The country-curate's advice to his parishioners, in four parts I. Directs us, how to serve God on the Lord's day, II. On the week day, III. How to discharge our duty in our several relations, as husband and wife, parents and children, masters and servants, IV. How to prepare for death / by H.C.
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             The country-curate's advice to his parishioners, in four parts I. Directs us, how to serve God on the Lord's day, II. On the week day, III. How to discharge our duty in our several relations, as husband and wife, parents and children, masters and servants, IV. How to prepare for death / by H.C.
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           THE
           Country-Curate's
           ADVICE
           TO
           HIS
           Parishioners
           ,
           In
           Four
           PARTS
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             Directs
             us
             ,
             how
             to
             serve
             God
             on
             the
             Lord's
             Day
             .
          
           
             II.
             On
             the
             Week
             Day
             .
          
           
             III.
             How
             to
             discharge
             our
             Duty
             in
             our
             several
             Relations
             ;
             as
             Husband
             and
             Wife
             ,
             Parents
             and
             Children
             ,
             Masters
             and
             Servants
             .
          
           
             IV.
             How
             to
             prepare
             for
             Death
             .
          
        
         
           By
           
             H.
             C.
          
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             W.
          
           for
           
             J.
             Robinson
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Golden
             Lyon
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           1693.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           REligion
           is
           the
           grand
           employment
           of
           our
           Lives
           ,
           the
           main
           design
           and
           biass
           of
           our
           rational
           Natures
           ,
           the
           important
           work
           and
           task
           that
           Heaven
           hath
           set
           us
           :
           and
           calls
           for
           our
           greatest
           vigour
           and
           vivacity
           to
           attend
           it
           :
           and
           though
           perhaps
           it
           may
           suffer
           some
           diminution
           from
           the
           meanness
           of
           the
           Person
           ,
           who
           treats
           of
           it
           :
           Yet
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           denied
           ,
           that
           its
           own
           intrinsick
           worth
           and
           native
           excellency
           are
           sufficient
           to
           render
           it
           most
           acceptable
           to
           all
           intelligent
           Minds
           ,
           and
           unprejudiced
           Understandings
           .
        
         
           I
           pretend
           not
           to
           any
           high
           strain
           of
           Eloquence
           ,
           or
           high
           flown
           Rhetorications
           :
           for
           if
           I
           were
           Master
           of
           a
           very
           fluent
           Oratory
           ;
           yet
           should
           I
           at
           this
           time
           
           
           
           
           
           wave
           it
           ,
           and
           study
           plainness
           ;
           the
           Station
           I
           am
           in
           ,
           a
           Curate
           :
           the
           Persons
           I
           write
           unto
           ,
           not
           Courtiers
           but
           Country-men
           :
           oblige
           me
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           My
           Office
           is
           to
           present
           my
           Reader
           with
           a
           Portraicture
           of
           Practical
           Religion
           ;
           especially
           as
           it
           hath
           an
           aspect
           to
           the
           Duties
           which
           constitute
           our
           Devotion
           :
           Here
           it
           is
           not
           proper
           to
           be
           quaint
           and
           florid
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           Impression
           on
           Mens
           Hearts
           ;
           and
           bring
           the
           Deity
           into
           their
           Souls
           .
           This
           I
           have
           attempted
           to
           accomplish
           in
           the
           ensuing
           Sheets
           :
           though
           I
           most
           frankly
           acknowledge
           how
           feeble
           and
           languid
           my
           Enterprize
           hath
           been
           .
        
         
           Among
           the
           plain
           Directions
           which
           I
           have
           given
           towards
           the
           Consummating
           of
           a
           Religious
           Life
           ,
           I
           have
           placed
           those
           which
           respect
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           in
           the
           Front
           of
           all
           :
           and
           with
           good
           reason
           ;
           seeing
           this
           sacred
           time
           is
           the
           Queen
           and
           Empress
           of
           all
           the
           Days
           in
           the
           Week
           ;
           and
           hath
           a
           just
           precedency
           of
           them
           by
           our
           Saviour's
           Institution
           ,
           and
           the
           practice
           of
           his
           holy
           Apostles
           .
        
         
         
           Religion
           commenceth
           here
           :
           he
           that
           begins
           not
           with
           the
           right
           Celebration
           of
           this
           Day
           ;
           will
           be
           extreamly
           defective
           in
           all
           the
           other
           acts
           of
           Devotion
           and
           Religion
           .
        
         
           This
           therefore
           in
           the
           first
           place
           I
           most
           passionately
           recommend
           to
           all
           Votaries
           of
           Christianity
           ;
           that
           they
           would
           concern
           themselves
           in
           the
           due
           Observation
           of
           this
           Divine
           Time
           :
           and
           accordingly
           I
           here
           offer
           them
           such
           Rules
           ,
           as
           will
           be
           a
           certain
           conduct
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           fully
           instruct
           them
           how
           to
           behave
           themselves
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Portions
           of
           that
           Sacred
           Day
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           attempt
           be
           favoured
           and
           incouraged
           by
           the
           Religious
           Reader
           :
           I
           shall
           be
           animated
           then
           to
           aspire
           to
           a
           further
           degree
           of
           consulting
           his
           Spiritual
           advantage
           ,
           by
           committing
           to
           the
           Press
           those
           other
           Directions
           which
           I
           have
           prepared
           for
           the
           guidance
           of
           pious
           Minds
           in
           the
           grand
           business
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           interim
           ,
           I
           bid
           such
           adieu
           ,
           and
           incessantly
           implore
           the
           Tri-une
           Deity
           ;
           That
           these
           my
           weak
           endeavours
           may
           prove
           Auspicious
           .
        
         
           
             H.
             C.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           of
           this
           BOOK
           .
        
         
           
             
               Chap.
               I.
            
             THE
             Preparation
             for
             the
             Lord's
             Day
             upon
             Saturday
             Eve.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               II.
            
             Of
             Awaking
             with
             God
             upon
             the
             Sunday
             Morning
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
               III.
            
             Closet-Prayer
             ,
             and
             the
             Preparations
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
               IV.
            
             Of
             Family-Duty
             ere
             we
             go
             to
             God's
             House
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
               V.
            
             Of
             the
             great
             Obligation
             that
             lies
             upon
             every
             one
             of
             us
             to
             worship
             God
             in
             publick
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
               VI.
            
             Of
             going
             to
             our
             Parish-Church
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
               VII
            
             .
             The
             Souls
             Soliloquy
             as
             it
             walks
             to
             God's
             House
             ,
             and
             behaviour
             there
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
               VIII
            
             .
             Of
             our
             behaviour
             at
             Church
             when
             the
             Minister
             is
             come
             unto
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
               IX
            
             .
             Of
             our
             due
             behaviour
             between
             Morning
             and
             Evening
             Service
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
               X.
            
             Of
             resorting
             to
             the
             Evening
             Sacrifice
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
          
           Of
           Saturday's
           Eve
           Devotion
           .
        
         
           I
           Shall
           wave
           all
           the
           Opinions
           I
           have
           read
           ,
           concerning
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           ;
           because
           I
           would
           not
           here
           enter
           into
           a
           Controversy
           with
           any
           Man.
           
        
         
           The
           Sentiments
           of
           Men
           are
           various
           ,
           yet
           how
           different
           soever
           they
           may
           be
           otherwise
           ,
           sure
           I
           am
           ,
           all
           agree
           in
           this
           :
           That
           a
           due
           Preparation
           the
           Even
           before
           ,
           will
           be
           a
           great
           help
           to
           perform
           the
           Duties
           of
           the
           Day
           following
           .
        
         
           The
           Primitive
           Christians
           used
           to
           spend
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Saturday
           Night
           ,
           in
           Fasting
           ,
           Watching
           ,
           and
           Prayer
           ;
           to
           fit
           them
           for
           the
           Duty
           of
           the
           subsequent
           Day
           :
           from
           whence
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           our
           Church
           borrows
           the
           Custom
           of
           reading
           the
           Collect
           for
           the
           Sunday
           ,
           upon
           the
           Eve
           foregoing
           .
           Nay
           ,
           so
           zealous
           were
           they
           in
           God's
           Service
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           ringing
           of
           the
           Bell
           to
           Church
           ,
           the
           Plowman
           used
           to
           leave
           the
           Plow
           ,
           and
           the
           Tradesman
           his
           Shop
           ,
           to
           join
           with
           the
           Minister
           in
           publick
           Prayers
           ,
           for
           a
           Blessing
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           .
        
         
         
           Which
           Devotion
           of
           theirs
           ,
           because
           this
           our
           degenerate
           Age
           is
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           strangely
           averse
           to
           ;
           and
           very
           few
           ,
           if
           any
           ,
           will
           have
           recourse
           to
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ,
           there
           to
           perform
           their
           duty
           :
           Let
           them
           repair
           to
           their
           private
           Oratory
           ;
           Let
           them
           enter
           into
           their
           Closets
           ;
           Let
           Conscience
           there
           call
           an
           Audit
           in
           their
           Breasts
           ;
           and
           both
           impartially
           judge
           the
           actions
           of
           the
           Week
           past
           :
           and
           how
           the
           Case
           stands
           ,
           at
           present
           ,
           between
           God
           and
           their
           Souls
           .
           Beg
           ,
           O
           beg
           of
           God
           ,
           Dear
           Christian
           !
           to
           give
           thee
           a
           true
           sight
           and
           sense
           of
           all
           thy
           Sins
           :
           which
           thou
           maist
           do
           in
           this
           following
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           
             O
             Father
             of
             Light
             ,
             and
             God
             of
             Love
             ,
             grant
             me
             true
             Light
             ,
             true
             Love
             ,
             and
             true
             Wisdom
             ;
             that
             I
             may
             clearly
             discern
             what
             doth
             please
             ,
             or
             displease
             thy
             Divine
             Majesty
             :
             most
             earnestly
             desiring
             ,
             even
             from
             my
             very
             Soul
             ,
             to
             detest
             the
             one
             ;
             and
             embrace
             the
             other
             .
             Illuminate
             the
             Eyes
             of
             my
             Vnderstanding
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             truly
             see
             my
             Sins
             ,
             and
             Imperfections
             :
             strengthen
             my
             Memory
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             duly
             confess
             them
             :
             and
             rectify
             my
             Will
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             resolutely
             amend
             them
             .
          
           
             
               Return
               ,
               O
               my
               Soul
               !
               to
               thy Self
               ,
               and
               to
               thy
               God.
               Lament
               ,
               Repent
               ,
               Amend
               .
               The
               Spirit
               indeed
               is
               willing
               ,
               but
               the
               Flesh
               is
               weak
               :
               therefore
               turn
               thou
               me
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ;
               and
               I
               shall
               be
               
               turned
               .
               Convert
               thou
               me
               ,
               and
               I
               shall
               be
               converted
               .
               Further
               me
               ,
               I
               humbly
               beseech
               thee
               ,
               with
               thy
               continual
               help
               ,
               that
               in
               all
               my
               Works
               ,
               begun
               ,
               continued
               and
               ended
               in
               thee
               ,
               I
               may
               glorify
               thy
               holy
               Name
               ,
               and
               finally
               ,
               by
               thy
               Mercy
               ,
               obtain
               Everlasting
               Life
               ,
               through
               Jesus
               Christ
               Our
               Lord.
            
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
             Questions
             to
             be
             put
             to
             our selves
             every
             Saturday
             Night
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             How
             have
             I
             this
             Week
             kept
             my
             Heart
             ?
             Have
             I
             been
             diligent
             in
             putting
             away
             evil
             thoughts
             of
             sundry
             sorts
             ?
             and
             have
             I
             kept
             my
             mind
             exercised
             with
             good
             and
             holy
             Meditations
             ?
             Have
             I
             thought
             humbly
             of
             my self
             ?
             Charitably
             of
             my
             Neighbour
             ,
             and
             reverently
             of
             my
             Maker
             and
             Redeemer
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             How
             have
             I
             this
             Week
             kept
             the
             Door
             of
             my
             Lips
             ?
             Have
             not
             I
             uttered
             many
             idle
             ,
             vain
             ,
             and
             unprofitable
             words
             ?
             Have
             I
             spoke
             of
             my
             Neighbour
             with
             that
             Love
             and
             Charity
             ,
             as
             I
             would
             have
             others
             speak
             of
             me
             ?
             Have
             I
             had
             that
             compassion
             of
             others
             defects
             ,
             as
             of
             my
             own
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             What
             aim
             had
             I
             in
             all
             my
             actions
             ?
             Have
             I
             done
             them
             so
             purely
             for
             the
             Love
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             I
             ought
             ?
             or
             had
             I
             any
             Worldly
             respect
             in
             the
             doing
             of
             them
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             How
             have
             I
             kept
             my
             Senses
             this
             Week
             ?
             
             Have
             not
             mine
             Eyes
             gazed
             upon
             wanton
             objects
             .
             Have
             not
             mine
             Ears
             listned
             unto
             filthy
             Communication
             ?
             And
             my
             taste
             delighted
             it self
             in
             Gluttony
             and
             Drunkenness
             ?
          
           
             5.
             
             Have
             I
             been
             so
             truly
             thankful
             for
             God's
             Mercies
             ,
             as
             I
             ought
             to
             have
             been
             ?
          
           
             6.
             
             Have
             not
             I
             ,
             this
             Week
             ,
             omitted
             my
             Prayers
             ?
             Slovered
             them
             over
             ?
             or
             suffered
             my
             thoughts
             to
             wander
             in
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Have
           not
           I
           been
           guilty
           of
           some
           crying
           Sin
           ,
           that
           might
           justly
           cause
           God
           to
           reject
           them
           .
        
         
           These
           Queries
           proposed
           ,
           and
           thy
           Heart
           ,
           O
           Christian
           !
           upon
           Enquiry
           ,
           declaring
           thee
           guilty
           :
           with
           me
           say
           ,
        
         
           
             Of
             these
             ,
             and
             all
             my
             other
             Sins
             that
             I
             have
             committed
             from
             my
             youth
             up
             ,
             unto
             this
             present
             day
             ,
             I
             most
             heartily
             repent
             me
             ,
             O
             Lord
             my
             God!
             and
             I
             am
             truly
             sorry
             for
             every
             thought
             ,
             word
             ,
             and
             act
             ,
             by
             which
             I
             have
             provoked
             thy
             wrath
             and
             indignation
             against
             me
             :
             especially
             for
             my
             disobedience
             of
             so
             holy
             a
             Law
             ;
             and
             extream
             ingratitude
             to
             so
             bountiful
             a
             Lord.
             O
             God
             ,
             I
             do
             acknowledge
             my self
             unworthy
             the
             least
             of
             thy
             Mercies
             ,
             and
             obnoxious
             to
             the
             greatest
             of
             thy
             Judgments
             :
             but
             thou
             hast
             revealed
             thy self
             a
             God
             of
             Pity
             and
             Compassion
             ,
             for
             giving
             the
             Iniquities
             of
             such
             as
             truly
             repent
             ,
             and
             acquitting
             those
             that
             voluntarily
             acquit
             themselves
             .
             Wherefore
             with
             a
             penitent
             and
             contrite
             Heart
             ,
             I
             confess
             
             my
             own
             guiltiness
             ;
             resolving
             patiently
             to
             bear
             whatsoever
             affliction
             thou
             laist
             upon
             me
             for
             my
             Sins
             :
             hoping
             for
             Pardon
             ,
             through
             the
             alone
             Mercies
             of
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             ,
             O
             most
             gracious
             and
             liberal
             Benefactor
             !
             with
             my
             whole
             strength
             and
             faculties
             of
             Soul
             and
             Body
             ,
             I
             praise
             and
             magnify
             thy
             name
             ,
             for
             thy
             great
             and
             innumerable
             benefits
             ,
             proceeding
             purely
             from
             thy
             bounty
             ,
             and
             intended
             wholly
             for
             my
             good
             .
             Particularly
             ,
             for
             preserving
             the
             this
             Week
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             so
             many
             dangers
             incident
             to
             my
             condition
             ;
             and
             delivering
             me
             from
             so
             many
             Calamities
             and
             Miseries
             due
             to
             my
             Sins
             .
          
           
             Thou
             art
             my
             Creator
             ,
             O
             my
             God!
             and
             gracious
             Protector
             :
             thou
             art
             the
             ultimate
             end
             of
             my
             being
             ,
             and
             the
             supream
             perfection
             of
             my
             Nature
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             shadow
             of
             thy
             Wings
             is
             my
             perpetual
             repose
             :
             from
             the
             Light
             of
             thy
             Countenance
             flows
             Eternal
             Joy
             and
             Felicity
             .
             To
             Thee
             be
             Glory
             and
             Honour
             ,
             Adoration
             and
             Praise
             from
             all
             Creatures
             ,
             now
             and
             for
             evermore
             .
             Amen
             .
          
           
             And
             since
             thou
             hast
             ordained
             us
             the
             day
             to
             labour
             in
             ,
             and
             the
             night
             to
             take
             our
             rest
             :
             as
             I
             praise
             thee
             for
             the
             blessings
             of
             the
             day
             past
             ,
             so
             I
             beseech
             thee
             for
             thy
             Protection
             this
             Night
             .
             Let
             the
             Eye
             of
             thy
             Providence
             watch
             over
             me
             ,
             and
             thy
             holy
             Angels
             pitch
             their
             Tent
             about
             me
             ;
             that
             being
             safely
             delivered
             from
             all
             dangers
             ,
             and
             comfortably
             refreshed
             with
             moderate
             sleep
             ;
             I
             may
             be
             the
             better
             enabled
             to
             perform
             the
             employment
             of
             my
             
             condition
             ,
             and
             faithfully
             persevere
             in
             the
             duties
             of
             thy
             Service
             to
             my
             Lifes
             end
             .
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           Beware
           of
           sitting
           up
           late
           your self
           on
           the
           Saturday
           Night
           ,
           or
           of
           causing
           others
           to
           do
           so
           ;
           Lest
           when
           you
           go
           into
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           join
           with
           the
           multitude
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           you
           are
           fitter
           to
           sleep
           than
           pray
           :
           differing
           little
           from
           the
           dead
           Bodies
           ,
           asleep
           in
           their
           Graves
           .
           The
           one
           sleeps
           above
           the
           Earth
           ;
           the
           other
           underneath
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           you
           are
           laid
           in
           your
           Bed
           ,
           let
           not
           your
           mind
           run
           on
           Worldly
           thoughts
           :
           but
           think
           of
           the
           infinite
           Majesty
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           then
           to
           meet
           ,
           think
           of
           the
           great
           weight
           and
           importance
           of
           the
           holy
           Ordinances
           ,
           then
           vouchsafed
           you
           ;
           how
           they
           concern
           thy
           Salvation
           or
           Damnation
           ,
           thy
           Everlasting
           Life
           or
           Death
           .
           Meditate
           on
           the
           short
           time
           thou
           hast
           to
           enjoy
           the
           Sabbath
           in
           :
           how
           near
           thy
           Life
           is
           to
           an
           end
           :
           how
           easily
           God
           can
           take
           down
           this
           Earthly
           Tabernacle
           :
           how
           there
           is
           no
           working
           ,
           no
           labour
           ,
           no
           striving
           in
           the
           other
           World
           ,
           to
           which
           thou
           art
           going
           ;
           and
           continue
           thus
           musing
           till
           the
           fire
           of
           Meditation
           begin
           to
           burn
           .
           If
           thou
           thus
           leavest
           thy
           Heart
           with
           God
           on
           Saturday
           Night
           ,
           no
           doubt
           but
           you
           will
           find
           it
           with
           him
           the
           next
           Morning
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
          
           Of
           Awaking
           with
           God.
           
