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A65753 A vvay to the tree of life discovered in sundry directions for the profitable reading of the Scriptvres : wherein is described occasionally the nature of a spirituall man, and, in A digression, the morality and perpetuity of the Fourth Commandment in every circumstance thereof, is discovered and cleared / by Iohn White ... White, John, 1575-1648. 1647 (1647) Wing W1785; ESTC R40696 215,387 374

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pray constantly to him that hath the Key of David to unlock thy Vnderstanding and use such helps as the Lord affordeth thee And when thou Doubtest fail not to goe to the Master of the Assembly Eccles 12.11 Seek the Law at his mouth for so thou oughtest to doe Malac 2.7 To help a bad memory doe this read with Leisure and Intention Meditate with Delight this feeds the soul Conferre with others at all opportunities especially with those whom God hath set neare thee or given thee in Charge as Psal 34.11 Deut. 6.6 7 8 9. c. 11.18 19 20. Apply the Promises to thy selfe with joy Consider the Threatnings with Fear and Trembling Isaiah 66.5 Psa 119.120 But above all Helps if thou wouldest have thy profiting appear indeed when soever God hath taught thee any Duty fall straightway in hand therewith to Practise it thence forward 4. This course if carefully observed will speedily bring thee acquainted with God and his whole Counsell revealed in his Word It will inform thee of his good will towards thee and what great things he hath done for thy soul and likewise what duties he requires at thy hand It will forewarn thee of all the enemies that way-lye thee and of their great wrath malice subtilties and power and not onely so but which is all in all it will furnish thee with Wisedome to foresee with Courage to stand and Power to withstand and Armour even the whole Armour of God Ephes 6.10 17. wherewith to encounter and overcome the World the Devill and the Flesh It will inform thee of the endlesse Ioyes and ineffable Treasures of Heaven that thou mayest covet them earnestly and inherit them and also of the insupportable Torments and unquenchable Fire of Hell to avoid them By this thy Conscionable Practice the work of the Minister shall be more profitable unto thee and lesse grievous to him the word of God shall dwell richly in thee and also thou shalt be able to render a reason of the Faith that is in thee whereas without this Diligence he that is Ignorant doth often live and dye so even under a Powerfull Ministery By this means God blessing it to us Christs kingdome shall come into our hearts with Power and his Scepter which is his Word will bear Sway and Rule in all private Families amongst us even in those Families which hitherto have forgotten the Name of their God and walking on still in Darknesse as without God in the World Have counted those great things of Gods Law as a strange thing Hos 8.12 5. If these Motives availe not to winne thee to a liking of the Word and the Practising of it consider further what need thou hast of it and what it is which thou despisest in rejecting it Thy heart is as hard as a stone in thee but this Word is as a hammer that breaketh the Rock in pieces Jer. 23.29 It is also a salve to heale and cure a broken and contrite heart Psal 107.20 All holy zeal and Spirituall desires are extinct in thee but this Word is a Fire to kindle Holy Affections in thee it is his Furnace to purge out the drosse of thy Naturall Corruptions Yea it is as water to wash away uncleannesse Iohn 15.3 In a word the Virtues and Operations of it are innumerable and for its worth man cannot utter it It is strengthning as Bread quenching thirst after sinne as Drinke Chearing as Wine Sweet as Honey Enriching as Gold Quick and Powerfull sharper then any two-edged Sword It is the word of Gods power even The power of God unto Salvation to every one that beleeveth Rom. 1.16 6. Up then and be doing Work out thy Salvation They that stand all the day idle receive no wages and the ignorant have no promise of life but they that are wise that turn many to righteousnesse shall shine as the Starres for ever and ever The hand of the Diligent maketh rich but the field of the man void of Vnderstanding is all grown over with Thorns Ignorance of the Scriptures is the mother of Error Matth. 22.29 leaving a gappe open to all Lewdnesse Riot and Exorbitancy Thinkest thou to have Eternall life in the Scriptures and yet art not acquainted with them The Promise is Seek and you shall finde And thou mayest seek Eternall life and Jesus Christ the Authour and giver of Life where he is to be found he commands thee to search the Scriptures Ioh. 5.39 To goe further yet our Saviour intimates to us that the Iews would never have troubled him so often with sleight questions if they had used to read the Scriptures as diligently as they ought And when they posed him he usually sent them to read the Scriptures for their answer So Luke 10.26 he returns one to learn his Duty What is written in the Law How readest thou And so others of them Mat. 12.3 Have ye not read what David did And vers 5. Have ye not read in the Law c. So likewise Matth. 21.16 So that the reading of the holy Scripture is a Duty that our Saviour pressed often And his exhortation before quoted Iohn 5.39 is to all Neither should thy worldly imployments hinder thy performance of this Duty for even the king though he might plead the greatest hinderances of any whatsoever even the weighty affairs of his Kingdome was not exempted from this daily task the reading of the Word of God Deut. 17.19 Here is both Precept and Promise Yea this Practise hath a Blessing Rev. 1.3 Blessed is he that readeth c. 7. And that thou mayst not be discouraged either through thy own incapacity or its obscurity know that this course of exercising in the Word of God is blessed with happy successe from the first medling with it and that even to the weakest Psal 119.130 The entrance of thy words giveth light it giveth understanding to the simple But if after all these Incitements thou count thy self unworthy of eternall life and wilt not lay hold of it I must also put thee in mind ere I leave thee that where these Blessings take no place there the Curse enters When they that search the Scriptures finde Eternall life they that neglect them will finde Eternall death When the Wise and Diligent enter into their Masters Joy the Slothfull and Foolish will be thrust into Hell Consider what the Scripture saith and the Lord give thee Understanding in all things   Ianuary A. February D. March D. 1 Gen. 1 2. Mat. 1 13 14. 4 2 3. 16 2 3 4. 2 15 16. 5 4 5. 17 3 5 6. 3 17 18. 6 6 7. 18 4 7 8. 4 19 20. 7 8 9. 19 5 9 10. 5 21 22. 8 10 11. 20 6 11 12. 6 23 24. 9 12 13. 21 7 13 14. 7 25 26. 10 14 15. 22 8 15 16. 8 27 28. 11 16 17. 23 9 17 18. 9 29 30. 12 18 19. 24 10 19 20. 10 31 32. 13 20 21. Joh. 1 11 21 22. 11 33 34. 14 22