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             Memorials of godliness & Christianity in three parts : with a brief account of the authors life / by Herbert Palmer.
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               MEMORIALS
               OF
               Godliness
               &
               Christianity
               .
            
             
               In
               Three
               Parts
               .
            
             
               PART
               .
               I.
               CONTAINING
               MEDITATIONS
               1.
               
               Of
               making
               Religion
               ones
               Business
               .
               2
               ,
               An
               Appendix
               Applied
               to
               the
               Calling
               of
               a
               Minister
               .
               With
               a
               Brief
               Account
               of
               the
               Authors
               LIFE
               .
            
             
               The
               Tenth
               Edition
               Corrected
               and
               Enlarged
               .
            
             
               By
               
                 Herbert
                 Palmer
              
               ,
               B.
               D.
               late
               Master
               of
               Queens
               Col.
               Camb.
               
            
             
               London
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Henry
                 Million
              
               at
               the
               Bible
               near
               White-Fryers
               in
               Fleetstreet
               ,
               1670.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               I
               Conceive
               this
               Letter
               ,
               with
               the
               Appendix
               following
               it
               ,
               to
               be
               very
               well
               worthy
               the
               Printing
               .
            
             
               
                 Ch.
                 Herle
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               TO
               THE
               READER
               .
            
             
               
                 Christian
                 Reader
              
            
             
               THis
               ensuing
               Meditation
               upon
               
                 making
                 Religion
                 ones
                 business
              
               ,
               having
               first
               affected
               my
               own
               heart
               ,
               and
               afterward
               some
               friends
               to
               whom
               it
               hath
               been
               communicated
               ,
               I
               have
               been
               so
               far
               made
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               by
               Gods
               blessing
               it
               may
               be
               
               some
               advancement
               to
               the
               
                 business
                 of
                 Religion
              
               ,
               now
               in
               this
               season
               when
               Religion
               hath
               Retainers
               enough
               ,
               but
               not
               Servants
               enough
               ;
               that
               at
               last
               my
               thoughts
               told
               me
               ,
               
                 The
                 very
                 expressions
                 herein
                 would
                 upbraid
                 me
                 as
                 not
                 true
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 had
                 denyed
                 ,
                 or
                 longer
                 delayed
                 their
                 publication
                 .
              
               I
               have
               no
               doubt
               but
               sundry
               passages
               in
               them
               will
               meet
               with
               some
               Scoffs
               and
               some
               Cavils
               ,
               as
               being
               over-nice
               ,
               and
               precise
               ,
               and
               I
               shall
               meet
               with
               some
               Reproches
               ,
               as
               not
               answering
               my
               own
               strict
               rules
               .
               But
               in
               hopes
               there
               will
               yet
               be
               found
               those
               that
               will
               both
               be
               glad
               to
               see
               such
               a
               piece
               of
               a
               Patern
               for
               their
               
               Hearts
               and
               Lives
               ,
               and
               also
               strive
               to
               make
               it
               
                 their
                 own
              
               in
               affection
               and
               practice
               ;
               I
               have
               resolved
               to
               adventure
               the
               one
               and
               the
               other
               :
               and
               do
               trust
               also
               that
               by
               Gods
               grace
               ,
               it
               will
               somwhat
               help
               to
               make
               me
               the
               more
               watchfull
               over
               my
               own
               self
               and
               my
               behaviour
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               not
               only
               not
               shame
               my self
               and
               my
               so
               publick
               professions
               ,
               but
               also
               may
               set
               a
               
                 real
                 Copy
              
               in
               some
               proportion
               suitable
               to
               this
               
                 verbal
                 one
              
               ,
               for
               thy
               double
               benefit
               .
               Herein
               if
               thou
               wilt
               
                 help
                 me
                 still
              
               with
               thy
               prayers
               (
               as
               I
               am
               confident
               thou
               wilt
               ,
               if
               thou
               reap
               any
               benefit
               by
               it
               )
               I
               again
               tell
               thee
               ,
               
                 thou
                 mayst
                 be
                 
                 the
                 better
                 for
                 it
                 thy self
                 ,
              
               while
               I
               am
               thereby
               through
               Gods
               mercy
               to
               us
               both
               ,
               helped
               to
               do
               thee
               yet
               some
               further
               spiritual
               Sevice
               ,
               which
               while
               I
               live
               I
               must
               now
               alway
               profess
               my self
               ambititious
               of
               ,
               as
               being
               ever
               ,
            
             
               
                 
                   Thine
                   and
                   the
                   Churches
                   Servant
                   in
                   Christ
                   altogether
                
                 Herbert
                 Palmer
                 .
              
               
                 Octob.
                 13.
                 1644.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
               A
               Brief
               Account
               of
               the
               Life
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Herbert
                 Palmer
              
               .
            
             
               THE
               Reverend
               Author
               of
               this
               ensuing
               Treatise
               ,
               was
               (
               whilst
               living
               )
               prized
               by
               good
               men
               for
               his
               Piety
               ,
               and
               loved
               by
               all
               wise
               men
               (
               that
               knew
               him
               )
               for
               his
               Learning
               :
               And
               now
               he
               is
               dead
               ,
               let
               not
               the
               Reader
               in
               this
               short
               Epitome
               of
               his
               life
               ,
               expect
               any
               more
               than
               a
               brief
               
               Narrative
               or
               Account
               of
               his
               most
               eminent
               ,
               peculiar
               ,
               publick
               ,
               passages
               and
               transactions
               in
               the
               world
               .
            
             
               He
               was
               the
               Son
               of
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Palmer
              
               of
               Wingham
               near
               Canterbury
               in
               East-Kent
               ,
               where
               he
               was
               born
               about
               
                 March
                 1601.
              
               he
               was
               prudently
               and
               piously
               educated
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               Infancy
               made
               great
               proficiency
               in
               the
               serious
               study
               of
               Religion
               and
               Learning
               ,
               so
               that
               when
               he
               was
               4
               or
               5
               years
               of
               age
               ,
               he
               would
               oft
               cry
               to
               go
               his
               Mother
               ,
               
                 To
                 hear
                 somewhat
                 of
                 God.
              
               
            
             
               From
               a
               Child
               he
               was
               acquainted
               with
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               
               and
               earnestly
               desired
               to
               be
               
                 A
                 Minister
                 of
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               .
            
             
               He
               had
               excellent
               natural
               parts
               ,
               both
               intellectual
               and
               moral
               ;
               his
               excellency
               and
               exactness
               in
               the
               French
               Tongue
               ,
               (
               which
               he
               could
               speak
               almost
               as
               soon
               as
               English
               )
               and
               the
               great
               knowledge
               he
               had
               ,
               as
               well
               of
               the
               persons
               places
               and
               affairs
               of
               the
               French
               Nation
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               propriety
               of
               the
               pronunciation
               of
               the
               Language
               ,
               made
               many
               strangers
               (
               to
               his
               Nativity
               )
               believe
               he
               was
               a
               French-man
               born
               ;
               and
               after
               his
               call
               to
               the
               Ministry
               ,
               he
               Preached
               to
               the
               French
               Church
               at
               Canterbury
               on
               two
               several
               solemn
               days
               to
               the
               great
               
               edification
               and
               approbation
               of
               the
               hearers
               .
            
             
               His
               Industry
               also
               in
               learning
               the
               Latine
               Tongue
               ,
               was
               manifested
               by
               his
               great
               proficiency
               therein
               whilst
               young
               .
            
             
               His
               dutifulness
               and
               obedience
               towards
               his
               Parents
               ,
               as
               well
               when
               grown
               to
               years
               of
               maturity
               ,
               as
               whilst
               young
               ,
               spake
               his
               great
               reverence
               and
               esteem
               of
               them
               ;
               and
               as
               he
               was
               a
               great
               Example
               of
               Filial
               obedience
               in
               his
               Conversation
               ,
               so
               he
               was
               a
               great
               Asserter
               of
               Parental
               authority
               in
               his
               Doctrine
               .
            
             
               At
               the
               age
               of
               about
               14
               years
               ,
               
               (
               to
               wit
               )
               in
               the
               year
               of
               our
               Lord
               1615.
               he
               was
               admittod
               as
               Fellow-Commoner
               in
               
                 St.
                 Johns
              
               Colledge
               in
               Cambridge
               .
            
             
               And
               according
               to
               his
               standing
               ,
               and
               desert
               ,
               took
               the
               degree
               of
               Master
               of
               Arts
               in
               the
               year
               1622.
               
            
             
               And
               in
               the
               following
               year
               was
               constituted
               Fellow
               of
               
                 Queens
                 Colledge
              
               in
               the
               same
               Vniversity
               ;
               and
               whilst
               he
               so
               continued
               ,
               he
               took
               on
               him
               the
               great
               care
               of
               many
               Pupils
               ,
               who
               (
               by
               his
               prudent
               and
               painful
               instruction
               and
               care
               over
               them
               )
               made
               great
               proficiency
               in
               Learning
               whilst
               they
               continued
               with
               him
               .
            
             
             
               And
               in
               the
               year
               1624.
               he
               was
               called
               ,
               and
               ordained
               to
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Ministry
               ,
               by
               a
               Licence
               from
               the
               then
               Arch-Bishop
               of
               Canterbury
               .
               In
               the
               year
               1626.
               he
               was
               called
               to
               the
               publick
               exercise
               of
               his
               Ministry
               at
               Alphage
               Church
               in
               Canterbury
               ,
               where
               by
               his
               laborious
               Industry
               ,
               sound
               Doctrine
               ,
               and
               exemplary
               conversation
               ,
               he
               proved
               himself
               to
               be
               a
               burning
               and
               shining
               light
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               year
               1632.
               he
               removed
               to
               Ashwell
               in
               Hartfordshire
               by
               the
               presentment
               of
               Laud
               Arch-Bishop
               of
               Canterbury
               .
            
             
               The
               plainness
               of
               his
               Preaching
               
               did
               manifest
               his
               great
               desire
               to
               be
               understood
               by
               his
               Auditors
               for
               their
               Edification
               .
            
             
               His
               pains
               in
               Catechising
               the
               ignorant
               ,
               his
               charity
               in
               providing
               Bibles
               for
               the
               poor
               ,
               and
               his
               humility
               in
               admitting
               persons
               of
               all
               ranks
               and
               degrees
               to
               discourse
               with
               him
               for
               their
               Souls
               edification
               ,
               got
               him
               love
               ,
               respect
               ,
               and
               honour
               ,
               from
               all
               acquainted
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               was
               a
               great
               means
               of
               reformation
               amongst
               the
               people
               to
               whom
               he
               was
               a
               Pastor
               ,
               obliging
               them
               to
               several
               excellent
               resolutions
               against
               drunkenness
               ,
               swearing
               ,
               or
               other
               open
               debaucheries
               .
            
             
             
               He
               made
               and
               printed
               an
               excellent
               Catechism
               entituled
               ,
               
                 An
                 endeavour
                 of
                 making
                 the
                 Principles
                 of
                 Christian
                 Religion
                 plain
                 and
                 easie
                 .
              
            
             
               His
               Domestick
               or
               Family
               Government
               was
               as
               pious
               ,
               as
               his
               Ecclesiastick
               or
               Church
               care
               was
               painful
               ;
               he
               would
               not
               permit
               any
               of
               his
               houshold
               for
               (
               frivolous
               excuses
               )
               to
               be
               absent
               from
               family
               duties
               ,
               neither
               would
               he
               entertain
               any
               in
               his
               family
               ,
               that
               either
               were
               not
               truly
               Godly
               and
               Religious
               ,
               or
               willing
               to
               be
               instructed
               in
               the
               wayes
               of
               God.
               He
               read
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               and
               prayed
               ,
               twice
               every
               day
               in
               his
               family
               ,
               Catechised
               twice
               
               every
               week
               ;
               and
               after
               every
               meal
               he
               caused
               to
               be
               read
               ,
               as
               at
               his
               own
               ,
               so
               at
               his
               servants
               Table
               ,
               a
               portion
               of
               Gods
               word
               ;
               requiring
               also
               on
               the
               Friday
               and
               Saturday
               ,
               an
               account
               ,
               from
               those
               under
               his
               Tuition
               ,
               of
               what
               they
               remembred
               of
               the
               Sermon
               I
               reached
               the
               Sabbath
               day
               before
               .
               He
               would
               not
               suffer
               any
               of
               his
               servants
               to
               sit
               up
               late
               (
               about
               their
               weeks
               work
               )
               upon
               Saturday
               at
               nights
               ;
               neither
               on
               the
               Sabbath
               would
               he
               eat
               of
               any
               dish
               ,
               if
               he
               understood
               it
               kept
               any
               of
               his
               servants
               from
               the
               publick
               ordinance
               ,
               by
               providing
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               he
               was
               painfull
               in
               
               his
               Ecclesiastick
               ,
               and
               exemplar
               in
               the
               Domestick
               Government
               ,
               so
               also
               was
               he
               pious
               in
               his
               more
               private
               retired
               closet
               duties
               ,
               being
               a
               great
               admirer
               of
               ,
               and
               having
               great
               knowledge
               in
               ,
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               which
               he
               took
               great
               delight
               in
               when
               young
               ,
               and
               highly
               honoured
               whilst
               he
               lived
               .
            
             
               He
               kept
               a
               perfect
               Diery
               of
               all
               (
               or
               most
               of
               )
               the
               passages
               of
               his
               Life
               .
            
             
               He
               often
               set
               whole
               days
               apart
               ,
               to
               humble
               himself
               ,
               (
               in
               private
               )
               by
               Fasting
               and
               Prayer
               .
            
             
               He
               took
               the
               degree
               of
               Batchelor
               of
               Arts
               ,
               in
               the
               year
               1630.
               
               and
               in
               1632.
               he
               was
               taken
               in
               by
               the
               the
               Vniversity
               ,
               as
               a
               Vniversity
               Preacher
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               year
               1643.
               he
               was
               called
               to
               be
               one
               of
               the
               Assembly
               of
               Divines
               ,
               and
               some
               time
               after
               ,
               elected
               as
               Pastor
               in
               Dukes-Place
               ,
               from
               whence
               he
               removed
               to
               New-Church
               in
               Westminster
               ,
               (
               where
               he
               was
               the
               first
               Minister
               that
               preached
               there
               )
               in
               both
               ,
               which
               places
               ,
               he
               was
               highly
               and
               greatly
               esteemed
               of
               ,
               and
               by
               all
               his
               Auditors
               (
               that
               were
               professors
               of
               piety
               .
               )
               During
               also
               his
               Ministry
               at
               New-Church
               ,
               he
               was
               a
               Lecturer
               at
               the
               
                 Abbey
                 Church
              
               in
               Westminster
               ,
               and
               so
               painfull
               was
               he
               
               (
               in
               the
               service
               of
               God
               ,
               )
               that
               he
               never
               declined
               any
               Ministerial
               exercise
               that
               he
               was
               requested
               to
               perform
               ,
               whether
               in
               publick
               or
               in
               private
               .
            
             
               He
               was
               of
               a
               loving
               ,
               friendly
               disposition
               ,
               courteous
               ,
               and
               affable
               in
               his
               carriage
               towards
               men
               of
               the
               lowest
               rank
               or
               degree
               .
            
             
               
                 April
                 1644.
              
               he
               was
               constituted
               Master
               of
               Queens-Colledge
               ,
               by
               the
               Earl
               of
               Manchester
               ,
               where
               he
               caused
               the
               exercise
               of
               Sermons
               ,
               to
               be
               continued
               in
               the
               Colledge
               Chappel
               weekly
               ,
               all
               the
               year
               ;
               where
               also
               he
               endeavoured
               to
               promote
               
               Learning
               ,
               by
               his
               constant
               exhortation
               of
               the
               Scholars
               to
               sedulity
               in
               their
               studies
               ;
               purchasing
               also
               (
               by
               his
               own
               moneys
               )
               many
               Authors
               ,
               which
               he
               gave
               to
               the
               Library
               ,
               and
               maintained
               at
               his
               own
               charge
               ,
               divers
               poor
               and
               necessitous
               Scholars
               .
            
             
               He
               was
               a
               man
               of
               a
               publick
               spirit
               ,
               laying
               out
               himself
               ,
               for
               God
               :
               greatly
               self-denying
               ,
               and
               very
               Zealous
               for
               and
               in
               the
               things
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               His
               freedome
               ,
               and
               faithfulness
               ,
               in
               reference
               to
               the
               publick
               affairs
               ,
               may
               appear
               by
               the
               Sermons
               he
               preach'd
               before
               the
               Parliament
               at
               Westminster
               ;
               
               Divers
               of
               which
               are
               now
               in
               Print
               .
            
             
               His
               Temperance
               and
               Sobriety
               were
               great
               ,
               as
               well
               in
               his
               Apparel
               ,
               as
               in
               his
               Dyet
               .
            
             
               The
               good
               works
               he
               did
               ,
               (
               while
               living
               )
               commands
               us
               to
               praise
               his
               liberal
               charity
               ,
               and
               charitable
               liberality
               .
            
             
               The
               time
               of
               his
               sickness
               was
               not
               long
               ,
               his
               distemper
               having
               little
               to
               feed
               on
               ;
               he
               (
               whilst
               in
               health
               )
               spending
               himself
               so
               much
               in
               the
               service
               and
               work
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               His
               humility
               ,
               his
               patience
               
               in
               sickness
               ,
               his
               faith
               upon
               God
               ,
               and
               submission
               to
               Gods
               will
               ,
               did
               most
               eminently
               discover
               themselves
               while
               sick
               .
            
             
               His
               deportment
               therein
               being
               holy
               and
               heavenly
               ,
               and
               his
               discourse
               full
               of
               such
               expressions
               ,
               that
               discovered
               where
               his
               heart
               was
               .
            
             
               One
               exhorting
               him
               ,
               to
               cast
               the
               burden
               of
               his
               sickness
               upon
               God
               ,
               he
               made
               this
               reply
               ,
               
                 I
                 should
                 do
                 very
                 unworthily
                 ,
                 if
                 when
                 I
                 have
                 Preached
                 to
                 others
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 cast
                 their
                 burden
                 upon
                 God
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 not
                 do
                 so
                 my self
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 Anno
                 Christi
                 1647
              
               ,
               in
               the
               46
               year
               of
               his
               age
               ,
               he
               returned
               his
               Soul
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               God
               ;
               And
               for
               his
               body
               ,
               it
               lyes
               buried
               in
               the
               New-Church
               at
               Westminster
               ;
               and
               thus
               he
               lived
               ,
               and
               so
               he
               dyed
               ,
               and
               now
               he
               's
               dead
               ,
               his
               works
               do
               live
               ,
               
                 
                   Vivitur
                   post
                   funera
                   virtus
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               ANd
               thus
               (
               kind
               Reader
               )
               you
               have
               a
               brief
               Epitome
               ,
               of
               the
               Life
               of
               that
               Reverend
               ,
               Learned
               ,
               Laborious
               ,
               Pious
               ,
               and
               Painfull
               Divine
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               Author
               of
               
               this
               small
               ,
               (
               yet
               sweet
               and
               precious
               )
               Treatise
               ;
               from
               the
               perusal
               of
               which
               ,
               I
               'le
               not
               detain
               thee
               ,
               by
               long
               or
               tedious
               digressions
               ,
               of
               my
               own
               ,
               begging
               only
               ,
               acceptance
               of
               what
               may
               be
               well
               ,
               and
               pardon
               for
               what
               is
               ill
               done
               ,
               from
               all
               ;
               but
               carping
               Momuses
               ,
               (
               whose
               favour
               not
               expecting
               ,
               )
               I
               plainly
               declare
               ,
               I
               no
               more
               value
               ,
               or
               care
               ,
               for
               their
               censures
               ,
               than
               I
               prize
               or
               esteem
               the
               flatteries
               of
               fond
               ,
               and
               foolish
               Parasites
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               HE
               that
               desires
               to
               see
               a
               larger
               Account
               of
               the
               Life
               of
               this
               Reverend
               Divine
               ,
               let
               them
               peruse
               it
               as
               Written
               by
               the
               Learned
               Mr.
               Clark
               in
               his
               Book
               of
               Lives
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               Of
               making
               Religion
               ones
               Business
               .
            