        
         
           AS
           soon
           as
           sleep
           hath
           unseal'd
           thine
           Eyes
           ,
           lift
           up
           thy
           Soul
           in
           Thanksgiving
           to
           thy
           Maker
           for
           preserving
           thee
           that
           night
           ,
           and
           affording
           thee
           a
           good
           beginning
           of
           a
           new
           day
           ;
           especially
           a
           Sabbath
           day
           ;
           to
           labour
           for
           his
           Glory
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           thine
           own
           Soul.
           And
           that
           you
           may
           be
           incited
           to
           perform
           this
           Act
           of
           praise
           ,
           consider
           these
           several
           motives
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           perhaps
           many
           others
           not
           so
           sinful
           as
           thy self
           ,
           have
           been
           hurried
           from
           their
           Beds
           to
           the
           Bar
           of
           Judgment
           ;
           from
           a
           Bed
           of
           Down
           they
           have
           been
           cast
           into
           a
           Bed
           of
           Flames
           :
           yet
           God
           in
           his
           infinite
           Mercy
           hath
           spared
           you
           until
           now
           ,
           to
           Repent
           ,
           and
           prepare
           your
           Accounts
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Consider
           that
           many
           others
           are
           visited
           by
           God
           Almighty
           with
           Sickness
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           cannot
           serve
           God
           in
           the
           Publick
           Assemblies
           :
           while
           you
           enjoy
           your
           health
           and
           free
           liberty
           ,
           to
           go
           with
           the
           multitude
           into
           his
           Courts
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Consider
           that
           you
           are
           now
           brought
           to
           the
           beginning
           of
           another
           day
           ,
           which
           when
           past
           ,
           you
           shall
           never
           see
           again
           .
        
         
         
           Thou
           maist
           possibly
           see
           more
           Sabbath
           Days
           ;
           but
           that
           space
           of
           time
           when
           the
           Sun
           is
           once
           set
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           never
           see
           again
           any
           more
           .
           How
           careful
           then
           should'st
           thou
           be
           to
           improve
           this
           Day
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           may
           turn
           to
           the
           best
           account
           .
           Solomon
           sends
           Man
           to
           School
           to
           the
           Ant
           ,
           to
           learn
           this
           good
           Husbandry
           (
           Prov.
           6.6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8.
           )
           Oh
           that
           we
           were
           as
           wise
           for
           the
           Bread
           of
           Life
           ,
           that
           came
           down
           from
           Heaven
           ;
           as
           the
           poor
           Pismire
           for
           Bread
           ,
           that
           springs
           out
           of
           the
           Earth
           !
        
         
           The
           Sabbath
           is
           an
           Harvest
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           sleeps
           away
           his
           time
           in
           Harvest
           ,
           is
           a
           Son
           that
           causeth
           shame
           .
        
         
           The
           Seaman
           ,
           or
           Mariner
           ,
           observes
           his
           Wind
           and
           Tide
           ,
           otherwise
           he
           cannot
           get
           to
           his
           intended
           Harbour
           :
           but
           Seasons
           of
           Grace
           are
           not
           like
           the
           Tides
           ;
           of
           which
           ,
           if
           you
           miss
           one
           ,
           you
           may
           get
           another
           .
           How
           careful
           then
           shouldst
           thou
           be
           to
           improve
           every
           Minute
           ?
        
         
           Our
           Saviour
           Christ
           said
           to
           his
           Disciples
           concerning
           the
           Loaves
           and
           Fishes
           ,
           
             Gather
             up
             the
             Fragments
             that
             nothing
             be
             lost
             .
          
           The
           like
           advice
           I
           give
           you
           concerning
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           :
           Gather
           up
           the
           Parcels
           thereof
           ,
           Let
           no
           part
           of
           it
           be
           lost
           ,
           no
           not
           the
           least
           Minutes
           ;
           which
           are
           pretious
           :
           to
           this
           end
           ,
           Spiritualize
           all
           the
           objects
           you
           meet
           with
           in
           the
           Day
           ;
           as
           thus
           .
        
         
           When
           first
           awake
           ,
           think
           that
           God
           Almighty
           
           can
           as
           easily
           awaken
           you
           out
           of
           your
           Graves
           from
           the
           sleep
           of
           Death
           ;
           as
           he
           hath
           in
           your
           Beds
           ,
           from
           the
           sleep
           of
           Nature
           :
           Let
           the
           rising
           out
           of
           your
           Beds
           ,
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           .
           And
           when
           you
           see
           the
           Sun
           ,
           Let
           your
           Meditation
           be
           ;
           That
           if
           the
           rising
           of
           one
           Sun
           be
           so
           glorious
           ,
           how
           glorious
           will
           that
           day
           be
           ,
           when
           so
           many
           thousands
           of
           Bodies
           ,
           far
           brighter
           than
           the
           Sun
           ,
           shall
           appear
           to
           accompany
           Christ
           at
           the
           great
           Assizes
           ?
           Consider
           that
           this
           great
           Star
           must
           run
           in
           one
           Day
           ,
           ten
           or
           twelve
           Millions
           of
           Leagues
           :
           and
           shall
           you
           make
           no
           progress
           in
           Virtue
           ?
           Consider
           that
           unwearied
           Harbinger
           is
           gone
           to
           take
           you
           up
           a
           Lodging
           in
           the
           Grave
           :
           each
           Minute
           is
           so
           much
           deducted
           from
           your
           Life
           .
           Follow
           therefore
           the
           Counsel
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           Work
           while
           it
           is
           Day
           ;
           for
           the
           Night
           cometh
           ,
           when
           no
           Man
           can
           work
           .
           Let
           not
           then
           this
           Light
           burn
           in
           vain
           ;
           but
           endeavour
           by
           your
           own
           good
           Works
           ,
           to
           let
           your
           Light
           so
           shine
           before
           Men
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           see
           your
           Works
           ,
           and
           glorify
           your
           Father
           which
           is
           in
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           As
           thou
           art
           putting
           on
           thy
           Apparel
           ,
           remember
           some
           of
           them
           were
           at
           first
           given
           as
           coverings
           of
           shame
           ,
           being
           the
           effect
           of
           Sin
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           are
           made
           of
           the
           Excrements
           and
           Offals
           of
           dead
           Beasts
           ,
           so
           that
           thou
           hast
           very
           little
           cause
           to
           be
           proud
           of
           them
           .
           Nay
           indeed
           ,
           
           thou
           hast
           great
           cause
           to
           be
           humbled
           at
           the
           sight
           thereof
           :
           seeing
           the
           richest
           Apparel
           are
           but
           the
           fine
           covers
           of
           the
           foulest
           shame
           .
           Therefore
           as
           thou
           art
           Cloathing
           thy
           Body
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           Cloth
           thy
           Soul
           with
           Christ's
           Righteousness
           ,
           as
           with
           a
           Garment
           :
           Lest
           while
           thou
           art
           richly
           apparelled
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           Men
           ;
           thy
           Soul
           be
           found
           to
           walk
           naked
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Before
           thou
           betakest
           thy Self
           to
           thy
           Closet
           ,
           breath
           forth
           thy
           Soul
           to
           God
           at
           thy
           first
           awaking
           ,
           in
           this
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           short
           Ejaculation
           .
        
         
           O
           Lord
           God
           ,
           as
           thou
           hast
           awakened
           my
           Body
           from
           last
           Nights
           sleep
           ,
           so
           by
           thy
           Grace
           awaken
           my
           Soul
           from
           the
           Lethargy
           of
           Sin
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           general
           Resurrection
           I
           may
           arise
           to
           Eternal
           Glory
           .
           Amen
           .
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
          
           Of
           Closet-Prayer
           ,
           and
           the
           Preparations
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           HAving
           thus
           fitted
           thy Self
           for
           thy
           Closet
           ,
           before
           thou
           prayest
           take
           the
           wise
           Man's
           Counsel
           (
           Ecclus
           .
           18.5.23
           .
           )
           Prepare
           
           thy Self
           ,
           and
           be
           not
           as
           one
           that
           tempteth
           God.
           
        
         
           Now
           for
           thy
           better
           preparation
           observe
           these
           few
           Rules
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           You
           are
           to
           remember
           when
           you
           settle
           your self
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           you
           then
           place
           your self
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           ,
           whose
           Eyes
           indeed
           are
           upon
           all
           Men
           ;
           but
           in
           a
           more
           especial
           manner
           upon
           those
           that
           call
           upon
           him
           in
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           consideration
           of
           his
           presence
           is
           to
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           ,
           with
           what
           humble
           reverence
           both
           of
           Soul
           and
           Body
           ,
           you
           ought
           to
           appear
           before
           so
           great
           a
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Lay
           aside
           all
           wrath
           and
           malice
           against
           your
           Neighbour
           .
           
             I
             will
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             that
             men
             lift
             up
             holy
             hands
             without
             wrath
          
           (
           1
           Tim.
           2.8
           .
           )
           St.
           Hierom
           confesseth
           this
           of
           himself
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           was
           angry
           he
           durst
           not
           enter
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           
             totum
             animo
             &
             corpore
             contremuisse
          
           ,
           He
           trembled
           very
           much
           both
           in
           Body
           and
           Mind
           .
           The
           Spouse
           of
           Christ
           is
           compared
           to
           a
           Dove
           ,
           which
           some
           say
           is
           
             sine
             felle
          
           ,
           without
           Gall.
           The
           very
           Heathens
           when
           they
           offered
           Sacrifice
           threw
           the
           Gall
           of
           the
           Beast
           away
           :
           and
           wilt
           thou
           offer
           to
           God
           the
           Gall
           of
           wrath
           ,
           bitterness
           and
           revenge
           ,
           with
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           Prayer
           ?
        
         
           4.
           
           Banish
           all
           Worldly
           thoughts
           out
           of
           your
           Heart
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           when
           he
           taught
           us
           
           to
           pray
           ,
           by
           the
           Preface
           to
           the
           Petitions
           telleth
           us
           where
           our
           affections
           in
           Prayer
           should
           be
           ,
           viz.
           in
           Heaven
           :
           
             Our
             Father
             ,
             which
             art
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           Therefore
           before
           you
           begin
           to
           pray
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           resolve
           within
           your self
           ,
           seriously
           to
           intend
           the
           Duty
           you
           are
           about
           ,
           that
           your
           heart
           may
           not
           wander
           ,
           but
           go
           along
           with
           your
           Prayers
           :
           Or
           if
           through
           weakness
           it
           happens
           to
           stray
           ,
           to
           call
           it
           back
           again
           ,
           and
           ask
           Pardon
           for
           it
           ,
           in
           some
           such
           Prayer
           as
           this
           :
        
         
           Lord
           strengthen
           me
           ,
           and
           restrain
           me
           ,
           and
           lay
           not
           this
           weakness
           to
           my
           charge
           .
        
         
           Having
           entred
           thy
           Oratory
           ,
           propose
           these
           few
           Questions
           to
           thy
           Soul
           ,
           and
           engage
           thy self
           to
           an
           Answer
           .
        
         
           O
           my
           Soul
           !
           Wherefore
           art
           thou
           now
           retired
           into
           this
           place
           ?
           What
           is
           thy
           design
           ?
           What
           are
           thy
           Pretensions
           ?
           Where
           is
           thy
           God
           ,
           whom
           thou
           comest
           to
           treat
           with
           ?
           Is
           he
           present
           ?
           Doth
           he
           hear
           thee
           ?
           Is
           he
           merciful
           ?
           Will
           he
           help
           thee
           ?
           What
           is
           the
           business
           thou
           art
           to
           negotiate
           ?
           Is
           it
           the
           saving
           thy
           Soul
           ,
           or
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           Earthly
           desires
           ?
           What
           words
           wilt
           thou
           use
           to
           move
           God
           to
           hear
           thee
           ?
           What
           humble
           Gesture
           ?
           What
           profound
           Reverence
           ?
           Dost
           thou
           know
           who
           thou
           art
           before
           ?
           Is
           not
           Gods
           Eye
           upon
           all
           ,
           to
           observe
           Head
           and
           Heart
           ,
           Lip
           and
           Life
           ?
           Darest
           thou
           suffer
           thy
           thoughts
           
           then
           to
           wander
           ?
           Will
           he
           be
           pleased
           with
           that
           Sacrifice
           he
           hath
           accursed
           ,
           of
           drawing
           nigh
           to
           him
           with
           our
           Lips
           ,
           when
           our
           Hearts
           are
           far
           from
           him
           ?
        
         
           Answer
           thy self
           briefly
           to
           every
           one
           of
           these
           Interrogatories
           ,
           as
           thy
           own
           Conscience
           dictates
           to
           thee
           ;
           for
           by
           this
           Discourse
           made
           to
           thy self
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           be
           better
           prepared
           to
           discourse
           with
           God.
           
        
         
           Having
           thus
           prepared
           thy self
           for
           Prayer
           ,
           thou
           maist
           then
           fall
           down
           on
           thy
           Knees
           ,
           and
           to
           thy
           ordinary
           Prayers
           (
           which
           must
           not
           on
           this
           Day
           by
           any
           means
           be
           omitted
           )
           add
           these
           following
           Heads
           of
           Prayers
           :
           suitable
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           to
           the
           solemnity
           of
           the
           Day
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           You
           are
           to
           pray
           for
           the
           Minister
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           give
           him
           the
           door
           of
           utterance
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           open
           his
           mouth
           boldly
           to
           publish
           the
           mysteries
           of
           the
           Gospel
           :
           that
           he
           may
           speak
           the
           word
           truly
           ,
           sincerely
           ,
           powerfully
           ,
           and
           profitably
           ;
           delivering
           that
           which
           is
           sutable
           and
           seasonable
           to
           your
           condition
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           You
           are
           to
           pray
           for
           your selves
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           banish
           out
           of
           your
           Head
           all
           wandring
           ,
           worldly
           thoughts
           ,
           which
           may
           distract
           your
           minds
           in
           the
           hearing
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           so
           choak
           that
           Heavenly
           Seed
           ,
           make
           it
           Fruitless
           :
           and
           that
           he
           would
           give
           unto
           you
           as
           attention
           to
           hearken
           ;
           so
           Understanding
           to
           
           conceive
           ,
           Wisdom
           to
           apply
           ,
           Judgment
           to
           discern
           ,
           Faith
           to
           believe
           ,
           Memory
           to
           retain
           ,
           and
           Grace
           to
           practise
           ,
           what
           you
           shall
           hear
           :
           So
           that
           the
           word
           may
           prove
           unto
           you
           ,
           not
           a
           Savour
           of
           Death
           unto
           Death
           ,
           but
           of
           Life
           unto
           Life
           ;
           all
           which
           you
           may
           do
           in
           this
           following
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           
             O
             Lord
             God
             ,
             from
             whom
             alone
             are
             the
             Preparations
             of
             the
             heart
             ,
             the
             day
             is
             now
             come
             ,
             which
             being
             holy
             unto
             thee
             ,
             I
             am
             to
             spend
             in
             thy
             more
             solemn
             Worship
             :
             many
             Sins
             there
             are
             by
             me
             not
             duly
             repented
             of
             ,
             which
             may
             justly
             bring
             upon
             me
             a
             Curse
             instead
             of
             a
             Blessing
             ;
             especially
             my
             crying
             Sins
             ,
             
               (
               Here
               mention
               thy
               particular
               Sins
               which
               thou
               hast
               found
               thy Self
               guilty
               of
               ;
               and
               also
               the
               Sins
               committed
               by
               thee
               ,
               the
               last
               Week
               )
               that
               may
               make
               my
               Prayer
               an
               Abomination
               to
               thee
               .
            
             Accept
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             this
             my
             Confession
             ,
             and
             (
             at
             least
             )
             desired
             sorrow
             for
             them
             ;
             turn
             my
             heart
             from
             them
             for
             the
             future
             ;
             and
             through
             the
             blood
             of
             my
             Saviour
             ,
             so
             remove
             the
             guilt
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             not
             hinder
             good
             things
             from
             me
             .
             Let
             the
             effusions
             of
             thy
             Grace
             ,
             both
             upon
             me
             and
             all
             the
             Congregations
             of
             thy
             People
             ,
             be
             ever
             plentiful
             :
             Let
             my
             heart
             be
             fixed
             ,
             that
             no
             vain
             or
             worldly
             thoughts
             harbour
             there
             ;
             while
             I
             am
             in
             thy
             House
             .
             Quicken
             me
             with
             thy
             holy
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             draw
             near
             unto
             thee
             with
             a
             true
             Heart
             ;
             that
             I
             may
             be
             fervent
             
             in
             Spirit
             ,
             serving
             thee
             ;
             and
             that
             ,
             receiving
             thy
             word
             with
             an
             honest
             and
             good
             heart
             ,
             I
             may
             understand
             and
             keep
             it
             :
             and
             bring
             forth
             fruit
             with
             patience
             ,
             and
             to
             perfection
             .
          
           
             Remember
             thou
             thy
             Servants
             which
             are
             to
             dispence
             thy
             mysteries
             unto
             thy
             People
             ,
             and
             especially
             him
             upon
             whose
             teaching
             I
             wait
             :
             Pardon
             their
             Sins
             and
             Frailties
             ,
             open
             their
             Mouths
             ,
             guide
             their
             Minds
             and
             Tongues
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             deliver
             thy
             truths
             in
             the
             demonstration
             of
             thy
             Spirit
             :
             and
             let
             thy
             Work
             so
             prosper
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             both
             save
             themselves
             ,
             and
             them
             that
             hear
             them
             ,
             that
             both
             may
             be
             built
             up
             in
             our
             most
             holy
             Faith
             ,
             to
             the
             perfecting
             thy
             Church
             ,
             and
             Eternal
             Glory
             of
             thy
             name
             thereby
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             .
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           You
           may
           also
           add
           this
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           O
           Lord
           !
           Holiness
           becometh
           thy
           House
           ,
           and
           dutifulness
           becometh
           me
           to
           go
           into
           thy
           Courts
           ,
           and
           wait
           upon
           thee
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           the
           great
           day
           of
           thy
           Service
           :
           thou
           that
           hast
           given
           me
           to
           see
           the
           light
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           make
           me
           careful
           to
           do
           the
           duty
           of
           it
           ;
           timely
           to
           present
           my self
           unto
           thee
           ;
           and
           reverently
           to
           behave
           my self
           before
           thee
           ;
           that
           when
           I
           go
           hence
           ,
           I
           may
           return
           with
           fruit
           and
           favour
           from
           thee
           ,
           for
           Jesus
           Christ's
           sake
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           When
           you
           go
           to
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           use
           this
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           
           O
           Thou
           in
           whose
           Temple
           every
           man
           speaks
           of
           thine
           honour
           ,
           whose
           Glory
           no
           mortal
           man
           can
           sufficiently
           express
           ,
           whose
           Goodness
           no
           tongue
           is
           able
           to
           display
           ,
           whose
           Holiness
           transcends
           all
           the
           perfections
           we
           see
           here
           below
           !
           overaw
           my
           Spirit
           ,
           when
           I
           go
           with
           the
           multitude
           to
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ,
           with
           the
           Voice
           of
           Joy
           and
           Praise
           .
           O
           let
           me
           consider
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           All-seeing
           God
           in
           whose
           presence
           I
           stand
           ;
           and
           that
           holy
           Angels
           are
           sent
           to
           observe
           my
           Devotion
           !
           Give
           me
           sober
           Thoughts
           ,
           holy
           Affections
           ,
           devout
           Postures
           ,
           steadiness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           ardent
           Desires
           ,
           modest
           Looks
           ,
           and
           a
           grave
           Behaviour
           :
           especially
           now
           I
           am
           going
           to
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           .
           Now
           ,
           let
           all
           that
           is
           within
           me
           turn
           into
           holy
           breathings
           ;
           banish
           from
           me
           all
           undecent
           thoughts
           ;
           and
           if
           thou
           dost
           not
           think
           fit
           to
           free
           me
           from
           temptations
           before
           they
           come
           ,
           give
           me
           Grace
           vigorously
           to
           resist
           them
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           show
           my
           Zeal
           to
           thy
           Glory
           ,
           by
           my
           abhorrence
           of
           all
           imaginations
           ,
           that
           exalt
           themselves
           against
           the
           obedience
           of
           Christ
           Jesus
           .
           Amen
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
          
           Of
           Family-Duty
           ere
           we
           go
           to
           God's
           House
           .
        
