost willingly yield to \expndtw1 live in any one gross sin, thou canst not have a regene\-\expndtw5 rate soul, though thou reforraest thyself, like Herod, \expndtw1 from many other vices. A true Christian must have re\-\expndtw2 spect to walk, in the truth of his heart, in all the com\-\expndtw7 mandments of God alike (Mark vi. 20:) " For," saith \expndtw1 St. James, " he that shall offend in one point of the law" \expndtw4 (wilfully) " is guilty of all." (James ii. 10.) And Peter \expndtw-1 bids us lay aside, not some, but " all malice, guile, and \expndtw5 hypocrisies," &c. (1 Pet. ii. 1.) One sin is enough to damn a man's soul, without repentance. Dream not to \expndtw4 go to heaven by any nearer or easier way than Christ hath trained unto us in his word: the way to heaven is \expndtw1 not easy or common, but straight and narrow (Matt. vii. \expndtw4 14 ;) yea, so narrow, that Christ protesteth that a rich \expndtw7 man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven \expndtw3 (Matt. xix. 23), and that those that enter are but a few \expndtw5 (Matt. vii. 14; xxii. 14), and that those few cannot get \expndtw8 in but by striving (Luke xiii. 24), and that some of \expndtw3 those who strive to enter in shall not be able. This all God's saints, whilst they lived here, knew well; when \expndtw1 with so often fastings, so earnest prayers, so frequent \expndtw5 hearing the word, and receiving the sacraments, and \expndtw4 with such abundance of tears they devoutly begged at \expndtw3 the hands of God, for Christ's sake, to be received into \expndtw0 his kingdom.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 If thou wilt not believe this truth, I assure thee that \expndtw7 the devil, who persuades thee now that it is easy t6 \expndtw8 attain heaven, will tell thee hereafter that it is the \expndtw2 hardest business in the world. If, therefore, thou art de\-sirous to purchase sound assurance of salvation to thy soul, and to go the right and safe way to heaven, get \expndtw4 forthwith, like a wise virgin (Matt. xxv. 1), the oil of \expndtw3 piety in the lamp of thy conversation, that thou mayest be in a continual readiness to meet the bridegroom, \expndtw5 whether he cometh by death or by judgment: Which, that thou mayest the better do, let this be thy daily \expndtw-1 practice.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3413\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex202\expndtw-12\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 i2}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4082\margrsxn4399\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr662\colno2\colw2376 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 102}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb29\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4058\margrsxn3074\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1214\fi-907\ri0\sb403\sa0\sl-240\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 HOW A PUIVATE MAN MUST BEGIN THE \expndtw9 MORNING WITH PIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri34\sb221\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 As soon as ever thou awakest in the morning, keep the \expndtw1 door of thy heart fast shut, that no earthly thought may enter, before that God come in first; and let him, before \expndtw2 all others, have the first place there. So all evil thoughts \expndtw5 either will not dare to come in, or shall the easier be \expndtw1 kept out; and the heart will more savour of piety and \expndtw6 godliness all the day after; but if thy heart be not, at \expndtw4 thy first waking, filled with some meditations of God \expndtw3 and his word, and dressed, like the lamp in the taber\-\expndtw1 nacle (Exod. xxvii. 20, 21), every morning and evening, \expndtw0 with the oil-olive of God's word, and perfumed with the \expndtw1 sweet incense of prayer (Exod. xxx. 6, 7), Satan will \expndtw0 attempt to fill it with worldly cares or fleshly desires, so \expndtw2 that it will grow unfit for the service of God all the day \expndtw0 after, sending forth nothing but the stench of corrupt and \expndtw2 lying words, and of rash and blasphemous thoughts.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi240\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Begin, therefore, every day's work with God's word \expndtw5 and prayer; and offer up to God upon the altar of a \expndtw1 contrite heart, the groans of thy spirit, and the calves of \expndtw2 thy lips, as thy morning sacrifice, and the first fruits of \expndtw4 the day(Psal. li. 17; Rom. viii. 22; Hos. xiii. 2; Psal. cxxx. 6;) and as soon as thou awakest say to him thus:}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi240\ri24\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 My soul waiteth on thee, O Lord, more than the \expndtw1 morning watch watcheth for the morning! O God, there\-\expndtw3 fore be merciful unto me, and bless me, and cause thy \expndtw-1 face to shine upon me! Fill me with thy mercy this morn\-\expndtw2 ing, so shall I rejoice and be glad all my days.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1190\fi0\ri0\sb115\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 Meditations for the Morning.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li29\fi250\ri0\sb77\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 1. Almighty God can, in the resurrection, as easily raise \expndtw5 up thy body out of the grave, from the sleep of death, \expndtw1 as he hath this morning wakened thee in thy bed, out of \expndtw2 the sleep of nature. At the dawning of which resurrec\-\expndtw3 tion day, Christ shall come to be glorified in his saints;}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3410\margrsxn3704\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1051\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx4814 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex112\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 MEDITATIONS FOR THE MORNING.