             
               MY
               true
               Friend
               ,
               It
               hath
               been
               an
               usual
               saying
               with
               me
               ,
               (
               would
               God
               I
               could
               ever
               have
               the
               feeling
               of
               it
               in
               my self
               ,
               )
               
                 That
                 the
                 Character
                 of
                 a
                 godly
                 man
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 make
                 Religion
                 his
                 business
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               will
               now
               a
               little
               descant
               upon
               it
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               set
               down
               what
               I
               should
               and
               would
               do
               in
               this
               kind
               .
               I
               shall
               set
               a
               copy
               ,
               at
               least
               to
               teach
               my self
               ,
               and
               provide
               a
               remembrancer
               to
               
               quicken
               my
               frequent
               dulness
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 have
                 my
                 Affections
                 all
                 moulded
                 by
                 Religion
                 and
                 towards
                 it
              
               ;
               my
               thoughts
               ,
               and
               words
               ,
               and
               deeds
               ,
               to
               be
               all
               
                 exercises
                 of
                 Religion
              
               ,
               and
               my
               very
               cessation
               from
               
                 works
                 commanded
              
               by
               Religion
               ,
               and
               limited
               and
               circumstantiated
               by
               Religion
               ,
               my
               eating
               ,
               drinking
               ,
               sleeping
               ,
               journeying
               ,
               visiting
               ,
               entertaining
               of
               friends
               ,
               to
               be
               all
               directed
               by
               Religion
               :
               And
               that
               above
               all
               ,
               I
               may
               be
               serious
               and
               busie
               in
               the
               acts
               of
               Religion
               about
               the
               Word
               ,
               Prayer
               ,
               Praises
               ,
               Singing
               ,
               Sacraments
               ;
               not
               only
               that
               the
               duties
               in
               each
               kind
               be
               performed
               ,
               but
               religiously
               performed
               ,
               with
               life
               and
               vigour
               ,
               with
               Faith
               ,
               Humility
               and
               Charity
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               To
               these
               ends
               ,
               
                 I
                 desire
                 my
                 heart
                 may
                 be
                 possessed
              
               with
               these
               two
               fundamental
               principles
               :
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 That
                 Religion
                 is
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 my
                 Creation
                 ,
              
               and
               of
               all
               the
               benefits
               ,
               
               not
               only
               spiritual
               ,
               but
               temporal
               ,
               which
               God
               bestows
               upon
               me
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 That
                 Religion
                 is
                 my
                 felicity
                 ,
                 even
                 for
                 the
                 present
                 ,
                 though
                 derived
                 from
                 that
                 eternall
                 felicity
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 now
                 laid
                 up
                 for
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 hereafter
                 possessed
                 by
                 me
                 in
                 Heaven
                 :
              
               So
               glorious
               is
               that
               felicity
               ;
               that
               from
               the
               first
               moment
               of
               our
               interest
               in
               it
               ,
               it
               casts
               a
               lightsome
               ,
               gladsome
               brightness
               upon
               the
               soul
               ,
               even
               many
               years
               sometimes
               before
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               the
               fulness
               of
               it
               :
               like
               to
               the
               Sunne
               shedding
               forth
               his
               fore-running
               beams
               to
               enlighten
               all
               our
               part
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               many
               minutes
               before
               his
               full
               light
               offers
               it self
               to
               our
               eye
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               When
               I
               speak
               thus
               of
               Religion
               to
               be
               Felicity
               ,
               I
               mean
               it
               of
               God
               and
               Christ
               ,
               the
               object
               of
               Religion
               :
               without
               whom
               ,
               Religion
               is
               but
               an
               empty
               
                 Name
                 ,
                 a
                 pernicious
                 
                 errour
                 .
              
               But
               as
               
                 Religion
                 is
                 to
                 know
                 God
                 and
                 him
                 whom
                 he
                 hath
                 sent
                 ,
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 eternal
                 life
                 ,
              
               begun
               now
               here
               below
               :
               but
               never
               to
               end
               in
               any
               time
               or
               place
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 these
                 thoughts
                 may
                 meet
                 me
                 first
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 ,
                 as
                 worldly-minded
                 mens
                 businesses
                 do
                 them
                 :
              
               that
               I
               may
               count
               all
               things
               but
               interruptions
               till
               my
               mind
               be
               settled
               in
               its
               course
               for
               that
               day
               ,
               and
               that
               my
               mind
               be
               so
               setled
               and
               habituated
               in
               these
               purposes
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               be
               readily
               in
               order
               ordinarily
               and
               only
               need
               time
               for
               
                 solemn
                 performance
              
               of
               
                 religious
                 duties
              
               ,
               and
               for
               
                 extraordinary
                 projects
              
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               Specially
               I
               wish
               as
               I
               am
               bound
               by
               millions
               of
               eternal
               obligations
               ,
               
                 That
                 I
                 may
                 love
                 the
                 Lord
                 my
                 God
                 ,
                 Christ
                 Jesus
                 my
                 Redeemer
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 my
                 heart
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 my
                 soul
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 my
                 mind
                 with
                 all
                 my
                 strength
                 ,
              
               to
               the
               utmost
               extent
               of
               all
               these
               phrases
               ;
               
               and
               that
               to
               make
               my
               mind
               more
               apprehensive
               of
               them
               ,
               I
               may
               not
               prophane
               any
               of
               them
               by
               using
               to
               say
               in
               slight
               matters
               ,
               (
               
                 I
                 love
                 such
                 a
                 thing
                 with
                 all
                 my
                 heart
                 ,
              
               or
               ,
               
                 I
                 will
                 do
                 such
                 a
                 thing
                 with
                 all
                 my
                 heart
              
               )
               It
               may
               seem
               a
               nicety
               to
               check
               such
               a
               phrase
               :
               But
               I
               read
               this
               morning
               ,
               Pro.
               7.2
               .
               
                 Keep
                 my
                 Commandments
                 ,
                 and
                 live
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 Law
                 as
                 the
                 apple
                 of
                 thine
                 eye
                 .
              
               (
               Which
               sentence
               by
               Gods
               blessing
               hath
               occasioned
               this
               whole
               Meditation
               whatever
               it
               is
               .
               )
               The
               Apple
               of
               the
               Eye
               is
               the
               tenderest
               ,
               thing
               in
               the
               World
               of
               
                 Naturall
                 things
              
               ,
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               no
               less
               (
               infinitely
               more
               )
               in
               Spirittuals
               .
               As
               I
               therefore
               like
               not
               the
               word
               (
               infinite
               )
               but
               when
               we
               speak
               of
               God
               :
               so
               those
               forenamed
               phrases
               seem
               to
               be
               Gods
               peculiar
               :
               and
               that
               one
               main
               cause
               ,
               why
               common
               men
               so
               readily
               say
               ,
               
                 They
                 love
                 God
                 with
                 all
                 their
                 heart
                 ,
              
               
               (
               I
               mean
               ,
               why
               they
               so
               easily
               deceive
               themselves
               in
               so
               saying
               )
               is
               ,
               because
               they
               have
               adulterated
               the
               phrase
               [
               
                 with
                 all
                 my
                 heart
              
               ]
               and
               prostituted
               to
               every
               base
               trifle
               .
               Say
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               not
               so
               .
               And
               then
               as
               Saint
               James
               blames
               for
               not
               saying
               .
               [
               
                 If
                 the
                 Lord
                 will
              
               ,
               &c.
               ]
               though
               every
               one
               will
               grant
               such
               words
               necessary
               ,
               and
               pretended
               to
               suppose
               them
               :
               so
               is
               it
               not
               blame-worthy
               to
               say
               
                 in
                 petty
                 matters
              
               ,
               what
               should
               make
               a
               
                 sacred
                 sound
              
               in
               our
               ears
               ,
               and
               to
               our
               spirits
               ?
            
             
               6.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 I
                 could
                 loose
                 my self
                 in
                 a
                 holy
                 trance
                 of
                 meditation
                 ,
                 every
                 time
                 I
                 think
                 of
                 God
                 and
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               as
               the
               Author
               ,
               Fountain
               ,
               Life
               ,
               Substance
               of
               all
               my
               happiness
               ;
               (
               All-sufficient
               ,
               (
               alone
               sufficient
               )
               only-sufficient
               for
               my
               soul
               ,
               and
               all
               comfort
               and
               good
               .
               Nothing
               wanting
               in
               God
               and
               Christ
               to
               Eternity
               .
               No
               need
               of
               any
               creature
               :
               No
               accession
               
               by
               any
               creature
               :
               no
               one
               creature
               ,
               not
               all
               of
               them
               comparable
               to
               him
               ,
               or
               any
               thing
               without
               him
               .
               Time
               ,
               lost
               happiness
               lost
               ,
               while
               converse
               with
               any
               creature
               ,
               further
               than
               according
               to
               his
               Ordinance
               :
               as
               his
               instruments
               and
               servants
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 forget
                 all
                 respcts
                 to
                 my self
                 ,
                 carnal
                 ,
                 natural
                 ,
                 while
                 I
                 have
                 any
                 service
                 to
                 perform
                 to
                 God
                 ,
              
               as
               I
               have
               every
               moment
               [
               though
               I
               cannot
               ever
               think
               so
               ]
               that
               I
               might
               shew
               I
               love
               God
               with
               strength
               ;
               
                 My
                 God
                 with
                 all
                 my
                 strength
                 ,
              
               and
               never
               be
               weary
               :
               of
               his
               immediate
               services
               especially
               :
               or
               if
               naturally
               ,
               yet
               not
               spiritually
               ▪
               Lusts
               are
               vigorous
               ,
               when
               the
               body
               languishes
               ,
               being
               spent
               .
               
                 Oh
                 why
                 is
                 not
                 grace
                 more
                 strong
                 .
              
            
             
               8.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 my
                 heart
                 may
                 never
                 recoil
                 upon
                 me
                 ,
                 with
                 saying
                 ,
                 Thou
                 mightest
                 now
                 or
                 such
                 a
                 time
                 have
                 done
                 thy
                 God
                 ,
                 thy
                 Saviour
                 more
                 service
                 
                 than
                 thou
                 didst
                 ;
                 even
                 when
                 thou
                 didst
                 somewhat
                 ,
                 thy
                 body
                 and
                 spirits
                 would
                 have
                 held
                 out
                 longer
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 endured
                 a
                 geater
                 stress
                 of
                 zeal
                 .
              
               And
               much
               less
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 didst
                 wholly
                 lose
                 such
                 an
                 opportunity
                 of
                 doing
                 or
                 receiving
                 good
                 ,
              
               (
               though
               scarce
               can
               any
               one
               do
               good
               ,
               who
               receives
               not
               some
               present
               payment
               ,
               at
               least
               in
               soul
               ,
               the
               enlargement
               of
               Grace
               and
               holy
               affections
               )
               and
               least
               of
               all
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 didst
                 wholly
                 employ
                 thy
                 strength
                 to
                 sin
                 ,
                 or
                 thou
                 hast
                 weakned
                 thy
                 strength
                 by
                 intemperance
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 foolish
                 or
                 sinfull
                 practice
                 .
              
            
             
               9.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 that
                 every
                 day
                 among
                 my
                 first
                 thoughts
                 ,
                 one
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 What
                 special
                 business
                 have
                 I
                 within
                 doors
                 ?
              
               within
               my
               soul
               ,
               
                 What
                 sin
                 to
                 mortifie
              
               ?
               Whether
               lately
               raging
               ,
               and
               even
               but
               last
               day
               or
               night
               prevailing
               over
               me
               ?
               Or
               which
               I
               have
               had
               (
               at
               least
               some
               late
               )
               victories
               
               over
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               allot
               
                 time
                 to
                 pursue
                 it
              
               ,
               and
               by
               no
               means
               
                 forget
                 it
              
               in
               my
               paryer
               ,
               and
               
                 arm
                 my self
              
               against
               the
               encounter
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               any
               possibility
               of
               my
               being
               assaulted
               that
               day
               .
               
                 And
                 what
                 grace
                 to
                 strengthen
              
               ?
               wherein
               I
               have
               been
               exceeding
               feeble
               of
               late
               ?
               or
               even
               begun
               to
               obtain
               some
               vigour
               ?
               which
               it
               may
               easily
               be
               lost
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               ,
               if
               not
               with
               all
               care
               and
               means
               ,
               and
               prayers
               fomented
               and
               cherished
               ;
               that
               so
               I
               may
               prepare
               for
               it
               .
               
                 These
                 are
                 a
                 Christians
                 main
                 businesses
                 within
                 himself
                 alwayes
                 .
              
            
             
               Withall
               ,
               
                 I
                 wish
                 to
                 die
                 dayly
              
               .
               I
               mean
               not
               ,
               that
               I
               dayly
               wish
               for
               death
               ;
               but
               that
               I
               may
               foresee
               it
               more
               than
               possible
               ,
               and
               may
               prepare
               for
               it
               ,
               resolvedly
               ,
               contentedly
               :
               that
               I
               may
               look
               at
               it
               ,
               as
               at
               a
               means
               of
               happiness
               ,
               and
               take
               such
               order
               as
               it
               may
               not
               cut
               me
               off
               from
               any
               main
               necessary
               imployment
               :
               
               But
               each
               hour
               and
               minute
               to
               dispatch
               the
               substantials
               of
               my
               business
               ,
               and
               referre
               circumstances
               and
               event
               to
               the
               All-wise
               ,
               Powerfull
               ,
               and
               gracious
               Providence
               of
               the
               great
               Ruler
               ,
               and
               King
               of
               the
               whole
               world
               ,
               and
               of
               every
               creature
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 to
                 improve
                 every
                 relation
                 I
                 stand
                 in
                 towards
                 any
                 of
                 mankind
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 advancement
                 of
                 Religion
                 :
              
               that
               Glory
               may
               redound
               to
               Christ
               ,
               by
               
                 my
                 being
              
               a
               child
               to
               one
               ,
               a
               brother
               to
               another
               ,
               a
               neighbour
               to
               a
               third
               ,
               a
               kinsman
               ,
               a
               freind
               ,
               an
               acquaintance
               to
               any
               one
               ;
               That
               as
               well
               for
               the
               
                 credit
                 of
                 Religion
              
               (
               which
               commands
               to
               give
               to
               all
               their
               due
               honour
               ,
               and
               to
               love
               them
               as
               my self
               )
               as
               for
               the
               
                 Propagation
                 of
                 Religion
                 ,
                 I
              
               may
               be
               ambitious
               to
               approve
               
                 my self
                 the
                 best
              
               Child
               ,
               or
               Subj●ct
               ,
               or
               Friend
               ,
               &c.
               in
               the
               world
               :
               I
               and
               careful
               also
               ,
               to
               insinuate
               
               my self
               as
               much
               as
               may
               be
               ,
               into
               the
               favour
               of
               every
               one
               I
               converse
               withall
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               of
               Superiours
               by
               
                 submission
                 and
                 diligence
              
               :
               of
               Equals
               ,
               by
               
                 courtesie
                 and
                 fredom
              
               :
               of
               Inferiours
               ,
               by
               
                 affibility
                 mixt
                 with
                 gravity
              
               ,
               and
               gentleness
               ,
               with
               necessary
               strictness
               .
               And
               that
               I
               may
               not
               fail
               to
               
                 entitle
                 God
              
               to
               whatever
               ground
               I
               gain
               upon
               the
               affections
               of
               any
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               to
               engage
               them
               thereby
               the
               more
               forwardly
               in
               his
               service
               ,
               in
               their
               own
               persons
               ,
               and
               towards
               all
               others
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               my self
               also
               may
               reap
               some
               spiritual
               benefit
               by
               them
               ,
               that
               so
               I
               may
               bless
               God
               
                 for
                 them
              
               ,
               and
               they
               him
               
                 for
                 me
              
               ,
               and
               others
               for
               them
               and
               me
               together
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               Particularly
               ,
               
                 I
                 wish
                 ,
                 that
                 toward
                 Inferiours
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 never
                 put
                 lesse
                 ,
                 but
                 rather
                 more
                 weight
                 upon
                 Gods
                 Comandements
                 than
                 mine
                 own
                 ,
              
               and
               upon
               religious
               than
               civil
               observances
               :
               
               and
               that
               because
               the
               best
               are
               not
               Angels
               ,
               I
               may
               bear
               with
               more
               patience
               ,
               failings
               in
               meer
               worldly
               ,
               than
               spiritual
               matters
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 never
                 to
                 be
                 one
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 feed
                 themselves
                 without
                 fear
              
               ;
               but
               that
               ,
               
                 whether
                 I
                 eat
                 or
                 drink
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 do
                 all
                 to
                 the
                 glory
                 of
                 my
                 God
                 ,
              
               that
               is
               Seasonably
               ,
               Sparingly
               ,
               and
               with
               Choice
               ;
               for
               Health
               and
               Strength
               :
               Not
               Gluttony
               ,
               Drunkenness
               ,
               or
               Riotous
               Curiosity
               .
               That
               I
               may
               daily
               remember
               [
               
                 my
                 business
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 to
                 live
                 to
                 eat
                 ,
                 but
                 eat
                 to
                 live
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 follow
                 my
                 business
                 ,
              
               that
               is
               ,
               Christianity
               :
               ]
               that
               I
               may
               not
               forget
               how
               slippery
               a
               place
               the
               throat
               is
               ,
               and
               how
               easily
               that
               glides
               down
               ,
               which
               after
               works
               disease
               :
               that
               because
               the
               craving
               of
               the
               sensual
               appetite
               ,
               seeming
               but
               reasonable
               ,
               being
               but
               for
               ones
               self
               ,
               is
               of
               the
               
               
                 betraying
                 of
                 Reason
              
               it self
               ,
               besides
               the
               quelling
               of
               Grace
               :
               both
               Grace
               and
               Reason
               may
               combine
               together
               in
               the
               practise
               of
               
                 this
                 difficultest
                 piece
                 of
                 self-denyal
              
               :
               And
               that
               I
               may
               ever
               consider
               ,
               not
               only
               what
               a
               shame
               ,
               what
               an
               unthankfulnesse
               it
               is
               in
               the
               least
               degree
               to
               
                 disable
                 my self
              
               for
               the
               service
               of
               Him
               ,
               who
               allowes
               me
               liberally
               so
               much
               as
               can
               be
               fit
               for
               me
               ,
               how-much
               soever
               that
               be
               ,
               but
               also
               
                 what
                 pity
              
               to
               wast
               good
               Creatures
               
                 to
                 so
                 vile
                 a
                 purpose
              
               ,
               as
               to
               weaken
               my
               body
               ,
               or
               overcharge
               my
               spirits
               ,
               with
               what
               was
               meant
               to
               strengthen
               and
               quicken
               them
               .
               That
               
                 from
                 the
                 observation
                 of
                 the
                 untowardnesse
                 of
                 my
                 mind
                 ;
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 best
                 temper
                 ,
              
               I
               may
               tremble
               at
               the
               thoughts
               of
               
                 the
                 least
                 intemperance
              
               ,
               which
               if
               it
               fetter
               not
               my
               body
               ,
               so
               as
               it
               cannot
               do
               its
               duty
               ,
               will
               at
               least
               hamper
               my
               wits
               ,
               and
               many
               
               times
               take
               away
               from
               me
               
                 the
                 will
              
               to
               go
               about
               it
               aright
               .
               That
               therefore
               I
               may
               count
               all
               inordination
               ,
               or
               immoderation
               in
               meat
               or
               
                 drink
                 ,
                 Poison
              
               at
               least
               to
               my
               Soul
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               degree
               also
               to
               my
               body
               ,
               as
               is
               confest
               by
               all
               ,
               some
               meats
               and
               drinks
               to
               be
               in
               themselves
               ,
               to
               some
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               if
               taken
               to
               such
               a
               quantity
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 to
                 be
                 watchfull
                 over
                 my self
                 always
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 be
                 thus
                 sober
              
               ;
               and
               sober
               that
               I
               may
               be
               watchful
               ;
               and
               watchful
               that
               I
               may
               withstand
               enemies
               and
               have
               time
               and
               spirits
               to
               do
               all
               the
               works
               my
               heavenly
               Master
               sets
               me
               about
               .
            
             
               15.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 to
                 redeem
                 all
                 time
                 I
                 can
                 from
                 sleep
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 order
                 my
                 sleep
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 may
                 redeem
                 most
                 time
                 .
                 To
                 redeem
                 all
                 time
                 I
                 can
                 from
                 sports
                 ,
              
               and
               so
               to
               order
               my
               imployments
               ,
               as
               that
               the
               varieties
               of
               them
               may
               commonly
               be
               recreation
               enough
               
               without
               using
               any
               sports
               at
               all
               for
               my
               minds
               sake
               :
               And
               that
               if
               my
               body
               seem
               necessarily
               to
               require
               any
               ,
               I
               may
               remember
               [
               
                 that
                 Nature
                 is
                 content
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 ,
                 and
                 Grace
                 never
                 asks
                 more
                 .
              
               ]
               That
               if
               courtesie
               .
               require
               me
               to
               bear
               friends
               company
               in
               their
               sports
               ,
               I
               may
               not
               only
               refuse
               such
               as
               are
               unlawful
               in
               themselves
               ,
               but
               in
               others
               ,
               consider
               whether
               they
               are
               not
               for
               the
               present
               unseasonable
               ,
               or
               
                 vitiated
                 with
                 some
                 other
                 ill
                 Circumstances
              
               ;
               being
               specially
               shie
               of
               those
               that
               are
               apt
               to
               lead
               astray
               ,
               either
               by
               affording
               provocations
               to
               impatience
               ,
               or
               threatning
               to
               swallow
               up
               
                 too
                 much
                 time
              
               ,
               of
               which
               friends
               not
               seldom
               robbing
               us
               ,
               do
               it
               no
               way
               more
               than
               by
               exacting
               of
               us
               to
               hold
               out
               with
               them
               in
               their
               sports
               ;
               which
               they
               by
               an
               evil
               though
               significant
               name
               ,
               usualy
               call
               Pastimes
               .
            