         
           AFter
           thou
           hast
           fitted
           thy Self
           for
           Church
           ,
           thy
           next
           care
           must
           be
           carefully
           and
           conscientiously
           to
           perform
           Family-Duties
           :
           Jos
           .
           24.15
           .
           Let
           others
           do
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           
             I
             and
             my
             House
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             will
             serve
             the
             Lord.
          
           In
           order
           to
           the
           performance
           of
           which
           duty
           ,
           take
           along
           with
           you
           these
           following
           Rules
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           See
           that
           your
           Servants
           and
           Children
           waste
           not
           away
           the
           Morning
           in
           sleep
           and
           idleness
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Cause
           them
           to
           join
           together
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           reading
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Godly
           Exercise
           ,
           Gen.
           18.19
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Make
           them
           accompany
           you
           to
           Church
           ,
           command
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           though
           you
           cannot
           their
           Souls
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Inform
           your selves
           and
           them
           ,
           what
           a
           great
           and
           glorious
           Majesty
           and
           Master
           you
           are
           to
           serve
           :
           a
           God
           so
           glorious
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           Angels
           vail
           and
           cover
           their
           Faces
           ,
           not
           being
           able
           to
           behold
           the
           brightness
           of
           his
           Glory
           .
           And
           if
           this
           lowly
           Reverence
           be
           performed
           
           by
           them
           ,
           who
           are
           in
           such
           nearness
           to
           God
           ;
           what
           posture
           is
           low
           enough
           for
           us
           ,
           who
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           those
           Heavenly
           Spirits
           ,
           are
           viler
           than
           the
           ground
           we
           tread
           on
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Make
           them
           sensible
           ,
           what
           poor
           Worms
           and
           wretched
           Creatures
           they
           are
           ,
           Dust
           and
           Ashes
           ;
           their
           Hearts
           full
           of
           Putrefaction
           ,
           and
           a
           sink
           of
           Sin
           :
           and
           therefore
           ought
           to
           come
           crawling
           ,
           crouching
           and
           trembling
           ,
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Examine
           what
           Preparation
           they
           have
           made
           for
           the
           Sabbath
           ;
           whether
           they
           have
           not
           spent
           more
           time
           and
           care
           to
           dress
           their
           Body
           for
           the
           Eye
           of
           Man
           ,
           than
           to
           deck
           their
           Soul
           for
           the
           Eye
           of
           God.
           Whether
           they
           have
           prayed
           in
           private
           for
           a
           blessing
           on
           God's
           Ordinance
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Inform
           them
           seriously
           of
           the
           great
           work
           they
           go
           about
           ,
           what
           a
           weighty
           work
           it
           is
           ,
           how
           that
           their
           Weeks
           Works
           are
           but
           toys
           and
           trifles
           in
           comparison
           of
           it
           .
           What
           are
           Sheep
           ,
           Oxen
           ,
           or
           Shops
           ;
           to
           Grace
           ,
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Heaven
           ?
           Exhort
           them
           all
           to
           be
           careful
           and
           serious
           in
           God's
           work
           ,
           in
           Soul-Salvation-Work
           :
           and
           therefore
           they
           ought
           to
           prepare
           themselves
           with
           all
           their
           might
           .
        
         
           Remember
           the
           Fourth
           Commandment
           binds
           you
           to
           look
           to
           all
           within
           your
           care
           ,
           both
           Man-Servant
           and
           Maid-Servant
           ,
           &c.
           
           Whosoever
           rides
           them
           unnecessary
           Journeys
           
           on
           that
           day
           ,
           the
           groans
           of
           the
           tired
           Beast
           ,
           will
           rise
           up
           in
           judgment
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           condemn
           them
           for
           breaking
           God's
           Command
           .
        
         
           As
           Motives
           hereunto
           ,
           consider
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           it
           is
           God
           in
           a
           Family
           ,
           not
           Man
           only
           that
           maketh
           it
           to
           prosper
           :
           so
           that
           if
           thou
           wouldest
           have
           it
           go
           well
           with
           thy
           Family
           ;
           then
           oughtest
           thou
           to
           set
           up
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           in
           it
           .
           The
           Lord
           blessed
           the
           House
           of
           Obed-Edom
           for
           the
           Arks
           sake
           :
           so
           God
           will
           bless
           thy
           House
           ,
           if
           the
           Ark
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           his
           worship
           be
           there
           .
           Wouldst
           thou
           have
           thy
           Family
           flourish
           ,
           set
           up
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           in
           it
           .
           Let
           no
           wicked
           Person
           remain
           in
           thine
           House
           .
           He
           that
           will
           not
           pray
           and
           join
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           with
           thee
           ;
           Let
           him
           not
           eat
           with
           thee
           .
           Make
           
           Joshua's
           resolution
           ;
           
             As
             for
             me
             and
             my
             House
             ,
             we
             will
             serve
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Remember
           you
           must
           be
           accountable
           to
           God
           for
           those
           Souls
           he
           hath
           committed
           to
           your
           charge
           :
           you
           ought
           therefore
           to
           take
           care
           that
           they
           be
           trained
           up
           in
           the
           fear
           of
           the
           Lord.
           See
           that
           none
           of
           your
           Family
           be
           given
           to
           any
           Vice
           ,
           viz.
           Swearing
           ,
           Drinking
           ,
           Lying
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           .
           Make
           choice
           of
           such
           Servants
           as
           fear
           God
           :
           chuse
           for
           him
           somewhat
           ,
           and
           not
           altogether
           for
           your self
           .
           Enquire
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           whether
           they
           will
           submit
           to
           his
           word
           :
           if
           not
           ,
           let
           them
           not
           
           come
           under
           thy
           roof
           .
           As
           thou
           wouldst
           not
           have
           the
           Devils
           Company
           in
           thine
           House
           ;
           so
           do
           not
           entertain
           any
           of
           his
           Friends
           and
           Servants
           ;
           but
           rather
           let
           it
           be
           an
           Harbour
           and
           Habitation
           of
           God's
           Children
           :
           for
           so
           shalt
           thou
           be
           blessed
           .
           You
           know
           that
           God
           blessed
           Laban
           for
           
           Jacob's
           sake
           :
           so
           may
           you
           likewise
           expect
           a
           Blessing
           ,
           if
           you
           entertain
           such
           in
           your
           House
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Family-Prayer
             before
             we
             go
             to
             Church
             .
          
           
             O
             Lord
             ,
             encrease
             our
             Faith
             ,
             and
             by
             thy
             holy
             Spirit
             prepare
             our
             hearts
             to
             pray
             as
             we
             ought
             ;
             and
             for
             Christ's
             sake
             accept
             this
             Morning
             Sacrifice
             of
             Prayer
             ,
             though
             weak
             and
             imperfect
             ,
             which
             in
             his
             Name
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             Mediation
             and
             Intercession
             we
             offer
             up
             to
             Thee
             .
          
           
             We
             humbly
             and
             heartily
             acknowledge
             thy
             infinite
             Wisdom
             ,
             tender
             Love
             ,
             and
             Fatherly
             Goodness
             towards
             us
             thy
             unworthy
             Servants
             ,
             most
             vile
             and
             wretched
             Sinners
             ,
             in
             that
             it
             hath
             pleased
             thee
             not
             only
             to
             give
             us
             a
             liberal
             allowance
             of
             time
             to
             do
             our
             own
             Works
             ,
             and
             follow
             our
             own
             Callings
             and
             Recreations
             ,
             for
             the
             health
             of
             our
             Bodies
             ,
             and
             the
             necessities
             of
             this
             present
             Life
             :
             but
             also
             to
             appoint
             us
             one
             day
             in
             seven
             to
             attend
             upon
             thee
             ,
             do
             thy
             Work
             ,
             and
             fit
             our selves
             to
             keep
             with
             thee
             an
             Everlasting
             Sabbath
             in
             the
             highest
             Heavens
             .
          
           
           
             We
             know
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             bound
             in
             Conscience
             to
             serve
             and
             worship
             thee
             every
             day
             of
             the
             Week
             ;
             and
             every
             day
             to
             set
             apart
             some
             time
             for
             Spiritual
             and
             Heavenly
             Exercises
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             when
             we
             are
             in
             Earthly
             business
             ,
             to
             carry
             Heavenly
             minds
             about
             with
             us
             :
             yet
             it
             hath
             pleased
             thee
             further
             to
             allow
             us
             one
             day
             in
             seven
             to
             attend
             wholly
             upon
             thee
             ,
             and
             more
             throughly
             to
             acquaint
             our selves
             with
             thee
             ;
             with
             thy
             ways
             ,
             and
             with
             our
             sinful
             and
             deceitful
             hearts
             :
             to
             wean
             them
             from
             the
             Love
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             set
             them
             upon
             Heavenly
             Joys
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             as
             thou
             hast
             given
             us
             a
             day
             to
             serve
             thee
             ;
             fit
             and
             prepare
             every
             Soul
             to
             worship
             thee
             as
             we
             ought
             .
             To
             this
             end
             ,
             give
             us
             the
             assistance
             of
             thy
             holy
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             learn
             to
             redeem
             time
             ,
             and
             number
             all
             our
             days
             ,
             our
             Sabbaths
             more
             especially
             ;
             that
             so
             we
             may
             apply
             our
             hearts
             unto
             Wisdom
             :
             that
             we
             may
             now
             get
             wise
             ,
             religious
             ,
             believing
             and
             Repenting
             Hearts
             .
             O
             Lord
             ,
             give
             us
             Grace
             to
             consecrate
             this
             day
             ,
             as
             a
             day
             of
             delight
             ,
             holy
             and
             honourable
             to
             thee
             :
             not
             doing
             our
             own
             Works
             ,
             nor
             following
             our
             own
             Pleasures
             ,
             nor
             speaking
             our
             own
             words
             ;
             but
             exercising
             our selves
             in
             duties
             of
             Piety
             and
             Mercy
             ,
             publickly
             and
             privately
             :
             in
             thy
             House
             and
             in
             our
             own
             .
             So
             that
             we
             may
             make
             this
             Season
             a
             day
             not
             only
             of
             reconciliation
             for
             the
             Sins
             of
             the
             Week
             past
             ;
             but
             also
             a
             day
             of
             Preparation
             and
             spiritual
             Provision
             ,
             furnishing
             
             our selves
             for
             the
             better
             performance
             of
             the
             duties
             of
             the
             Week
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             ,
             O
             Heavenly
             Father
             ,
             we
             are
             going
             to
             thy
             House
             to
             partake
             of
             thy
             Ordinances
             ,
             we
             beseech
             thee
             to
             go
             with
             us
             thither
             ,
             and
             stand
             by
             us
             there
             ;
             and
             bring
             us
             back
             again
             :
             rejoicing
             when
             we
             shall
             find
             our
             Faith
             encreased
             ,
             our
             Hope
             quickned
             ,
             our
             Zeal
             kindled
             ,
             our
             Hearts
             inflamed
             with
             the
             Love
             of
             thee
             and
             our
             Brethren
             .
             Let
             us
             not
             ,
             we
             beseech
             thee
             ,
             make
             thy
             House
             ,
             which
             is
             an
             House
             of
             Prayer
             and
             Spiritual
             Exercises
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             Den
             of
             Thieves
             :
             but
             let
             us
             look
             to
             our
             Feet
             ,
             that
             so
             we
             may
             be
             more
             ready
             to
             hear
             ,
             than
             to
             offer
             up
             the
             Sacrifice
             of
             Fools
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             fearful
             thing
             ,
             when
             this
             word
             which
             should
             he
             a
             Savour
             of
             Life
             unto
             Life
             ,
             does
             prove
             a
             Savour
             of
             Death
             unto
             Death
             ;
             as
             it
             does
             to
             many
             who
             regard
             not
             what
             they
             hear
             .
          
           
             Grant
             therefore
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             take
             diligent
             heed
             what
             we
             hear
             ,
             and
             how
             we
             hear
             :
             keep
             us
             we
             humbly
             pray
             thee
             ,
             that
             we
             be
             not
             like
             unto
             them
             that
             be
             compared
             unto
             the
             high
             way
             ;
             who
             do
             not
             so
             much
             as
             bend
             their
             minds
             to
             regard
             what
             is
             taught
             :
             nor
             to
             them
             ,
             who
             are
             compared
             to
             the
             stony
             ground
             ;
             who
             do
             it
             but
             shallowly
             and
             superficially
             :
             nor
             to
             them
             that
             be
             compared
             to
             the
             thorny
             ground
             ;
             that
             do
             choak
             and
             smother
             it
             ,
             with
             minding
             their
             ease
             ,
             pleasure
             ,
             gain
             and
             profit
             over
             much
             .
             But
             give
             us
             Grace
             to
             be
             like
             the
             good
             ground
             ;
             who
             coming
             to
             the
             word
             with
             honest
             
             and
             good
             hearts
             ,
             bring
             forth
             good
             Fruit
             ,
             with
             Patience
             ,
             and
             in
             good
             Season
             :
             So
             that
             keeping
             this
             day
             as
             we
             ought
             to
             do
             ;
             we
             may
             be
             translated
             to
             keep
             an
             Everlasting
             Sabbath
             in
             the
             highest
             Heaven
             .
             Amen
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             V.
          
           Of
           the
           great
           obligation
           that
           lies
           upon
           every
           one
           of
           us
           to
           worship
           God
           in
           Publick
           .
        
         
           NEglect
           not
           publick
           Ordinances
           upon
           pretence
           of
           serving
           God
           in
           private
           :
           that
           God
           Almighty
           gives
           his
           Blessing
           both
           to
           private
           and
           Family-Duties
           ,
           is
           most
           certain
           ;
           but
           to
           put
           God
           off
           with
           these
           ,
           and
           neglect
           publick
           Worship
           :
           is
           to
           rob
           him
           of
           a
           greater
           summ
           ,
           and
           pay
           him
           with
           a
           less
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           worth
           our
           Observation
           ,
           that
           the
           Sabbath
           and
           publick
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           are
           by
           him
           joined
           together
           ;
           therefore
           let
           no
           Man
           put
           them
           asunder
           :
           
             Ye
             shall
             keep
             my
             Sabbath
             ,
             and
             reverence
             my
             Sanctuary
             ,
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             your
             God.
          
           They
           then
           that
           despise
           God's
           Sanctuary
           ,
           cannot
           observe
           God's
           Sabbath
           .
           Do
           but
           consider
           
           David's
           Tears
           for
           the
           want
           ,
           and
           his
           Prayers
           for
           the
           fruition
           of
           Publick
           Ordinances
           ;
           even
           then
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           opportunity
           
           for
           private
           Performances
           :
           and
           surely
           then
           thou
           wilt
           esteem
           the
           Ministry
           of
           the
           word
           no
           mean
           mercy
           .
           See
           his
           sorrow
           for
           the
           want
           of
           them
           !
           
             I
             was
             driven
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             from
             the
             Sanctuary
             ,
             when
             I
             did
             but
             think
             of
             it
             ,
             my
             Soul
             was
             poured
             out
             like
             water
             ;
             for
             I
             had
             gone
             with
             the
             multitude
             ,
             I
             went
             with
             them
             to
             the
             House
             of
             God.
          
           Psal
           .
           42.3
           .
           
             My
             Soul
             was
             poured
             out
          
           (
           that
           is
           )
           was
           over-whelm'd
           with
           grief
           ,
           and
           even
           ready
           to
           dye
           ;
           when
           I
           compare
           my
           present
           condition
           with
           my
           former
           happiness
           ,
           in
           the
           fruition
           of
           religious
           Assemblies
           .
        
         
           How
           bitterly
           and
           passionately
           doth
           he
           plead
           with
           
             Saul
             ?
             If
             the
             Lord
             hath
             stirred
             thee
             up
             against
             me
             ,
             let
             him
             accept
             an
             Offering
             :
             but
             if
             men
             ,
             Cursed
             be
             they
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             for
             they
             have
             driven
             me
             out
             this
             day
             ,
             from
             the
             inheritance
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           (
           1
           Sam.
           16.19
           .
           )
        
         
           How
           pathetically
           does
           he
           bemoan
           his
           own
           Soul
           ?
           
             Woe
             is
             me
             ,
             for
             I
             dwell
             in
             Meseck
             ,
             and
             have
             my
             habitation
             in
             the
             Tents
             of
             Kedar
             !
          
           The
           loss
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           Mother
           ,
           Wives
           ,
           Children
           ,
           Lands
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           nay
           life
           it self
           ;
           would
           not
           have
           gone
           so
           near
           his
           Heart
           ,
           as
           the
           loss
           of
           the
           publick
           Ordinances
           .
           As
           his
           sorrow
           was
           great
           for
           the
           want
           ;
           so
           was
           his
           Soul
           most
           earnest
           for
           the
           fruition
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           How
           many
           Prayers
           does
           he
           put
           up
           for
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           Tabernacle
           Psal
           .
           43.3
           ,
           4.
           )
           and
           Psal
           .
           27.4
           .
           
             One
             thing
             have
             I
             desired
             of
             the
             
             Lord
             ,
             which
             I
             will
             seek
             after
             :
          
           viz.
           
             That
             I
             might
             dwell
             in
             the
             Tabernacle
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             visit
             his
             holy
             Temple
             .
          
           And
           (
           Verse
           8.
           )
           
             When
             thou
             saidst
             ,
             seek
             my
             face
             ;
             my
             heart
             said
             unto
             thee
             ,
             thy
             face
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             will
             I
             seek
             .
             David
          
           at
           this
           time
           was
           banished
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           he
           among
           other
           reasons
           useth
           this
           argument
           to
           restore
           him
           to
           his
           happiness
           ;
           as
           if
           he
           had
           said
           :
           
             O
             God
             thou
             hast
             commanded
             me
             to
             worship
             thee
             in
             the
             Temple
             .
             To
             appear
             before
             thee
             is
             my
             delight
             ;
             my
             heart
             desires
             to
             seek
             and
             see
             thy
             face
             there
             .
          