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw14 103}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi0\ri24\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 and every one of the bodies of the thousands of his \expndtw-2 saints, being fashioned like unto his glorious body, shall \expndtw1 shine as bright as the sun (2 Thess. i. 10; Jude, ver. 14; \expndtw4 Phil. iii. 21; Luke ix. 31;) all the angels shining like\-\expndtw2 wise in their glory; the body of Christ surpassing them \expndtw4 all in splendour and glory; and the Godhead excelling \expndtw3 it. If the rising of one sun make the morning sky so \expndtw4 glorious, what a bright shining and glorious morning \expndtw-2 will that be, when so many thousand thousands of bodies, \expndtw1 far brighter than the sun, shall appear and accompany \expndtw0 Christ as his glorious train, coming to keep his general \expndtw-2 session of righteousness, and to judge the wicked angels, \expndtw3 and all ungodly men (Acts xvii. 31; 1 Cor. vi. 3; Jude, ver. 15;) and let not any transitory profit, pleasure, or \expndtw1 vain glory of this day, cause thee to lose thy part and \expndtw2 portion of the eternal bliss and glory of that day, which \expndtw6 is properly termed the resurrection of the just (Luke \expndtw4 xiv. 14.) Beasts have bodily eyes to see the ordinary light of the day: but endeavour thou with the eyes of \expndtw3 faith, to foresee the glorious light of that day.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx523 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx523 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart2\pnindent273\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thou knowest not how near, the evil spirit which\line \expndtw4 night and day, like a roaring lion, walketh about seek\-\line \expndtw9 ing to devour thee (1 Pet. v. 8; Job i. 7) was to thee\line \expndtw2 while thou wast asleep and not able to help thyself; and\line \expndtw3 thou knowest not what mischief he would have done to\line thee, had not God hedged thee and thine with his ever-\line \expndtw2 waking Providence, and guarded thee with his holy and\line \expndtw11 blessed angels (Job i. 10;  Psal. cxxi. 4;   xxxiv. 7;\line \expndtw7 Gen. xxxii. 1, 2; 2 Kings vi. 16.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx523 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  3.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx523 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart2\pnindent273\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 If thou hearest the cock crow, remember Peter, to\line \expndtw6 imitate him (Luke xxii. 61, 62;) and call to mind that\line \expndtw8 cock-crowing sound of the last trumpet, which shall\line \expndtw3 waken thee from the dead.   And consider in what case\line \expndtw4 thou wert, if it sounded now, and become such as thou\line \expndtw5 wouldst then wish to be; lest at that day thou sbouldst\line \expndtw3 wish that thou hadst never seen this; yea, curse the day\line \expndtw11 of thy natural birth, for want of being new-born by\line \expndtw13 spiritual grace (Jer. xx. 14; Job iii. 1;  Tit. iii. 5.)}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4106\margrsxn3050\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li34\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\tx1339 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex116\expndtw13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 104{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-1 THE TKACTICE OF \i VIETY.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri48\sb202\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 When the cock crows the thief despairs of his hope, and \expndtw1 gives over his night's enterprise: so the devil ceases to tempt, or attempt any further, when he hears the devout soul wakening herself with morning prayer.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi230\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx538 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  4.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi230\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx538 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart4\pnindent289\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Remember that Almighty God is about thy bed,\line \expndtw6 and seeth thy down-lying, and thy up-rising;   under-\line \expndtw7 standeth thy thoughts, and is acquainted with all thy\line \expndtw2 ways (Psal. cxxxix. 2, 3.)   Remember likewise that his\line \expndtw-3 holy angels, who guarded and watched over thee all night,\line \expndtw4 do also behold how thou wakest and risest (Gen. xxxi.\line \expndtw10 55; xxxii. 1, 2.)   Do all things, therefore, as in the\line \expndtw9 awful presence of God,  and in the sight of his holy\line \expndtw7 angels (Psal. xci. 5, 11; Acts xii. 11.)}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi230\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx538 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  5.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li19\fi230\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0\tx538 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart4\pnindent289\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 As thou art putting on thine apparel, remember\line \expndtw3 that they were first given as coverings of shame, being\line \expndtw10 the effects of sin; and that they are made but of the\line \expndtw3 offals of dead beasts.   Therefore, whether thou respect\line \expndtw2 the stuff, or the first institution, thou hast so little cause\line \expndtw8 to be proud of them, that thou hast great cause to be\line \expndtw6 humbled at the sight and wearing of them, seeiog the\line \expndtw3 richest apparel are but fine covers of shame.   