             
             
               16.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 to
                 redeem
                 all
                 time
                 from
                 vain
                 thoughts
                 ,
                 and
                 unprofitable
                 musings
                 ,
              
               upon
               my
               bed
               night
               or
               morning
               ,
               in
               my
               walking
               or
               riding
               upon
               the
               way
               ,
               in
               my
               attendances
               where
               neither
               my
               Eye
               nor
               my
               Tongue
               can
               be
               profitably
               set
               on
               work
               :
               and
               to
               take
               those
               Advantages
               greedily
               to
               advance
               the
               businesses
               of
               God
               and
               my
               soul
               .
               
                 My
                 thoughts
                 are
                 her
                 eldest
                 and
                 noblest
                 off-spring
                 ,
              
               and
               so
               too
               worthy
               to
               be
               cast
               away
               upon
               base
               objects
               .
            
             
               17.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 to
                 redeem
                 all
                 time
                 from
                 idle
                 words
                 and
                 frivolous
                 discourses
              
               ;
               to
               avoid
               what
               I
               can
               the
               hearing
               of
               such
               pratlings
               ;
               to
               shun
               all
               
                 light
                 ,
                 and
                 frothy
                 ,
                 and
                 amorous
                 Books
                 .
              
               My
               Tongue
               is
               
                 my
                 Glory
              
               ,
               and
               my
               best
               Instrument
               to
               advance
               the
               Glory
               of
               God
               and
               Religion
               towards
               others
               ;
               It
               were
               pity
               to
               prophane
               it
               with
               such
               words
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               upon
               my
               
                 contrary
                 score
              
               at
               the
               
               day
               of
               accounts
               :
               and
               so
               much
               I
               have
               to
               learn
               of
               God
               and
               of
               Religion
               ;
               as
               without
               slighting
               them
               ,
               I
               can
               find
               
                 no
                 leisure
              
               to
               give
               heed
               to
               trifles
               ,
               besides
               the
               danger
               of
               poison
               to
               be
               conveyed
               in
               these
               .
               If
               I
               were
               confined
               to
               the
               society
               of
               Pagans
               ,
               I
               might
               from
               thence
               expect
               some
               profitable
               Discourse
               ,
               though
               altogether
               of
               the
               world
               ;
               and
               even
               towards
               them
               I
               were
               bound
               
                 to
                 offer
              
               at
               least
               sometimes
               
                 mention
                 of
                 God
              
               :
               How
               much
               more
               among
               such
               as
               call
               themselves
               Christians
               !
               Specially
               ,
               who
               profess
               Christianity
               
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 business
              
               as
               well
               as
               mine
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 redeem
                 all
                 time
              
               I
               
                 can
                 from
                 curiosity
                 in
                 dressing
                 my
                 body
                 ,
              
               as
               that
               which
               besides
               the
               vanity
               and
               unprofitableness
               endangers
               the
               leaving
               off
               (
               the
               best
               clothing
               )
               Humility
               ,
               and
               so
               doubly
               sets
               my
               business
               back
               .
            
             
             
               19.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 to
                 redeem
                 what
                 time
                 I
                 can
                 ,
                 even
                 from
                 worldly
                 business
                 ,
                 whatever
                 they
                 are
              
               ;
               so
               as
               at
               least
               I
               may
               never
               want
               room
               to
               exercise
               my self
               unto
               Godliness
               ;
               to
               perform
               my
               dayly
               solemn
               services
               to
               God
               ,
               both
               personal
               and
               domestick
               ,
               and
               for
               extraordinary
               Projects
               to
               the
               honour
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               20.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 take
                 no
                 journey
                 ,
                 or
                 make
                 no
                 visit
                 ,
                 which
                 falls
                 not
                 into
                 the
                 road
                 of
                 Religion
                 .
              
               Courtesie
               [
               which
               to
               allow
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               sort
               ,
               even
               command
               ,
               is
               Religious
               Honour
               ]
               will
               carry
               me
               a
               little
               way
               ,
               sometimes
               :
               But
               specially
               ,
               Purposes
               ,
               accompanied
               with
               Hopes
               ,
               of
               making
               all
               my
               correspondences
               
                 pay
                 tribute
                 to
                 Relegion
              
               ,
               whilest
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               I
               am
               carefull
               to
               lose
               no
               opportunity
               of
               trafficking
               for
               Religions
               gain
               ,
               and
               resolutely
               to
               stay
               no
               longer
               time
               any
               where
               than
               while
               I
               may
               do
               my self
               or
               others
               ,
               more
               good
               
               there
               ,
               than
               in
               another
               place
               .
            
             
               21.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 specially
                 to
                 make
                 all
                 my
                 medlings
                 in
                 worldly
                 businesses
                 serviceable
                 to
                 Religion
                 :
              
               Whilest
               I
               imploy
               whatever
               Talent
               I
               have
               received
               ,
               and
               do
               receive
               ,
               to
               strengthen
               ,
               encourage
               ,
               and
               secure
               my Self
               ,
               Family
               ,
               Friends
               ,
               Neighbours
               ,
               and
               all
               Fellow-Christians
               ,
               in
               the
               wayes
               of
               Godliness
               ,
               and
               to
               exercise
               and
               demonstrate
               Faith
               ,
               Humility
               ,
               Patience
               ,
               Contentedness
               ,
               Liberality
               ,
               Justice
               ,
               Heavenly
               mindedness
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               worldly
               imployments
               ,
               and
               thereby
               to
               draw
               even
               strangers
               to
               admire
               and
               approve
               of
               that
               Religion
               ,
               which
               teaches
               and
               effectually
               perswades
               so
               much
               good
               .
            
             
               22.
               
               Particularly
               
                 I
                 wish
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 never
                 grasp
                 so
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 as
                 to
                 distract
                 my
                 head
                 with
                 cares
                 ,
                 or
                 engage
                 my
                 heart
                 in
                 sins
                 ,
              
               and
               that
               in
               the
               rust
               that
               cleaves
               
               to
               my
               fingers
               in
               telling
               of
               money
               ,
               though
               each
               piece
               seem
               clean
               enough
               )
               I
               may
               see
               the
               emblem
               of
               the
               defilement
               ,
               gotten
               insensibly
               by
               the
               use
               even
               of
               lawful
               things
               ,
               that
               therefore
               I
               may
               constantly
               afterwards
               wash
               my
               heart
               by
               prayers
               and
               meditations
               .
            
             
               23.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 to
                 account
                 nothing
                 a
                 cross
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 crosses
                 Religion
                 in
                 some
                 respect
                 ,
                 either
                 to
                 my
                 own
                 Soul
                 or
                 others
              
               ;
               to
               reckon
               by
               that
               Rule
               ,
               my
               losses
               and
               gains
               ;
               my
               thrivings
               and
               goings
               back
               ,
               and
               for
               this
               reason
               ,
               
                 to
                 esteem
                 scandal
                 the
                 worst
                 of
                 evils
              
               ;
               and
               to
               give
               or
               do
               ,
               or
               suffer
               any
               thing
               to
               prevent
               or
               take
               them
               away
               :
               and
               next
               to
               these
               the
               want
               of
               Gods
               Ordinances
               .
            
             
               24.
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 to
                 have
                 my
                 heart
                 and
                 conversation
                 alwayes
                 in
                 heaven
                 ,
                 as
                 counting
                 my
                 treasure
                 to
                 be
                 laid
                 up
                 there
              
               ;
               and
               though
               I
               must
               trade
               
               with
               worldly
               commodities
               ,
               yet
               to
               reckon
               Grace
               my
               chief
               stock
               :
               and
               that
               as
               fore-seeing
               losses
               ,
               I
               may
               trade
               much
               in
               the
               Assurance-Office
               ,
               and
               study
               daily
               the
               Art
               of
               Christian
               Alchymy
               ,
               which
               can
               extract
               advantage
               out
               of
               losses
               ,
               gold
               out
               of
               every
               thing
               ,
               even
               do●ng
               it self
               ;
               that
               is
               Grace
               not
               only
               out
               of
               every
               
                 gracious
                 act
              
               of
               Gods
               providence
               within
               sight
               or
               hearing
               ;
               but
               even
               out
               of
               afflictions
               and
               very
               sins
               .
            
             
               25.
               
               Particularly
               ,
               
                 I
                 wish
                 to
                 improve
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 sickness
                 ,
                 which
                 disables
                 from
                 most
                 worldly
                 businesses
                 ,
                 to
                 set
                 forward
                 greatly
                 the
                 businesses
                 of
                 God
                 and
                 my
                 soul
                 :
              
               and
               wholly
               to
               bestow
               that
               leisure
               upon
               them
               ,
               further
               than
               the
               necessity
               of
               my
               body
               calls
               me
               ▪
               partly
               to
               attend
               it
               :
               and
               that
               because
               I
               am
               then
               debar'd
               from
               publick
               means
               of
               thriving
               ,
               I
               may
               beg
               of
               every
               
               Visitant
               ,
               
                 to
                 help
                 me
                 with
                 somewhat
              
               ;
               which
               yet
               will
               not
               impoverish
               ,
               but
               help
               to
               enrich
               them
               also
               ,
               by
               
                 mutual
                 trading
              
               in
               spiritual
               matters
               :
               and
               to
               count
               this
               covetousness
               only
               lawful
               ,
               
                 Never
                 to
                 think
                 I
                 have
                 enough
                 of
                 Grace
                 ,
              
               but
               the
               
                 less
                 time
              
               I
               have
               to
               live
               ,
               the
               
                 more
                 greedy
              
               to
               be
               to
               heap
               up
               of
               
                 these
                 riches
              
               .
            
             
               26.
               
               I
               
                 desire
                 to
                 count
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 ,
                 the
                 Lords
                 day
                 ,
                 mine
              
               ;
               made
               for
               me
               for
               mine
               advantage
               ,
               the
               Market-day
               for
               my
               soul
               ,
               a
               spirituall
               harvest-day
               ,
               wherein
               I
               may
               all
               day
               long
               make
               provision
               ,
               and
               lay
               up
               in
               store
               for
               afterwards
               ,
               and
               
                 to
                 bless
                 God
                 continually
                 for
                 it
                 ,
              
               as
               without
               which
               my
               soul
               might
               be
               in
               danger
               to
               starve
               ,
               either
               through
               want
               of
               publick
               provisions
               ,
               or
               leisure
               to
               provide
               for
               my self
               what
               might
               be
               had
               :
               and
               therefore
               by
               no
               means
               to
               overslip
               the
               opportunity
               ,
               even
               for
               my
               own
               sake
               ,
               besides
               
               the
               Commandment
               ;
               and
               to
               take
               to
               the
               utmost
               minute
               that
               I
               can
               ,
               my
               spiritual
               liberty
               to
               serve
               God
               ,
               and
               get
               Grace
               ,
               not
               allowing
               any
               thing
               by
               my
               good
               will
               to
               interrupt
               me
               therein
               .
            
             
               27.
               
               I
               
                 desire
                 to
                 account
                 the
                 Sacrament
                 of
                 the
                 Lords
                 Supper
                 a
                 singular
                 Fair
                 ,
              
               wherein
               
                 the
                 Bread
                 that
                 came
                 down
                 from
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 life
                 ,
                 spiritual
                 wine
                 and
                 milk
                 ,
              
               and
               whatsoever
               else
               is
               nourishing
               and
               comfortable
               to
               the
               soul
               ,
               is
               
                 freely
                 offered
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 had
                 without
                 money
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 price
                 :
              
               That
               therefore
               I
               may
               be
               sure
               not
               to
               miss
               ,
               when
               I
               may
               go
               to
               it
               :
               And
               yet
               ,
               because
               all
               that
               come
               thither
               make
               not
               so
               happy
               a
               bargain
               ,
               but
               rather
               purchase
               to
               themselves
               wrath
               and
               judgement
               ,
               I
               may
               be
               carefull
               to
               prepare
               my self
               so
               by
               Examination
               ,
               that
               my
               soul
               be
               not
               sent
               away
               fasting
               ,
               or
               which
               is
               
               worse
               ,
               poisoned
               ,
               while
               my
               body
               is
               entertained
               .
            
             
               28.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 account
                 all
                 other
                 Ordinances
                 of
                 God.
              
               (
               in
               their
               degree
               and
               manner
               likewise
               )
               
                 the
                 means
                 of
                 my
                 Souls
                 enriching
                 ,
                 nourishing
                 physick
              
               :
               So
               that
               if
               I
               should
               slight
               or
               trifle
               away
               these
               blessed
               opportunities
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               but
               die
               a
               beggar
               ,
               die
               and
               starve
               ,
               die
               a
               miserable
               diseased
               Leper
               ,
               die
               and
               perish
               eternally
               .
               That
               therefore
               I
               may
               not
               be
               so
               much
               a
               fool
               ,
               as
               to
               have
               these
               put
               as
               prizes
               into
               my
               hand
               to
               get
               wisdom
               withall
               ,
               and
               I
               
                 to
                 have
                 no
                 heart
                 to
                 them
              
               :
               or
               that
               pretending
               no
               other
               errand
               to
               the
               place
               where
               they
               are
               ,
               nor
               other
               business
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               but
               to
               receive
               them
               ,
               I
               should
               be
               so
               wickedly
               mad
               as
               to
               sleep
               away
               the
               offers
               of
               Grace
               then
               tendered
               unto
               me
               ,
               nor
               suffer
               my
               mind
               to
               be
               diverted
               to
               any
               other
               thing
               ,
               ●or
               to
               look
               that
               
               God
               should
               hear
               me
               where
               I
               scarce
               hear
               my self
               in
               my
               prayers
               ,
               or
               refuse
               to
               hear
               him
               in
               his
               Word
               .
            
             
               29.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 account
                 those
                 my
                 best
                 friends
                 that
                 most
                 help
                 me
                 in
                 my
                 business
                 of
                 Christianity
              
               ;
               And
               to
               esteem
               a
               watchfull
               consideration
               and
               faithfull
               admonitions
               the
               most
               necessary
               and
               best
               expressions
               of
               friendship
               ,
               and
               best
               helps
               to
               my
               feeble
               and
               frail
               mind
               .
            
             
               30.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 if
                 ever
                 I
                 marry
                 ,
                 to
                 account
                 that
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 greatest
                 businesses
                 even
                 of
                 Religion
                 ,
              
               that
               I
               can
               undertake
               any
               time
               in
               my
               whole
               life
               ;
               which
               if
               I
               speed
               well
               in
               ,
               will
               incomparably
               (
               beyond
               that
               other
               men
               or
               creatures
               can
               )
               
                 Advance
                 my
                 spiritual
                 projects
                 and
                 advantages
              
               ;
               and
               contrarily
               disappoint
               and
               overthrow
               them
               if
               I
               make
               an
               ill
               match
               :
               that
               therefore
               being
               truly
               
                 sensible
                 of
                 my
                 own
                 natural
                 sinfull
                 
                 inclination
                 ,
              
               which
               may
               betray
               me
               as
               soon
               as
               any
               other
               ,
               into
               some
               one
               (
               at
               least
               )
               of
               those
               many
               untoward
               courses
               ,
               which
               persons
               of
               all
               qualities
               and
               conditions
               usually
               take
               on
               this
               occasion
               ;
               as
               also
               
                 Apprehensive
                 of
                 Gods
                 punishing
                 no
                 sin
                 more
                 frequently
                 or
                 sharply
                 in
                 this
                 world
              
               ;
               I
               may
               from
               the
               first
               moment
               of
               my
               entertaining
               any
               such
               thoughts
               ,
               make
               my
               most
               ardent
               and
               faithful
               Prayers
               keep
               pace
               with
               them
               ,
               first
               to
               implore
               to
               be
               directed
               in
               a
               perfect
               way
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               be
               blessed
               with
               a
               true
               helper
               every
               way
               meet
               for
               me
               .
            
             
               31.
               
               Particularly
               ,
               
                 I
                 desire
                 that
                 the
                 phrases
                 of
                 Marrying
                 in
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 being
                 unequally
                 yoaked
                 ,
              
               &c.
               (
               not
               corrupted
               by
               the
               worlds
               false
               glosses
               ,
               but
               truly
               interpreted
               by
               a
               serious
               conscience
               )
               
                 may
                 ever
                 have
                 an
                 absolute
                 negative
                 voice
                 in
                 all
                 Propositions
                 ,
              
               that
               is
               ,
               
               that
               I
               may
               never
               marry
               with
               any
               whom
               I
               have
               reason
               to
               judge
               not
               to
               be
               truly
               religious
               ;
               whilest
               yet
               I
               conclude
               ,
               
                 That
                 Religion
                 alone
                 is
                 not
                 sufficient
                 to
                 make
                 any
                 match
                 .
                 That
                 I
                 may
                 never
                 dare
                 to
                 cross
                 the
                 Rules
                 of
                 nature
                 in
                 too
                 much
                 disparity
                 of
                 age
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 robbing
                 Parents
                 of
                 their
                 right
                 ,
              
               at
               least
               of
               Approbation
               and
               
                 Consent
                 ;
                 nor
                 those
                 of
                 Civility
                 ,
              
               by
               aspiring
               too
               eminently
               above
               my
               degree
               ,
               or
               debasing
               my self
               too
               much
               below
               it
               ;
               withall
               counting
               it
               a
               necessary
               qualification
               in
               one
               whom
               I
               may
               match
               my self
               unto
               ,
               
                 To
                 have
                 no
                 predominant
                 humour
                 which
                 I
                 cannot
                 bear
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 bear
                 any
                 infirmity
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
              
               and
               to
               be
               (
               at
               least
               )
               
                 some
                 help
              
               to
               my
               spirit
               in
               those
               things
               wherein
               I
               specially
               need
               help
               .
            
             
               32.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
              
               (
               for
               my
               security
               in
               all
               these
               Resolutions
               )
               
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 never
                 be
                 in
                 hast
                 ,
              
               but
               make
               a
               leisurable
               ,
               
               and
               sufficient
               enquiry
               by
               my self
               and
               friends
               ,
               answerable
               to
               the
               necessity
               which
               the
               
                 worlds
                 deceitfulness
              
               enforces
               in
               a
               business
               of
               such
               lasting
               importance
               ;
               but
               specially
               
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 never
                 be
                 in
                 love
              
               (
               with
               the
               estate
               or
               comeliness
               of
               person
               )
               which
               would
               hinder
               any
               full
               enquiry
               ,
               and
               stop
               my
               ears
               to
               any
               (
               though
               never
               so
               true
               an
               )
               information
               ,
               and
               blind
               my
               eyes
               from
               a
               right
               discerning
               ,
               
                 Whether
                 there
                 be
                 indeed
                 that
                 which
                 in
                 others
                 I
                 was
                 wont
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Character
                 of
                 Piety
                 :
              
               and
               even
               in
               a
               
                 visible
                 observation
                 of
                 defects
              
               ,
               make
               me
               wickedly
               run
               to
               Gods
               Decree
               for
               my
               excuse
               ,
               and
               say
               ,
               
                 Marriages
                 are
                 made
                 in
                 Heaven
              
               ,
               or
               presumptuously
               
                 promise
                 my self
                 that
                 I
                 shall
                 make
                 them
                 better
                 ,
              
               when
               once
               married
               ,
               and
               headlong
               run
               on
               ,
               notwithstanding
               all
               the
               contrary
               
                 advice
                 of
                 friends
              
               ,
               or
               even
               the
               
                 commands
                 
                 of
                 Parents
              
               ,
               and
               be
               in
               danger
               to
               have
               my
               
                 heart
                 broke
                 with
                 discontent
              
               ,
               if
               the
               Providence
               of
               God
               shall
               any
               way
               break
               the
               Match
               ;
               which
               last
               consideration
               forbids
               also
               too
               much
               engagement
               of
               affection
               upon
               the
               most
               worthy
               and
               fit
               person
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               while
               there
               remains
               any
               possibility
               of
               dissolving
               the
               Treaty
               .
            