           Thus
           he
           prays
           to
           God
           for
           the
           performance
           on
           his
           side
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           be
           enabled
           to
           obey
           God's
           Precept
           .
           Peter
           and
           John
           
             went
             up
             to
             the
             Temple
             at
             the
             hour
             of
             Prayer
          
           (
           Acts
           3.1
           .
           )
           and
           St.
           
             Paul
             reasoned
             in
             the
             Synagogue
             every
             Sabbath
             day
          
           (
           Acts
           13.14
           .
           )
           those
           that
           by
           their
           practices
           contemn
           publick
           worship
           ,
           have
           neither
           Christ
           nor
           the
           Apostles
           for
           their
           Pattern
           .
           One
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Rabbies
           hath
           a
           saying
           ,
           he
           that
           dwells
           in
           a
           City
           where
           there
           is
           a
           Synagogue
           ,
           and
           cometh
           not
           to
           Prayers
           ,
           
             merito
             dicitur
             vicinus
             malus
          
           :
           if
           thou
           forsakest
           the
           Assembly
           of
           God
           ;
           how
           useful
           thou
           maist
           be
           to
           others
           Bodies
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           :
           but
           I
           am
           sure
           thou
           art
           neither
           to
           thine
           own
           Soul
           ,
           or
           theirs
           ;
           in
           neglecting
           God's
           service
           .
        
         
           Consider
           the
           condition
           of
           Primitive
           Christians
           ,
           who
           were
           forced
           to
           serve
           the
           Lord
           
           with
           fear
           ,
           and
           attend
           his
           Ordinances
           with
           trembling
           :
           who
           built
           Churches
           under
           ground
           ,
           rather
           than
           they
           would
           want
           the
           opportunity
           of
           serving
           God
           in
           Publick
           .
        
         
           Consider
           also
           how
           David
           bemoan'd
           himself
           ,
           counting
           Swallows
           and
           Sparrows
           in
           this
           much
           better
           than
           he
           ,
           because
           they
           could
           build
           their
           Nests
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           banished
           from
           it
           .
           (
           Psa
           .
           84.1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           )
           
             How
             amiable
             are
             thy
             Tabernacles
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ?
             My
             Soul
             longeth
             ,
             yea
             even
             fainteth
             for
             the
             Courts
             of
             the
             Lord
             :
             my
             heart
             and
             my
             flesh
             cryeth
             out
             for
             the
             living
             God.
             Yea
             ,
             the
             Sparrow
             hath
             found
             an
             House
             ,
             and
             the
             Swallow
             a
             Nest
             for
             her self
             ,
             where
             she
             may
             lay
             her
             young
             :
             even
             thine
             Altars
             ,
             O
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
             my
             King
             and
             my
             God.
          
           Did
           David
           ,
           being
           abridged
           thereof
           ,
           thus
           bemoan
           himself
           ?
           Surely
           then
           we
           should
           count
           it
           a
           great
           Mercy
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           Publick
           Churches
           and
           Oratories
           to
           go
           unto
           ,
           without
           any
           lett
           or
           molestation
           ;
           that
           we
           have
           no
           Tyrants
           ,
           no
           Foreign
           Enemies
           ,
           no
           Rods
           ,
           no
           Axes
           ,
           no
           noise
           of
           War
           to
           affright
           us
           from
           God's
           publick
           Ordinances
           :
           what
           cause
           of
           rejoicing
           is
           here
           ?
        
         
           But
           yet
           ,
           if
           this
           liberty
           of
           ours
           make
           us
           wanton
           ,
           and
           the
           plenty
           God
           gives
           us
           tempts
           us
           to
           Licentiousness
           :
           if
           instead
           of
           growing
           better
           we
           grow
           worse
           :
           if
           the
           Manna
           we
           have
           ,
           do
           not
           make
           us
           to
           hunger
           and
           thirst
           after
           righteousness
           :
           we
           may
           have
           just
           reason
           
           to
           fear
           God
           will
           remove
           our
           Candlestick
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           give
           it
           to
           a
           Nation
           that
           bringeth
           forth
           better
           fruit
           than
           we
           have
           done
           .
        
         
           Perhaps
           you
           say
           ,
           you
           spend
           your
           time
           as
           religiously
           at
           home
           as
           you
           do
           at
           Church
           ;
           that
           you
           Read
           ,
           Pray
           ,
           Catechise
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           :
           but
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           you
           do
           all
           this
           out
           of
           Season
           ;
           you
           mis-time
           and
           misplace
           duty
           ,
           and
           you
           should
           not
           use
           one
           Ordinance
           or
           Duty
           ,
           in
           plain
           contempt
           and
           neglect
           of
           another
           ;
           you
           cannot
           expect
           God's
           Presence
           ,
           nor
           look
           for
           the
           gift
           of
           God's
           Grace
           ,
           in
           a
           way
           of
           Disobedience
           to
           his
           Command
           ,
           and
           neglect
           of
           his
           appointed
           means
           .
        
         
           When
           God
           sets
           up
           the
           Ministry
           of
           the
           word
           in
           any
           place
           ,
           his
           Spirit
           then
           opens
           his
           School
           ,
           and
           expects
           that
           all
           that
           should
           be
           taught
           ,
           should
           come
           thither
           :
           Now
           (
           saith
           the
           Learned
           Mr.
           Gurnal
           )
           whether
           is
           it
           most
           fitting
           ,
           that
           a
           Scholar
           should
           wait
           of
           his
           Master
           at
           School
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           Master
           should
           run
           after
           his
           Truant
           Scholar
           at
           play
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           to
           teach
           him
           there
           ?
           And
           again
           ,
           put
           Case
           (
           saith
           the
           Reverend
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           )
           any
           of
           you
           were
           a
           Father
           of
           a
           numerous
           Off-Spring
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           any
           express
           Command
           ,
           most
           of
           your
           Children
           should
           agree
           by
           common
           consent
           to
           visit
           you
           together
           ,
           to
           ask
           your
           Blessing
           ,
           and
           pay
           their
           thankful
           acknowledgment
           to
           you
           for
           your
           care
           of
           their
           
           Education
           ,
           and
           the
           liberal
           provision
           you
           have
           made
           for
           them
           ;
           but
           one
           or
           two
           of
           them
           should
           chuse
           to
           come
           in
           private
           ,
           when
           no
           body
           sees
           them
           ,
           and
           obstinately
           refuse
           to
           come
           with
           their
           Brethren
           ;
           though
           they
           were
           censured
           by
           them
           for
           undutifulness
           and
           ingratitude
           .
           Now
           if
           Man
           would
           not
           accept
           of
           such
           a
           private
           acknowledgment
           :
           shall
           we
           expect
           that
           God
           should
           ?
           God
           is
           a
           publick
           Benefactor
           ,
           and
           upon
           that
           account
           may
           challenge
           publick
           Worship
           at
           our
           hands
           ;
           nay
           indeed
           God
           himself
           instituted
           it
           .
           In
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           the
           Sacrifices
           were
           publickly
           offered
           up
           by
           the
           Priest
           :
           He
           likewise
           appointed
           a
           publick
           place
           for
           Worship
           ,
           viz.
           The
           Tabernacle
           at
           Jerusalem
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           been
           of
           no
           use
           ,
           if
           there
           had
           been
           no
           obligation
           to
           publick
           Worship
           :
           and
           this
           is
           enough
           I
           should
           think
           ,
           to
           satisfy
           any
           reasonable
           Man
           ,
           of
           their
           obligation
           hereunto
           .
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
          
           Of
           our
           going
           to
           our
           Parish-Church
           .
        
         
           HAving
           thus
           fitted
           thy
           Family
           for
           God's
           House
           ,
           repair
           with
           them
           to
           thy
           own
           Parish-Church
           :
           otherwise
           you
           will
           discourage
           
           your
           Minister
           ,
           and
           set
           your
           Neighbours
           an
           ill
           Example
           .
        
         
           Remove
           all
           prejudices
           against
           thy
           Pastor
           ,
           especially
           these
           two
           ,
           which
           because
           most
           common
           ,
           I
           shall
           therefore
           instance
           in
           them
           .
           As
           (
           1.
           )
           Against
           his
           Parts
           .
           (
           2.
           )
           Against
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           it
           is
           a
           mercy
           to
           sit
           under
           a
           Pastor
           that
           hath
           both
           Parts
           and
           Piety
           ,
           Gifts
           and
           Grace
           too
           :
           and
           wert
           thou
           to
           chuse
           thy
           Dwelling
           ,
           I
           would
           advise
           thee
           to
           bear
           with
           many
           outward
           Conveniencies
           to
           sit
           under
           such
           a
           Ministry
           :
           but
           suppose
           thy
           Teacher
           be
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           thy
           thoughts
           ,
           a
           Man
           of
           mean
           Parts
           ,
           and
           his
           pains
           will
           yield
           thee
           little
           profit
           ,
           that
           is
           no
           excuse
           for
           thy
           not
           hearing
           of
           him
           .
           Shall
           the
           Divine
           Herbert
           be
           Umpire
           in
           the
           case
           :
           Consult
           his
           Church-Porch
           ,
           and
           Page
           15
           th
           ,
           he
           speaks
           excellently
           to
           our
           purpose
           .
        
         
           
             Judge
             not
             the
             Preacher
             ,
             for
             he
             is
             thy
             Judge
             :
          
           
             If
             thou
             mistake
             him
             ,
             thou
             conceiv'st
             him
             not
             .
          
           
             God
             calleth
             Preaching
             Folly.
             Do
             not
             grudge
          
           
             To
             pick
             out
             Treasures
             from
             an
             Earthen
             Pot.
          
           
             The
             worst
             speak
             something
             good
             ;
             if
             all
             want
             sense
             ,
          
           
             God
             takes
             a
             Text
             ,
             and
             Preacheth
             Patience
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             gets
             Patience
             ,
             and
             the
             Blessing
             which
          
           
             Preachers
             conclude
             with
             ,
             hath
             not
             lost
             his
             pains
             .
          
           
           
             He
             that
             by
             being
             at
             Church
             escapes
             the
             Ditch
             ,
          
           
             Which
             he
             might
             fall
             in
             by
             Companions
             ,
             gains
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             loves
             God's
             abode
             ,
             and
             to
             combine
          
           
             With
             Saints
             on
             Earth
             ,
             shall
             one
             day
             with
             them
             shine
             .
          
           
             Jest
             not
             at
             Preachers
             Language
             or
             Expression
             :
          
           
             How
             know'st
             thou
             but
             thy
             Sins
             made
             him
             miscarry
             ?
          
           
             Then
             turn
             thy
             faults
             and
             his
             into
             Confession
             :
          
           
             God
             sent
             him
             whatsoe'r
             he
             be
             .
             Oh
             tarry
             ,
          
           
             And
             love
             him
             for
             his
             Master
             ;
             his
             condition
             ,
          
           
             Though
             it
             be
             ill
             ,
             makes
             him
             no
             ill
             Physician
             .
          
        
         
           A
           Condemn'd
           Person
           will
           esteem
           a
           Beggar
           when
           he
           brings
           a
           Pardon
           :
           How
           beautiful
           then
           are
           not
           only
           the
           Lips
           ,
           but
           the
           hands
           of
           those
           that
           bring
           glad
           tidings
           or
           Peace
           ?
        
         
           Dear
           Christian
           Brother
           !
           I
           pray
           resolve
           me
           :
           Do
           the
           efficacy
           of
           the
           Ordinances
           depend
           on
           the
           parts
           of
           a
           Man
           ,
           or
           on
           the
           power
           of
           God
           ?
           May
           not
           a
           costly
           treasure
           be
           brought
           to
           thee
           in
           an
           Earthly
           Vessel
           ?
           Thou
           maist
           light
           a
           Candle
           as
           well
           by
           a
           Brimstone
           Match
           ,
           as
           by
           a
           great
           Fire
           .
           A
           small
           Damsel
           was
           instrumental
           for
           
           Naaman's
           recovery
           both
           of
           his
           corporal
           and
           spiritual
           Leprosy
           :
           And
           who
           art
           thou
           that
           none
           must
           instruct
           thee
           ,
           but
           such
           an
           one
           that
           like
           Saul
           ,
           is
           higher
           than
           others
           in
           gifts
           and
           abilities
           ?
           I
           wish
           it
           proceed
           not
           from
           the
           Pride
           of
           thy
           Spirit
           :
           
           a
           picking
           Stomach
           argues
           a
           Diseased
           Body
           ;
           and
           an
           itching
           Ear
           cannot
           argue
           a
           sound
           Soul.
           The
           industrious
           Bee
           sucks
           Honey
           from
           the
           Thyme
           ,
           an
           harsh
           and
           dry
           Herb.
           The
           Meat
           is
           as
           good
           in
           a
           Pewter
           ,
           as
           Silver-Dish
           .
           If
           thou
           goest
           to
           the
           Table
           only
           for
           Sawce
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           for
           Stile
           and
           Elegancy
           :
           I
           dare
           be
           bold
           to
           tell
           thee
           ,
           that
           thy
           heart
           is
           not
           right
           towards
           God.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           to
           thy
           prejudice
           against
           his
           Life
           which
           gives
           the
           lye
           to
           his
           Lips.
           I
           must
           needs
           confess
           ,
           the
           night
           ushers
           in
           more
           Stars
           than
           the
           day
           opens
           Eyes
           to
           behold
           a
           Ministers
           Actions
           ,
           Ears
           to
           listen
           to
           their
           deportment
           ,
           and
           Mouths
           to
           proclaim
           their
           actions
           through
           all
           Provinces
           :
           and
           they
           that
           forget
           their
           Sermons
           will
           remember
           their
           faults
           to
           Patronize
           their
           own
           .
           But
           if
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           should
           place
           thee
           under
           such
           a
           Minister
           (
           which
           is
           no
           small
           unhappiness
           )
           yet
           is
           he
           not
           to
           be
           rejected
           .
        
         
           God
           Almighty
           fed
           Elijah
           by
           a
           Raven
           :
           and
           so
           may
           he
           feed
           thee
           with
           Heavenly
           Manna
           ,
           by
           a
           sinful
           Minister
           ;
           who
           may
           convert
           thy
           Soul.
           The
           reason
           is
           (
           as
           before
           )
           because
           the
           operation
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           does
           not
           depend
           on
           the
           Piety
           of
           the
           Preacher
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           free
           Grace
           and
           Power
           of
           God.
           A
           blind
           Man
           may
           hold
           a
           Candle
           and
           give
           light
           to
           others
           ,
           while
           he
           himself
           remains
           in
           the
           dark
           .
           The
           Scribes
           
           and
           Pharisees
           were
           many
           of
           them
           vicious
           Persons
           ,
           yet
           sitting
           in
           
           Moses's
           Chair
           ,
           Christ
           commands
           his
           Disciples
           to
           hear
           them
           .
           He
           did
           not
           forbid
           them
           to
           hear
           their
           Doctrine
           ,
           but
           to
           forbear
           their
           doings
           .
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             VII
          
           .
           The
           Souls
           Soliloquy
           as
           it
           walks
           to
           God's
           House
           ,
           and
           behaviour
           there
           .
        
         
           ORder
           thy
           business
           to
           come
           before
           the
           Prayers
           ;
           for
           many
           and
           mischievous
           are
           the
           consequences
           of
           coming
           late
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           You
           rob
           your self
           of
           the
           opportunity
           of
           private
           Prayers
           ,
           for
           a
           blessing
           upon
           the
           publick
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           You
           lose
           the
           benefit
           of
           publick
           Confession
           and
           Absolution
           ;
           which
           are
           of
           huge
           esteem
           and
           value
           to
           all
           that
           are
           wisely
           Religious
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           You
           willingly
           deprive
           your selves
           of
           part
           of
           God's
           publick
           Worship
           ,
           which
           is
           both
           a
           Sin
           ,
           and
           a
           loss
           of
           so
           great
           account
           ,
           as
           cannot
           easily
           be
           expressed
           ,
           nor
           ordinarily
           believed
           .
        
         
           As
           you
           are
           going
           to
           Church
           ,
           you
           may
           make
           use
           of
           this
           Soliloquy
           .
        
         
         
           O
           my
           Soul
           !
           Let
           
           Vzza's
           Death
           make
           thee
           careful
           ,
           how
           thou
           enters
           irreverently
           into
           God's
           House
           .
           If
           we
           be
           so
           careful
           to
           come
           with
           clean
           Apparel
           before
           an
           Earthly
           Prince
           ,
           much
           more
           should
           we
           with
           clean
           Hearts
           and
           Souls
           ,
           approach
           our
           Heavenly
           King.
           A
           Prince
           may
           not
           regard
           how
           his
           Servants
           go
           in
           his
           Kitchen
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           come
           into
           his
           Presence-Chamber
           ,
           he
           expects
           they
           should
           look
           to
           their
           Carriage
           and
           Words
           .
           God
           indeed
           ,
           O
           my
           Soul
           !
           expects
           more
           honour
           in
           our
           religious
           acts
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           ordinary
           actions
           of
           our
           Lives
           :
           for
           in
           the
           first
           ,
           we
           directly
           design
           his
           honour
           and
           service
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           do
           not
           perform
           them
           seriously
           ,
           the
           greater
           is
           our
           Sin.
           
        
         
           Think
           then
           ,
           O
           my
           Soul
           !
           how
           choice
           God
           was
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           about
           all
           things
           relating
           to
           his
           Worship
           :
           the
           Tabernacle
           and
           Temple
           must
           be
           of
           the
           best
           Wood
           ,
           the
           purest
           Gold
           ,
           and
           the
           finest
           Linnen
           .
           The
           Persons
           must
           be
           without
           blemish
           (
           Lev.
           2.17
           .
           )
           the
           Sacrifice
           must
           be
           perfect
           ,
           without
           spot
           ;
           the
           best
           of
           the
           Flock
           ,
           the
           best
           of
           the
           Beasts
           ,
           the
           fat
           that
           covereth
           the
           inwards
           .
           And
           what
           ,
           O
           my
           Soul
           ,
           dost
           thou
           think
           was
           the
           substance
           of
           these
           shadows
           ;
           but
           this
           ?
           that
           God
           will
           be
           served
           by
           holy
           Men
           ,
           in
           the
           purest
           and
           holiest
           manner
           :
           and
           that
           we
           must
           be
           exact
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           our
           Persons
           and
           Performances
           .
        
         
         
           Great
           Persons
           are
           impatient
           of
           contempt
           and
           affronts
           ;
           especially
           when
           offered
           to
           them
           in
           their
           own
           Houses
           .
           God
           will
           sooner
           overlook
           thy
           forgetfulness
           of
           him
           in
           thy
           Trade
           ,
           or
           Travels
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           Tabernacle
           .
           When
           thou
           drawest
           nigh
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           will
           be
           Sanctified
           ,
           either
           by
           thee
           ,
           or
           upon
           thee
           :
           if
           thou
           refusest
           to
           give
           him
           glory
           in
           thy
           Service
           ;
           believe
           me
           ,
           he
           will
           get
           himself
           Glory
           by
           thy
           Sufferings
           .
           His
           worship
           is
           his
           Presence
           ,
           his
           Face
           ;
           and
           look
           for
           his
           Fury
           ,
           if
           thou
           darest
           him
           to
           his
           Face
           .
        