Meditate\line rather, that as thine apparel serves to cover thy shame,\line \expndtw7 and to fence thy body from cold, so thou shouldst be\line \expndtw3 as careful to cover thy soul with that wedding garment\line \expndtw7 which is the righteousness of Christ (because appre\-\line \expndtw8 hended by our faith), called the righteousness of the\line \expndtw11 saints (Matt. xxii. 11;  Rom. xiii.  14; 1 Cor. i. 30;\line \expndtw10 Phil. iii. 9; Rev. xix. 8; Eph. iv. 24;) lest, while we\line are richly apparelled in the sight of men, we be not\line \expndtw4 found to walk naked (so that all our filthiness be seen)\line \expndtw7 in the sight of God (Rev. xvi. 15.)   But that with his\line \expndtw4 righteousness, as with a robe, we may cover ourselves\line \expndtw6 from perpetual shame; and shield our souls from that\line \expndtw2 fiery cold that will procure eternal weeping, and gnash\-\line \expndtw3 ing of teeth (Matt. xxii. 13.)   And withal consider how\line \expndtw-1 blessed a people were our nation, if ievery silken suit did\line \expndtw6 cover a sanctified soul.   And yet a man would think,\line \expndtw8 that on whom God bestowed most of these outward}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3501\margrsxn3674\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li230\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 HOW TO \i READ \i0 THE SCRIPTURES WITH PROFIT.      105}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi0\ri34\sb202\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 blessings, of them he should receive greatest inward \expndtw2 thanks (Luke xii. 48.) But if it prove otherwise, their \expndtw3 reckoning will prove the heavier in the day of their \expndtw-3 accounts.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi235\ri19\sb5\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 6. Consider how God's mercy is renewed unto thee \expndtw4 every morning, in giving thee, as it were, a new life \expndtw8 (Lam. iii. 23; Psal. xix. 5), and in causing the sun, \expndtw1 after his incessant race, to rise again to give thee light. Let not, then, this glorious light burn in vain ; but pre\-\expndtw2 vent rather (as oft as thou canst) the sun rising to give \expndtw1 God thanks (Luke xii. 48 ;) and kneeling down at thy \expndtw-1 bedside, salute him at the day-spring with some devout \expndtw0 antelucanum or morning soliloquy : containing an hum\-\expndtw-1 ble confession of thy sins, seeking the pardon of all thy \expndtw2 faults, a thanksgiving for all his benefits, and a craving \i\expndtw1 of \i0 his gracious protection to his church, thyself, and all \expndtw4 that belong to thee.}\par {\shp {\*\shpinst \shpleft1714\shptop346\shpright3586\shpbottom346\shpfhdr0\shpbxcolumn\shpbypara\shpwr3\shpwrk0\shpfblwtxt1\shpz0\shplid1{\sp{\sn shapeType}{\sv 20}}{\sp{\sn lineWidth}{\sv 3175}}}}\pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li10\fi0\ri0\sb672\sa0\sl-240\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 BRIEF DIRECTIONS HOW TO READ THE}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li0\fi0\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-240\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 HOLY SCRIPTURES ONCE EVERY YEAR OVER,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qc\li5\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-240\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 WITH EASE, PROFIT, AND REVERENCE.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi0\ri10\sb216\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 But \scaps0 forasmuch, that as faith is the soul, so reading and \expndtw-2 meditating on the word of God, are the parent's of prayer, \expndtw2 therefore, before thou prayest in the morning, first read \expndtw7 a chapter in the word of God; then meditate awhile \expndtw-1 with thyself, how many excellent things thou canst re\-\expndtw1 member out of it.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi235\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 As\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 First, what good counsels or exhortations to good \expndtw1 works and to holy life.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li19\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Secondly, what threatenings of judgments against such \expndtw1 and such a sin; and what fearful examples of God's punishment or vengeance upon such and such sinners.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li34\fi250\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Thirdly, what blessings God promiseth to patience, chastity, mercy, alms-deeds, zeal in his service, charity, \expndtw3 faith and trust in God, and such like Christian virtues.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4109\margrsxn4397\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr653\colno2\colw2361 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 106}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb38\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw6\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF \b PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4080\margrsxn3091\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi202\ri34\sb197\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Fourthly, what gracious deliverance God hath wrought, \expndtw-1 and what special blessings he hath bestowed upon them \expndtw2 who were his true and zealous servants.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi240\ri19\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Fifthly, apply these things to thine own heart, and \expndtw0 read not these chapters as matter of historical discourse, but as if they were so many letters or epistles sent down \expndtw6 from God out of heaven to thee; for whatsoever is \expndtw5 written, is written for our learning (Rom. xv. 4.