             
               33.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 enforce
                 the
                 undervaluing
                 of
                 wealth
                 or
                 beauty
                 ,
              
               upon
               my
               spirit
               ;
               
                 from
                 the
                 scarecity
                 of
                 these
                 who
                 have
                 all
                 the
                 other
                 more
                 necessary
                 Qualifications
                 :
              
               and
               that
               remembring
               
                 among
                 all
                 the
                 Ends
                 of
                 Marriage
              
               mentioned
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               none
               of
               them
               to
               be
               to
               
                 make
                 one
                 rich
              
               ;
               I
               may
               never
               consent
               
                 to
                 set
                 my
                 Liberty
                 ,
                 my
                 Comfort
                 ,
                 my Self
                 ,
              
               for
               .
               
                 so
                 long
                 a
                 term
                 as
                 during
                 life
                 ,
              
               to
               make
               never
               so
               great
               a
               
                 purchase
                 of
                 worldly
                 Estate
              
               :
               As
               also
               ,
               though
               
               I
               must
               never
               match
               my self
               to
               any
               ,
               till
               I
               can
               love
               their
               person
               ;
               I
               may
               yet
               
                 count
                 it
                 a
                 sin
                 to
                 refuse
                 one
                 otherwise
                 every
                 way
                 fit
                 for
                 me
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 meer
                 exception
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 cannot
                 love
                 ,
                 when
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 remarkable
                 deformity
                 to
                 breed
                 a
                 loathing
              
               ;
               and
               to
               reckon
               it
               a
               duty
               to
               pray
               earnestly
               to
               God
               to
               rectifie
               such
               untowardness
               of
               my
               mind
               ,
               as
               makes
               me
               ,
               without
               just
               cause
               ,
               reject
               a
               gracious
               offer
               of
               his
               Providence
               towards
               me
               :
               and
               that
               to
               prevent
               the
               mischief
               of
               an
               unexpected
               continuall
               jarre
               all
               our
               lives
               long
               ,
               
                 I
                 may
                 be
                 willing
                 to
                 be
                 inquired
                 into
                 my self
                 ,
              
               as
               well
               as
               to
               enquire
               after
               others
               ,
               and
               may
               not
               dissemblingly
               disguise
               for
               a
               fit
               ,
               that
               which
               will
               afterwards
               come
               certainly
               to
               be
               known
               ;
               expecting
               ,
               
                 That
                 that
                 love
                 cannot
                 be
                 firm
                 ,
                 whose
                 foundation
                 is
                 laid
                 upon
                 a
                 lie
              
               ;
               But
               that
               I
               may
               ,
               by
               my self
               or
               
               friends
               '
               fully
               and
               freely
               ,
               before
               engagement
               be
               past
               ,
               
                 Express
                 what
                 I
                 expect
              
               ,
               both
               for
               Piety
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               matters
               ,
               of
               habitation
               ,
               manner
               of
               living
               ,
               order
               of
               Family
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               :
               and
               
                 what
                 may
                 be
                 expected
                 from
                 me
              
               in
               each
               respect
               ;
               not
               fearing
               that
               this
               faithfulness
               to
               my self
               and
               them
               should
               make
               a
               breach
               ;
               but
               resolving
               that
               if
               this
               would
               
                 break
                 the
                 Match
              
               ,
               being
               unconcluded
               ,
               there
               would
               be
               no
               less
               danger
               that
               it
               would
               
                 break
                 the
                 peace
              
               afterward
               ,
               when
               the
               unfaithfulness
               should
               be
               discovered
               :
               and
               that
               that
               breaking
               of
               the
               Match
               were
               so
               much
               to
               be
               preferred
               before
               this
               breach
               of
               Peace
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               a
               cross
               is
               to
               be
               preferred
               before
               a
               sin
               ,
               and
               I
               cannot
               be
               a
               Christian
               if
               I
               believe
               not
               that
               
                 God
                 can
                 provide
                 better
                 for
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 yield
                 up
                 my
                 will
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 my
                 affections
                 wholly
                 to
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
             
               34.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 let
                 no
                 day
                 pass
                 without
                 (
                 once
                 at
                 least
                 )
                 solemn
                 casting
                 up
                 my
                 account
                 ,
              
               how
               my
               soul
               hath
               sped
               that
               day
               ,
               and
               my
               business
               gone
               forward
               or
               backward
               ;
               and
               to
               allot
               special
               times
               for
               a
               more
               full
               reckoning
               of
               many
               dayes
               ,
               and
               summing
               up
               my
               
                 whole
                 stock
              
               of
               Grace
               :
               so
               shall
               I
               be
               sure
               never
               to
               become
               a
               Bankrupt
               ,
               but
               
                 compound
                 for
                 my
                 debts
                 in
                 time
                 ,
              
               before
               I
               be
               sued
               ,
               or
               pursued
               to
               extremity
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 account
                 my
                 Sureties
                 Satisfaction
                 my
                 best
                 Riches
                 :
              
               and
               to
               treasure
               up
               charily
               in
               my
               heart
               my
               
                 Acquittances
                 sealed
                 with
                 his
                 bloud
              
               :
               and
               to
               fetch
               from
               his
               store
               all
               needfull
               Grace
               from
               time
               to
               time
               :
               
                 His
                 All
                 sufficiency
              
               alone
               on
               all
               occasions
               must
               furnish
               me
               with
               Wisdome
               ,
               Righteousness
               ,
               Sanctification
               ,
               Redemption
               ,
               he
               is
               and
               must
               be
               
                 All
                 in
                 all
                 to
                 me
              
               .
               To
               him
               ,
               
               with
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               be
               all
               Glory
               ,
               and
               Love
               ,
               and
               Faith
               ,
               and
               Obedience
               rendred
               for
               ever
               .
               Amen
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               An
               Appendix
               applyed
               to
               the
               Calling
               of
               a
               Minister
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               I
               
                 Desire
                 specially
                 to
                 improve
                 my
                 Calling
                 of
                 a
                 Minister
                 to
                 the
                 advancement
                 of
                 Religion
                 both
                 in
                 my
                 own
                 and
                 others
                 hearts
                 .
              
               Whatever
               Calling
               I
               had
               ,
               I
               were
               bound
               so
               to
               direct
               it
               :
               but
               this
               was
               erected
               to
               that
               purpose
               immediately
               ,
               and
               no
               other
               [
               
                 to
                 found
                 men
                 in
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 build
                 them
                 up
                 in
                 it
                 .
              
               ]
               As
               therefore
               I
               must
               first
               account
               ,
               that
               of
               me
               is
               required
               
                 a
                 greater
                 forwardness
                 in
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 higher
                 degree
                 of
                 
                 heavenly
                 mindedness
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 to
                 the
                 glory
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               then
               of
               ordinary
               Christians
               ;
               because
               while
               their
               calling
               oft
               distracts
               and
               disturbs
               them
               from
               thinking
               of
               God
               and
               Christ
               ,
               mine
               leads
               me
               directly
               to
               it
               ;
               and
               those
               notions
               which
               they
               through
               ignorance
               or
               disuse
               are
               strangers
               to
               ,
               I
               am
               happily
               necessitated
               to
               make
               familiar
               to
               me
               :
               so
               though
               I
               may
               yet
               have
               imperfection
               ,
               I
               pretend
               Religion
               in
               vain
               ,
               if
               I
               allow
               my self
               in
               carelesseness
               or
               unprofitableness
               in
               that
               Profession
               of
               mine
               ,
               the
               very
               exercise
               whereof
               is
               among
               the
               
                 mainest
                 Businesses
                 of
                 Religion
              
               ,
               and
               which
               therefore
               in
               the
               Pr●parations
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               exercise
               of
               it
               ,
               
                 challenges
                 all
                 my
                 strength
              
               of
               affections
               and
               spirits
               .
               If
               God
               should
               have
               given
               me
               my
               choice
               of
               all
               the
               imployment
               the
               world
               knows
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               wish
               any
               other
               ,
               to
               do
               
               at
               once
               most
               good
               to
               my
               soul
               ;
               and
               express
               what
               good
               I
               get
               ,
               to
               do
               others
               souls
               good
               also
               ,
               and
               most
               shew
               my
               love
               to
               Christ
               and
               Christians
               ,
               in
               thankfulness
               for
               all
               that
               good
               I
               have
               and
               look
               for
               ,
               both
               to
               my
               soul
               and
               body
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 therefore
                 to
                 esteem
                 it
                 among
                 the
                 highest
                 favours
                 ,
              
               among
               the
               greatest
               honours
               ,
               
                 so
                 to
                 be
                 set
                 on
                 work
                 ,
              
               specially
               with
               success
               :
               and
               to
               make
               it
               appear
               that
               I
               do
               so
               esteem
               it
               ,
               by
               
                 putting
                 forth
                 all
                 my
                 abilities
              
               ,
               that
               there
               may
               be
               no
               want
               in
               me
               ,
               if
               success
               follow
               not
               towards
               others
               .
               All
               the
               time
               my
               Saviour
               lived
               his
               first
               life
               upon
               earth
               ,
               after
               his
               Baptism
               (
               till
               he
               was
               to
               prepare
               himself
               for
               the
               Sacrifice
               of
               his
               Death
               )
               he
               undertook
               no
               other
               Calling
               than
               this
               ,
               and
               after
               his
               Resurrection
               again
               practised
               it
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               he
               conversed
               with
               men
               here
               below
               .
               O
               let
               
               my
               heart
               therefore
               be
               so
               possest
               with
               his
               Spirit
               ;
               that
               though
               my
               body
               must
               needs
               have
               its
               natural
               supplies
               in
               due
               season
               ,
               yet
               I
               may
               ever
               (
               as
               he
               did
               )
               
                 count
                 it
                 my
                 meat
                 and
                 drink
              
               to
               fulfill
               and
               finish
               this
               work
               ;
               and
               my
               recreation
               to
               go
               about
               ,
               doing
               good
               .
               And
               therefore
               though
               his
               Sabbath
               ,
               the
               Lords
               day
               ,
               be
               according
               to
               nature
               the
               day
               of
               my
               greatest
               toil
               ;
               yet
               because
               that
               day
               I
               most
               advance
               the
               business
               of
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               my
               own
               soul
               together
               ,
               I
               may
               with
               more
               affections
               than
               others
               can
               ,
               
                 call
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 a
                 delight
              
               ,
               and
               triumph
               in
               it
               ,
               not
               onely
               as
               a
               day
               of
               Liberty
               ,
               but
               of
               conquest
               and
               victory
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 extend
                 the
                 labours
                 of
                 my
                 Function
                 beyond
                 the
                 expectation
                 of
                 those
                 to
                 whom
                 they
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 directed
                 .
              
               I
               mean
               ,
               not
               ever
               (
               yet
               sometimes
               )
               specially
               for
               length
               ,
               
               but
               frequency
               ,
               to
               be
               instant
               in
               season
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               season
               [
               
                 volentibus
                 ,
                 nolentibus
              
               .
               ]
               And
               to
               rejoyce
               therefore
               ,
               and
               only
               therefore
               ,
               in
               the
               multitude
               of
               hearers
               ,
               because
               among
               many
               there
               is
               more
               hope
               of
               doing
               some
               good
               ,
               whilest
               yet
               I
               never
               suffer
               my self
               to
               be
               discouraged
               by
               their
               paucity
               ,
               since
               Gods
               grace
               is
               not
               tied
               to
               expect
               the
               help
               of
               a
               croud
               ,
               and
               one
               soul
               gained
               or
               confirmed
               ,
               is
               worth
               an
               age
               of
               pains
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 publick
                 exercises
                 of
                 my
                 Ministry
                 ,
                 to
                 suit
                 my
                 matter
                 ,
                 method
                 ,
                 phrase
                 ,
                 repetition
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 other
                 circumstances
                 ,
                 so
                 as
                 I
                 may
                 be
                 best
                 understood
                 and
                 remembred
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 best
                 convince
                 and
                 perswade
                 every
                 mans
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               and
               not
               to
               own
               one
               tittle
               or
               syllable
               that
               might
               hinder
               this
               in
               any
               :
               remembring
               herein
               my
               business
               to
               be
               ,
               
                 not
                 to
                 break
                 for
                 my
                 own
                 credit
                 :
              
               
               but
               
                 to
                 deliver
                 the
                 messages
                 of
                 him
                 who
                 is
                 no
                 respecter
                 of
                 persons
                 ,
              
               but
               esteems
               the
               meanest
               soul
               worth
               shedding
               his
               bloud
               for
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               greatest
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 therefore
                 no
                 more
                 to
                 neglect
                 the
                 instruction
                 of
                 the
                 poorest
                 child
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 visiting
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 contemptible
                 creature
                 within
                 my
                 charge
                 ,
                 than
                 of
                 the
                 richest
                 and
                 noblest
                 ,
              
               rather
               those
               of
               the
               eminenter
               sort
               may
               better
               spare
               me
               ;
               because
               they
               may
               for
               themselves
               and
               theirs
               have
               more
               means
               and
               comforts
               than
               others
               can
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               Specially
               ,
               
                 I
                 desire
                 not
                 to
                 omit
                 the
                 advantage
                 of
                 any
                 ones
                 being
                 sick
              
               :
               Because
               ,
               1.
               then
               they
               may
               have
               more
               leisure
               to
               ponder
               on
               any
               good
               counsel
               ,
               than
               the
               world
               at
               other
               times
               will
               give
               them
               leave
               .
               2.
               
               Then
               also
               perhaps
               they
               may
               be
               straight
               going
               out
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               I
               may
               never
               again
               have
               
               any
               more
               opportunity
               of
               offering
               ,
               them
               good
               ;
               and
               then
               too
               (
               probably
               )
               they
               may
               be
               more
               sensible
               of
               the
               reality
               of
               those
               things
               which
               concern
               another
               world
               ,
               when
               they
               see
               nothing
               in
               this
               world
               will
               do
               them
               good
               ,
               or
               keep
               them
               here
               :
               And
               when
               I
               come
               to
               any
               ,
               never
               to
               omit
               the
               mention
               of
               death
               ,
               which
               
                 will
                 neither
                 stay
                 our
                 leisure
                 ,
                 nor
                 be
                 hastened
                 by
                 talking
                 of
                 it
              
               :
               And
               herein
               to
               regard
               the
               good
               of
               a
               soul
               ,
               rather
               than
               the
               pleasing
               of
               any
               ones
               fancy
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 men
                 should
                 rather
                 be
                 pleased
                 with
                 what
                 I
                 must
                 do
                 ,
                 then
                 for
                 me
                 to
                 do
                 any
                 thing
                 meerly
                 to
                 please
                 men
                 ,
              
               unless
               in
               things
               otherwise
               indifferent
               every
               way
               ,
               and
               in
               them
               indeed
               to
               be
               willing
               to
               please
               all
               men
               in
               all
               things
               ;
               taking
               counsel
               ,
               in
               things
               of
               that
               sort
               ,
               of
               mens
               infirmities
               ;
               
               but
               in
               substantials
               only
               of
               Gods
               Word
               ;
               except
               that
               even
               in
               such
               mens
               weakness
               or
               waywardness
               may
               sometimes
               so
               vary
               the
               case
               ,
               as
               that
               one
               while
               they
               may
               necessitate
               a
               present
               enforcement
               of
               a
               Doctrine
               ,
               and
               another
               time
               the
               forbearance
               for
               that
               season
               .
               And
               because
               the
               forbearance
               of
               this
               is
               oft
               times
               a
               great
               business
               of
               importance
               ,
               I
               may
               bend
               all
               the
               strength
               of
               my
               prayers
               and
               wits
               about
               it
               ;
               and
               where
               I
               can
               ,
               call
               also
               for
               the
               help
               of
               other
               men
               ,
               more
               experienced
               in
               the
               Divine
               Mystery
               of
               gaining
               and
               feeding
               souls
               ,
               being
               ready
               also
               to
               lend
               my
               best
               help
               to
               others
               as
               well
               ,
               as
               being
               all
               fellow-workmen
               in
               the
               same
               spiritual
               husbandry
               and
               building
               ,
               though
               our
               lots
               lie
               in
               several
               quarters
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 ever
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 special
                 care
                 of
                 laying
                 the
                 foundation
                 aright
                 ,
              
               
               first
               by
               constant
               catechizing
               of
               all
               ,
               from
               very
               children
               to
               the
               eldest
               that
               will
               admit
               it
               ;
               misdoubting
               still
               the
               ignorance
               of
               the
               common
               sort
               ,
               when
               I
               come
               to
               visit
               them
               .
               And
               however
               they
               only
               call
               for
               comfort
               ,
               yet
               to
               be
               most
               large
               in
               urging
               those
               things
               ,
               which
               they
               appear
               to
               be
               most
               defective
               in
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               knowledge
               of
               sin
               ,
               and
               the
               nature
               of
               repentance
               ,
               and
               even
               of
               faith
               it self
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 by
                 all
                 just
                 means
                 possible
                 ,
                 to
                 prevent
                 all
                 quarrels
                 between
                 me
                 and
                 any
                 other
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 all
                 prejudices
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 which
                 would
                 much
                 hinder
                 my
                 work
                 :
              
               And
               to
               be
               willing
               to
               redeem
               their
               good
               opinion
               with
               any
               thing
               which
               is
               my
               own
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               can
               well
               spare
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 reserve
                 my
                 heat
                 ,
                 my
                 anger
                 ,
                 to
                 encounter
                 sin
              
               ;
               and
               yet
               so
               to
               temper
               it
               with
               the
               meekness
               of
               wisdome
               ,
               as
               it
               may
               appear
               I
               
               mean
               no
               hurt
               ,
               but
               altogether
               good
               to
               the
               sinner
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               be
               wearied
               either
               out
               of
               my
               zeal
               or
               meekness
               ,
               either
               with
               the
               stupidity
               or
               fierceness
               of
               any
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 acquaint
                 my self
                 so
                 with
                 the
                 tempers
                 and
                 spirits
                 of
                 every
                 one
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 may
                 speak
                 most
                 directly
                 to
                 their
                 consciences
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 decyphering
                 of
                 their
                 persons
              
               ;
               yet
               not
               to
               forbear
               the
               publick
               reproof
               of
               any
               sin
               ,
               because
               the
               impudence
               of
               any
               person
               hath
               made
               their
               guilt
               notorious
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 account
                 the
                 commandment
                 of
                 not
                 suffering
                 sin
                 to
                 lie
                 upon
                 my
                 neighbour
                 ,
              
               (
               who
               is
               my
               brother
               )
               
                 to
                 lie
                 principally
                 upon
                 me
              
               :
               and
               therefore
               if
               publick
               reproof
               of
               all
               ,
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               offender
               will
               not
               affect
               him
               ;
               to
               reckon
               a
               wise
               and
               particular
               
                 reproof
                 in
                 private
              
               to
               be
               a
               
                 debt
                 of
                 love
              
               I
               owe
               him
               ,
               and
               to
               defer
               the
               payment
               of
               
               it
               no
               longer
               than
               till
               the
               providence
               of
               God
               
                 (
                 by
                 some
                 special
                 act
                 of
                 giving
                 or
                 taking
                 away
                 somewhat
                 of
                 worth
                 and
                 esteem
                 )
              
               hath
               made
               him
               fit
               to
               receive
               it
               .
               But
               especially
               
                 not
                 to
                 let
                 slip
                 the
                 season
                 of
                 sickness
                 or
                 remorse
                 for
                 sinne
              
               upon
               any
               other
               ground
               ;
               because
               then
               he
               hath
               both
               more
               need
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               like
               to
               do
               him
               most
               good
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 in
                 all
                 places
                 ,
                 companies
                 ,
                 and
                 entercourses
                 ,
                 to
                 remember
                 my
                 Calling
                 .
              
               And
               not
               only
               to
               take
               heed
               that
               my
               example
               (
               or
               any
               one
               that
               depends
               upon
               me
               )
               pull
               not
               down
               at
               any
               time
               ,
               what
               my
               work
               is
               to
               build
               ,
               or
               build
               what
               I
               am
               to
               pull
               down
               ;
               but
               also
               to
               know
               my self
               authorized
               ,
               whereever
               I
               come
               ,
               to
               profess
               my self
               a
               
                 Projector
                 ,
                 an
                 Architest
                 for
                 my
                 heavenly
                 Master
              
               :
               and
               therefore
               not
               only
               to
               be
               ready
               to
               undertake
               the
               edification
               (
               satisfaction
               )
               of
               any
               soul
               
               that
               calls
               for
               my
               help
               ,
               but
               likewise
               where
               I
               shall
               neither
               take
               any
               other
               mans
               work
               out
               of
               his
               hand
               ;
               nor
               hinder
               that
               which
               is
               more
               properly
               mine
               own
               work
               ;
               to
               be
               forward
               and
               offer
               my self
               upon
               the
               least
               probability
               of
               doing
               good
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 renew
                 my
                 Commission
                 from
                 my
                 great
                 Lord
                 and
                 Master
                 ,
                 every
                 time
                 I
                 go
                 about
                 any
                 of
                 his
                 work
                 ;
                 by
                 supplicating
                 his
                 grace
                 to
                 go
                 forth
                 and
                 along
                 with
                 me
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 :
              
               and
               to
               look
               with
               contentedness
               and
               patience
               of
               faith
               for
               my
               reward
               from
               him
               alone
               :
               even
               the
               more
               ,
               rather
               than
               the
               less
               ,
               when
               being
               not
               guilty
               in
               my self
               of
               any
               willing
               fault
               to
               disappoint
               it
               ,
               I
               see
               not
               the
               work
               prosper
               in
               my
               hands
               :
               
                 because
                 he
                 proportions
                 our
                 reward
                 according
                 to
                 our
                 work
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 endeavour
                 ;
                 not
                 success
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 his
                 work
                 :
              
               and
               we
               
               have
               wrought
               most
               hard
               ,
               toiled
               most
               many
               times
               ,
               when
               we
               have
               least
               success
               ,
               the
               want
               of
               it
               greatly
               encreasing
               our
               toil
               ;
               besides
               that
               for
               the
               most
               part
               it
               is
               not
               meerly
               negative
               ,
               but
               positive
               ,
               through
               the
               opposition
               of
               those
               we
               would
               do
               good
               to
               ,
               but
               cannot
               ;
               and
               this
               to
               endure
               is
               persecution
               ,
               to
               which
               is
               promised
               a
               great
               recompence
               of
               reward
               ;
               but
               all
               only
               from
               his
               alone
               grace
               ,
               
                 who
                 first
                 works
                 in
                 us
                 mightily
                 ,
              
               to
               make
               us
               do
               and
               suffer
               all
               things
               for
               him
               ;
               and
               
                 then
                 rewards
                 us
                 mercifully
                 and
                 bountifully
                 ,
                 through
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 .
              