         
           The
           Waters
           of
           the
           Sanctuary
           ,
           are
           like
           the
           Waters
           given
           to
           a
           suspected
           Wife
           :
           if
           Innocent
           they
           witness
           her
           Honesty
           ,
           and
           made
           her
           Fruitful
           ,
           though
           Barren
           before
           .
           But
           if
           guilty
           ,
           they
           caused
           the
           Belly
           to
           swell
           ,
           and
           the
           thighs
           to
           rot
           .
           If
           thou
           makest
           Godliness
           thy
           business
           in
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           will
           make
           thee
           fruitful
           ,
           if
           barren
           of
           good
           Works
           :
           but
           if
           thou
           beest
           formal
           and
           perfunctory
           ,
           and
           goest
           thy
           round
           in
           religious
           Duties
           ,
           never
           minding
           the
           true
           end
           of
           them
           ,
           nor
           thy
           Carriage
           in
           them
           :
           thy
           Prayer
           will
           be
           an
           abomination
           ;
           the
           word
           ,
           a
           savour
           of
           Death
           unto
           Death
           ;
           and
           the
           Sacrament
           a
           Seal
           of
           thy
           Damnation
           .
        
         
           
             When
             thou
             comest
             at
             the
             Church-Door
             ,
             say
          
           ;
           Surely
           the
           Lord
           is
           in
           this
           place
           :
           how
           dreadful
           is
           this
           place
           ?
           It
           is
           no
           other
           but
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ;
           the
           Gate
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
         
           
             When
             you
             enter
             into
             the
             Church
             .
          
           O
           my
           Soul
           !
           where
           ever
           thou
           art
           ,
           thou
           art
           under
           God's
           Eye
           ;
           and
           therefore
           shouldest
           thou
           be
           no
           where
           prophane
           :
           but
           now
           thou
           art
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           thou
           art
           in
           his
           immediate
           Presence
           .
           How
           holy
           oughtest
           thou
           to
           be
           ?
           How
           devout
           thy
           Behaviour
           ?
           We
           read
           (
           Exod.
           25.37
           .
           )
           Moses
           was
           commanded
           to
           light
           up
           seven
           Lamps
           in
           his
           Tabernacle
           ,
           the
           place
           of
           his
           publick
           worship
           :
           and
           why
           seven
           Lamps
           ?
           What
           was
           the
           substance
           of
           these
           shadows
           ?
           in
           short
           this
           :
           that
           nothing
           shall
           escape
           his
           notice
           .
           He
           seeth
           what
           uprightness
           and
           seriousness
           there
           is
           in
           thy
           Prayers
           and
           performances
           ;
           whether
           thou
           art
           Praying
           ,
           Reading
           ,
           Hearing
           ,
           or
           Singing
           :
           and
           after
           what
           manner
           thou
           dost
           them
           ,
           whether
           slothfully
           or
           diligently
           .
           His
           Eye
           is
           always
           upon
           thee
           ;
           and
           his
           Eye-lids
           try
           thy
           actions
           :
           to
           reward
           or
           punish
           them
           .
        
         
           
             When
             you
             view
             the
             Baptisterion
             or
             Font.
          
           Give
           hearty
           thanks
           unto
           God
           for
           your
           Christendom
           ,
           that
           by
           Holy-Baptism
           he
           hath
           called
           you
           to
           a
           state
           of
           Grace
           and
           Salvation
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           and
           humbly
           beseech
           him
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           continue
           in
           the
           same
           to
           your
           Lives
           end
           .
           For
           if
           you
           Apostatize
           ,
           you
           are
           guilty
           of
           an
           horrid
           Sin
           ;
           and
           must
           answer
           for
           it
           at
           the
           great
           and
           terrible
           day
           of
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           custom
           in
           the
           primitive
           times
           ,
           
           that
           such
           as
           were
           Baptized
           did
           wear
           a
           white
           Stole
           :
           a
           Ceremony
           ,
           to
           signify
           the
           purity
           of
           Life
           ,
           the
           Baptized
           was
           to
           lead
           .
           Eliodophorus
           ,
           after
           his
           Baptism
           ,
           turning
           a
           Persecutor
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           Marilla
           the
           Minister
           that
           Baptized
           him
           ,
           in
           an
           holy
           indignation
           ,
           brought
           forth
           in
           publick
           the
           white
           Stole
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             This
             do
             I
             keep
             against
             thy
             coming
             to
             Judgment
             ,
             to
             testify
             thy
             Apostasy
             from
             Christ
             .
          
           So
           be
           thou
           assured
           ,
           O
           Christian
           !
           that
           the
           Water
           with
           which
           ,
           the
           Minister
           by
           whom
           ,
           the
           people
           before
           whom
           thou
           wert
           Baptized
           ,
           shall
           rise
           up
           against
           thee
           in
           Judgment
           ;
           if
           thou
           dost
           not
           walk
           in
           newness
           of
           Life
           .
        
         
           
             When
             you
             behold
             the
             Eleemosynary
             ,
             or
             Poor's
             Box.
          
           How
           much
           am
           I
           bound
           to
           the
           good
           Providence
           of
           my
           Heavenly
           Father
           ,
           who
           hath
           raised
           my
           condition
           in
           this
           World
           to
           be
           in
           the
           number
           of
           those
           that
           abound
           ,
           not
           of
           them
           that
           want
           ,
           since
           't
           is
           more
           blessed
           to
           give
           than
           to
           receive
           .
        
         
           
             When
             you
             view
             the
             Communion-Table
             say
             ,
          
           What
           shall
           I
           render
           unto
           the
           Lord
           for
           all
           the
           benefits
           I
           have
           received
           at
           his
           hands
           ;
           I
           will
           take
           the
           Cup
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           call
           upon
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           
             When
             you
             view
             the
             Pulpit
          
           .
           Remember
           how
           many
           good
           Lessons
           you
           have
           received
           thence
           ,
           the
           which
           not
           being
           carefully
           practised
           ,
           will
           rise
           up
           in
           judgment
           against
           you
           ,
           in
           the
           great
           
           Day
           of
           your
           Tryal
           :
           resolve
           therefore
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           doer
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           not
           hearer
           only
           ,
           deceiving
           your
           own
           Soul.
           
        
         
           
             When
             you
             view
             the
             Church-Bible
             upon
             the
             Desk
             .
          
           Remember
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           the
           Book
           of
           Life
           ;
           the
           sacred
           Code
           ;
           the
           Divine
           Volume
           ;
           the
           infallible
           Oracle
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           that
           you
           are
           obliged
           to
           consult
           it
           with
           all
           manner
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           and
           to
           inform
           your selves
           thence
           ,
           what
           is
           the
           will
           and
           pleasure
           of
           the
           great
           Ruler
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           When
           you
           have
           meditated
           a
           while
           on
           these
           objects
           ,
           fall
           down
           on
           your
           Knees
           in
           your
           Pew
           ;
           and
           offer
           up
           this
           ,
           or
           such
           like
           Prayers
           .
        
         
           O
           Lord
           my
           God!
           There
           is
           no
           mortal
           Man
           worthy
           to
           stand
           at
           thy
           Door
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           appear
           in
           thy
           Presence
           :
           yet
           how
           oft
           have
           I
           presumed
           to
           approach
           to
           thee
           ;
           without
           that
           preparedness
           of
           heart
           ,
           without
           that
           dejection
           of
           Soul
           ,
           without
           that
           true
           and
           holy
           reverence
           which
           becometh
           thy
           Child
           .
           Pardon
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           I
           beseech
           thee
           pardon
           my
           irreverence
           in
           so
           sacred
           a
           place
           ,
           and
           distractions
           in
           my
           Prayers
           ;
           and
           give
           me
           grace
           to
           demean
           my self
           so
           reverently
           and
           zealously
           ,
           now
           I
           am
           in
           thy
           House
           and
           Service
           :
           that
           my
           Prayers
           may
           come
           up
           before
           thee
           as
           incense
           ;
           and
           the
           lifting
           up
           my
           hands
           as
           a
           Morning
           Sacrifice
           .
           Grant
           this
           for
           Jesus
           Christ's
           sake
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
         
           Or
        
         
           OPen
           my
           Mouth
           ,
           my
           Lord
           and
           Maker
           ,
           to
           bless
           and
           praise
           thy
           Divine
           Majesty
           .
           Cleanse
           my
           heart
           from
           all
           curious
           ,
           noxious
           ,
           and
           destructive
           thoughts
           :
           enlighten
           my
           understanding
           to
           know
           thee
           ,
           my
           will
           to
           obey
           thee
           :
           settle
           my
           attention
           ;
           excite
           my
           Devotion
           to
           praise
           thee
           .
           That
           I
           may
           worthily
           ,
           reverently
           ,
           religiously
           ,
           perform
           this
           Morning-Sacrifice
           of
           Prayer
           ;
           through
           the
           virtue
           of
           those
           most
           pure
           and
           perfect
           Praises
           ,
           which
           thou
           ,
           O
           Jesu
           ,
           my
           Redeemer
           ,
           offeredst
           up
           on
           Earth
           ,
           to
           thy
           Eternal
           Father
           ;
           Mine
           may
           be
           now
           acceptable
           in
           thy
           sight
           .
           Amen
           .
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             VIII
          
           .
           Of
           our
           behaviour
           at
           Church
           when
           the
           Minister
           is
           come
           unto
           it
           .
        
         
           AS
           soon
           as
           the
           Minister
           begins
           the
           publick
           Worship
           ,
           lay
           aside
           all
           your
           other
           Meditations
           and
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           apply
           your
           mind
           to
           attend
           diligently
           ,
           and
           to
           join
           devoutly
           in
           every
           part
           and
           passage
           of
           Divine
           Service
           ;
           considering
           it
           is
           the
           great
           end
           of
           your
           coming
           to
           Church
           ;
           and
           your
           business
           there
           is
           to
           serve
           the
           Lord
           ,
           with
           your
           Christian
           Brethren
           in
           publick
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           Therefore
           when
           the
           Minister
           exhorts
           you
           out
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           confess
           and
           acknowledge
           your
           Sins
           and
           Wickedness
           ,
           harden
           not
           your
           heart
           ,
           but
           with
           all
           possible
           humility
           ,
           both
           of
           Body
           and
           Soul
           ,
           say
           after
           the
           Minister
           in
           the
           Confession
           of
           your
           Sins
           ;
           and
           endeavour
           to
           let
           your
           Heart
           even
           melt
           and
           bleed
           in
           the
           bewailing
           your
           Offences
           :
           and
           to
           this
           ,
           and
           every
           act
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           neglect
           not
           to
           say
           ,
           Amen
           .
           For
           that
           is
           as
           it
           were
           the
           Seal
           to
           confirm
           to
           your
           Soul
           ,
           the
           benefits
           thereof
           .
           The
           Hebrews
           have
           a
           saying
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           says
           Amen
           with
           all
           his
           might
           ,
           opens
           the
           Doors
           of
           Paradise
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           After
           Confession
           ,
           when
           the
           Minister
           comes
           to
           the
           words
           of
           Absolution
           ;
           bow
           down
           your
           Head
           and
           say
           softly
           in
           your
           Heart
           :
           
             Lord
             ,
             let
             this
             Pardon
             pronounced
             by
             thy
             Minister
             ,
             be
             effectual
             to
             my
             Soul
             ;
             and
             Seal
             thereunto
             the
             Forgiveness
             of
             all
             my
             Sins
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Psalms
           and
           Hymns
           are
           to
           be
           answered
           Verse
           by
           Verse
           ,
           with
           the
           Minister
           ,
           that
           so
           all
           may
           join
           and
           bear
           a
           part
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           in
           his
           Temple
           do
           every
           Man
           speak
           of
           his
           Honour
           :
           and
           here
           ,
           though
           you
           cannot
           read
           ,
           yet
           your
           Heart
           may
           join
           with
           them
           that
           do
           read
           ;
           and
           your
           Mouth
           also
           may
           shew
           forth
           the
           praise
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           saying
           after
           every
           Psalm
           ,
           
             Glory
             be
             to
             the
             Father
          
           :
           adding
           always
           ,
           Amen
           ;
           to
           shew
           and
           express
           
           
           
           
           
           how
           affectionately
           you
           desire
           the
           Glory
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Be
           not
           silent
           ,
           nor
           ashamed
           ,
           publickly
           and
           audibly
           ,
           to
           make
           Confession
           of
           your
           holy
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           when
           you
           are
           thereunto
           called
           by
           the
           Minister
           ;
           for
           this
           is
           a
           duty
           you
           owe
           both
           to
           God
           and
           Man.
           It
           is
           an
           act
           of
           God's
           Worship
           ,
           and
           a
           Declaration
           that
           you
           hold
           the
           same
           Faith
           with
           all
           true
           Christians
           :
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           required
           of
           you
           ,
           not
           only
           with
           the
           Heart
           to
           believe
           unto
           Righteousness
           ;
           but
           with
           the
           mouth
           also
           ,
           that
           Confession
           be
           made
           unto
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           the
           Confession
           of
           Faith
           is
           publickly
           pronounced
           ,
           do
           not
           sit
           and
           loll
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           were
           not
           concern'd
           at
           it
           ;
           but
           stand
           up
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Congregation
           :
           to
           signifie
           and
           declare
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           stand
           to
           this
           Faith
           ,
           and
           earnestly
           contend
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           same
           which
           was
           once
           given
           to
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Saints
           ,
           the
           holy
           Apostles
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           read
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Custom
           in
           Poland
           ,
           that
           the
           Gentlemen
           draw
           their
           Swords
           all
           the
           while
           the
           Creed
           is
           a
           reading
           :
           intimating
           thereby
           that
           they
           will
           defend
           it
           with
           their
           Lives
           and
           Blood.
           Be
           you
           ,
           Christians
           ,
           as
           ready
           to
           assert
           and
           maintain
           your
           holy
           Faith
           ;
           and
           resolve
           to
           attest
           it
           with
           your
           dearest
           Blood
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           occasion
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           Child
           be
           brought
           to
           Church
           to
           be
           
           Baptized
           ;
           sit
           not
           still
           ,
           as
           if
           not
           concerned
           in
           that
           Office
           :
           but
           let
           it
           remind
           you
           of
           your
           own
           Vow
           ;
           and
           put
           up
           this
           short
           Prayer
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           Infant
           .
        
         
           Grant
           that
           all
           those
           that
           are
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           Fellowship
           of
           Christ's
           Religion
           ;
           (
           and
           to
           this
           Infant
           more
           especially
           )
           may
           eschew
           those
           things
           that
           are
           evil
           ;
           and
           follow
           after
           that
           which
           is
           good
           .
        
         
           When
           any
           Woman
           comes
           to
           be
           Churched
           ,
           reflect
           on
           the
           Mercies
           that
           thou
           receivest
           from
           God
           ,
           to
           make
           thee
           thankful
           ;
           and
           with
           a
           low
           Voice
           ,
           put
           up
           this
           Prayer
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           O
           Lord
           ,
           as
           thou
           hast
           delivered
           this
           Woman
           ,
           thy
           Servant
           ,
           from
           the
           pains
           of
           a
           temporal
           ;
           so
           ,
           I
           beseech
           thee
           to
           deliver
           both
           her
           and
           all
           here
           present
           ,
           from
           the
           pangs
           of
           an
           Eternal
           Death
           .
        
         
           When
           you
           see
           any
           come
           to
           be
           Catechised
           ,
           make
           not
           light
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           after
           this
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           manner
           pray
           .
        
         
           O
           Almighty
           and
           Everlasting
           God!
           who
           ever
           makest
           thy
           Church
           fruitful
           ,
           with
           a
           new
           ,
           a
           numerous
           Issue
           :
           increase
           Faith
           and
           Vnderstanding
           in
           our
           newly
           instructed
           ,
           that
           they
           being
           born
           again
           may
           be
           joined
           unto
           the
           Sons
           of
           thy
           adoption
           ,
           through
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           When
           you
           hear
           the
           Banes
           of
           Matrimony
           published
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           fall
           not
           into
           Laughter
           (
           as
           the
           manner
           of
           some
           is
           ;
           )
           for
           it
           ill
           becomes
           the
           Sacredness
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           argues
           
           out
           irreverence
           to
           God.
           We
           should
           show
           our selves
           better
           Christians
           ,
           by
           falling
           down
           on
           our
           Knees
           ,
           and
           praying
           at
           the
           same
           time
           for
           a
           Blessing
           from
           God
           on
           them
           .
           O
           let
           us
           then
           reflect
           on
           our
           own
           Vow
           and
           Promise
           in
           Marriage
           ,
           how
           we
           have
           performed
           it
           :
           and
           let
           us
           make
           it
           also
           an
           occasion
           of
           a
           fresh
           Engagement
           in
           our selves
           ,
           to
           keep
           it
           most
           strictly
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           not
           of
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           that
           Marriage
           is
           a
           Sacrament
           ;
           but
           I
           look
           upon
           it
           as
           a
           most
           solemn
           engagement
           among
           Men
           ,
           and
           Sacred
           :
           being
           a
           Vow
           made
           before
           God
           ,
           and
           witnessed
           by
           many
           :
           and
           therefore
           a
           subject
           proper
           for
           seriousness
           and
           devotion
           .
           When
           you
           sing
           unto
           God
           ,
           let
           your
           heart
           make
           melody
           :
           Take
           heed
           ,
           that
           when
           your
           Voice
           is
           high
           ,
           your
           Heart
           be
           not
           dead
           ,
           flat
           ,
           and
           low
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           When
           the
           Word
           is
           read
           and
           preached
           ;
           mind
           it
           :
           and
           say
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           't
           is
           his
           Command
           ,
           and
           dare
           I
           disobey
           it
           ?
           O
           that
           my
           ways
           were
           made
           so
           direct
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           keep
           God's
           Statutes
           !
        
         
           2.
           
           When
           you
           hear
           the
           Curses
           denounced
           against
           Sinners
           ,
           tremble
           if
           thou
           beest
           guilty
           of
           any
           of
           the
           Sins
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           When
           you
           hear
           God's
           Calls
           and
           Invitations
           ,
           his
           rich
           Promises
           and
           Allurements
           ,
           say
           :
           What
           ,
           shall
           I
           refuse
           them
           ?
           Doth
           God
           
           knock
           at
           them
           :
           and
           shall
           not
           the
           Everlasting
           Doors
           of
           my
           Heart
           fly
           open
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           of
           Glory
           may
           enter
           in
           ?
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           While
           the
           Minister
           is
           pronouncing
           the
           Blessing
           ,
           post
           not
           away
           (
           a
           fault
           too
           common
           every
           where
           )
           but
           hope
           ,
           desire
           ,
           and
           believe
           it
           shall
           come
           down
           upon
           you
           .
           Remember
           the
           punishment
           of
           Judas
           ,
           he
           stayed
           not
           for
           the
           Blessing
           ,
           but
           went
           away
           ,
           and
           dispatched
           himself
           .
           That
           you
           may
           not
           forfeit
           God's
           Protection
           ,
           and
           be
           given
           over
           by
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           :
           I
           pray
           stay
           till
           the
           Blessing
           be
           pronounced
           ;
           and
           after
           it
           is
           ended
           ,
           fall
           down
           on
           your
           Knees
           ,
           and
           offer
           up
           this
           short
           Ejaculation
           .
        