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi226\ri14\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Sixthly, read them, therefore, with that reverence as \expndtw1 if God himself stood by, and spake these words to thee, \expndtw4 to excite thee to those virtues, to dissuade thee from \expndtw1 those vices: assuring thyself that if such sins (as thou readest there) be found in thee, without repentance, the \expndtw0 like plagues will fall upon thee; but if thou dost practise \expndtw-1 the like piety and virtuous deeds, the like blessings shall \expndtw1 come to thee and thine.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi245\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 In a word ; apply all that thou readest in holy Scrip\-\expndtw-1 ture, to one of these two heads chiefly; either to confirm \expndtw3 thy faith, or to increase tny repentance : for, as \i sustine \expndtw-1 et abstine, \i0 bear and forbear, was the epitome of a good philosopher's life ;* so \i crede et resipisce, \i0 believe and re\-\expndtw1 pent, is the whole sum of a true Christian's profession, \expndtw-1 One chapter thus read with understanding, and meditated \expndtw2 with application, will better feed and comfort thy soul \expndtw1 than five read and run over without marking their scope \expndtw5 or sense, or making any use of them to thine ownself. If in this manner thou shalt read three chapters every \expndtw1 day\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 one in the morning, another at noon, and the third at night (reading so many psalms instead of a chapter), \expndtw0 thou shall read overall the canonical scriptures in a year, except six chapters, which thou mayest add to the duties \expndtw1 of the last day of the year/\}\super 1\nosupersub  The reading of the Bible in}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li197\fi0\ri0\sb86\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 \'95\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0  Epicteti diet.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi182\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-182\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 f In the canonical books of the Old Testament there are 931 chap\-\expndtw3 ters : but distributing the 150 Psalms into 60 parts, thou shalt find \expndtw4 but 841; which being added to 260, the number of the chapters in \expndtw3 the New Testament, will amount to 1101; dividing which by three into 365, the number of the days of the year, there will remain but \expndtw0 six, which thou mayest dispose of as is prescribed.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3485\margrsxn3682\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li254\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 HOW TO READ THE SCRIPTURES WITH PROFIT.     I0T}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi0\ri5\sb197\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 order, will help thee better to understand both the history and scope of the holy Scripture. And as for the Apocry\-\expndtw-1 pha, being but penned by man's spirit, thou mayest read \expndtw4 them at thy pleasure; but believe, them so far only as \expndtw-1 they agree with the canonical Scripture, which is endited \expndtw8 by the Holy Ghost.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi250\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 But it may be thou wilt say, that thy business will not \expndtw2 permit thee so much time, as to read every morning a \expndtw1 chapter, &c. O man, remember that thy life is but short, \expndtw2 and that all this business is but for the use of this short \expndtw1 life; but salvation or damnation is everlasting ! Rise up, therefore, every morning by so much time the earlier: \expndtw3 defraud thy foggy flesh of so much sleep ; but rob not thy soul of her food, nor God of his service; and serve the Almighty duly whilst thou hast time and health.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li10\fi235\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Having thus read thy chapter, as thou art about to \expndtw-3 pray, remember that God is a God of holiness (Exod. xxvi. \i\expndtw0 36 \i0 ;) whereof he warns us by repeating so often, " Be ye \expndtw2 holy, for I am holy." (Levit. xxi. 44; xix. 2; xx. 7.) And \expndtw0 when he devoured with a sudden fire Nadab and Abihu, \expndtw1 for offering to him incense with strange fire (Lev. x. 2), \expndtw0\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 like these now a-days, who offer prayers from hearts fraught with the fire of lust and malice,\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 would give no \expndtw-2 other reason of his judgment but this, " I will be sanctified \expndtw2 in them that come near me." (Lev. x. 3.) As if he should \expndtw7 have said, If I cannot be sanctified by them who are \expndtw1 my servants, in serving me with that holiness that they \expndtw-2 should, I will be sanctified on them, by confounding them \expndtw-1 with my just judgments, which their lewdness deserves. God cannot abide any wilful uncleanness or sin in them \expndtw1 who serve him : " For the Lord thy God walketh in the \expndtw8 midst of thy camp to deliver thee, and to give thee \expndtw3 thine enemies before thee: therefore the host shall be \expndtw5 holy."  (Deut. xxiii. 13, 4.)}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi245\ri5\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Zophar in Job saith, " If thou prepare thine heart, and \expndtw3 stretch out thine hand towards God to pray ; if iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let no wickedness \expndtw4 dwell in thy tabernacle." (Job xi. 13, 14.)   