               To
               whom
               therefore
               be
               all
               service
               ,
               and
               thanksgiving
               ,
               and
               glory
               for
               ever
               .
               Amen
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               MEMORIALS
               OF
               Godliness
               &
               Christianity
               .
            
             
               PART
               .
               II.
               CONTAINING
               1.
               
               The
               Character
               of
               a
               Christian
               in
               Paradoxes
               and
               seeming
               Contradictions
               .
               2.
               
               A
               Proof
               or
               Character
               of
               visible
               Godliness
               .
               3.
               
               Some
               general
               Considerations
               to
               excite
               to
               watchfulness
               ,
               and
               to
               shake
               off
               spiritual
               drousiness
               .
               4.
               
               Remedies
               against
               Carefulness
               .
               5.
               
               The
               Soul
               of
               Fasting
               .
            
             
               The
               Tenth
               Edition
               Corrected
               .
            
             
               By
               
                 Herbert
                 Palmer
              
               ,
               B.
               D.
               late
               Master
               of
               Queens
               Col.
               Camb.
               
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Henry
                 Million
              
               at
               the
               Bible
               near
               White-Fryers
               in
               Fleetstreet
               ,
               1670.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               TO
               THE
               CHRISTIAN
               READER
               .
            
             
               
                 Christian
                 Reader
                 ,
              
            
             
               HEre
               is
               offered
               thee
               a
               second
               Part
               of
               Memorials
               of
               Godliness
               and
               Christianity
               :
               Small
               indeed
               for
               bulk
               ,
               but
               the
               more
               suitable
               for
               that
               to
               the
               title
               ,
               
               and
               the
               less
               burthensome
               to
               thee
               withall
               I
               must
               needs
               say
               ,
               I
               meant
               thee
               somewhat
               more
               :
               but
               whilest
               (
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               many
               Imployments
               )
               I
               was
               getting
               it
               ready
               ,
               a
               strange
               hand
               was
               like
               to
               have
               robbed
               me
               of
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               this
               ,
               by
               putting
               to
               the
               Press
               (
               unknown
               to
               me
               )
               an
               imperfect
               Copy
               of
               the
               Paradoxes
               .
               This
               made
               me
               hasten
               to
               tender
               a
               true
               one
               ,
               and
               to
               content
               my self
               for
               the
               present
               with
               the
               Addition
               of
               the
               other
               lesser
               Pieces
               ,
               which
               here
               accompany
               them
               .
               In
               which
               ,
               if
               thou
               findest
               any
               spiritual
               savour
               ,
               I
               shall
               be
               willing
               to
               own
               my self
               thy
               Debtour
               for
               the
               remainder
               of
               my
               Thoughts
               
               of
               this
               kind
               ,
               as
               God
               upon
               thy
               Prayers
               ,
               (
               which
               I
               must
               continually
               beg
               )
               shall
               vouchsafe
               to
               afford
               Leisure
               and
               Assistance
               :
               Only
               intreating
               thee
               to
               remember
               ,
               
                 That
                 as
                 I
                 count
                 my self
                 the
                 more
                 engaged
                 by
                 every
                 of
                 these
                 publick
                 Expressions
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 more
                 exact
                 walking
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 wayes
                 of
                 Godliness
                 and
                 Christianity
                 ;
                 so
                 wilt
                 not
                 thou
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 answer
                 it
                 to
                 God
                 ,
              
               if
               thou
               content
               thy self
               with
               commending
               any
               ,
               or
               all
               of
               that
               which
               thou
               readest
               ,
               and
               thy
               Heart
               and
               thy
               Life
               be
               not
               the
               better
               .
               Not
               Notions
               ,
               but
               Affections
               and
               Actions
               ,
               are
               matters
               of
               true
               Honour
               and
               solid
               Comfort
               .
               So
               I
               leave
               
               thee
               to
               the
               Lord
               ,
               in
               whom
               I
               am
               ever
               ,
            
             
               
                 Thine
                 and
                 the
                 Churches
                 Servant
                 together
                 
                   Herbert
                   Palmer
                
                 .
              
               
                 July
                 
                   25.
                   1645.
                
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               The
               Character
               of
               a
               Christian
               in
               Paradoxes
               and
               seeming
               Contradictions
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               A
               Christian
               is
               one
               who
               believes
               things
               which
               his
               reason
               connot
               comprehend
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Who
               hopes
               for
               that
               which
               neither
               he
               ,
               nor
               any
               man
               alive
               ever
               saw
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Who
               labours
               for
               that
               he
               knows
               he
               can
               never
               attain
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Yet
               in
               the
               issue
               ,
               his
               
                 
                   Belief
                   appears
                   not
                   to
                   have
                   been
                   false
                   .
                
                 
                   Hope
                   makes
                   him
                   not
                   ashamed
                   .
                
                 
                   Labour
                   is
                   not
                   in
                   vain
                   .
                
              
            
             
             
               5.
               
               He
               believes
               Three
               to
               be
               One
               ,
               and
               One
               to
               be
               Three
               ;
               A
               Father
               not
               to
               be
               elder
               than
               his
               Son
               ,
               and
               the
               Son
               to
               be
               equal
               with
               his
               Father
               ,
               and
               one
               proceeding
               from
               both
               to
               be
               fully
               equal
               to
               both
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               He
               believes
               in
               one
               Nature
               three
               Persons
               ,
               and
               in
               one
               Person
               two
               Natures
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               He
               believes
               a
               Virgin
               to
               have
               been
               a
               Mother
               ,
               and
               her
               Son
               to
               be
               her
               Maker
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               He
               believes
               him
               to
               be
               
                 born
                 in
                 time
              
               ,
               who
               was
               from
               everlasting
               ,
               and
               him
               to
               be
               shut
               up
               in
               a
               narrow
               room
               ,
               whom
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               could
               never
               contain
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               He
               believes
               him
               to
               have
               been
               a
               weak
               child
               carried
               in
               arms
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               Almighty
               ,
               and
               him
               to
               have
               died
               ,
               who
               only
               hath
               life
               and
               immortality
               in
               himself
               .
            
             
             
               10.
               
               He
               believes
               the
               God
               af
               all
               Grace
               ,
               to
               have
               been
               angry
               with
               one
               who
               never
               offended
               him
               :
               and
               the
               God
               that
               hates
               all
               sinne
               ,
               to
               be
               reconciled
               to
               himself
               ,
               though
               sinning
               con-continually
               ,
               and
               never
               making
               ,
               or
               being
               able
               to
               make
               him
               satisfaction
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               He
               believes
               the
               most
               just
               God
               to
               have
               punished
               a
               most
               innocent
               person
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               justified
               himself
               ,
               though
               a
               most
               ungodly
               sinner
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               He
               believes
               himself
               freely
               pardoned
               ,
               and
               yet
               that
               a
               sufficient
               Satisfaction
               is
               paid
               for
               him
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               He
               believes
               himself
               to
               be
               precious
               in
               Gods
               sight
               ,
               yet
               he
               loaths
               himself
               in
               his
               own
               sight
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               He
               dares
               not
               justifie
               himself
               ,
               even
               in
               those
               things
               wherein
               
               he
               knows
               no
               fault
               in
               himself
               ;
               yet
               he
               believes
               God
               accepts
               even
               those
               services
               ,
               wherein
               himself
               is
               able
               to
               find
               many
               faults
               .
            
             
               15.
               
               He
               praiseth
               God
               for
               his
               Justice
               ,
               and
               fears
               him
               for
               his
               mercies
               .
            
             
               16.
               
               He
               is
               so
               ashamed
               ,
               as
               he
               dares
               not
               open
               his
               mouth
               before
               God
               ;
               yet
               comes
               with
               boldness
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               asks
               any
               thing
               he
               needs
               .
            
             
               17.
               
               He
               is
               so
               humble
               as
               to
               acknowledge
               himself
               to
               deserve
               nothing
               but
               evil
               ;
               yet
               so
               confident
               ,
               as
               to
               believe
               God
               means
               him
               all
               good
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               He
               is
               one
               that
               fears
               always
               ,
               and
               yet
               is
               bold
               as
               a
               Lion.
               
            
             
               19.
               
               He
               is
               often
               sorrowful
               ,
               yet
               alwayes
               rejoycing
               :
               often
               complaining
               ,
               yet
               alwayes
               giving
               of
               thanks
               .
            
             
               20.
               
               He
               is
               most
               lowly
               minded
               ,
               yet
               the
               greatest
               aspirer
               ;
               most
               
               contented
               ,
               yet
               ever
               craving
               .
            
             
               21.
               
               He
               bears
               a
               lofty
               spirit
               in
               a
               mean
               condition
               ;
               and
               when
               he
               is
               aloft
               ,
               thinks
               meanly
               of
               himself
               .
            
             
               22.
               
               He
               is
               rich
               in
               poverty
               ,
               and
               poor
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               riches
               .
            
             
               23.
               
               He
               believes
               all
               the
               world
               to
               be
               his
               ,
               yet
               dares
               take
               nothing
               without
               special
               leave
               .
            
             
               24.
               
               He
               covenants
               with
               God
               for
               nothing
               ,
               yet
               looks
               for
               the
               greatest
               reward
               .
            
             
               25.
               
               He
               loses
               his
               life
               and
               gains
               by
               it
               ,
               and
               even
               whiles
               he
               loses
               it
               ,
               he
               saves
               it
               .
            
             
               26.
               
               He
               lives
               not
               to
               himself
               ,
               yet
               of
               all
               others
               is
               most
               wise
               for
               himself
               .
            
             
               27.
               
               He
               denies
               himself
               often
               ,
               yet
               no
               man
               that
               most
               pleases
               himself
               ,
               loves
               himself
               so
               well
               .
            
             
               28.
               
               He
               is
               the
               most
               reproached
               ,
               and
               most
               honoured
               .
            
             
               29.
               
               He
               hath
               the
               most
               afflictions
               
               and
               the
               most
               comforts
               .
            
             
               30.
               
               The
               more
               injury
               his
               enemies
               do
               to
               him
               ,
               the
               more
               advantage
               he
               gets
               by
               them
               .
            
             
               31.
               
               The
               more
               he
               himself
               forsakes
               of
               worldly
               things
               ,
               the
               more
               he
               enjoys
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               32.
               
               He
               is
               most
               temperate
               of
               all
               men
               ,
               yet
               fares
               most
               deliciously
               .
            
             
               33.
               
               He
               lends
               and
               gives
               most
               freely
               ,
               yet
               is
               the
               greater
               Usurer
               .
            
             
               34.
               
               He
               is
               meek
               towards
               all
               men
               ,
               yet
               inexorable
               by
               men
               .
            
             
               35.
               
               He
               is
               the
               best
               child
               ,
               brother
               ,
               husband
               ,
               friend
               ,
               yet
               hates
               father
               ,
               and
               mother
               ,
               and
               wife
               ,
               and
               brethren
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               36.
               
               He
               loves
               all
               men
               as
               himself
               ,
               yet
               hates
               some
               men
               with
               perfect
               hatred
               .
            
             
               37.
               
               He
               desires
               to
               have
               more
               grace
               than
               any
               hath
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               yet
               he
               is
               truly
               sorry
               when
               he
               sees
               any
               man
               have
               less
               than
               himself
               .
            
             
             
               38.
               
               He
               knows
               no
               man
               after
               the
               flesh
               ,
               yet
               gives
               to
               all
               men
               their
               due
               respects
               .
            
             
               39.
               
               He
               knows
               ,
               if
               he
               please
               men
               ,
               he
               is
               not
               the
               servant
               of
               Christ
               ,
               yet
               for
               Christs
               sake
               he
               pleases
               all
               men
               in
               all
               things
               .
            
             
               40.
               
               He
               is
               a
               peace-maker
               ,
               yet
               continually
               fighting
               ,
               &
               an
               irreconcilable
               enemy
               .
            
             
               41.
               
               He
               believes
               him
               to
               be
               worse
               than
               an
               Infidel
               that
               provides
               not
               for
               his
               family
               ,
               yet
               he
               himself
               lives
               and
               dies
               without
               care
               .
            
             
               42.
               
               He
               is
               severe
               to
               his
               children
               ,
               because
               he
               loves
               them
               ;
               and
               being
               favourable
               to
               his
               enemies
               ,
               revenges
               himself
               upon
               them
               .
            
             
               43.
               
               He
               accounts
               all
               his
               inferiors
               his
               fellows
               ,
               yet
               stands
               strictly
               upon
               his
               authority
               .
            
             
               44.
               
               He
               believes
               the
               Angels
               to
               be
               more
               excellent
               creatures
               than
               
               himself
               ,
               and
               yet
               counts
               them
               his
               servants
               .
            
             
               45.
               
               He
               believes
               he
               receives
               many
               good
               turns
               by
               their
               means
               ,
               yet
               he
               never
               prays
               their
               assistance
               ,
               nor
               craves
               their
               prayers
               ,
               nor
               offers
               them
               thanks
               ,
               which
               yet
               he
               doth
               not
               disdain
               to
               do
               to
               the
               meanest
               Christian
               .
            
             
               46.
               
               He
               believes
               himself
               a
               King
               ,
               how
               mean
               soever
               he
               be
               ,
               and
               how
               great
               soever
               he
               be
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               not
               too
               good
               ▪
               to
               be
               servant
               to
               the
               poorest
               Saint
               .
            
             
               47.
               
               He
               is
               often
               in
               prison
               ,
               yet
               alwayes
               at
               liberty
               ,
               and
               a
               free-man
               though
               a
               servant
               .
            
             
               48.
               
               He
               receives
               not
               honour
               from
               men
               ,
               yet
               highly
               prizes
               a
               good
               name
               .
            
             
               49.
               
               He
               believes
               God
               hath
               bidden
               evey
               man
               that
               doth
               him
               any
               good
               to
               do
               so
               ;
               yet
               he
               of
               any
               man
               is
               the
               most
               thankfull
               to
               
               them
               that
               do
               ought
               for
               him
               .
            
             
               50.
               
               He
               would
               lay
               down
               his
               life
               to
               save
               the
               soul
               of
               his
               enemy
               ;
               yet
               will
               not
               venture
               upon
               one
               sinne
               to
               save
               his
               life
               that
               hath
               saved
               his
               .
            
             
               51.
               
               He
               swears
               to
               his
               own
               hinderance
               and
               changes
               not
               ;
               yet
               knows
               ,
               that
               his
               mouth
               cannot
               tie
               him
               to
               sinne
               .
            
             
               52.
               
               He
               believes
               Christ
               to
               have
               no
               need
               of
               any
               thing
               he
               doth
               ,
               yet
               makes
               account
               he
               relieves
               Christ
               in
               all
               his
               deeds
               of
               charity
               .
            
             
               53.
               
               He
               knows
               he
               can
               do
               nothing
               of
               himself
               ,
               yet
               labours
               to
               work
               out
               his
               own
               salvation
               .
            
             
               54.
               
               He
               confesses
               he
               can
               do
               nothing
               ;
               yet
               as
               truly
               professes
               he
               can
               do
               all
               things
               .
            
             
               55.
               
               He
               knows
               that
               flesh
               and
               bloud
               shall
               not
               inherit
               the
               kingdom
               of
               God
               :
               yet
               believes
               he
               shall
               go
               to
               heaven
               body
               and
               soul
               .
            
             
               56.
               
               He
               trembles
               at
               Gods
               Word
               ,
               
               yet
               counts
               it
               
                 sweeter
                 to
                 him
                 than
                 the
                 honey
                 and
                 the
                 honey
                 comb
                 ,
                 and
                 dearer
                 than
                 thousands
                 of
                 gold
                 and
                 silver
                 .
              
            
             
               57.
               
               He
               believes
               that
               God
               will
               never
               damn
               him
               ;
               and
               yet
               he
               fears
               him
               for
               being
               able
               to
               cast
               him
               into
               hell
               .
            
             
               58.
               
               He
               knows
               he
               shall
               not
               be
               saved
               by
               his
               works
               ,
               and
               yet
               doth
               all
               the
               good
               works
               he
               can
               ,
               and
               believes
               he
               shall
               not
               be
               saved
               without
               them
               .
            
             
               59.
               
               He
               knows
               Gods
               providence
               orders
               all
               things
               ;
               yet
               is
               he
               so
               diligent
               in
               his
               business
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               were
               to
               cut
               out
               his
               own
               fortune
               .
            
             
               60.
               
               He
               believes
               beforehand
               God
               hath
               purposed
               what
               shall
               be
               ,
               and
               that
               nothing
               can
               make
               him
               alter
               his
               purpose
               :
               yet
               prays
               and
               endeavours
               as
               if
               he
               would
               force
               God
               to
               satisfie
               him
               however
               .
            
             
               61.
               
               He
               prays
               and
               labours
               for
               what
               
               he
               believes
               God
               means
               to
               give
               him
               ,
               and
               the
               more
               assured
               he
               is
               ,
               the
               more
               earnest
               .
            
             
               62.
               
               He
               prays
               for
               that
               he
               knoweth
               he
               shall
               not
               obtain
               ,
               and
               yet
               gives
               not
               over
               .
            
             
               63.
               
               He
               prays
               and
               labours
               for
               that
               ,
               which
               he
               knows
               he
               may
               be
               no
               less
               happy
               without
               .
            
             
               64.
               
               He
               prays
               with
               all
               his
               heart
               not
               to
               be
               led
               into
               temptation
               ,
               yet
               rejoyces
               when
               he
               is
               fallen
               into
               it
               .
            
             
               65.
               
               He
               believes
               his
               prayers
               to
               be
               heard
               ,
               even
               when
               they
               are
               denied
               ,
               and
               gives
               thanks
               for
               that
               which
               he
               prayed
               against
               .
            
             
               66.
               
               He
               hath
               within
               him
               the
               flesh
               and
               the
               spirit
               ;
               yet
               is
               not
               a
               double-minded
               man.
               
            
             
               67.
               
               He
               is
               often
               led
               away
               captive
               by
               the
               law
               of
               sin
               ,
               yet
               it
               never
               gets
               the
               dominion
               over
               him
               .
            
             
               68.
               
               He
               cannot
               sinne
               ,
               yet
               he
               
               can
               do
               nothing
               without
               sin
               .
            
             
               69.
               
               He
               can
               do
               nothing
               against
               his
               will
               ;
               yet
               he
               doth
               what
               he
               would
               not
               .
            
             
               70.
               
               He
               wavers
               and
               doubts
               ,
               and
               yet
               obtains
               ;
               he
               is
               often
               tossed
               and
               shaken
               ,
               and
               yet
               like
               Mount
               Zion
               .
            
             
               71.
               
               He
               is
               a
               Serpent
               and
               a
               Dove
               ,
               a
               Lamb
               and
               a
               Lion
               ,
               a
               Reed
               and
               a
               Cedar
               .
            
             
               72.
               
               He
               is
               sometimes
               so
               troubled
               ,
               that
               he
               thinks
               nothing
               is
               true
               in
               Religion
               ;
               and
               yet
               if
               he
               did
               think
               so
               ,
               he
               could
               not
               be
               at
               all
               troubled
               .
            
             
               73.
               
               He
               thinks
               sometimes
               God
               hath
               no
               mercy
               for
               him
               ,
               and
               yet
               resolves
               to
               die
               in
               the
               pursuit
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               74.
               
               He
               believes
               like
               Abraham
               ,
               in
               hope
               and
               against
               hope
               ,
               &
               though
               he
               can
               never
               answer
               Gods
               Logick
               ,
               yet
               with
               the
               woman
               of
               Canaan
               ,
               he
               hopes
               to
               prevail
               with
               the
               rhetorick
               of
               importunity
               .
            
             
             
               75.
               
               He
               wrestles
               with
               God
               and
               prevailes
               ;
               and
               though
               yielding
               himself
               unworthy
               the
               least
               blessing
               he
               enjoyes
               already
               :
               yet
               
               Jacob-like
               ,
               will
               not
               let
               God
               go
               without
               a
               new
               blessing
               .
            
             
               76.
               
               He
               sometimes
               thinks
               himself
               to
               have
               no
               grace
               at
               all
               ;
               and
               yet
               how
               poor
               and
               afflicted
               soever
               he
               be
               besides
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               change
               conditions
               with
               the
               most
               prosperous
               upon
               earth
               that
               is
               a
               manifest
               worldling
               .
            
             
               77.
               
               He
               thinks
               sometimes
               the
               Ordinances
               of
               God
               do
               him
               no
               good
               at
               all
               ,
               and
               yet
               he
               would
               rather
               part
               with
               his
               life
               than
               be
               deprived
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               78.
               
               He
               was
               born
               dead
               ,
               and
               yet
               so
               ,
               as
               it
               had
               been
               murther
               to
               have
               taken
               his
               life
               away
               .
            
             
               79.
               