         
           O
           Sweet
           Jesu
           !
           bestow
           on
           me
           this
           day
           thy
           Blessing
           ,
           with
           this
           of
           the
           Minister
           :
           preserve
           me
           from
           all
           Sin
           ,
           and
           give
           me
           perseverance
           in
           thy
           Service
           ;
           that
           at
           the
           last
           and
           dreadful
           day
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           I
           may
           receive
           that
           happy
           Benediction
           ,
           among
           thy
           Elected
           and
           Predestinated
           Children
           :
           Come
           ye
           Blessed
           Children
           of
           my
           Father
           ,
           and
           inherit
           the
           Kingdom
           prepared
           for
           you
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             IX
          
           .
           Of
           our
           due
           behaviour
           between
           Morning
           and
           Evening
           Service
           .
        
         
           
             At
             your
             returning
             home
             .
          
           
             LET
             your
             return
             with
             your
             Family
             home
             be
             with
             the
             same
             gravity
             and
             care
             ,
             as
             was
             thy
             passage
             to
             the
             Church
             .
             Let
             your
             talk
             be
             rather
             of
             what
             you
             have
             learnt
             or
             heard
             ,
             than
             of
             any
             Worldly
             matters
             :
             except
             necessary
             occasions
             enforce
             the
             contrary
             .
             If
             any
             of
             your
             Neighbours
             talk
             Heavenly
             ,
             mind
             them
             ;
             but
             if
             their
             Discourse
             savour
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             either
             reprove
             or
             leave
             them
             .
             This
             I
             mention
             ,
             because
             I
             perceive
             it
             the
             custom
             of
             many
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             the
             Word
             is
             out
             of
             the
             Minister's
             Mouth
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             World
             in
             theirs
             .
             The
             main
             Questions
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             gone
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             are
             usually
             these
             :
          
           
             What
             News
             do
             you
             hear
             ?
             How
             does
             Corn
             sell
             ?
             What
             a
             Crop
             have
             you
             upon
             the
             ground
             ?
             Such
             a
             Person
             ,
             has
             he
             not
             the
             best
             Corn
             in
             the
             Parish
             ?
             Poor
             barren
             Souls
             !
             empty
             of
             Grace
             surely
             ;
             or
             your
             Discourses
             would
             be
             more
             savoury
             ,
             more
             seasonable
             ,
             
             more
             Heavenly
             .
             Have
             you
             no
             better
             things
             to
             employ
             your
             Heads
             and
             Tongues
             about
             ?
             Ask
             rather
             ,
             what
             good
             Word
             you
             have
             heard
             to
             day
             ?
             How
             are
             we
             to
             provide
             for
             Eternity
             ?
             How
             strait
             is
             the
             Gate
             ,
             and
             narrow
             the
             Path
             that
             leadeth
             unto
             Life
             ?
             and
             how
             few
             there
             be
             that
             find
             it
             ?
             And
             alas
             !
             how
             miserable
             shall
             I
             be
             ,
             if
             I
             miss
             thereof
             ?
          
           
             The
             Devil
             is
             always
             upon
             his
             Watch
             ,
             ever
             busy
             ,
             and
             labours
             continually
             to
             furnish
             Peoples
             Hearts
             with
             frothy
             and
             vain
             Discourse
             ;
             by
             that
             means
             to
             hinder
             the
             efficacy
             of
             the
             word
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             of
             many
             a
             poor
             Soul.
             But
             alas
             !
             The
             fourth
             Commandment
             tyes
             up
             the
             tongue
             as
             well
             as
             the
             hands
             (
             Isai
             .
             51.13
             .
             )
             not
             speaking
             thy
             own
             words
             .
             The
             tongue
             is
             there
             commanded
             to
             rest
             from
             talking
             of
             Worldly
             matters
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             hand
             from
             servile
             and
             Worldly
             Works
             .
             How
             blame-worthy
             then
             are
             they
             ,
             who
             make
             the
             Lord's
             Day
             a
             Day
             of
             reckoning
             with
             Workmen
             and
             Servants
             :
             a
             Day
             of
             idle
             talk
             ,
             about
             their
             Pleasures
             ,
             Profits
             ,
             or
             other
             matters
             ?
          
           
             As
             soon
             as
             you
             are
             come
             home
             ,
             before
             you
             refresh
             your
             Body
             ,
             enter
             into
             your
             Closet
             :
             offer
             up
             this
             ,
             or
             such
             like
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             I
             Do
             humbly
             and
             heartily
             thank
             thee
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             Heavenly
             Father
             ,
             for
             that
             wholesome
             Doctrine
             and
             comfortable
             Instruction
             ,
             which
             ,
             this
             
             Morning
             ,
             I
             have
             heard
             out
             of
             thy
             holy
             word
             ,
             by
             the
             mouth
             of
             thy
             faithful
             Servant
             :
             and
             I
             do
             heartily
             beseech
             thee
             ,
             that
             passing
             by
             my
             Sins
             and
             Infirmities
             of
             hearing
             ,
             thou
             wouldst
             so
             imprint
             the
             same
             in
             my
             memory
             ,
             and
             bless
             it
             unto
             me
             ;
             that
             I
             may
             believe
             it
             with
             my
             heart
             ,
             and
             practise
             it
             in
             my
             Life
             and
             Conversation
             .
             Good
             Lord
             ,
             Let
             not
             the
             sweetness
             ,
             and
             savouriness
             ,
             of
             any
             bodily
             food
             ,
             which
             I
             am
             to
             receive
             of
             thy
             bounty
             ,
             put
             the
             relish
             and
             remembrance
             of
             thy
             Heavenly
             word
             out
             of
             my
             mind
             :
             but
             grant
             ,
             that
             in
             feeding
             my
             Body
             ,
             I
             may
             feed
             my
             Soul
             by
             holy
             Meditation
             of
             the
             things
             I
             have
             heard
             :
             and
             together
             with
             my
             bodily
             sustenance
             ,
             may
             call
             to
             mind
             the
             food
             that
             never
             perisheth
             .
             And
             as
             it
             is
             thy
             will
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             use
             thy
             good
             Creatures
             with
             Wisdom
             and
             Sobriety
             every
             day
             :
             So
             give
             me
             Grace
             this
             day
             especially
             to
             do
             so
             :
             that
             they
             may
             not
             make
             me
             the
             more
             unfit
             to
             partake
             of
             the
             spiritual
             food
             thou
             hast
             prepared
             for
             me
             ;
             to
             the
             glory
             of
             thy
             name
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             of
             thy
             Saints
             ,
             and
             my
             own
             eternal
             welfare
             and
             Salvation
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             my
             only
             Redeemer
             and
             Advocate
             .
          
           
             Having
             finished
             your
             Prayer
             in
             the
             Closet
             ;
             depart
             to
             your
             Company
             ,
             and
             the
             necessary
             refreshment
             of
             your
             Body
             ,
             which
             this
             Day
             was
             not
             appointed
             to
             abridge
             you
             off
             .
          
           
             While
             you
             are
             at
             Dinner
             appear
             chearful
             ,
             eating
             your
             meal
             in
             singleness
             of
             heart
             :
             rejoice
             before
             God
             ;
             but
             let
             not
             your
             joy
             be
             ,
             
             by
             any
             means
             ,
             wanton
             ,
             idle
             ,
             vain
             ,
             intemperate
             .
          
           
             At
             Dinner
             observe
             these
             few
             Rules
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Beware
             of
             making
             the
             Lord's
             Day
             a
             time
             of
             Feasting
             your
             Neighbours
             :
             For
             though
             it
             be
             lawful
             upon
             this
             day
             to
             make
             such
             Provision
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             convenient
             for
             your
             own
             Family
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             relief
             of
             the
             Poor
             :
             yet
             to
             make
             solemn
             Feasts
             upon
             it
             (
             as
             is
             the
             custom
             of
             too
             too
             many
             )
             whereby
             Servants
             are
             kept
             from
             publick
             Ordinances
             ,
             and
             our selves
             and
             Guests
             are
             more
             indisposed
             to
             the
             Duties
             of
             God's
             worship
             and
             service
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             unlawful
             :
             for
             though
             we
             be
             not
             forbidden
             upon
             the
             Lord's
             Day
             ,
             to
             kindle
             a
             fire
             for
             the
             dressing
             of
             meat
             ;
             yet
             we
             must
             take
             heed
             that
             we
             make
             not
             such
             a
             flame
             as
             shall
             kindle
             the
             fire
             of
             God's
             wrath
             against
             us
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             When
             you
             are
             set
             down
             to
             Dinner
             ,
             having
             begged
             God's
             Blessing
             on
             the
             food
             ,
             eat
             no
             more
             than
             will
             fit
             and
             enable
             you
             comfortably
             and
             lively
             to
             serve
             God.
             If
             temperance
             be
             required
             in
             our
             Meals
             ,
             on
             the
             Week
             Day
             ,
             as
             (
             Luke
             21.34
             .
             )
             much
             more
             on
             the
             Lord's
             Day
             .
             Many
             fill
             their
             Bellies
             so
             full
             ,
             on
             this
             day
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             fit
             only
             to
             lay
             their
             drowsie
             heads
             on
             the
             Devil's
             Pillow
             of
             sloth
             :
             and
             not
             at
             all
             in
             a
             capacity
             of
             repairing
             again
             to
             a
             spiritual
             repast
             in
             the
             House
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             partake
             of
             his
             Heavenly
             Viands
             .
          
           
           
             3.
             
             Talk
             of
             God's
             Word
             sitting
             down
             and
             rising
             up
             .
             Let
             your
             Hearts
             be
             heavenly
             ,
             and
             your
             Discourse
             savoury
             ,
             seasoned
             with
             Grace
             :
             a
             Table
             without
             some
             good
             Discourse
             ,
             differs
             but
             little
             from
             a
             Manger
             .
          
           
             One
             of
             the
             Fathers
             wrote
             this
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Christians
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             so
             holy
             in
             their
             Talk
             at
             the
             Table
             ,
             that
             one
             would
             have
             thought
             they
             had
             been
             at
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             rather
             than
             at
             a
             Supper
             .
             And
             Luther
             has
             a
             large
             Book
             in
             Folio
             ,
             of
             the
             pious
             Expressions
             he
             used
             at
             his
             Table
             :
             that
             indeed
             was
             his
             Pulpit
             ,
             where
             he
             read
             many
             profitable
             Lectures
             .
             When
             therefore
             thou
             art
             at
             a
             full
             Table
             ,
             consider
             God's
             Mercy
             in
             feeding
             thee
             ;
             while
             there
             are
             so
             many
             Lazarus's
             ,
             that
             would
             be
             glad
             of
             the
             Crumbs
             that
             fall
             from
             the
             rich
             Man's
             table
             .
             When
             thou
             eatest
             thy
             Bread
             with
             a
             good
             Appetite
             ,
             say
             thus
             to
             thy self
             :
             If
             the
             bread
             be
             thus
             savory
             to
             an
             hungry
             Body
             ;
             how
             sweet
             ,
             how
             savory
             is
             that
             which
             comes
             down
             from
             Heaven
             to
             an
             hungry
             Soul
             !
             and
             then
             pray
             :
             
               O
               God
               ,
               give
               me
               evermore
               of
               this
               bread
               !
            
          
           
             4.
             
             Forget
             not
             God's
             Servants
             ,
             but
             invite
             the
             Poor
             to
             Dinner
             with
             thee
             ,
             that
             day
             .
             
               The
               poor
               ye
               have
               always
               with
               you
               ,
            
             (
             saith
             Christ
             :
             )
             and
             why
             have
             we
             this
             Memento
             ,
             think
             you
             ?
             But
             we
             should
             exert
             our
             Charity
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             Indigence
             and
             Necessity
             ?
             If
             we
             belong
             
             to
             Christ
             ,
             we
             are
             to
             relieve
             the
             oppressed
             ,
             clothe
             the
             naked
             ,
             and
             feed
             the
             hungry
             :
             himself
             will
             do
             it
             ;
             though
             he
             works
             a
             Miracle
             for
             it
             .
             Flesh
             and
             blood
             is
             not
             prone
             hereunto
             ;
             and
             therefore
             such
             munificence
             must
             needs
             argue
             a
             better
             and
             higher
             Principle
             than
             ordinary
             .
             For
             as
             when
             we
             see
             the
             bank
             of
             a
             River
             ,
             and
             the
             ground
             next
             to
             it
             ,
             wet
             alone
             ,
             we
             gather
             that
             the
             River
             hath
             overflown
             there
             :
             but
             when
             we
             see
             the
             furthest
             and
             remotest
             ground
             wet
             also
             ,
             then
             we
             know
             that
             the
             Rain
             hath
             done
             that
             :
             so
             when
             we
             see
             a
             Man
             doing
             good
             to
             his
             rich
             Neighbors
             ,
             and
             Friends
             ,
             we
             think
             this
             proceeds
             but
             from
             good
             Nature
             in
             him
             ;
             but
             when
             we
             see
             him
             doing
             good
             also
             to
             strangers
             and
             unknown
             persons
             ;
             when
             feeding
             the
             poor
             and
             needy
             ones
             ,
             then
             we
             may
             well
             believe
             ,
             there
             is
             more
             than
             good
             Nature
             in
             that
             Man
             :
             it
             is
             more
             than
             probable
             the
             Gift
             of
             Grace
             is
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             After
             you
             have
             eaten
             and
             drank
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             now
             allayed
             the
             importunate
             craving
             of
             mine
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             my
             body
             is
             satisfied
             with
             material
             Food
             ;
             but
             nothing
             can
             satisfie
             my
             Soul
             ,
             but
             to
             behold
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             in
             Righteousness
             .
             Therefore
             ,
             Dinner
             being
             over
             ,
             either
             respect
             the
             Word
             heard
             that
             day
             ,
             and
             read
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             good
             Book
             ;
             and
             call
             your
             own
             Heart
             and
             
             Family
             to
             an
             account
             for
             what
             you
             have
             read
             or
             heard
             ;
             and
             explain
             the
             same
             to
             them
             .
             This
             is
             commended
             to
             us
             by
             the
             Practice
             and
             Example
             of
             our
             Lord
             himself
             ,
             who
             when
             he
             was
             come
             home
             ,
             said
             unto
             his
             Disciples
             (
             Mat.
             13.5
             .
             )
             
               Have
               you
               understood
               all
               these
               things
               ?
               viz.
            
             that
             he
             had
             preached
             to
             the
             Multitude
             .
             And
             
               (
               Mark
            
             4.34
             .
             )
             
               When
               they
               were
               alone
               he
               expounded
               all
               things
               to
               his
               Disciples
               .
            
          
           
             Whereupon
             one
             observeth
             ,
             That
             Christ
             by
             his
             Example
             doth
             instruct
             every
             Master
             of
             a
             Family
             ,
             how
             to
             carry
             himself
             in
             reference
             to
             those
             under
             his
             charge
             on
             the
             
             Lord's
             -
             day
             ,
             after
             their
             departure
             from
             the
             publick
             Congregation
             .
          
           
             A
             treble
             Benefit
             will
             follow
             hereupon
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             respect
             to
             our selves
             :
             for
             the
             more
             you
             build
             up
             others
             ,
             the
             more
             your selves
             are
             built
             up
             in
             Knowledge
             ,
             Faith
             ,
             and
             every
             Grace
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             respect
             of
             your
             Children
             and
             Servants
             ;
             for
             it
             will
             make
             them
             to
             hearken
             more
             attentively
             to
             what
             is
             ,
             in
             publick
             ,
             delivered
             :
             when
             they
             know
             they
             shall
             be
             called
             to
             an
             Account
             for
             the
             same
             at
             home
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             It
             will
             help
             much
             to
             the
             understanding
             and
             believing
             of
             what
             is
             heard
             :
             if
             at
             home
             you
             repeat
             it
             ,
             conferr
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             examine
             the
             Proofs
             made
             use
             of
             for
             its
             Confirmation
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             Singing
             of
             Psalms
             is
             another
             Duty
             to
             be
             performed
             this
             day
             in
             our
             Families
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             Holy
             David
             ,
             that
             sweet
             Singer
             of
             Israel
             ,
             recommends
             it
             to
             us
             ,
             (
             Psal
             .
             92.
             )
             the
             Title
             of
             that
             Psalm
             ,
             is
             ,
             
               A
               Psalm
               or
               Song
               for
               the
               Sabbath
               :
            
             and
             it
             begins
             thus
             ;
             
               It
               is
               good
               to
               give
               thanks
               unto
               the
               Lord
               ;
               and
               to
               sing
               praises
               unto
               thy
               name
               ,
               O
               thou
               most
               high
               !
            
          
           
             For
             the
             manner
             of
             performing
             this
             Duty
             ,
             we
             have
             the
             Apostle's
             Direction
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             :
             
               singing
               with
               grace
               in
               your
               hearts
               unto
               the
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             1.
             
             It
             must
             be
             in
             ,
             or
             with
             the
             heart
             ,
             that
             is
             ;
             our
             hearts
             must
             go
             with
             our
             Voices
             :
             the
             one
             must
             be
             lift
             up
             as
             well
             as
             the
             other
             :
             for
             God
             is
             a
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             must
             be
             worshipped
             in
             our
             Hearts
             and
             Spirits
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             with
             our
             Bodies
             .
          
           
             Truly
             singing
             with
             the
             Voice
             ,
             without
             concurrence
             of
             the
             Heart
             and
             Spirit
             ,
             is
             no
             more
             pleasing
             to
             God
             ,
             than
             a
             sounding
             Brass
             ,
             and
             tinkling
             Cymball
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             As
             we
             must
             sing
             in
             the
             heart
             ,
             so
             with
             Grace
             in
             the
             heart
             :
             
               (
               i.
               e.
            
             )
             we
             must
             exercise
             the
             Graces
             of
             God's
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             praying
             ;
             labouring
             to
             express
             the
             same
             Affection
             in
             singing
             a
             Psalm
             ,
             as
             David
             in
             the
             penning
             of
             it
             .
          
           
           
             If
             it
             be
             a
             Psalm
             of
             Prayers
             and
             Petitions
             ,
             then
             must
             our
             Affections
             be
             fervent
             :
             if
             a
             Psalm
             of
             Praises
             and
             Thanksgiving
             ,
             then
             must
             our
             Affections
             be
             chearful
             .
             Thus
             must
             the
             Affections
             of
             the
             Heart
             be
             suitable
             to
             the
             Quality
             of
             the
             Psalm
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Another
             Family-Duty
             is
             Prayer
             ;
             for
             if
             this
             Duty
             ought
             to
             be
             performed
             every
             day
             ,
             twice
             at
             least
             ,
             viz.
             Morning
             and
             Evening
             :
             then
             more
             especially
             on
             the
             
             Lord's
             -
             day
             ;
             a
             day
             wholly
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Worship
             and
             Service
             of
             God.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             X.
          
           Of
           resorting
           to
           the
           Evening
           Sacrifice
           .
        
         
           WHen
           it
           is
           now
           almost
           time
           to
           repair
           to
           the
           Evening
           Service
           ,
           call
           as
           many
           of
           your
           Servants
           as
           can
           be
           well
           spared
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           accompany
           you
           to
           the
           publick
           Assembly
           :
           command
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           though
           you
           cannot
           their
           Souls
           .
           And
           it
           may
           not
           be
           amiss
           (
           but
           right
           edifying
           )
           if
           some
           one
           Person
           read
           a
           Psalm
           suitable
           to
           the
           present
           undertaking
           ,
           of
           going
           to
           worship
           God
           :
           such
           as
           the
           84.
           