For, as Esai}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4090\margrsxn4431\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr653\colno2\colw2347 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 108}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb34\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4061\margrsxn3106\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi0\ri10\sb187\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 saith, " If there be any uncleanness in our hands" (that is, \expndtw-3 any sin whereof we have not repented) "though we stretch \expndtw3 out our hands unto him, and. make many prayers, the \expndtw-1 Lord will hide his ey^s from us, and will not hear our \expndtw1 prayers." (Isai. i. 15.) Therefore, before thouprayest, let God see that thy heart is sorrowful for thy sin, and that \expndtw-1 thy mind is resolved (through the assistance of his grace) \expndtw2 to amend thy faults. And then, having washed thyself, \expndtw-2 and adorned thy body with apparel which beseemeth thy \expndtw-4 calling, and the image of God, which thou bearest, shut thy \expndtw-1 chamber-door, and kneel down at thy bedside, or some \expndtw4 other convenient place; and in reverent manner lifting \expndtw6 up thy heart, together with thy hands and eyes, as in \expndtw3 the presence of God who seeth the inward intention of \expndtw5 thy soul, offer up to God from the altar of a contrite \expndtw1 heart, thy prayer, as a morning sacrifice, through the \expndtw4 mediation of Christ, in these or the like words:\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1224\fi0\ri0\sb82\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 A Prayer for the Morning.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi259\ri0\sb72\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 O most mighty and glorious God! full of incompre\-\expndtw-2 hensible power and majesty; whose glory the very heaven \expndtw6 of heavens is not able to contain! Look down from \expndtw0 heaven upon me, thine unworthy servant, who here pro\-strate myself at the footstool of thy throne of grace. \b But \b0\expndtw3 look upon me, O Father, through the merits and me\-\expndtw0 diation of Jesus Christ, thy beloved Son, in whom only \expndtw5 thou art well pleased! For of myself, I am not worthy \expndtw1 to stand in thy presence, or to speak with mine unclean \expndtw8 lips to so holy a God as thou art. For thou knowest \expndtw5 that in sin I was conceived and born, and that I have \expndtw12 lived ever since in iniquity: so that I have broken \expndtw-2 all thy holy commandments by sinful motions, unclean \expndtw1 thoughts, evil words, and wicked works; omitting many \expndtw-1 of those duties which thou requirest for thy service, and committing many of those vices which thou, under the \expndtw2 penalty of thy displeasure, hast forbidden.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi245\ri10\sb0\sa0\sl-235\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 [Here thou mayest confess to God thy secret sins, \expndtw0 which do most burthen thy conscience, saying, But more}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4665\margrsxn3212\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw2784\colsr859\colno2\colw720 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb38\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-11\dn0\f17\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 A PRAYER FOR THE MORNING.}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f17\cchs0\lang1033\fs26 109}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3518\margrsxn3212\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li77\fi0\ri0\sb163\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 especially, O Lord, I do here with grief of heart confess \expndtw5 unto thee, &c]}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi250\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 And for these my sins, O Lord, I stand here guilty of \expndtw6 thy curse, with all the miseries of this life,  and ever\-\expndtw4 lasting torments in hell-fire, when this wretched life is \expndtw6 ended, if thou shouldst deal with me according to my \expndtw2 deserts. Yea, Lord, I confess, that it is thy mercy which \expndtw0 endureth for ever, and thy compassion which never fails, that is the cause that I have not been long ago consumed. \expndtw6 But with thee, O Lord, there is mercy,  and plenteous \expndtw4 redemption.  In the multitude, therefore, of thy mercy, \expndtw6 and confidence in Christ's merits, I entreat thy divine \expndtw3 Majesty that thou wouldst not enter into judgment with \expndtw9 thy servant, neither be extreme to mark what I have \expndtw4 hitherto done amiss: for if thou dost, then no flesh can \expndtw2 be justified in thy sight, nor any living stand in thy pre\-\expndtw4 sence.    But be thou merciful unto me, and wash away \expndtw7 all the uncleanness of my sin, with the merits of that \expndtw8 precious blood which Jesus Christ hath shed for me. \expndtw3 And seeing that he hath borne the burthen of that curse \expndtw2 which was due to my transgressions, O Lord deliver me \expndtw1 from my sins, and from all those judgments which hang \expndtw7 over my head, as due unto me for them, and separate \expndtw8 them as far from thy presence as the east is from the \expndtw6 west! bury them in the burial of Christ, that they may never have power to rise up against me, to shame me \expndtw5 in this life, or to condemn me in the world which is to come.    And I beseech thee, O Lord, not only to wash \expndtw1 away my sins with the blood of thine immaculate Lamb, \expndtw2 but also to purge my heart, by thy Holy Spirit, from the \expndtw1 dross of my natural corruption; that I may feel thy Spirit more and more killing my sin, in the power and practice \expndtw6 thereof,  so that this day I may with more freedom of \expndtw1 mind and liberty of will serve thee, the everlasting God, \expndtw2 in righteousness and holiness.   