               When
               life
               was
               first
               put
               into
               him
               ,
               is
               commonly
               unknown
               ;
               and
               with
               some
               ,
               not
               untill
               they
               had
               
               learned
               to
               speak
               ,
               and
               were
               even
               grown
               up
               to
               the
               stature
               of
               a
               man
               ;
               and
               with
               others
               ,
               not
               till
               they
               were
               ready
               to
               drop
               into
               their
               graves
               for
               age
               .
            
             
               80.
               
               After
               he
               begins
               to
               live
               is
               ever
               dying
               ;
               and
               though
               he
               have
               an
               eternal
               life
               begun
               in
               him
               ,
               yet
               he
               makes
               account
               he
               hath
               a
               death
               to
               pass
               through
               .
            
             
               81.
               
               He
               counts
               self-murder
               a
               most
               hainous
               sin
               ,
               yet
               he
               is
               continually
               busied
               in
               crucifying
               his
               flesh
               ,
               and
               putting
               to
               death
               his
               earthly
               members
               .
            
             
               82.
               
               He
               believes
               that
               his
               soul
               and
               body
               shall
               be
               as
               full
               of
               glory
               as
               theirs
               that
               have
               more
               ,
               and
               not
               more
               full
               than
               theirs
               that
               have
               less
               .
            
             
               83.
               
               He
               lives
               invisibly
               to
               those
               that
               see
               him
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               know
               him
               best
               ,
               do
               but
               guesse
               at
               him
               ;
               yet
               they
               somitimes
               see
               
               further
               into
               him
               ,
               and
               judge
               more
               truly
               of
               him
               than
               himself
               doth
               .
            
             
               84.
               
               The
               world
               did
               sometimes
               count
               him
               a
               Saint
               ,
               when
               God
               counted
               him
               an
               hypocrite
               ;
               and
               after
               ,
               when
               the
               world
               branded
               him
               for
               an
               hypocrite
               ,
               God
               owned
               him
               for
               a
               Saint
               .
            
             
               85.
               
               In
               fine
               ,
               his
               death
               makes
               not
               an
               end
               of
               him
               :
               his
               soul
               ,
               which
               was
               created
               for
               his
               body
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               to
               be
               perfected
               without
               his
               body
               ,
               is
               more
               happy
               when
               it
               is
               separated
               from
               it
               ,
               then
               it
               was
               all
               the
               while
               it
               was
               united
               to
               it
               :
               and
               his
               body
               ,
               though
               torn
               in
               pieces
               ,
               burnt
               to
               ashes
               ,
               ground
               to
               pouder
               ,
               turned
               into
               rottenness
               ,
               shall
               be
               no
               loser
               :
               His
               Advocate
               ,
               his
               Surety
               ,
               shall
               be
               his
               Judge
               ;
               his
               mortal
               part
               shall
               become
               immortal
               ;
               and
               what
               was
               sown
               in
               corruption
               ,
               shall
               be
               raised
               in
               incorruption
               and
               glory
               ;
               and
               his
               spiritual
               
               part
               ,
               though
               it
               had
               a
               beginning
               ,
               shall
               have
               no
               end
               ;
               and
               himself
               a
               finite
               creature
               ,
               shall
               be
               possessed
               of
               an
               infinite
               happiness
               .
               Amen
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               A
               Character
               of
               visible
               Godliness
               .
            
             
               A
               Godly
               man
               is
               one
               ,
               who
               being
               
                 not
                 ignorant
              
               of
               the
               wayes
               and
               Doctrine
               of
               God
               ,
               lives
               not
               only
               without
               scandal
               ,
               but
               approves
               and
               practises
               the
               
                 general
                 Duties
              
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               are
               special
               to
               his
               condition
               .
            
             
               More
               particularly
               :
            
             
               A
               godly
               man
               is
               one
               that
               loves
               the
               word
               in
               the
               power
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               at
               least
               despises
               it
               not
               in
               the
               plainness
               of
               it
               ;
               that
               comes
               to
               the
               World
               not
               to
               censure
               and
               cavil
               ,
               but
               to
               be
               taught
               and
               ruled
               ;
               that
               professes
               not
               to
               allow
               himself
               in
               
                 any
                 known
                 sin
              
               ,
               but
               resolves
               and
               practises
               self-denyal
               ,
               
               so
               far
               as
               it
               is
               made
               plain
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               Christ
               
                 denies
                 his
                 desires
              
               .
               He
               is
               one
               that
               loves
               those
               
                 that
                 seem
                 religious
              
               and
               conscionable
               ,
               untill
               they
               prove
               scandalous
               and
               be
               manifestly
               discovered
               for
               Hypocrites
               ,
               and
               then
               esteems
               never
               the
               worse
               of
               the
               
                 Profession
                 it self
              
               ,
               and
               of
               those
               others
               whom
               he
               knows
               no
               harm
               by
               .
               He
               is
               unwilling
               to
               believe
               all
               of
               such
               ,
               and
               though
               he
               see
               them
               faulty
               ,
               doth
               not
               streight
               condemn
               them
               to
               be
               altogether
               void
               of
               sincerity
               .
               Mean
               time
               he
               is
               so
               far
               from
               rejoycing
               at
               their
               miscarriages
               ,
               that
               even
               
                 particular
                 scandals
                 are
                 amongst
                 his
                 greatest
                 griefs
                 .
              
               But
               especially
               he
               is
               afraid
               to
               give
               any
               ill
               example
               himself
               ,
               as
               knowing
               
                 himself
                 made
                 and
                 redeemed
                 to
                 no
                 other
                 end
                 ,
                 than
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 live
                 to
                 Gods
                 glory
                 :
              
               Therefore
               also
               he
               professes
               and
               resolves
               to
               do
               what
               good
               he
               can
               in
               his
               place
               ;
               and
               particularly
               to
               have
               
                 his
                 family
                 
                 know
                 .
                 and
                 fear
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 believe
                 in
                 Christ
                 .
              
               He
               is
               one
               that
               accounts
               sin
               worse
               than
               shame
               ,
               or
               loss
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               misery
               ;
               and
               resolves
               to
               suffer
               rather
               than
               offend
               .
               He
               esteems
               Godliness
               the
               greatest
               gain
               ,
               and
               contentment
               a
               necessary
               piece
               of
               godliness
               ,
               and
               that
               honour
               ,
               pleasure
               ,
               wealth
               ,
               to
               
                 be
                 sufficient
                 to
                 contentment
              
               ,
               which
               casts
               upon
               him
               ,
               while
               he
               
                 first
                 seeks
                 his
                 Kingdom
                 and
                 Righteousness
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               lastly
               ,
               who
               hath
               so
               much
               wisdome
               ,
               as
               to
               take
               more
               thought
               how
               to
               
                 redeem
                 time
              
               ,
               than
               
                 to
                 pass
                 it
                 away
              
               ,
               having
               somewhat
               setledly
               to
               do
               besides
               following
               his
               pleasures
               ,
               which
               he
               uses
               as
               his
               recreation
               ,
               and
               makes
               not
               his
               business
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Generall
               Considerations
               to
               excite
               to
               Watchfulness
               ,
               and
               to
               shake
               of
               spiritual
               drousiness
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 THe
                 glorious
                 and
                 dreadfull
                 Majesty
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 at
                 all
                 times
                 we
                 have
                 to
                 do
                 ,
              
               who
               is
               a
               consuming
               fire
               ,
               and
               therefore
               his
               service
               and
               obedience
               to
               him
               is
               not
               to
               be
               slighted
               ,
               but
               to
               be
               performed
               with
               watchfulness
               ,
               reverence
               and
               godly
               fear
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Our
                 sins
                 in
                 number
                 exceeding
                 the
                 hairs
                 of
                 our
                 heads
                 ;
                 in
                 weight
                 the
                 measure
                 of
                 the
                 sand
              
               ;
               The
               vileness
               of
               sin
               generally
               ,
               and
               the
               unreasonable
               odiousness
               of
               ones
               own
               sins
               ,
               in
               many
               respects
               
               worse
               than
               any
               others
               we
               know
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               
                 fearful
                 curses
                 and
                 punishments
                 due
                 to
                 sin
              
               (
               to
               our
               sins
               )
               
                 on
                 earth
              
               ,
               and
               torments
               inconceivable
               and
               eternal
               in
               hell
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 The
                 abominableness
                 of
                 sin
              
               ,
               demonstrated
               specially
               in
               that
               nothing
               could
               expiate
               it
               ,
               but
               the
               bloud
               and
               death
               of
               Christ
               ,
               not
               only
               man
               ,
               but
               God.
               
            
             
               5.
               
               
                 The
                 infinite
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 and
                 Christ
              
               to
               sinful
               mankind
               in
               those
               sufferings
               of
               Christ
               for
               sin
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               
                 The
                 certainty
                 of
                 damnation
                 still
              
               ,
               to
               those
               that
               carelesly
               despise
               or
               willfully
               abuse
               the
               grace
               of
               Christ
               to
               carnall
               security
               ,
               or
               willing
               customary
               sin
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               
                 The
                 manifest
                 expressions
                 of
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 that
                 multitudes
                 ,
                 even
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 live
                 within
                 the
                 visible
                 Church
                 ,
                 shall
                 yet
                 go
                 to
                 Hell.
                 
              
            
             
               8.
               
               
                 The
                 Devils
                 unwearied
                 malice
                 ,
                 violence
                 ,
                 cunning
                 ;
                 going
                 up
                 and
                 
                 down
                 like
                 a
                 roaring
                 Lion
                 ,
                 seeking
                 whom
                 he
                 may
                 devour
                 ,
              
               unto
               whom
               they
               that
               watch
               not
               ,
               must
               needs
               become
               a
               prey
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               
                 The
                 prodigious
                 and
                 desperate
                 corruption
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 every
                 ones
                 heart
                 ready
                 to
                 betray
                 us
                 ,
              
               even
               to
               the
               basest
               lust
               and
               most
               horrid
               wickedness
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               
                 The
                 fearfull
                 frights
                 of
                 Conscience
              
               ,
               that
               God
               may
               awaken
               us
               withall
               out
               of
               our
               drowsie
               dreams
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               
                 The
                 sharp
                 and
                 stinging
                 scourges
                 even
                 in
                 worldly
                 respects
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 God
                 may
                 rouse
                 us
                 out
                 of
                 our
                 carnal
                 security
              
               :
               and
               must
               and
               will
               ,
               with
               one
               or
               other
               ,
               if
               other
               means
               will
               not
               prevail
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               
                 The
                 wretched
                 unthankfulness
                 of
                 despising
                 his
                 Commandments
                 ,
              
               or
               lazily
               performing
               any
               service
               to
               him
               ,
               whose
               mercies
               have
               been
               and
               are
               so
               abundant
               and
               free
               
               toward
               us
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               found
               them
               ;
               and
               yet
               hope
               for
               infinitely
               more
               hereafter
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               
                 The
                 Watchfulness
                 and
                 diligence
                 of
                 worldly
                 men
                 ,
              
               and
               their
               heat
               for
               the
               Devil
               ,
               and
               their
               own
               lusts
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               
                 The
                 danger
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 to
                 us
                 ,
              
               not
               onely
               from
               worldly
               men
               ,
               alluring
               or
               opposing
               ;
               
                 but
                 even
                 from
                 those
                 who
                 are
                 godly
                 ,
              
               and
               may
               yet
               prove
               tempters
               and
               snares
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               so
               we
               never
               walk
               but
               in
               the
               middest
               of
               snares
               and
               temptations
               .
            
             
               15.
               
               
                 The
                 certain
                 shortness
                 and
                 uncertain
                 continuance
                 of
                 our
                 lives
                 ,
              
               subject
               to
               a
               thousand
               casualties
               ,
               and
               nothing
               to
               be
               done
               for
               God
               ,
               or
               our selves
               after
               death
               .
            
             
               16.
               
               
                 The
                 nobleness
                 and
                 excellency
                 of
                 our
                 immortal
                 souls
                 ,
              
               born
               to
               higher
               imployment
               and
               honour
               ,
               than
               a
               bruitish
               service
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               
               or
               Paganish
               pursuing
               of
               this
               present
               world
               .
            
             
               17.
               
               
                 The
                 certainty
                 of
                 the
                 hope
              
               whereunto
               they
               are
               called
               ,
               who
               seek
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               God
               above
               all
               other
               things
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               
                 The
                 infinite
                 glory
                 of
                 Heaven
              
               ,
               and
               eternal
               happiness
               ,
               there
               kept
               in
               store
               for
               them
               that
               fight
               a
               good
               fight
               and
               finish
               their
               course
               ,
               and
               keep
               the
               faith
               ,
               and
               love
               and
               watch
               for
               the
               appearance
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             
               19.
               
               
                 The
                 exceeding
                 greatness
                 of
                 the
                 mighty
                 power
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               working
               for
               and
               in
               them
               that
               believe
               ,
               and
               live
               by
               faith
               .
            
             
               20.
               
               
                 The
                 exceeding
                 great
                 and
                 precious
                 promises
                 of
                 all
                 kinds
                 ,
              
               even
               for
               comfort
               in
               this
               life
               to
               them
               that
               love
               God
               ,
               and
               walk
               uprightly
               ,
               and
               forsake
               any
               thing
               for
               Christ
               ,
               
                 That
                 all
                 things
                 shall
                 work
                 together
                 for
                 good
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   no
                   good
                   thing
                   shall
                   be
                   withholden
                   
                   from
                   them
                
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 any
                 thing
                 they
                 have
                 forsaken
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 receive
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 persecutions
                 ,
                 an
                 hundred-fold
                 more
                 ,
                 an
                 eternal
                 life
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 to
                 come
                 .
              
            
             
               21.
               
               
                 The
                 experience
                 of
                 that
                 sweet
                 peace
                 of
                 conscience
                 ,
                 and
                 blessed
                 contentation
                 ,
                 and
                 spiritual
                 rejoycing
                 ,
              
               even
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               Tribulations
               and
               Persecutions
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               be
               seen
               in
               many
               of
               the
               servants
               of
               God
               ;
               and
               which
               all
               profess
               to
               be
               certainly
               attainable
               ,
               by
               those
               that
               watch
               and
               pray
               ,
               and
               are
               sober
               ,
               and
               exercise
               their
               Faith
               and
               Grace
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               A
               Remedy
               against
               Carefulness
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     Phil.
                     4.6
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Be
                   careful
                   for
                   nothing
                   .
                
              
            
             
               1.
               
               CArefulness
               forbidden
               is
               taking
               over-much
               thought
               ,
               disquieting
               the
               mind
               ,
               rending
               the
               heart
               in
               pieces
               with
               doubts
               and
               fears
               .
               for
               worldly
               things
               
                 
                   good
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   
                     
                       missed
                       ,
                    
                     
                       lost
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   ill
                   ,
                   to
                   
                     
                       befall
                       ,
                    
                     
                       continue
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               causes
               are
               
                 
                   Doting
                   too
                   much
                   upon
                   the
                   thing
                   or
                   comfort
                   in
                   danger
                   ,
                
                 
                   Distrust
                   of
                   
                     
                       Men.
                       
                    
                     
                       Means
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Gods
                         blessing
                      
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
             
               3.
               
               The
               Effects
               are
               divers
               ,
               and
               not
               the
               same
               in
               all
               :
               But
               it
               appears
               ,
               —
            
             
               1.
               
               When
               it
               provokes
               to
               use
               indirect
               means
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               When
               the
               means
               which
               are
               used
               ,
               though
               commonly
               sufficient
               ,
               are
               not
               counted
               sufficient
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               When
               the
               thoughts
               are
               chiefly
               upon
               it
               first
               and
               last
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               express
               charge
               ,
               Mat.
               6.33
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               When
               it
               breeds
               interruption
               in
               holy
               duties
               ,
               
                 
                   Neglected
                   .
                
                 
                   Untowardly
                   done
                   .
                
              
            
             
               5.
               
               When
               it
               hinders
               from
               enjoying
               natural
               comforts
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               When
               it
               makes
               unfit
               for
               ones
               calling
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               When
               it
               hinders
               freedome
               of
               spirit
               ,
               and
               makes
               unfit
               for
               civil
               society
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Hence
               the
               Reasons
               against
               it
               are
               many
               ,
               shewing
               the
               sinfullness
               
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               directing
               to
               Remedies
               against
               it
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 an
                 idolatrous
                 sin
              
               ;
               if
               we
               doted
               not
               too
               much
               on
               such
               a
               creature
               or
               comfort
               ,
               we
               could
               not
               be
               overcareful
               about
               it
               ,
               See
               Ps
               .
               73.25
               .
               compared
               with
               the
               former
               part
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Remedy
                 is
              
               ,
               to
               apply
               Gods
               All
               sufficiency
               ,
               who
               can
               certainly
               make
               us
               happy
               without
               that
               creature
               or
               comfort
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 Paganish
                 sin
              
               ,
               an
               Infidels
               sin
               ,
               if
               we
               did
               believe
               Gods
               Providence
               ,
               Attributes
               and
               Promises
               ,
               we
               could
               not
               be
               so
               out
               of
               quiet
               ,
               Mat.
               6.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Remedy
                 is
              
               ,
               to
               lay
               to
               heart
               these
               Doctrines
               ,
               as
               becomes
               a
               Christian
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 an
                 unthankful
                 sin
              
               ,
               we
               deserved
               Hell
               and
               scape
               that
               ,
               and
               are
               promised
               Heaven
               instead
               of
               it
               ,
               are
               we
               not
               bound
               to
               referre
               other
               things
               to
               God
               ?
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 remedy
              
               is
               ,
               to
               ponder
               well
               our
               sins
               ,
               and
               Gods
               great
               mercy
               in
               Christ
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 fruitless
                 sin
              
               ,
               no
               man
               gets
               any
               thing
               by
               vexing
               himself
               ,
               Gods
               will
               shall
               stand
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Remedy
                 is
              
               ,
               to
               weigh
               how
               great
               a
               piece
               of
               wisdom
               it
               is
               to
               
                 make
                 a
                 virtue
                 of
                 necessity
              
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 multiplying
                 sin
              
               ,
               it
               endangers
               to
               make
               one
               do
               any
               thing
               ,
               to
               secure
               themselves
               from
               what
               they
               fear
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Remedy
                 is
              
               ,
               to
               consider
               the
               least
               sin
               worse
               than
               any
               evil
               ,
               to
               a
               Christians
               heart
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 pernicious
                 sin
              
               ,
               it
               provokes
               God
               often
               to
               cross
               us
               in
               the
               very
               thing
               ,
               even
               for
               our
               over-carefulness
               about
               it
               ,
               disappointing
               hopes
               ,
               or
               bringing
               fears
               ,
               according
               to
               our
               perplexed
               apprehensions
               ,
               besides
               worse
               mischief
               ,
               if
               one
               obtain
               their
               desire
               .
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 Remedy
                 is
              
               ,
               to
               consider
               the
               promises
               made
               to
               meekness
               ,
               and
               the
               comforts
               of
               a
               good
               Conscience
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 prophane
                 sin
              
               ,
               hindring
               religious
               duties
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Remedy
                 is
              
               ,
               to
               remember
               Gods
               service
               ,
               the
               end
               of
               our
               life
               ,
               and
               nothing
               should
               hinder
               us
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 an
                 inhumane
                 sin
              
               ,
               it
               hurts
               1.
               
               
                 The
                 Soul
              
               ,
               in
               the
               forenamed
               neglect
               of
               duties
               to
               God.
               2.
               
               
                 The
                 Body
              
               ,
               by
               hindring
               the
               enjoying
               of
               comforts
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Remedy
                 is
              
               ,
               to
               love
               our selves
               wisely
               ,
               and
               
                 our
                 whole
                 selves
              
               rather
               than
               our
               fancy
               in
               any
               thing
               ,
               or
               than
               any
               one
               particular
               thing
               for
               our selves
               ,
               how
               seeming
               unnecessary
               soever
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 an
                 unsociable
                 sin
              
               ,
               and
               inhumane
               in
               respect
               of
               others
               ,
               it
               makes
               unfit
               for
               all
               converse
               ,
               and
               so
               neglectful
               of
               friends
               ,
               and
               even
               be
               discomforts
               to
               them
               .
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 remedy
                 is
              
               ,
               to
               consider
               our selves
               not
               born
               for
               our selves
               only
               :
               others
               afford
               us
               comfort
               ,
               and
               we
               owe
               the
               like
               to
               them
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 an
                 unnecessary
                 sin
              
               ;
               we
               have
               vexation
               enough
               for
               each
               day
               ,
               we
               need
               not
               vex
               our selves
               with
               thought
               for
               to
               morrow
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 remedy
                 is
              
               ,
               to
               consider
               that
               we
               may
               die
               ,
               before
               that
               we
               misdoubt
               comes
               :
               and
               then
               (
               as
               we
               say
               )
               
                 the
                 thought
                 is
                 taken
              
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 self
                 condemned
                 sinne
                 :
              
               There
               are
               none
               but
               trust
               men
               in
               something
               or
               other
               ,
               as
               great
               as
               that
               they
               are
               now
               over-carefull
               about
               ,
               or
               must
               do
               God
               with
               a
               greater
               matter
               ,
               the
               eternal
               estate
               of
               their
               souls
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 remedy
                 is
              
               ,
               to
               reason
               the
               like
               in
               one
               thing
               we
               do
               in
               another
               ,
               and
               not
               disparage
               God
               while
               we
               trust
               men
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 sin
                 against
                 experience
                 ,
              
               
               1.
               