           Psal
           .
           or
           the
           119
           th
           ;
           one
           ,
           or
           two
           parts
           of
           it
           being
           taken
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           as
           occasion
           
           shall
           serve
           ;
           to
           which
           reading
           all
           ought
           reverently
           to
           attend
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           being
           done
           ,
           let
           the
           same
           Rules
           and
           Directions
           which
           were
           given
           touching
           going
           to
           Church
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           be
           observed
           in
           the
           Evening
           :
           and
           let
           all
           (
           as
           before
           )
           resort
           to
           the
           publick
           worship
           ;
           where
           your
           carriage
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           was
           before
           directed
           .
        
         
           Surely
           unless
           you
           and
           your
           House
           appear
           thus
           the
           second
           time
           before
           God
           ;
           you
           cannot
           be
           said
           duly
           to
           sanctify
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           :
           but
           only
           to
           do
           it
           by
           halves
           .
           And
           now
           to
           move
           you
           to
           this
           duty
           :
        
         
           Consider
           you
           are
           bound
           in
           justice
           to
           God
           to
           do
           it
           .
           Because
           God
           hath
           set
           a
           day
           ,
           not
           a
           piece
           of
           a
           day
           apart
           for
           himself
           ;
           and
           we
           should
           be
           more
           afraid
           to
           steal
           away
           God's
           time
           ,
           than
           to
           steal
           away
           Mans
           Goods
           :
           the
           one
           is
           Theft
           ;
           but
           the
           other
           Sacriledge
           .
        
         
           God
           Almighty
           hath
           consecrated
           to
           his
           own
           Service
           the
           seventh
           part
           of
           our
           time
           ;
           but
           if
           you
           come
           only
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           you
           give
           him
           but
           the
           14
           th
           part
           of
           it
           :
           nay
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           too
           many
           spare
           him
           only
           that
           time
           which
           their
           Morning
           attendance
           takes
           up
           ,
           in
           our
           publick
           Assembly
           ,
           on
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           .
           Now
           I
           appeal
           to
           thy
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           Christian
           Brother
           !
           Whether
           it
           be
           a
           meet
           and
           fit
           thing
           ,
           that
           rational
           Persons
           ,
           Created
           by
           God
           ,
           redeemed
           
           by
           Christ
           ,
           should
           afford
           to
           the
           Worship
           and
           Service
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Concern
           of
           their
           immortal
           Souls
           ,
           but
           two
           hours
           at
           the
           most
           on
           the
           
           Lord's
           -
           day
           :
           and
           that
           time
           perhaps
           spent
           in
           a
           formal
           ,
           customary
           ,
           cold
           ,
           heartless
           Worship
           of
           the
           infinitely
           holy
           and
           just
           Deity
           ;
           the
           tremendous
           ,
           impartial
           Judge
           ,
           both
           of
           Angels
           and
           Men.
           The
           Jews
           kept
           a
           whole
           day
           ▪
           holy
           in
           a
           grateful
           Memory
           of
           the
           lesser
           benefit
           of
           the
           Creation
           ;
           and
           their
           Deliverance
           out
           of
           Aegypt
           :
           and
           shall
           we
           grudge
           to
           spend
           a
           whole
           day
           ,
           in
           remembrance
           of
           our
           Deliverance
           from
           Hell
           ,
           and
           Death
           eternal
           ?
        
         
           We
           have
           not
           only
           greater
           Motives
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           greater
           Means
           :
           they
           had
           only
           Moses
           and
           the
           Prophets
           ;
           but
           we
           have
           Christ
           and
           the
           Gospel
           :
           they
           had
           the
           Shadow
           ;
           we
           the
           Substance
           .
           And
           shall
           we
           that
           have
           more
           Means
           and
           Helps
           ,
           put
           God
           off
           with
           less
           Duty
           ,
           smaller
           Service
           ,
           and
           shorter
           Performances
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           the
           very
           Heathens
           ,
           guided
           by
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           gave
           whole
           Days
           to
           their
           Dunghill
           Deities
           :
           and
           shall
           we
           Christians
           refuse
           it
           to
           a
           true
           God
           ?
           You
           give
           your
           Bodies
           two
           Meals
           a-day
           ,
           and
           will
           you
           feed
           your
           Souls
           but
           once
           ?
           It
           was
           a
           rational
           Discourse
           of
           Joseph
           to
           his
           Mistress
           ,
           
             (
             Gen.
          
           39.9
           .
           )
           My
           Master
           
             hath
             kept
             nothing
             from
             me
             but
             thee
             ,
             because
             thou
             art
          
           his
           
             Wife
             :
             how
             then
             can
             I
             
             do
             this
             great
             wickedness
             ,
             and
             sin
             against
          
           my
           God
           ?
        
         
           God
           hath
           kept
           no
           Days
           in
           the
           Week
           from
           us
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           First
           Day
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           his
           Sabbath
           :
           how
           can
           we
           do
           this
           great
           Wickedness
           then
           ,
           and
           sin
           against
           him
           ?
           
           Nathan's
           Parable
           to
           David
           ,
           may
           be
           applied
           to
           thee
           ,
           O
           thou
           most
           prophane
           Sabbath-breaker
           !
           Hath
           God
           only
           one
           Day
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           kept
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           sanctified
           to
           his
           Service
           ,
           and
           laid
           as
           it
           were
           in
           his
           Bosom
           :
           and
           shall
           Men
           be
           so
           unworthy
           ,
           when
           their
           Hearts
           tempt
           them
           to
           Vanity
           ,
           even
           to
           take
           this
           day
           to
           please
           and
           gratifie
           their
           own
           corrupt
           hearts
           in
           ?
           When
           they
           are
           rich
           in
           time
           ,
           and
           have
           six
           days
           for
           themselves
           ;
           To
           entrench
           upon
           the
           
           Lord's
           Day
           :
           it
           is
           something
           too
           much
           .
           Nay
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           unreasonable
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           plainly
           contradictory
           to
           our
           own
           Prayers
           that
           day
           :
           for
           upon
           every
           Lord's
           Day
           Morning
           ,
           as
           we
           make
           it
           our
           open
           Confession
           ,
           so
           likewise
           a
           publick
           Prayer
           ,
           after
           the
           reading
           of
           the
           Fourth
           Commandment
           :
           
             Lord
             ,
             have
             mercy
             upon
             me
             ,
             and
             incline
             my
             heart
             to
             keep
             this
             Law.
          
           As
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ;
           Lord
           ,
           we
           acknowledge
           we
           have
           neglected
           thy
           Day
           ;
           we
           pray
           thee
           therefore
           pardon
           all
           our
           unchristian
           Sabbath-breaking
           for
           the
           time
           past
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           Grace
           to
           observe
           the
           Christian
           Sabbath
           better
           for
           the
           future
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           shall
           we
           confess
           in
           the
           Forenoon
           ,
           and
           transgress
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           ?
           Will
           you
           beg
           pardon
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           and
           sin
           again
           the
           same
           Sin
           before
           Night
           ?
           Will
           you
           open
           your
           mouths
           to
           ask
           God's
           Grace
           ,
           to
           sanctifie
           and
           keep
           holy
           the
           Sabbath-Day
           :
           and
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           prophane
           it
           in
           a
           graceless
           manner
           as
           soon
           as
           you
           are
           out
           of
           the
           Congregation
           ?
        
         
           But
           now
           to
           draw
           to
           a
           Conclusion
           .
           You
           that
           God
           Almighty
           have
           blessed
           with
           Families
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           take
           care
           of
           making
           any
           Visits
           on
           that
           day
           after
           Evening-Service
           ,
           for
           by
           that
           means
           you
           may
           become
           guilty
           of
           a
           double
           Sin.
           1.
           
           In
           neglecting
           to
           worship
           God
           your selves
           ,
           in
           your
           Family
           .
           2.
           
           In
           hindering
           others
           from
           doing
           that
           Duty
           .
           But
           if
           the
           Weather
           invite
           you
           into
           the
           Fields
           ,
           let
           your
           Walk
           be
           such
           as
           
           Isaac's
           was
           ,
           to
           meditate
           :
           and
           that
           you
           may
           not
           want
           matter
           to
           exercise
           your
           Thoughts
           about
           ;
           when
           you
           divert
           your self
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           meditate
           on
           these
           Ten
           Particulars
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             Greatness
             and
             Goodness
             of
             that
             God
             that
             you
             paid
             your
             Homage
             unto
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             With
             the
             Vileness
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             your selves
             ,
             because
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             With
             the
             Sweetness
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             Greatness
             of
             his
             Love
             ,
             and
             Mercy
             .
          
           
             
             4.
             
             With
             the
             Excellency
             of
             that
             heavenly
             Work
             you
             have
             been
             about
             ,
             and
             the
             Gain
             of
             Godliness
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             With
             the
             Vanity
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             therein
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             With
             the
             Worth
             and
             high
             Value
             of
             your
             immortal
             Souls
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             With
             the
             Rage
             ,
             Subtilty
             ,
             and
             Diligence
             of
             your
             Souls
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             With
             the
             Deceitfulness
             of
             your
             Hearts
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             With
             the
             Terrour
             and
             Torment
             of
             Hell.
             
          
           
             10.
             
             With
             the
             unspeakable
             and
             everlasting
             Glory
             of
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Endeavour
           to
           spiritualize
           every
           Object
           you
           see
           .
        
         
           
             As
             you
             walk
             and
             travail
             by
             the
             King's
             High-way
             ,
          
           say
           ;
           
             I
             am
             the
             way
             ,
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             the
             life
             ,
          
           saith
           my
           blessed
           Redeemer
           :
           the
           Way
           I
           must
           follow
           ,
           the
           Truth
           I
           must
           believe
           ,
           the
           Life
           I
           must
           hope
           for
           ;
           the
           Way
           which
           leadeth
           me
           ,
           the
           Truth
           which
           teacheth
           me
           ,
           the
           Life
           whereunto
           he
           bringeth
           me
           :
           the
           Way
           is
           undefiled
           ,
           the
           Truth
           is
           infallible
           ,
           and
           the
           Life
           without
           end
           ;
           blessed
           are
           they
           that
           walk
           in
           this
           
             way
             that
             leads
             to
             everlasting
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             When
             you
             behold
             pleasant
             Grounds
             ,
             and
             variety
             of
             Objects
          
           ;
           O
           Lord
           ,
           how
           manifold
           are
           thy
           works
           !
           in
           wisdom
           hast
           thou
           made
           them
           all
           ;
           the
           Earth
           is
           full
           of
           thy
           Riches
           .
        
         
         
           
             When
             you
             perceive
             a
             gentle
             Brieze
             of
             Wind
          
           ;
           Come
           ,
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           blow
           upon
           my
           Garden
           ,
           that
           the
           Spices
           may
           flow
           out
           ;
           make
           my
           Mind
           calm
           ,
           serene
           ,
           and
           quiet
           ,
           breath
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           revive
           me
           with
           the
           Light
           of
           thy
           Countenance
           .
        
         
           
             When
             you
             hear
             a
             Clock
             strike
             ,
             or
             perceive
             by
             the
             Sun
             the
             Hour
             of
             the
             Day
             .
          
        
         
           O
           how
           fast
           do
           hour
           after
           hour
           come
           on
           ;
           Time
           hastening
           to
           be
           swallowed
           up
           of
           Aeternity
           !
           So
           teach
           me
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           to
           number
           my
           days
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           apply
           my
           heart
           unto
           Wisdom
           ;
           wisely
           providing
           for
           that
           long
           day
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Sun
           of
           Righteousness
           shall
           rise
           with
           healing
           in
           his
           Wings
           .
        
         
           
             When
             you
             see
             an
             high
             place
          
           :
           Thy
           Mercy
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           reacheth
           unto
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           and
           thy
           Faithfulness
           to
           the
           Clouds
           .
        
         
           
             When
             you
             perceive
             a
             Dunghill
          
           :
           O
           make
           me
           to
           know
           my self
           ,
           and
           discover
           to
           me
           my
           false
           deceitful
           Heart
           ,
           and
           the
           Odiousness
           and
           Loathsomness
           of
           my
           Sins
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           hate
           them
           with
           a
           perfect
           hatred
           .
        
         
           
             When
             you
             behold
             a
             stately
             House
             .
          
           O
           God
           ,
           make
           me
           in
           love
           with
           that
           City
           which
           hath
           foundations
           ,
           whose
           Maker
           and
           Builder
           is
           God.
           Oh
           when
           shall
           this
           earthly
           house
           of
           this
           Tabernacle
           be
           dissolved
           ,
           and
           I
           received
           into
           that
           Building
           ,
           the
           House
           not
           made
           with
           hands
           ,
           aeternal
           in
           the
           Heavens
           !
        
         
         
           
             When
             beholding
             any
             Children
             or
             Infants
             .
          
           O
           Lord
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           mouth
           of
           Babes
           and
           Sucklings
           dost
           thou
           prepare
           Praises
           for
           thy self
           .
        
         
           
             When
             beholding
             a
             beautiful
             Woman
          
           .
           O
           Lord
           ,
           let
           not
           this
           Creature
           's
           Face
           be
           her
           Pride
           ,
           or
           the
           Beholder's
           sin
           or
           shame
           .
        
         
           
             If
             you
             see
             any
             Cattle
             to
             stray
             ,
             think
             with
             your self
             .
          
           O
           God
           ,
           how
           apt
           am
           I
           to
           go
           out
           of
           thy
           way
           .
           I
           have
           erred
           and
           strayed
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           like
           to
           a
           lost
           Sheep
           .
        
         
           By
           such
           holy
           Ejaculations
           as
           these
           you
           may
           banish
           all
           Worldly
           thoughts
           out
           of
           your
           Mind
           ,
           and
           keep
           the
           Devil
           (
           that
           is
           always
           busy
           to
           hinder
           the
           good
           Seed
           of
           the
           Word
           from
           taking
           effect
           )
           better
           out
           of
           your
           heart
           ,
           than
           
           Teresa's
           holy
           Water
           ,
           or
           St.
           
           Anthony's
           Sign
           of
           the
           Cross
           .
        
         
           When
           you
           come
           home
           observe
           the
           same
           Rules
           that
           were
           given
           you
           before
           to
           be
           practised
           after
           Dinner
           ,
           viz.
           to
           read
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           sing
           Psalms
           ,
           meditate
           ,
           repeat
           the
           Word
           ,
           &c.
           but
           when
           you
           have
           done
           all
           ,
           look
           upon
           your selves
           as
           unprofitable
           Servants
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           come
           short
           of
           what
           God
           requires
           or
           deserves
           at
           your
           hands
           .
           O
           what
           heavenly
           ,
           fervent
           and
           zealous
           Prayers
           doth
           such
           a
           God
           deserve
           ,
           such
           rich
           Mercy
           call
           for
           !
           God
           is
           worthy
           a
           better
           Tongue
           to
           praise
           him
           ,
           and
           a
           better
           Heart
           to
           love
           him
           .
           
           Disown
           therefore
           all
           your
           own
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           expect
           all
           the
           Blessings
           you
           have
           prayed
           for
           ,
           through
           the
           alone
           Merits
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             XI
          
           .
           Evening
           Exercise
           .
        
         
           THE
           Day
           thus
           happily
           sliding
           away
           ,
           draws
           on
           the
           Night-season
           ,
           and
           there
           remains
           an
           Evening
           Exercise
           in
           order
           to
           even
           out
           Accompts
           with
           the
           great
           Father
           of
           the
           Family
           ,
           concerning
           our
           days
           labour
           in
           his
           Vineyard
           .
        
         
           Before
           therefore
           you
           take
           your
           repose
           at
           night
           ,
           look
           over
           your
           days
           work
           ,
           search
           back
           into
           every
           hour
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           humble
           your selves
           ,
           and
           be
           heartily
           sorry
           for
           your
           miscarriage
           ;
           bless
           God
           if
           you
           have
           received
           any
           good
           :
           Put
           these
           Questions
           to
           your
           Soul
           ere
           you
           betake
           your self
           to
           your
           rest
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           How
           did
           I
           ly
           down
           or
           rise
           up
           ,
           was
           God
           in
           my
           thoughts
           or
           no
           ?
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           How
           did
           I
           put
           up
           my
           Prayers
           in
           my
           Closet
           ,
           did
           they
           proceed
           from
           my
           Heart
           ,
           or
           Lip
           only
           ?
           Have
           I
           gone
           this
           day
           with
           Joy
           into
           the
           House
           of
           Good
           ,
           have
           I
           heard
           
           ●he
           Word
           ,
           and
           treasured
           it
           up
           in
           my
           Heart
           ?
           Have
           not
           I
           aimed
           more
           at
           the
           information
           ●f
           my
           judgment
           ,
           than
           at
           the
           warming
           of
           my
           ●ffections
           ?
           was
           it
           curiosity
           or
           piety
           that
           led
           ●he
           thither
           ?
           have
           I
           gathered
           my
           thoughts
           ●ogether
           in
           the
           publick
           Prayers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           ●nd
           have
           my
           heart
           and
           desires
           gone
           along
           with
           the
           Supplications
           which
           the
           Minister
           of
           God
           put
           up
           to
           Heaven
           ?
           Have
           not
           I
           thought
           ●f
           my
           Farm
           ,
           Trade
           ,
           and
           Oxen
           ,
           while
           I
           have
           ●een
           repeating
           after
           him
           ?
           Have
           I
           read
           in
           pri●ate
           ,
           have
           I
           called
           my
           Family
           together
           ,
           read
           ●o
           them
           ,
           instructed
           them
           ,
           made
           them
           give
           ●e
           an
           account
           of
           what
           they
           did
           remember
           ?
           When
           I
           received
           the
           holy
           Sacrament
           ,
           were
           ●y
           thoughts
           fixed
           on
           the
           Cross
           of
           Christ
           ,
           ●nd
           were
           my
           Soul
           affected
           with
           the
           great
           ●ystery
           of
           God's
           Love
           ,
           and
           did
           I
           meditate
           ●n
           the
           Word
           as
           soon
           as
           I
           left
           the
           Church
           ?
           ●as
           not
           the
           World
           in
           my
           Heart
           as
           soon
           as
           ●e
           word
           was
           out
           of
           the
           Minister's
           ?
           Did
           not
           ●eat
           and
           drink
           at
           Table
           more
           to
           please
           my
           ●ppetite
           than
           to
           repair
           the
           decayed
           strength
           ●f
           my
           nature
           ?
           Was
           my
           Discourse
           holy
           at
           ●●e
           Table
           ,
           when
           I
           craved
           a
           Blessing
           ?
           was
           ●ot
           my
           mind
           more
           intent
           on
           the
           meat
           before
           ●e
           than
           on
           the
           God
           above
           me
           ?
           have
           not
           I
           ●een
           intemperate
           at
           my
           Meals
           ,
           and
           eat
           and
           ●rank
           more
           than
           nature
           required
           ?
           have
           I
           af●●r
           Dinner
           set
           my
           Servants
           to
           read
           ,
           and
           did
           