And give me grace, that \expndtw3 by the direction and assistance of the same Holy Spirit, \expndtw1 I may persevere to be thy faithful and unfeigned servant \expndtw7 to my life's end; that when this mortal life is ended, I}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3360\fi0\ri0\sb24\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 K}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4123\margrsxn4465\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr595\colno2\colw2337 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 110}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb34\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OP PTET1'.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4094\margrsxn3044\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb187\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 may be made a partaker of immortality and everlasting \expndtw4 happiness in thy heavenly kingdom. In the meantime, \expndtw1 O Lord, whilst it is thy blessed will and pleasure that I \expndtw-1 may continue" to spend and end that small number and \expndtw4 remnant of days which thou hast appointed for me to \expndtw3 live in this vale of misery, teach me so to number my \expndtw5 days that I may apply my heart unto wisdom: and as \expndtw-2 thou dost add days unto my life, so, good Lord, I beseech \expndtw5 thee, add repentance and amendment to my days, that \expndtw-1 as I grow in years, so I may increase in grace and favour \expndtw9 with thee and all thy people. And to this end, give \expndtw-1 unto me a supply of all those graces which thou knowest \expndtw0 to be wanting in me, and necessary for me, with an in\-\expndtw-2 crease of all those good gifts wherewith thou hast already endowed me ; that so I may be the better enabled to lead \expndtw1 such a godly life, and honest conversation, as that thy \expndtw-1 name may thereby be glorified, others may take good \expndtw-4 example by me, and my soul may more cheerfully feed on \expndtw-3 the peace of a good conscience, and be more replenished \expndtw4 with the joy of the Holy Ghost. And here, O Lord, \expndtw-1 according to my bounden duty, I give thee most humble \expndtw0 and hearty thanks for all those blessings which of thy \expndtw-2 goodness thou hast bestowed upon me. And namely, for \expndtw1 that thou hast of thy free love, according to thine eternal \expndtw-1 purpose, elected me, before the foundation of the world \expndtw2 was laid, unto salvation in Jesus Christ;\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 for that thou \expndtw3 hast created me after thine own image, and hast begun \expndtw1 to restore that in me which was lost in our first parents; \expndtw-2\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 for that thou hast effectually called me, by the working \expndtw2 of thy Spirit, in the preaching of the gospel, and the receiving of the sacraments, to the knowledge of thy \expndtw-2 saving grace, and obedience to thy blessed will;\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 for that \expndtw3 thou hast bought and redeemed me, with the blood of \expndtw0 thine only-begotten Son, from the torments of hell, and \expndtw1 thrall of Satan;\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 for that thou hast, by faith in Christ, \expndtw-1 freely justified me, who am by nature the child of wrath; \expndtw-2\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f1\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af1\loch\f0\cchs0 for that thou hast in good measure sanctified me by thy \expndtw9 Holy Spirit, and given me so large a time to repent,}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3489\margrsxn3653\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li1138\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f17\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 A PRAYER FOR THE MORNING.        \expndtw11 Ill}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi0\ri0\sb202\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 together with the means of repentance. I thank thee \expndtw-1 likewise, good Lord, for my life, health, wealth, food, \expndtw0 raiment, peace, prosperity, and plenty; and for that thou \expndtw1 hast preserved me this night from all perils and dangers \expndtw0 of body and soul, and hast brought me safe to the be\-ginning of this day. And as thou hast now wakened my \expndtw-1 body from sleep, so, I beseech thee, waken my soul from \expndtw6 sin, and carnal security; and as thou hast caused the \expndtw-2 light of the day to shine in my bodily eyes, so, good Lord, \expndtw3 cause the light of thy Word and Holy Spirit to illumi\-\expndtw0 nate my heart; and give me grace, as one of thy children \expndtw4 of light, to walk in all holy obedience before thy face \expndtw2 this day; and that I may endeavour to keep faith and a clear conscience towards thee, and towards all men, in \expndtw5 all my thoughts, words, and dealings. And so, good \expndtw0 Lord, bless all my studies and actions which I shall take \expndtw2 in hand this day, as that they may tend to thy glory, the \expndtw0 good of others, and the comfort of my own soul and \expndtw1 conscience in that day when I shall make my final ac\-\expndtw7 count to thee. O my God, keep thy servant, that I do \expndtw6 no evil to any man this day; and let it be thy blessed \expndtw4 will not to suffer the devil nor his wicked angels, nor \expndtw2 any of his evil members, or my malicious enemies, to \expndtw4 have any power to do me hurt or violence. But let the \expndtw0 eye of thy holy Providence watch over me for good and \expndtw-1 not for evil; and command thy holy angels to pitch their \expndtw0 tents round about me, for my defence and safety in my \expndtw3 going out and coming in, as thou hast promised they \expndtw8 should do about them that fear thy name. Into thy \expndtw0 hands, O Father, I do here commend my soul and body, \expndtw1 my actions, and all that ever I have, to be guided, de\-\expndtw-2 fended, and protected by thee; being assured, that what\-\expndtw2 soever thou takest into thy custody cannot perish, nor \expndtw4 suffer any hurt or