               Of
               the
               bruit
               and
               even
               senseless
               creatures
               ,
               God
               feeds
               the
               fowls
               ,
               and
               clothes
               the
               grass
               .
               2.
               
               Our
               own
               ,
               is
               not
               the
               life
               more
               than
               meat
               ?
               and
               the
               body
               than
               rayment
               ?
               specially
               the
               soul
               than
               either
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Remedy
                 is
              
               ,
               to
               consider
               God
               our
               Father
               ,
               who
               will
               not
               be
               kind
               or
               to
               a
               kite
               than
               to
               a
               child
               ,
               or
               prefer
               a
               flower
               before
               a
               son
               ,
               nor
               withhold
               the
               less
               (
               being
               good
               :
               and
               who
               is
               so
               mad
               as
               to
               say
               ,
               I
               would
               have
               what
               God
               sees
               not
               good
               ?
               )
               having
               given
               the
               greater
               ,
               Rom.
               8.32
               .
            
             
               The
               Lord
               of
               Earth
               and
               Heaven
               ,
               of
               Grace
               and
               Glory
               ,
               teach
               us
               ever
               to
               love
               him
               with
               Faith
               and
               thankfulness
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               enjoy
               all
               good
               from
               him
               through
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               Amen
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Soul
               of
               Fasting
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Nehem.
                   6.5
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 AN
                 awfull
                 Regard
                 and
                 Reverence
                 of
                 the
                 Glorious
                 Majesty
                 of
                 the
                 Great
                 God
                 ;
                 with
                 whom
                 we
                 have
                 to
                 do
                 ,
              
               by
               a
               through
               Apprehension
               of
               his
               infinite
               and
               incomprehensible
               perfection
               ,
               in
               all
               his
               Attributes
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               absolute
               Soveraignty
               ,
               as
               Creator
               ,
               Preserver
               ,
               and
               Ruler
               of
               us
               and
               all
               things
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               v.
               6.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Thankfulness
                 for
                 all
                 the
                 goodness
                 of
                 God
                 vouchsafed
                 to
                 us
                 ,
              
               by
               a
               large
               apprehension
               of
               all
               his
               manifold
               
               Favour
               ,
               Generall
               to
               His
               Church
               ,
               to
               our
               Nation
               ,
               Particular
               to
               Us
               and
               our
               Friends
               ,
               Temporal
               ,
               Spiritual
               ;
               illustrated
               marvelously
               by
               our
               deservings
               ,
               not
               only
               of
               no
               good
               ,
               but
               of
               extream
               ill
               ,
               ver
               .
               7
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 Sorrow
                 for
                 our
                 sins
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Nations
                 and
                 fore-fathers
                 sins
                 ,
              
               by
               a
               deep
               apprehension
               of
               the
               cursed
               Nature
               of
               sin
               in
               general
               ,
               and
               vileness
               of
               such
               sins
               in
               particular
               :
               aggravated
               by
               all
               circumstances
               that
               may
               be
               ▪
               Specially
               by
               Gods
               Mercies
               and
               Chastisements
               ,
               vers
               .
               16.
               &c.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 Sence
                 of
                 our
                 misery
                 ,
                 Felt
                 and
                 Feared
                 ,
                 all
                 proceeding
                 from
                 GODS
                 hand
                 ,
                 from
                 his
                 displeasure
                 ,
                 provoked
                 by
                 our
                 sins
                 ,
                 and
                 impossible
                 to
                 be
                 avoided
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 his
                 Favour
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 presumed
                 upon
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 continue
                 in
                 our
                 sins
                 ,
              
               ver
               .
               32
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               5.
               
               
                 Faith
                 is
                 the
                 Covenant
              
               ,
               Truth
               ,
               
               Goodness
               ,
               and
               power
               of
               God
               ,
               for
               all
               times
               and
               purposes
               ,
               ver
               32.
               
            
             
               6
               
                 A
                 Covenant
                 renewed
                 with
                 GOD
                 of
                 all
                 observance
                 and
                 Fidelity
                 ,
              
               specially
               to
               amend
               what
               we
               have
               acknowledged
               amiss
               in
               our selves
               ,
               and
               professed
               sorrow
               for
               ,
               and
               fear
               of
               ,
               before
               God
               or
               men
               ,
               or
               both
               ,
               ver
               .
               39.
               and
               Chap.
               10.
               throughout
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Directions
                 about
                 these
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 IN
                 the
                 Word
                 read
                 or
                 preached
                 ,
                 those
                 things
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 most
                 carefully
                 observed
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 quicken
                 and
                 confirm
                 any
                 of
                 these
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 All
                 these
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 presented
                 in
                 prayer
                 ,
                 summarily
                 in
                 every
                 solemn
                 supplication
                 such
                 a
                 day
                 ,
                 private
                 or
                 publick
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 enlargements
                 may
                 be
                 varied
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 while
                 more
                 of
                 one
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 while
                 of
                 another
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Before-hand
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 greatly
                 helpful
                 to
                 have
                 written
                 by
                 us
                 :
                 1.
                 
                 Amplifications
                 upon
                 Gods
                 Attributes
                 .
                 2.
                 
                 Catalogues
                 of
                 choicer
                 mercies
                 .
                 3.
                 
                 Catalogues
                 of
                 sins
                 .
                 4.
                 
                 Aggravations
                 of
                 sins
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 The
                 day
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 begun
                 with
                 
                 those
                 thoughts
                 specially
                 which
                 relate
                 to
                 our selves
                 ,
                 though
                 taking
                 in
                 others
                 also
                 .
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 And
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 ended
                 without
                 some
                 secret
                 ,
                 yet
                 solemn
                 review
                 of
                 the
                 souls
                 behaviour
                 ,
                 from
                 first
                 to
                 last
                 :
                 and
                 an
                 earnest
                 labouring
                 to
                 fasten
                 all
                 the
                 good
                 thoughts
                 it
                 hath
                 had
                 upon
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 re-inforce
                 the
                 suit
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 to
                 settle
                 them
                 upon
                 it
                 firmly
                 and
                 lastingly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   God
                   of
                   all
                   Wisdom
                   and
                   Grace
                   ,
                   teach
                   us
                   to
                   practise
                   and
                   improve
                   these
                   Remembrances
                   to
                   his
                   Glory
                   and
                   our
                   Eternal
                   Good
                   by
                   Jesus
                   Christ.
                   
                
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               MEMORIALS
               OF
               Godliness
               &
               Christianity
               .
            
             
               PART
               .
               III.
               A
               DAILY
               DIRECTION
               ,
               OR
               BRIEF
               RULES
               for
               daily
               Conversation
               .
               AS
               Also
               a
               Particular
               Direction
               for
               the
               LORDS-DAY
               .
            
             
               Written
               by
               
                 Herbert
                 Palmer
              
               a
               little
               before
               his
               Death
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Henry
                 Million
              
               at
               the
               Bible
               near
               White-Fryers
               in
               Fleetstreet
               ,
               1670.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               TO
               THE
               Christian
               READER
               .
            
             
               
                 Christian
                 Reader
                 ,
              
            
             
               HEre
               is
               another
               parcel
               of
               thoughts
               for
               thee
               ,
               
                 [
                 Some
                 brief
                 Rules
                 for
                 thy
                 daily
                 conversation
                 ]
              
               Thou
               wilt
               perhaps
               say
               
                 [
                 They
                 are
                 strict
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 ]
              
               Rules
               should
               be
               so
               :
               Mens
               lives
               will
               be
               loose
               enough
               for
               all
               that
               But
               
                 [
                 some
                 of
                 them
              
               (
               it
               may
               be
               thou
               thinkest
               )
               
                 are
                 not
                 of
                 necessity
              
               ]
               Think
               again
               sadly
               and
               conscientiously
               ,
               between
               God
               and
               thine
               own
               self
               :
               and
               thou
               maist
               possibly
               be
               of
               another
               mind
               .
               Looking
               God
               in
               the
               face
               ,
               makes
               
               some
               things
               appear
               to
               be
               sins
               ,
               and
               some
               things
               to
               be
               duties
               ,
               after
               a
               confident
               out-facing
               men
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               otherwise
               .
               But
               suppose
               they
               are
               not
               all
               
                 of
                 necessity
              
               :
               yet
               think
               once
               more
               ,
               whether
               there
               is
               not
               some
               wisdom
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               an
               Advantage
               ,
               if
               a
               man
               can
               bring
               himsef
               to
               such
               a
               temper
               ?
               And
               if
               they
               be
               but
               so
               much
               (
               as
               some
               of
               them
               are
               offered
               thee
               ,
               under
               no
               further
               notion
               )
               wilt
               thou
               deliberate
               ,
               whether
               thou
               wilt
               strive
               to
               be
               so
               wise
               ,
               or
               not
               ?
               and
               whether
               thou
               wilt
               endeavour
               to
               have
               thy
               mind
               in
               the
               
                 perfectest
                 temper
              
               or
               not
               ?
               I
               will
               pray
               for
               thee
               ,
               through
               Gods
               grace
               ,
               that
               thou
               mayst
               profit
               by
               this
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               Helps
               ,
               who
               am
               still
            
             
               
                 Thine
                 and
                 the
                 Churches
                 Servant
                 in
                 Christ
                 altogather
                 
                   Herbert
                   Palmer
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               A
               Daily
               Direction
               .
            
             
               AWake
               with
               God
               ,
               and
               lift
               up
               thy
               heart
               to
               him
               ,
               in
               thanksgiving
               ,
               and
               petition
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Lose
               no
               time
               unnecessarily
               ,
               but
               rise
               as
               soon
               as
               thou
               canst
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               However
               keep
               thy
               bed
               ,
               thy
               heart
               ,
               undefiled
               with
               wicked
               thoughts
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Let
               not
               worldly
               matters
               take
               up
               thy
               mind
               ,
               or
               words
               ,
               unnecessarily
               at
               the
               first
               of
               the
               day
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               Squander
               not
               away
               precious
               time
               ,
               in
               being
               too
               long
               in
               dressing
               thy
               body
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               Defert
               not
               thy
               solemn
               prayers
               ,
               upon
               any
               unwillingness
               ,
               or
               slight
               pretence
               .
            
             
             
               7.
               
               If
               thou
               foreseest
               any
               inevitable
               disturbance
               (
               as
               particularly
               abroad
               in
               some
               places
               )
               pray
               rather
               than
               fail
               ,
               in
               thy
               bed
               ,
               before
               thou
               risest
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               When
               thou
               findest
               any
               unwillingness
               or
               indisposedness
               to
               pray
               ,
               consider
               ,
               
                 
                   I.
                   
                     The
                     Necessity
                     of
                     Prayer
                  
                   .
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                       Gods
                       Commandement
                       .
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                       Good
                       is
                       not
                       else
                       to
                       be
                       expected
                       ,
                       either
                       
                         
                           1.
                           
                           Not
                           the
                           thing
                           desired
                           .
                        
                         
                           2.
                           
                           Not
                           the
                           blessing
                           .
                        
                      
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       Leave
                       is
                       to
                       be
                       asked
                       to
                       use
                       Benefits
                       .
                    
                     
                       4.
                       
                       Help
                       special
                       wanted
                       ;
                       against
                       
                         
                           1.
                           
                           Temptations
                           dangerous
                           to
                           fight
                           alone
                           .
                        
                         
                           2.
                           
                           Snares
                           ,
                           dangerous
                           to
                           travel
                           alone
                           .
                        
                      
                    
                     
                       5.
                       
                       Duties
                       to
                       be
                       performed
                       ;
                       we
                       of
                       our selves
                       not
                       having
                       
                         
                           1.
                           
                           Any
                           heart
                           to
                           them
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                           2.
                           
                           Any
                           skill
                           for
                           them
                           .
                        
                         
                           3.
                           
                           Any
                           strength
                           in
                           them
                           .
                        
                      
                    
                  
                
                 
                   II.
                   
                     The
                     Priviledges
                     of
                     prayer
                  
                   .
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                       Esteemed
                       ,
                       in
                       freinds
                       and
                       great
                       men
                       .
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                       Purchased
                       by
                       Christs
                       bloud
                       .
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       No
                       man
                       can
                       hinder
                       it
                       .
                    
                     
                       4.
                       
                       No
                       unfitness
                       of
                       time
                       or
                       place
                       .
                    
                     
                       5.
                       
                       To
                       power
                       out
                       our
                       whole
                       heart
                       ,
                       for
                       self
                       and
                       friends
                       .
                    
                     
                       6.
                       
                       Not
                       necessitated
                       ,
                       to
                       method
                       ,
                       manner
                       ,
                       proportion
                       .
                    
                     
                       7.
                       
                       But
                       speak
                       as
                       to
                       a
                       Father
                       ,
                       or
                       Friend
                       .
                    
                     
                       8.
                       
                       Of
                       all
                       life
                       ,
                       heavenly
                       imployment
                       ,
                       noblest
                       exercise
                       of
                       soul
                       .
                    
                     
                       9.
                       
                       Special
                       curse
                       ,
                       not
                       to
                       be
                       heard
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   III.
                   
                     Promises
                     of
                     all
                     kindes
                  
                   .
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                       General
                       and
                       particular
                       .
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                       For
                       good
                       ,
                       and
                       against
                       evil
                       .
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       For
                       our selves
                       and
                       others
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   IV.
                   
                     Experiences
                     ,
                     in
                     Scripture
                     ,
                     Story
                     ,
                     Memory
                     ,
                     of
                  
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                       Prayers
                       answered
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                       2.
                       
                       Comfort
                       by
                       praying
                       .
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       Grace
                       answerable
                       to
                       praying
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               9.
               
               Awaken
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               thou
               canst
               possibly
               ,
               thy
               spirit
               ,
               that
               thou
               maist
               pray
               ,
               with
               all
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   Reverence
                   and
                   apprehsion
                   of
                   the
                   glorious
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   Persons
                   ,
                   Attributes
                   of
                   the
                   Godhead
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   Faith
                   and
                   holy
                   confidence
                   in
                   Christ
                   thy
                   Mediator
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   promises
                   general
                   or
                   particular
                   .
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   Fervency
                   ,
                   from
                   a
                   deep
                   sence
                   of
                   wants
                   ,
                   weaknesses
                   ,
                   importance
                   of
                   thy
                   suites
                   .
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   Humility
                   ,
                   by
                   reason
                   of
                   sin
                   ;
                   corruption
                   ,
                   impotency
                   .
                
                 
                   5.
                   
                   Thankfusness
                   ,
                   for
                   mercies
                   and
                   promises
                   ,
                   abundant
                   ,
                   all-sufficient
                   .
                
                 
                   6.
                   
                   Charity
                   ,
                   for
                   others
                   welfare
                   ;
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   the
                   Magistrate
                   ,
                   the
                   ,
                   Minister
                   ;
                   thy
                   freinds
                   ,
                   those
                   that
                   have
                   begged
                   thy
                   prayers
                   or
                   have
                   thy
                   promise
                   to
                   pray
                   for
                   
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   for
                   the
                   afflicted
                   .
                
                 
                   7.
                   
                   Care
                   to
                   put
                   away
                   the
                   throng
                   of
                   worldly
                   thoughts
                   before
                   thou
                   beginnest
                   ,
                   lest
                   they
                   distract
                   thy
                   mind
                   .
                
                 
                   8.
                   
                   Watchfulness
                   ,
                   how
                   thou
                   praiest
                   ,
                   or
                   hast
                   praied
                   ,
                   never
                   resting
                   in
                   the
                   outward
                   work
                   done
                   ,
                   without
                   thou
                   feel
                   some
                   inward
                   affection
                   and
                   fruit
                   of
                   thy
                   prayers
                   .
                
              
            
             
               10.
               
               If
               it
               be
               possible
               ,
               let
               the
               next
               thing
               be
               to
               read
               somewhat
               of
               Gods
               Word
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               Ever
               begin
               ,
               and
               end
               it
               ,
               with
               lifting
               up
               thy
               heart
               to
               God
               for
               his
               blessing
               ,
               upon
               thy
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   Understanding
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   maist
                   see
                   his
                   truth
                   and
                   will.
                   
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   Memory
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   maist
                   retain
                   ,
                   what
                   thou
                   understandest
                   .
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   Affections
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   maist
                   
                     
                     
                       1.
                       
                       Receive
                       the
                       Truth
                       ,
                       in
                       the
                       love
                       of
                       it
                       .
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                       Be
                       careful
                       to
                       practice
                       it
                       ,
                       without
                       delay
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               12.
               
               Be
               not
               in
               hast
               ,
               but
               read
               to
               learn
               ,
               that
               thou
               maiest
               be
               the
               wiser
               ,
               holier
               ,
               happier
               ,
               for
               that
               particular
               Word
               ,
               and
               reading
               of
               it
               ,
               therefore
               think
               of
               it
               a
               while
               with
               all
               seriousness
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               Usually
               read
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               a
               book
               to
               the
               end
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               Strive
               not
               to
               read
               much
               at
               once
               :
               yet
               in
               stories
               (
               unless
               called
               away
               necessarily
               )
               break
               not
               off
               ,
               till
               seen
               some
               issue
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               15.
               
               Choose
               to
               read
               those
               Books
               and
               Chapters
               most
               frequently
               ,
               that
               are
               most
               easie
               to
               be
               understood
               ,
               and
               most
               readily
               applyed
               to
               practice
               ;
               As
               the
               Psalms
               and
               Epistles
               ,
               specially
               the
               latter
               part
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               16.
               
               Special
               difficulties
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               thou
               hast
               time
               enquire
               of
               ,
               from
               
               books
               ,
               friends
               Ministers
               especially
               .
            
             
               17.
               
               If
               indispenssible
               interruption
               put
               thee
               from
               the
               usual
               time
               of
               prayer
               or
               reading
               ,
               take
               the
               next
               free
               time
               ,
               with
               all
               diligence
               and
               watchfulness
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               However
               do
               not
               dine
               ,
               till
               thou
               hast
               prayed
               solemnly
               alone
               ,
               longer
               or
               shorter
               :
               and
               read
               at
               least
               some
               portion
               of
               Scripture
               every
               day
               .
            
             
               19.
               
               Unless
               on
               unavoidable
               necessity
               ,
               be
               not
               absent
               from
               family-Prayers
               .
            
             
               20.
               
               Quicken
               thy self
               to
               like
               zeal
               and
               faithfulness
               ,
               as
               if
               thou
               wert
               alone
               ,
               and
               call
               thy self
               to
               some
               account
               ,
               for
               the
               Word
               then
               read
               .
            
             
               21.
               
               Having
               attended
               upon
               God
               ,
               address
               thy self
               to
               the
               business
               of
               the
               day
               .
            
             
               22.
               
               Allot
               for
               extraordinry
               business
               ,
               the
               fittest
               time
               ,
               and
               then
               be
               diligent
               to
               dispatch
               it
               .
            
             
             
               23.
               
               Having
               a
               special
               calling
               or
               outward
               imploiment
               ,
               do
               somewhat
               at
               it
               every
               day
               (
               if
               possible
               )
               or
               take
               a
               strict
               account
               of
               thy selfe
               ,
               why
               not
               .
            
             
               24.
               
               Think
               thou
               dost
               not
               well
               ,
               if
               the
               bulk
               of
               thy
               time
               be
               not
               taken
               up
               in
               thy
               special
               calling
               ,
               from
               one
               end
               of
               the
               year
               to
               another
               .
            
             
               25.
               
               Thy
               calling
               ,
               consisting
               of
               divers
               imployments
               ,
               look
               that
               one
               encroch
               not
               upon
               the
               other
               .
               And
               prefer
               the
               most
               important
               for
               the
               time
               present
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               principal
               end
               .
            
             
               26.
               
               Be
               watchful
               of
               thy
               diet
               ,
               that
               thou
               neither
               eat
               nor
               drink
               out
               of
               season
               ,
               things
               hurtful
               ,
               excessively
               ,
               that
               so
               thou
               prejudice
               not
               thy self
               ,
               by
               what
               was
               given
               thee
               for
               good
               ;
               and
               so
               be
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   Hindered
                   in
                   Gods
                   services
                   ,
                   or
                   thy
                   own
                   businesses
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   Hurt
                   ,
                   in
                   thy
                   mind
                   ,
                   through
                   
                   temptations
                   ;
                   in
                   thy
                   body
                   ,
                   by
                   diseases
                   ,
                   paines
                   present
                   or
                   future
                   .
                
              
            
             
               27.
               
               Let
               not
               thy
               mind
               be
               earnestly
               bent
               ,
               presently
               before
               ,
               at
               ,
               or
               too
               soon
               after
               meales
               .
            
             
               28.
               
               Yet
               take
               heed
               of
               the
               breaches
               of
               time
               ,
               and
               interruption
               of
               thy
               business
               ,
               by
               meals
               ,
               &c.
               that
               they
               put
               thee
               not
               too
               far
               out
               of
               the
               way
               .
               But
               have
               a
               care
               to
               return
               again
               to
               thy
               imployments
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               is
               convenient
               .
               And
               particularly
               ,
               if
               it
               may
               be
               ,
               within
               an
               hour
               or
               less
               .
            