           I
           pray
           for
           them
           and
           with
           them
           .
           Have
           not
           ●
           this
           day
           been
           guilty
           of
           some
           crying
           Sin
           ,
           fo●
           which
           God
           might
           justly
           punish
           me
           as
           he
           di●
           the
           Fool
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           with
           Death
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           If
           upon
           enquiry
           you
           find
           you
           have
           mad●
           any
           progress
           in
           Vertue
           ,
           got
           ground
           of
           Satan
           and
           mastered
           your
           Corruptions
           ;
           give
           Go●
           the
           Glory
           ,
           by
           whose
           Grace
           you
           overcam●
           them
           ,
           and
           return
           him
           thanks
           in
           this
           following
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           PRaise
           the
           Lord
           ,
           O
           my
           Soul
           ,
           yea
           ,
           let
           all
           th●●
           is
           within
           me
           praise●
           his
           holy
           name
           :
           praise
           be
           the
           Lord
           from
           the
           rising
           up
           of
           the
           Sun
           unto
           th●
           going
           down
           of
           the
           same
           :
           thou
           art
           my
           God
           ,
           an●
           I
           will
           praise
           thee
           ,
           thou
           art
           my
           God
           ,
           and
           I
           wi●●
           bless
           thee
           ,
           who
           hast
           preserved
           me
           this
           day
           from
           falling
           into
           Sin
           ,
           and
           hast
           kept
           me
           from
           t●●
           power
           of
           the
           evil
           one
           ;
           for
           my
           Soul
           is
           this
           d●●
           escaped
           as
           a
           Bird
           out
           of
           the
           Snare
           of
           the
           Fowle●
           the
           Snare
           is
           broken
           and
           I
           am
           delivered
           :
           my
           he●
           standeth
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           who
           hath
           ma●●
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           upon
           enquiry
           you
           find
           ,
           that
           yo●
           have
           been
           guilty
           of
           many
           Frailties
           and
           Imperfections
           ,
           if
           you
           have
           not
           been
           so
           devout
           〈◊〉
           you
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           in
           your
           Prayers
           :
           a●fect
           your
           Soul
           with
           the
           sense
           of
           your
           Sin
           i●
           this
           following
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           
           
             AH
             frail
             ,
             weak
             and
             wicked
             Wretch
             ,
             art
             thou
             not
             ashamed
             to
             remain
             still
             in
             thy
             wonted
             negligences
             and
             tepidities
             ,
             to
             sing
             the
             same
             sinful
             Song
             after
             so
             many
             Vows
             ,
             Promises
             and
             purposes
             of
             better
             Obedience
             ?
             wallowest
             thou
             still
             in
             the
             same
             mire
             ,
             and
             lyest
             thou
             still
             snorting
             in
             the
             same
             Bed
             of
             Sensuality
             ?
             O
             horrid
             ingratitude
             ,
             if
             thou
             wert
             now
             summoned
             to
             give
             up
             thy
             just
             accounts
             ,
             what
             couldst
             thou
             answer
             for
             so
             much
             time
             mis-spent
             ,
             so
             many
             inspirations
             neglected
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             Graces
             abused
             ?
             thou
             approachest
             nearer
             Death
             and
             Eternity
             ,
             but
             recoilest
             backward
             in
             religious
             Piety
             and
             Perfection
             ;
             wilt
             thou
             still
             lye
             sleeping
             in
             this
             dangerous
             Lethargy
             ?
             is
             this
             the
             grateful
             and
             dutiful
             Service
             thou
             renderest
             thy
             Creator
             ,
             for
             having
             afforded
             thee
             all
             convenient
             means
             to
             repent
             ,
             for
             having
             so
             patiently
             expected
             thy
             Conversion
             and
             amendment
             ?
          
           
             Alas
             ,
             my
             Confounded
             Soul
             ,
             what
             will
             become
             of
             thee
             ,
             what
             course
             wilt
             thou
             steer
             ,
             and
             when
             and
             how
             wilt
             thou
             begin
             ?
             Ah
             sinful
             Wretch
             ,
             prodigal
             Child
             ,
             disloyal
             Friend
             ,
             sue
             to
             thy
             Physician
             ,
             return
             to
             thy
             Father
             ,
             repent
             thee
             of
             thy
             Disloyalty
             ,
             request
             Pardon
             ,
             Grace
             and
             Love
             ;
             resolve
             to
             repent
             for
             what
             is
             past
             ,
             and
             amend
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ;
             and
             from
             this
             moment
             consecrate
             the
             remainder
             of
             thy
             Life
             to
             his
             Service
             .
             And
             now
             ,
             O
             my
             Lord
             ,
             as
             thou
             hast
             given
             me
             Grace
             to
             frame
             this
             Resolution
             ;
             so
             give
             me
             strength
             and
             courage
             to
             put
             it
             in
             execution
             .
          
        
         
         
           But
           if
           upon
           Inquiry
           ,
           you
           find
           you
           have
           greatly
           broken
           the
           Sabbath-day
           ,
           neglected
           his
           publick
           Worship
           ,
           relapsed
           into
           some
           crying
           Sin
           ,
           which
           without
           God's
           great
           Mercy
           will
           bring
           upon
           you
           speedy
           Death
           and
           Damnation
           ;
           affect
           your
           Soul
           with
           this
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           
             O
             My
             good
             God
             ,
             Father
             of
             all
             Comfort
             and
             Compassion
             ,
             Creatour
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             and
             Redeemer
             of
             my
             poor
             Soul
             !
             behold
             here
             a
             poor
             Worm
             prostrate
             at
             the
             feet
             of
             thy
             Divine
             Majesty
             ,
             humbly
             craving
             pardon
             for
             all
             the
             Iniquities
             and
             Impurities
             that
             I
             have
             committed
             against
             thy
             Divine
             Majesty
             from
             my
             Youth
             up
             until
             now
             ;
             especially
             those
             that
             I
             have
             this
             day
             committed
             against
             thee
             
               (
               such
               a
               Sin
               especially
               ;
               )
            
             most
             justly
             provoking
             thy
             wrathful
             Indignation
             against
             me
             :
             the
             remembrance
             of
             them
             breeds
             an
             extreme
             Shame
             ,
             Fear
             ,
             and
             Sorrow
             in
             my
             now
             sensible
             ,
             penitent
             Soul.
             Shame
             ,
             for
             having
             left
             an
             infinite
             Good
             ,
             to
             embrace
             an
             empty
             ,
             fading
             nothing
             :
             Fear
             ,
             for
             having
             forsaken
             the
             Light
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             the
             Life
             of
             Aeternity
             ▪
             to
             remain
             in
             aeternal
             Death
             and
             Darkness
             :
             Sorrow
             ,
             for
             having
             offended
             thee
             ,
             my
             God
             ,
             wh●
             art
             so
             loving
             and
             liberal
             unto
             me
             .
          
           
             Oh
             ,
             that
             my
             Heart
             could
             rend
             asunder
             ,
             with
             true
             Contrition
             and
             Compunction
             ;
             and
             my
             Eyes
             
             dissolve
             into
             a
             flood
             of
             Tears
             ;
             for
             having
             been
             disloyal
             to
             so
             faithful
             a
             Friend
             ,
             and
             disobedient
             to
             so
             free-hearted
             a
             Father
             !
             Mercy
             ,
             dear
             Father
             ,
             to
             thy
             prodigal
             Child
             ;
             Mercy
             ,
             dear
             Lord
             ,
             to
             thy
             sinful
             Servant
             :
             Pardon
             my
             past
             Faults
             ,
             pity
             my
             present
             Follies
             ,
             protect
             my
             future
             Frailties
             ;
             that
             with
             a
             clean
             ,
             quiet
             ,
             contented
             Soul
             ,
             I
             may
             strive
             to
             please
             and
             praise
             thee
             all
             my
             Life
             long
             hereafter
             ,
             and
             ,
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             die
             happily
             in
             thy
             Favour
             and
             Friendship
             .
          
           
             O
             my
             Crucified
             Jesu
             !
             my
             only
             Hope
             and
             Refuge
             :
             bathe
             me
             in
             thy
             Blood
             ,
             beautifie
             me
             with
             thy
             Merits
             ,
             bless
             me
             with
             thy
             Grace
             ,
             by
             the
             Tears
             that
             issued
             out
             of
             thy
             Eyes
             ,
             by
             the
             Prayers
             that
             came
             from
             thy
             Mouth
             ,
             by
             the
             Blood
             that
             gushed
             from
             thy
             Wounds
             and
             Heart
             ;
             by
             all
             the
             Pains
             of
             thy
             Body
             ,
             and
             Pangs
             of
             thy
             Soul
             ,
             by
             all
             the
             Mercies
             of
             thy
             Divinity
             ,
             and
             Merits
             of
             thy
             Humanity
             ,
             by
             all
             that
             is
             dear
             and
             near
             unto
             thee
             in
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             .
             Cleanse
             ,
             quiet
             ,
             clothe
             ,
             comfort
             ,
             content
             my
             sick
             ,
             sinful
             ,
             weak
             and
             wretched
             Soul.
             
          
           
             O
             thou
             Lamb
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             takest
             away
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             take
             away
             the
             world
             of
             sins
             that
             is
             in
             me
             .
             O
             thou
             that
             wert
             my
             Saviour
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             be
             thou
             my
             Advocate
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             pleading
             and
             interceding
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             these
             Evils
             my
             sins
             have
             deserved
             ,
             may
             fall
             upon
             my
             head
             .
          
           
             Forget
             and
             forgive
             all
             the
             Crimes
             ,
             Ingratitudes
             and
             Impurities
             of
             my
             Life
             past
             ,
             and
             in
             
             particular
             ,
             whatsoever
             through
             my
             carelessness
             have
             escaped
             my
             memory
             ,
             and
             whatsoever
             my
             dreadful
             Judge
             may
             in
             the
             rigour
             of
             his
             Justice
             lay
             to
             my
             charge
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             end
             of
             my
             days
             I
             may
             receive
             the
             end
             of
             my
             hopes
             ,
             the
             Salvation
             of
             my
             precious
             and
             immortal
             Soul.
             Grant
             this
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             for
             Jesu
             Christ
             his
             sake
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           fail
           not
           to
           add
           to
           this
           ,
           this
           usual
           Prayer
           for
           the
           Evening
           .
        
         
           Before
           thou
           goest
           to
           bed
           ,
           be
           sure
           to
           offer
           unto
           God
           thine
           Evening
           Sacrifice
           of
           Prayer
           and
           Thanksgiving
           .
           This
           was
           shadowed
           out
           unto
           us
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           where
           the
           Lord
           required
           his
           Evening
           Sacrifice
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Morning
           :
           therefore
           much
           more
           doth
           he
           require
           it
           of
           us
           under
           the
           Gospel
           .
           And
           truly
           if
           thou
           liest
           down
           in
           thy
           sins
           unrepented
           of
           ,
           thou
           mightest
           haply
           awaken
           with
           Hell-flames
           about
           thy
           Ears
           .
           Thou
           mayst
           better
           and
           safelier
           sleep
           with
           a
           Serpent
           in
           thy
           Bosom
           ,
           than
           with
           a
           Sin
           upon
           thy
           Soul
           ;
           the
           one
           can
           only
           punish
           thee
           temporally
           ,
           the
           other
           torments
           thee
           aeternally
           .
           Before
           ever
           then
           thou
           suffer
           the
           Temples
           of
           thy
           head
           to
           take
           any
           rest
           ;
           beg
           ,
           O
           Christian
           Brother
           ,
           not
           only
           Pardon
           of
           thy
           Sins
           ,
           but
           his
           Protection
           from
           all
           Dangers
           :
           which
           you
           may
           do
           in
           this
           following
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           
           ALmighty
           and
           Everlasting
           God
           ,
           I
           yield
           thee
           most
           humble
           and
           hearty
           thanks
           ,
           for
           that
           thou
           hast
           vouchsafed
           me
           of
           thy
           great
           Mercy
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           to
           preserve
           me
           this
           day
           from
           all
           evil
           ,
           and
           I
           also
           beseech
           thee
           ,
           for
           thy
           bitter
           Death
           and
           Passion
           ,
           most
           mercifully
           to
           forgive
           me
           ,
           a
           wretched
           Sinner
           ,
           all
           my
           Offences
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           this
           day
           committed
           by
           thought
           ,
           word
           ,
           or
           deed
           ;
           and
           hereafter
           to
           preserve
           and
           keep
           me
           from
           all
           danger
           ,
           as
           well
           of
           Body
           as
           of
           Soul
           ;
           to
           the
           end
           I
           may
           rise
           again
           in
           Health
           ,
           to
           praise
           thy
           glorious
           Name
           ,
           and
           joyfully
           to
           serve
           thee
           with
           a
           clean
           Body
           ,
           and
           chaste
           Heart
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           thou
           art
           going
           to
           bed
           ,
           exercise
           thy
           Mind
           with
           these
           holy
           and
           heavenly
           Meditations
           .
           As
           thou
           art
           pulling
           off
           thy
           clothes
           ,
           think
           how
           it
           will
           not
           be
           long
           before
           thou
           be
           stripped
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           go
           out
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           naked
           as
           thou
           camest
           ;
           as
           Job
           excellently
           expresseth
           it
           ,
           
             Naked
             came
             I
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           when
           thou
           art
           laid
           upon
           thy
           bed
           to
           take
           thy
           Repose
           ,
           let
           it
           mind
           thee
           of
           thy
           Grave
           ,
           thy
           Sheets
           of
           thy
           Shroud
           ,
           and
           thy
           Sleep
           of
           thy
           Death
           ,
           which
           indeed
           is
           the
           shadow
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           labour
           to
           fall
           asleep
           with
           the
           sweet
           Meditation
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           to
           that
           end
           ,
           while
           thou
           art
           awake
           ,
           exercise
           thy
           Mind
           with
           these
           or
           such
           like
           Meditations
           .
        
         
         
           Beg
           of
           Christ
           ,
           That
           you
           might
           imitate
           him
           in
           his
           Death
           ,
           which
           you
           may
           do
           in
           these
           short
           Prayers
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   Jesus
                   died
                   patiently
                   .
                
                 
                   O
                   my
                   Soul
                   ,
                   how
                   ill
                   have
                   we
                   imitated
                   our
                   sweet
                   Saviour
                   in
                   our
                   Life
                   and
                   Manners
                   ;
                   let
                   us
                   at
                   least
                   strive
                   to
                   imitate
                   him
                   in
                   his
                   Death
                   ,
                   by
                   taking
                   patiently
                   whatsoever
                   Cross
                   and
                   Affliction
                   he
                   shall
                   lay
                   upon
                   us
                   ,
                   following
                   chearfully
                   to
                   Mount
                   Calvary
                   .
                
                 
                   O
                   my
                   Saviour
                   ,
                   though
                   my
                   Soul
                   be
                   not
                   forced
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Body
                   by
                   such
                   a
                   violent
                   Death
                   as
                   thine
                   ;
                   yet
                   imprint
                   ,
                   I
                   beseech
                   thee
                   ,
                   in
                   my
                   Soul
                   such
                   sweet
                   Thoughts
                   and
                   Affections
                   as
                   thou
                   didst
                   feel
                   when
                   thou
                   didst
                   die
                   for
                   my
                   sake
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   2.
                   
                   Jesus
                   dyed
                   willingly
                   .
                
                 
                   O
                   my
                   God
                   ,
                   give
                   me
                   health
                   or
                   sickness
                   ,
                   life
                   or
                   death
                   ;
                   give
                   me
                   what
                   thou
                   pleasest
                   ,
                   not
                   my
                   will
                   ,
                   but
                   thy
                   will
                   be
                   done
                   .
                
                 
                   O
                   my
                   Saviour
                   ,
                   thou
                   being
                   God's
                   innocent
                   Son
                   ,
                   dyedst
                   in
                   the
                   flower
                   of
                   thine
                   Age
                   ,
                   and
                   shall
                   I
                   desire
                   long
                   Life
                   ,
                   who
                   am
                   a
                   Sinner
                   ,
                   a
                   Rebel
                   ,
                   a
                   Criminal
                   ?
                   I
                   yield
                   ,
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   yield
                   and
                   submit
                   to
                   Death's
                   Summons
                   .
                   Farewel
                   ,
                   Earth
                   ;
                   farewel
                   ,
                   World
                   ;
                   farewel
                   ,
                   this
                   Vale
                   of
                   tears
                   and
                   miseries
                   ;
                   Heaven
                   is
                   my
                   happier
                   home
                   ,
                   Paradise
                   is
                   much
                   more
                   pleasant
                   and
                   agreeable
                   ,
                   and
                   Death
                   is
                   my
                   way
                   to
                   it
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   3.
                   
                   Jesus
                   prayed
                   for
                   strength
                   and
                   courage
                   in
                   the
                   agony
                   of
                   death
                   .
                
                 
                   O
                   my
                   Jesu
                   ,
                   when
                   my
                   Glass
                   shall
                   be
                   almost
                   run
                   out
                   ,
                   when
                   my
                   Senses
                   fail
                   me
                   ,
                   when
                   my
                   Strength
                   decays
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Breath
                   almost
                   spent
                   ;
                   O
                   do
                   not
                   thou
                   forsake
                   me
                   ,
                   Dear
                   Jesu
                   ,
                   when
                   all
                   things
                   else
                   shall
                   leave
                   and
                   abandon
                   me
                   .
                
                 
                   Thou
                   art
                   graciously
                   pleased
                   ,
                   Compassionate
                   Creator
                   ,
                   to
                   take
                   pity
                   on
                   the
                   Fowls
                   of
                   the
                   air
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Beasts
                   of
                   the
                   Earth
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   succour
                   them
                   in
                   time
                   of
                   n●●d
                   .
                   O
                   refuse
                   not
                   thy
                   favours
                   to
                   a
                   Soul
                   stampt
                   with
                   thy
                   Sacred
                   Image
                   and
                   resemblance
                   ;
                   but
                   pity
                   me
                   ,
                   succour
                   me
                   ,
                   comfort
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   protect
                   me
                   from
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   the
                   Enemy
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   4.
                   
                   Jesus
                   dying
                   pardoned
                   his
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   and
                   pray'd
                   for
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   O
                   my
                   sweet
                   Saviour
                   ,
                   in
                   honour
                   of
                   this
                   thy
                   fervent
                   Charity
                   ,
                   I
                   pray
                   forgive
                   all
                   them
                   that
                   have
                   offended
                   me
                   in
                   my
                   whole
                   Life
                   time
                   ;
                   it
                   now
                   heartily
                   grieves
                   me
                   that
                   ever
                   I
                   hated
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   they
                   here
                   present
                   ,
                   how
                   humbly
                   would
                   I
                   embrace
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   beg
                   their
                   Pardon
                   .
                   Give
                   them
                   ,
                   O
                   my
                   God
                   ,
                   thy
                   Grace
                   in
                   this
                   World
                   ,
                   and
                   thy
                   Glory
                   in
                   the
                   next
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Thus
           have
           I
           finished
           my
           imperfect
           Piece
           .
           
             And
             ,
             O
             my
             God
             ,
             as
             I
             began
             it
             by
             thy
             Goodness
             ,
             
             so
             I
             end
             it
             with
             thy
             praise
             .
             Let
             not
             the
             weakness
             and
             simplicity
             of
             the
             Agent
             be
             the
             Readers
             discouragement
             :
             but
             ,
             O
             my
             Heavenly
             Father
             ,
             give
             me
             thy
             Grace
             to
             live
             up
             to
             these
             Rules
             ,
             lest
             whilst
             I
             preach
             and
             write
             to
             others
             ,
             I
             my self
             become
             a
             Cast-away
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
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           our
           more
           devout
           Behaviour
           in
           Time
           of
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           Rationale
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           Common-Prayer
           ,
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           Author
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