harm. And if I at any time this day shall through frailty forget thee, yet, Lord, I beseech thee, do thou in mercy remember me. And I pray not \expndtw6 unto thee, O Father, for myself alone; but I beseech \expndtw0 thee also be merciful unto thy whole church, and chosen}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4138\margrsxn4450\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr595\colno2\colw2337 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 112}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb38\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4075\margrsxn3111\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li24\fi0\ri10\sb192\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 people, wheresoever they live upon the face of the earth. \expndtw5 Defend them from the rage and tyranny of the devil, \expndtw7 the world, and antichrist. Give thy gospel a free and \expndtw3 a joyful passage through the world, for the conversion \expndtw0 of those who belong to thine election and kingdom.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li0\fi240\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Bless the churches and kingdoms wherein we live \expndtw0 with the continuance of peace, justice, and true religion. \expndtw-1 Bless our sovereign the Queen, and all the royal family, \expndtw2 Increase in them all heroical gifts and spiritual graces \expndtw4 which may make them fit for those places for which \expndtw0 thou hast ordained them. Direct all the nobility, minis\-ters, and magistrates of this church and commonwealth, \expndtw-1 to govern the people in true religion, justice, obedience, \expndtw0 and tranquillity. Be merciful unto all the brethren which \expndtw-2 fear thee, and call upon thy name. And comfort as many \expndtw7 among them as are sick and comfortless in body or \expndtw-3 mind; especially be favourable to all such as suffer any \expndtw5 trouble or persecution for the testimony of thy truth, \expndtw2 and holy gospel; and give them a gracious deliverance \expndtw-1 out of all their troubles, which way it shall seem best to \expndtw1 thy wisdom, for the glory of thy name, the further en\-\expndtw4 larging- of the truth, and the more ample increase of \expndtw1 their own comfort and consolation. Hasten thy coming, O blessed Saviour, and end these sinful days; and give \expndtw0 me grace, that like a wise virgin I maybe prepared with oil in my lamp to meet thee, the blessed bridegroom, at \expndtw1 thy coming, whether it be by the day of death, or of judgment; and then, Lord Jesus, come when thou wilt, \expndtw4 even Lord Jesus come quickly. These, and all other \expndtw3 graces which thou knowest needful and necessary for \expndtw2 me, this day and evermore, I humbly beg and crave at \expndtw1 thy hands, O Father, giving thee thy glory, in that form \expndtw2 of prayer, which Christ himself hath taught me to say \expndtw4 unto thee:}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li5\fi250\ri34\sb5\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 " Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name," &c.}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3473\margrsxn3713\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li758\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw11\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs16 MEDITATIONS TO STIR UP TO PRAYER.         \expndtw21 113}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li394\fi0\ri0\sb283\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Meditations to stir us up to Morning Prayer.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi259\ri0\sb110\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx485 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  1.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi259\ri0\sb110\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx485 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent226\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-13\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 If, when thou art about to pray, Satan shall suggest\line \expndtw3 that thy prayers are too long, and that therefore it were\line \expndtw1 better either to omit prayers, or else to cut them shorter,\line \expndtw0 meditate that prayer is thy spiritual sacrifice, wherewith\line \expndtw2 God is well pleased (Heb. xiii. 15, 16;) and therefore it\line \expndtw-1 is so displeasing to the devil, and so irksome to the flesh.\line \expndtw1 Bend therefore thy affections (will they, nill they) to so\line \expndtw8 holy an exercise; assuring thyself, that it doth by so\line \expndtw2 much the more please God, by how much the more it is\line \expndtw0 unpleasing to thy flesh.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx485 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  2.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx485 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent226\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-9\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Forget not that the Holy Ghost puts it down as a\line \expndtw-1 special note of reprobates, " They call not upon the Lord,\line \expndtw7 they call not upon God." (Psal. xiv. 4;  liii. 4.)   And\line \expndtw2 when Eliphaz supposed that Job had cast off the fear of\line \expndtw7 God, and that God had cast Job out of his favour, he\line \expndtw2 chargeth him that he restrained prayer before God (Job\line \expndtw7 xv. 4;) making that a sure note of the one, and a suf\-\line \expndtw2 ficient cause of the other.    On the other side, that God\line \expndtw6 has promised that " whosoever shall call on his name\line \expndtw2 shall be saved." (Rom. x. 13.)   It is certain that he who\line \expndtw0 makes no conscience of the duty of prayer, has no grace\line \expndtw4 of the Holy Spirit in him, for the spirit of grace and of\line prayer are one (Zech. xii. 10:) and therefore grace and\line \expndtw7 prayer go together.   But he that can from a penitent\line \expndtw4 heart morning and evening pray to God, it is sure that\line he has his measure of grace in this world, and he shall\line \expndtw2 have his portion of glory in the life which is to come.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx485 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  3.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx485 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent226\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-7\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Remember, that as loathing of meat, and painful-\line ness of speaking, are two symptoms of a sick body; so\line \expndtw0 irksomeness of praying when thou talkest with God, and\line \expndtw1 carelessness in hearing, when God, by his word, speaks\line \expndtw2 unto thee, are two sure signs of a sick soul.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx485 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  4.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi259\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx485 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent226\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-1\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Call to mind the zealous devotions of the Christians\line \expndtw4 in the primitive church, who spent many whole nights\line \expndtw0 and vigils in watching and praying for the forgiveness of\line \expndtw8 their sins, and that they might be found ready at the}\par \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li3346\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\scaps\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw7\dn0\f9\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 k \scaps0 2}\par \sect\sectd \sbkpage\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn4000\margrsxn4587\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols2\colno1\colw720\colsr595\colno2\colw2337 \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 114}\par \column \pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi0\ri0\sb43\sa0 \f1\fs20{\b\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw0\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.}\par \sect\sectd \sbknone\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\marglsxn3943\margrsxn3224\margtsxn1440\margbsxn720\cols1\colsx60 \pard \plain \cbpat0\qj\li43\fi0\ri29\sb197\sa0\sl-230\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 coming of Christ; and that David was not content to \expndtw2 pray at morning, at evening, and at noon (Psal. lv. 16, \expndtw0 17), but he would also rise up at midnight to pray unto \expndtw2 God (Psal. cxix. 62.) And if Christ did chide his dis\-\expndtw-1 ciples, because they would not watch with him one hour \expndtw0 in praying\super 1\nosupersub  \{Matt. xxvi. 40), what chiding dost thou de\-\expndtw1 serve, who thinkest it too long to continue in prayer but \expndtw3 one quarter of an hour? If thou hast spent divers hours \expndtw4 at a vain ball or play; yea whole days and nights in \expndtw1 carding and dicing, to please thy flesh, be ashamed to \expndtw4 think that praying for a quarter of an hour is too long \expndtw1 an exercise for the service of God.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb5\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx542 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  5.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb5\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx542 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart5\pnindent288\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw2\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw3\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Consider, that if the papists, in their blind super\-\line \expndtw8 stition, do in an unknown, and therefore unedifying\line \expndtw7 tongue, fit only for the children of mystical Babylon\line \expndtw12 (1 Cor. xiv. 14; Gen. xi. 79;  Jtev. xvii. 5), mutter\line \expndtw7 over upon their beads every morning and evening so\line \expndtw1 many scores of ave-maries, paternosters, and idolatrous\line \expndtw2 prayers, how shall they, in their superstitious devotion,\line \expndtw4 rise up in judgment against thee, professing thyself to\line \expndtw6 be a true worshipper of Christ ?  If that thou thinkest\line \expndtw2 these prayers too long a task, being shorter for quantity\line \expndtw3 than theirs, but far more profitable for quality, tending\line \expndtw4 only to God's glory, and thy good; and so compiled of\line Scripture phrase, as that thou mayest speak to God, as\line \expndtw2 well in his own holy words, as in thine own native lan\-\line \expndtw6 guage: be ashamed that papists, in their superstitious\line \expndtw0 worshipping of creatures, should show themselves more\line \expndtw2 devout than thou in the sincere worshipping of the true\line \expndtw5 and only God (John xvii. 3.)   And indeed a prayer in\line \expndtw1 private devotion should be one continued speech, rather\line than many broken fragments.}\par {\pntext\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx542 \b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22  6.\tab}\pard \plain \cbpat0\ql\li0\fi254\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-230\slmult0\tx542 \f1\fs20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart5\pnindent288\pnf1{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw-4\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 {\b0\i0\cf0\charscalex100\expndtw5\dn0\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Lastly, when such thoughts come into thy head,\line \expndtw7 either to keep thee from prayer, or to distract thee in\line \expndtw-2 praying, remember that those are the fowls which the evil\line \expndtw-3 one sends to devour the go