             
               29.
               
               Once
               a
               day
               read
               over
               ,
               and
               recollect
               in
               thy
               mind
               ,
               these
               rules
               .
            
             
               30.
               
               Whoever
               thou
               art
               look
               to
               thy
               thoughts
               ,
               that
               they
               be
               ,
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   Free
                   from
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                       Wicked
                       Atheism
                       ,
                       and
                       denials
                       of
                       Fundamental
                       Truths
                       .
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                       Pride
                       ,
                       Arrogance
                       ,
                       Self-Applause
                       ,
                       though
                       praised
                       .
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       Lasciviousness
                       ,
                       Covetousness
                       ,
                       
                       malice
                       ,
                       envie
                       ,
                       matters
                       of
                       provocation
                       .
                    
                     
                       4.
                       
                       Impatience
                       ,
                       grudging
                       ,
                       discontent
                       .
                    
                     
                       5.
                       
                       Lightness
                       and
                       ●●ity
                       ,
                       froth
                       and
                       emptiness
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   Filled
                   with
                   apprehensions
                   ,
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   Christ
                   ,
                   Eternity
                   ,
                   thy
                   Calling
                   ,
                   the
                   Church
                   ;
                   and
                   thy
                   own
                   last
                   account
                   .
                
              
            
             
               31.
               
               When
               thou
               comest
               into
               company
               ,
               make
               account
               thou
               treadest
               among
               snares
               ,
               which
               the
               Devil
               hath
               set
               to
               take
               thee
               .
               Look
               to
               thy self
               first
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               thy
               company
               .
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   That
                   thou
                   be
                   not
                   the
                   worse
                   for
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   better
                   for
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   That
                   others
                   be
                   the
                   better
                   specially
                   not
                   the
                   worse
                   any
                   way
                   ,
                   by
                   thy
                   speech
                   ,
                   silence
                   ,
                   actions
                   ,
                   forbearance
                   .
                
              
            
             
               32.
               
               Bridle
               thy
               tongue
               so
               with
               consideration
               ,
               before
               thou
               speakest
               ,
               that
               thou
               afterward
               wish
               not
               any
               
               thing
               unsaid
               ,
               in
               reference
               to
               what
               may
               befal
               ,
               temporally
               or
               spiritually
            
             
               33.
               
               Take
               heed
               of
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   All
                   ungodly
                   words
                   .
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                       Athestical
                       .
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                       Slighting
                       or
                       scorning
                       Religion
                       ,
                       Devotion
                       .
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       Taking
                       Gods
                       name
                       in
                       vain
                       in
                       the
                       least
                       .
                    
                     
                       4.
                       
                       Swearing
                       falsly
                       ,
                       unnecessarily
                       .
                    
                     
                       5.
                       
                       Mentioning
                       God
                       without
                       Reverence
                       .
                    
                     
                       6.
                       
                       Making
                       jests
                       of
                       Scripture-phrases
                       .
                    
                     
                       7.
                       
                       Using
                       them
                       sportingly
                       .
                    
                     
                       8.
                       
                       Repeating
                       others
                       oaths
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   All
                   slanderous
                   words
                   .
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                       Untruths
                       .
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                       Truths
                       spoken
                       maliciously
                       ,
                       sportingly
                       ,
                       unnecessarily
                       ,
                       concerning
                       others
                       faults
                       or
                       imperfections
                       .
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       Bitter
                       provoking
                       jests
                       .
                    
                     
                       4.
                       
                       Railing
                       speeches
                       ,
                       though
                       provoked
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   
                   3.
                   
                   All
                   scurrilous
                   and
                   lascivious
                   talk
                   ,
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   worst
                   signs
                   of
                   a
                   rotten
                   filthy
                   heart
                   .
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   All
                   kind
                   of
                   lies
                   ,
                   notwithstanding
                   any
                   pretence
                   .
                
                 
                   5.
                   
                   All
                   idle
                   and
                   vain
                   words
                   ,
                   not
                   profiting
                   thy self
                   or
                   hearers
                   .
                
                 
                   6.
                   
                   All
                   peremptory
                   affirming
                   news
                   ,
                   unless
                   infallibly
                   assured
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   7.
                   
                   All
                   words
                   of
                   heat
                   and
                   anger
                   ,
                   peremptory
                   and
                   provoking
                   ,
                   in
                   disputing
                   ,
                   though
                   perswaded
                   ,
                   and
                   even
                   assured
                   thou
                   art
                   in
                   the
                   right
                   ,
                   unless
                   in
                   matters
                   fundamental
                   for
                   saith
                   or
                   practice
                   :
                   yet
                   even
                   then
                   ,
                   let
                   thy
                   passion
                   not
                   be
                   unbridled
                   ;
                   as
                   serving
                   to
                   gain
                   the
                   hearers
                   .
                
                 
                   8.
                   
                   In
                   thy
                   promises
                   to
                   men
                   (
                   and
                   much
                   more
                   in
                   vows
                   to
                   God
                   )
                   be
                   not
                   over-hasty
                   till
                   thou
                   hast
                   throughly
                   weighed
                   the
                   possibility
                   ,
                   and
                   convenience
                   ,
                   lest
                   thou
                   be
                   either
                   
                     
                     
                       1.
                       
                       Insnared
                       in
                       keeping
                       of
                       it
                       .
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                       Incur
                       the
                       blame
                       of
                       rash
                       or
                       false
                       ,
                       in
                       breaking
                       it
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   9.
                   
                   In
                   any
                   disputable
                   Question
                   be
                   moderate
                   in
                   asserting
                   or
                   denying
                   ,
                   lest
                   an
                   unexpected
                   Argument
                   put
                   thee
                   to
                   shame
                   ,
                   by
                   forcing
                   thee
                   to
                   alter
                   thy
                   sentence
                   ,
                   or
                   contradiction
                   without
                   reason
                   .
                
                 
                   10.
                   
                   Boast
                   not
                   thy self
                   (
                   neither
                   speak
                   much
                   )
                   unnecessarily
                   of
                   any
                   thing
                   already
                   done
                   by
                   thee
                   ,
                   or
                   of
                   any
                   ability
                   ,
                   specially
                   spiritual
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   future
                   action
                   ,
                   or
                   undertaking
                   .
                
                 
                   11.
                   
                   Yet
                   deny
                   not
                   the
                   grace
                   of
                   God
                   in
                   thee
                   ,
                   or
                   toward
                   thee
                   for
                   others
                   ,
                   or
                   by
                   resolutions
                   of
                   faithfulness
                   to
                   God
                   or
                   men
                   .
                
              
            
             
               34.
               
               Take
               a
               time
               (
               the
               first
               free
               season
               when
               thy
               mind
               is
               in
               any
               fitness
               )
               to
               pray
               alwayes
               solemnly
               be
               tween
               dinner
               and
               supper
               ,
               
               and
               let
               nothing
               hinder
               thee
               in
               it
               being
               at
               home
               ,
               and
               neglect
               it
               not
               through
               unwillingness
               .
            
             
               35.
               
               Whereever
               thou
               art
               ,
               inure
               thy self
               to
               short
               ,
               frequent
               and
               fervent
               ejaculations
               to
               God
               ,
               both
               of
               requests
               and
               thanksgivings
               ,
               which
               will
               be
               a
               blessed
               preservative
               to
               thy
               soul
               ,
               and
               gain
               more
               blessing
               than
               thou
               canst
               imagine
               .
            
             
               36.
               
               Particularly
               neglect
               not
               this
               upon
               any
               sentible
               failing
               of
               thine
               ,
               even
               in
               a
               sinful
               thought
               ,
               or
               any
               unexpected
               accident
               or
               news
               of
               importance
               .
            
             
               37.
               
               Give
               not
               any
               one
               (
               specially
               a
               stranger
               )
               power
               to
               undo
               thee
               ,
               if
               he
               will
               be
               false
               .
            
             
               38.
               
               Have
               not
               many
               friends
               ,
               nor
               count
               them
               so
               ,
               till
               thou
               hast
               good
               trial
               of
               their
               faithfulness
               to
               God
               (
               being
               truly
               religious
               )
               and
               of
               their
               wisdom
               .
            
             
               39.
               
               To
               no
               friend
               impart
               another
               
               friends
               secret
               ,
               without
               leave
               .
            
             
               40.
               
               And
               whenever
               thou
               tellest
               a
               secret
               ,
               tell
               it
               as
               a
               secret
               ,
               lest
               they
               take
               it
               otherwise
               ,
               and
               so
               reveal
               it
               .
            
             
               41.
               
               Have
               now
               &
               then
               ,
               that
               saying
               in
               thy
               mind
               
                 (
                 amici
                 sunt
                 fures
                 temporis
              
               )
               Friends
               are
               thieves
               of
               time
               .
            
             
               42.
               
               Yet
               count
               the
               Communion
               of
               Saints
               ,
               redeeming
               of
               time
               .
            
             
               43.
               
               Remember
               that
               some
               time
               must
               be
               dedicated
               to
               preparation
               ,
               to
               make
               way
               ,
               1.
               
               For
               favour
               in
               others
               minds
               .
               2.
               
               For
               introducing
               a
               discourse
               advantagiously
               ;
               and
               that
               sometimes
               it
               will
               seem
               lost
               ,
               through
               disappointment
               of
               hope
               ;
               which
               yet
               is
               to
               be
               counted
               wisely
               and
               necessarily
               imployed
               ,
               and
               the
               benefit
               perhaps
               will
               appear
               afterward
               .
            
             
               44.
               
               Do
               nothing
               to
               another
               ,
               which
               thou
               wouldest
               not
               have
               done
               to
               thee
               or
               thine
               .
            
             
               45.
               
               Do
               that
               to
               another
               ,
               thou
               wouldest
               have
               done
               to
               thy self
               or
               thine
               .
            
             
             
               46.
               
               Be
               sure
               to
               take
               head
               of
               giving
               any
               scandal
               by
               thy
               behaviour
               ,
               
                 better
                 thy
                 hand
                 or
                 thy
                 eye
                 were
                 cut
                 off
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               47.
               
               
                 Rejoyce
                 with
                 them
                 that
                 rejoyce
              
               (
               after
               the
               Apostles
               rule
               )
               
                 and
                 weep
                 with
                 them
                 that
                 weep
                 .
              
            
             
               48.
               
               If
               they
               require
               thy
               company
               ,
               in
               any
               of
               their
               recreations
               ,
               be
               sure
               they
               be
               ,
               1.
               lawful
               ,
               2.
               reasonable
               ,
               3.
               moderate
               ,
               4.
               of
               good
               report
               ,
               therefore
               forbear
               games
               of
               lottery
               ,
               gaming
               for
               gain
               ,
               lest
               thou
               or
               thy
               company
               ,
               be
               1.
               impatient
               ,
               through
               loss
               ,
               at
               least
               inwardly
               ,
               2.
               want
               what
               is
               so
               lavisht
               ,
               3.
               break
               into
               quarrels
               or
               oaths
               .
               Remember
               Recreation
               is
               no
               mans
               occupation
               .
            
             
               49.
               
               Let
               thy
               company
               (
               if
               thou
               canst
               )
               be
               ever
               such
               as
               may
               either
               teach
               thee
               somewhat
               ,
               or
               learn
               something
               of
               thee
               .
            
             
               50.
               
               Be
               sure
               thou
               admit
               not
               any
               
               wicked
               or
               profane
               man
               to
               be
               thy
               familiar
               .
            
             
               51.
               
               Let
               not
               thy
               presence
               imbolden
               any
               in
               their
               sin
               .
            
             
               52.
               
               Allot
               some
               time
               for
               Meditation
               ,
               and
               that
               of
               some
               divine
               thing
               .
            
             
               33.
               
               Particularly
               ,
               each
               day
               ,
               think
               of
               thy
               last
               ,
               whether
               thou
               art
               ready
               for
               it
               ,
               which
               will
               not
               tarry
               for
               thee
               when
               it
               comes
               .
            
             
               54.
               
               When
               thou
               hearest
               any
               worthy
               saying
               ,
               trust
               not
               to
               thy
               brittle
               memory
               with
               it
               ,
               but
               write
               it
               down
               ,
               so
               hast
               thou
               a
               double
               record
               of
               it
            
             
               55.
               
               Willingly
               let
               no
               day
               pass
               without
               writing
               some
               good
               note
               ,
               of
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               some
               Meditation
               &c.
               distinguishing
               the
               day
               .
            
             
               56.
               
               Avoid
               study
               after
               Supper
               ,
               unless
               on
               urgent
               occasions
               ,
               and
               dedicate
               that
               time
               to
               refresh
               thy self
               with
               the
               comfortable
               society
               of
               
               thy
               friends
               and
               acquaintance
               .
            
             
               57.
               
               Remember
               to
               break
               up
               company
               in
               time
               ,
               lest
               sitting
               up
               late
               make
               thee
               either
               sleep
               in
               the
               concluding
               duties
               ,
               or
               lose
               time
               the
               next
               morning
               .
            
             
               58.
               
               Be●wen
               Supper
               and
               going
               to
               bed
               ,
               read
               again
               somewhat
               of
               the
               Word
               ,
               after
               the
               former
               prescripts
               ,
               as
               near
               as
               thou
               canst
               .
            
             
               59.
               
               Sleep
               not
               till
               thou
               hast
               examined
               thy self
               in
               all
               this
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               thy
               actions
               ,
               the
               day
               past
               to
               fit
               thee
               for
               prayer
               ,
               petitioning
               for
               pardon
               and
               grace
               ,
               &c.
               presenting
               thanks
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               morning
               .
            
             
               60.
               
               Count
               that
               day
               lost
               ,
               wherein
               thou
               hast
               not
               done
               and
               received
               some
               good
               ,
               specially
               spiritual
               .
            
             
               61.
               
               Lay
               thy self
               down
               and
               sleep
               ,
               as
               in
               Gods
               arms
               ,
               commending
               thy
               soul
               to
               him
               ;
               and
               compose
               thy self
               to
               rest
               ,
               with
               the
               thought
               of
               some
               promise
               or
               heavenly
               thing
               .
            
             
             
               62.
               
               Do
               every
               thing
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               looking
               for
               strength
               and
               assistance
               in
               and
               through
               him
               ,
               and
               presenting
               to
               him
               ,
               with
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               ,
               all
               honor
               and
               glory
               ,
               obedience
               ,
               love
               ,
               trust
               ,
               and
               reverence
               ,
               for
               ever
               ,
               Amen
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Particular
               Directions
               for
               the
               LORDS
               DAY
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               REmember
               it
               before
               it
               comes
               for
               thy self
               and
               family
               ,
               that
               none
               of
               the
               sacred
               time
               be
               lost
               ,
               through
               worldly
               business
               occasioned
               by
               putting
               it
               off
               carelesly
               ,
               wilfully
               ,
               or
               sleepiness
               ,
               by
               too
               much
               tiring
               out
               the
               spirits
               overnight
               ,
               overwatching
               or
               overworking
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Count
               it
               a
               day
               of
               spiritual
               liberty
               ,
               wherein
               thou
               and
               thine
               ,
               may
               without
               interruption
               converse
               with
               God
               ,
               and
               benefit
               your
               souls
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Unless
               upon
               true
               necessity
               ,
               make
               it
               not
               shorter
               than
               other
               days
               by
               late
               rising
               ,
               or
               early
               going
               to
               bed
               .
            
             
             
               4.
               
               Rather
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               thy
               body
               and
               spirit
               will
               give
               leave
               enlarge
               it
               ,
               as
               a
               delightful
               opportunity
               of
               Good
               ,
               by
               rising
               earlier
               ,
               and
               sitting
               up
               as
               long
               as
               thou
               canst
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               Count
               the
               publick
               Assemblies
               ,
               the
               solemnest
               service
               of
               the
               day
               ,
               and
               let
               no
               pretence
               (
               ordinarily
               )
               hinder
               thee
               ,
               or
               thine
               ,
               from
               being
               present
               ,
               from
               the
               first
               (
               continuing
               to
               the
               last
               )
               both
               moring
               and
               afternoon
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               Let
               all
               private
               and
               Family-duties
               ,
               tend
               to
               fit
               thee
               for
               ,
               or
               to
               improve
               the
               pubilck
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               Neglect
               not
               to
               take
               a
               through
               account
               of
               thy self
               ,
               of
               every
               main
               parcel
               of
               the
               Word
               ,
               publickly
               read
               ;
               namely
               of
               the
               several
               parts
               ,
               one
               by
               one
               ,
               the
               several
               Psalms
               and
               Chapters
               ,
               and
               learn
               somewhat
               from
               every
               one
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               The
               better
               to
               do
               this
               ,
               discourse
               with
               those
               that
               are
               willing
               to
               hear
               
               and
               answer
               ,
               or
               such
               as
               may
               not
               refuse
               (
               as
               thy
               Inferiours
               )
               concerning
               each
               of
               these
               ;
               this
               will
               help
               to
               remember
               ,
               and
               quicken
               spiritual
               attention
               ,
               of
               profitable
               things
               to
               be
               learned
               ,
               above
               that
               which
               one
               would
               imagine
               .
               We
               lose
               much
               benefit
               of
               the
               Word
               ,
               because
               we
               do
               not
               bend
               our
               minds
               to
               it
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               As
               the
               mainest
               Rule
               of
               wisdom
               ,
               in
               the
               ordering
               of
               time
               this
               day
               ,
               to
               the
               best
               advantage
               ,
               bethink
               thy self
               over-night
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               morning
               early
               (
               or
               both
               )
               what
               the
               present
               frame
               and
               temper
               of
               thy
               mind
               is
               ,
               and
               what
               thou
               wantest
               ,
               that
               thou
               maiest
               study
               for
               a
               remedy
               to
               supply
               ,
               and
               watch
               what
               God
               will
               speak
               to
               thee
               in
               his
               Word
               ,
               or
               by
               his
               Minister
               about
               it
               ,
               that
               day
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               Pray
               that
               thou
               maiest
               be
               attentive
               to
               what
               specially
               concerns
               thee
               ,
               and
               particularly
               the
               matters
               so
               thought
               upon
               ;
               and
               that
               without
               
               mistake
               ,
               and
               specially
               without
               repugnance
               of
               spirit
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               Admit
               not
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               lies
               in
               thee
               ,
               any
               unnecessary
               worldly
               discourse
               ,
               no
               not
               at
               meals
               :
               rather
               than
               look
               most
               to
               it
               ,
               as
               being
               the
               time
               of
               greatest
               danger
               ordinarily
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               Much
               less
               begin
               any
               worldly
               discourse
               ,
               whether
               among
               other
               Christians
               ,
               or
               other
               persons
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               Rather
               than
               squander
               away
               those
               precious
               hours
               ,
               or
               even
               minutes
               upon
               the
               world
               or
               vanity
               ,
               if
               thou
               canst
               with
               any
               convenience
               ,
               retire
               thy selfe
               ,
               and
               sit
               alone
               in
               thy
               chamber
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               By
               thy
               good
               will
               ,
               admit
               not
               of
               any
               worldly
               thoughts
               being
               alone
               ,
               or
               silent
               in
               company
               .
            
             
               15.
               
               But
               pray
               ,
               read
               ,
               meditate
               ,
               go
               in
               to
               good
               company
               (
               if
               any
               be
               near
               )
               sleep
               were
               better
               ,
               if
               any
               need
               of
               it
               ,
               than
               when
               God
               and
               thy
               conscience
               cal
               for
               thy
               thoughts
               (
               which
               are
               the
               
               preciousest
               thing
               thou
               hast
               )
               to
               bestow
               them
               upon
               the
               world
               or
               vanity
            
             
               16.
               
               Neglect
               not
               thy
               usual
               personal
               devotions
               ,
               but
               rather
               enlarge
               them
               .
            
             
               17.
               
               Take
               special
               care
               to
               improve
               to
               the
               uttermost
               ,
               the
               Word
               preached
               that
               day
               ,
               by
               prayer
               ,
               discourse
               ,
               meditation
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               Take
               heed
               of
               the
               least
               excess
               in
               thy
               diet
               ,
               that
               thy
               soul
               lose
               not
               of
               her
               nourishment
               ,
               by
               that
               means
               .
            
             
               19.
               
               Yet
               afflict
               not
               thy
               body
               ordinarily
               by
               fasting
               or
               overspare
               diet
               ,
               least
               that
               also
               interrupt
               thee
               somewhat
               ,
               besides
               that
               it
               suites
               not
               so
               properly
               with
               a
               day
               of
               rejoycing
               ,
               as
               this
               is
               .
            
             
               20.
               
               Before
               thou
               go
               to
               rest
               ,
               fail
               not
               to
               consider
               what
               this
               day
               thou
               hast
               gained
               or
               lost
               ,
               that
               thou
               maist
               give
               thanks
               to
               pray
               .
            
             
             
               The
               God
               of
               all
               wisdom
               and
               peace
               teach
               us
               to
               know
               his
               will
               ,
               and
               practice
               what
               we
               know
               more
               and
               more
               to
               his
               glory
               ,
               and
               our
               everlasting
               comfort
               ,
               through
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
               Amen
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .