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A36205	The doctrine of Christ's glorious kingdom, or, The New Jerusalem state now shortly approaching, is exceeding comfortable and very advantageous to all faithfull Christians, is manifest by the key and this whole work ...; Kleis evangeliou tou mystutikou, or, A key. Selections.	Sherwin, William, 1607-1687?	1672 (1672)	Wing D1770; ESTC R32798	6,495	4

hurtfully observed as being excentrical to the Apostle Pauls said boundaries of them And in that men have walked so out of these paths of Unity Piety and peace what sad effects hath Satan upon the corruption blindness and intersts of men and still doth earnestly endeavour to bring about let every mountain standing in the way of Union be endeavoured by you to be levelled and every bond be broken in sunder which is not of Gods allowance But yet may not piously and charitably intended incouragements in things seemighly only good but mistaken be retained and applyed to really good improvements which I supppose they may well be judged so to have attained their end with advantage True Christian Charity piety and prudence will regulate much in many like cases God grant them to all sorts in these respects especially concerned c. Secondly for Piety And all ye right Christianly charitable souls of all sorts how few so ever in these key-cold yea chilled last dayes ye seem to be you have but a little time here to bring forth your fruits of faith and love Let the season of your present being first ingage you to walk closly with God be much in private and secret communion with him your selves wherein you have if your hearts be upright in his sight the greatest advantage imaginable with the King of Heaven and Earth above the favorites of earthly Princes who sometimes mistake their faithfullest servants sometimes hear bad information against them sometimes are remote from them or they hindred from coming to them sometimes and in some cases and things they cannot help though at Gods pleasure Kings may be potent yet only God himself is Omnipotent many wayes beyond thought earthly Princes may fail theirs but God will never fail nor forsake his favourites in all times places and companies a good thought purpose expression of heart or word a spiritual soliloquie or ejaculation is very kindly taken at Gods hand from you who will reckon such soul actings tokens of much love sincerity when sometime more weakness in greater solemnities may appear 2. Be much in family duties prudently contrivied that ye may continue in them set your house in order for them be not slight or fickle in them judge not your selves in fit grab or posture for worldly business without necessity till God have his family worshipt at suitable opportunities a frothie profession and pretending to Religion hath of late times much more then formerly thrust these duties out of doors though they seldom have had good entertainment within save of some few true piety hath been long yea ever hitherto Rara avis in terris very scarce to be found families were the first and usually the best plantation of fruit trees in Gods Vineyard keep the resolution of Joshua especially now against the floods of ungodlyness families are like to be the best nurseries of such young plants for many advantages engagements endearments much quickning to encrease of grace in family-worship c. and that advantage doth wonderfully help encourage and further the publick Ministry of the Gospel c. thence are instilled usually and preserved too good principles or patterns of wholsom words with their improvements the defect whereof is now lamentable for the want both of private and publick Catechisings Do not all wise builders look mainly to their foundations for want of this so many tottering buildings soon reel aside to one error or other or are in continual danger of falling utterly or mouldering to nothing in Religion c. But then right Pious souls see that your true Christianity Thirdly for Charity to help forward your good account be outwardly manifest in your gracious works of charity not only to supply necessities but to prevent evil and do good many poor souls that study faith and good conscience towards God and men have much encountering with tentations in a low and hard condition by reason of the prevailing iniquities of the times and the many ways of the practise thereof by the licentious who fight so against their own outward wants by weapons of iniquity using such unlawful ways and means and practises which others may not dare not do not yet are straightened by others sins in such cases their oppressors upon such accounts How should the strong and able in estate herein in Christian compassion help the infirmities of the weak especially in reference to their soul-danger thereby or to see to the good education of their childeren and that their widdows and orphans chiefly by relieved c. how by such charitable deeds especially with the addition of instructions and encouragments might you in so doing draw others to Christ and instrumentally save their precious souls consider what out of your Revenues you can with a chearful heart and ready hand yearly monthly or weekly return to God in a thanks-offering by his now many many receivers neer you or known to you for the all which you have received besides and consider according to the Apostles rule how God hath prospered you the preceding week and let that grace of an humble thankful true christian charity have its due operation in you in her proportion and if rents and gains will not do it as you desire then cut off sinful excesses in vain expences more closly and barely in too costly and curious apparel lavishing entertainments in inconsideratly costly buildings now the world is neer her departure by her great shaking fits ceising upon her yet these are the common sins of the times and breeders of mens future sorrow and too late repentance when a much better and safer improvement should have been made thereof now you may make God your debtor by his promise and your selves temporally more blessed by giving than by receiving If men did but cast in a tenth of what they receive or but even of what many vainly consume c. into Gods treasury for such charitable uses or any other like for the world abounds with objects of that nature there is no question but they would find a better return yea haply many better returns of that tenth which they gave or some others out of their estates vainly consume and that with advantage above all the nine parts that they or such others detained from such offerings to God besides the prayers praises and thanksgivings from men thereupon which God will observe and reward Let me only add this comprehensive consideration for all at present That your final sentence of approbation or condemnation will by Christ himself be passed mainly upon that account Mat. 25. See Everlast Gos P. 19 20. as carrying it well or ill in that kind to such little ones or disciples of his in relieving visiting cloathing them which saith Christ is done to himself but if men injure and persecute them Wh●t Mat. 25. 〈◊〉 expounded Obs it well how heavy will their judgment be but it in them Christians relieve Christ they must labour to do it for Christs

sake in faith in obedience out of love out of thankfulness to the first giver who made them large receivers first whereupon they are much in his debt should endeavour much to come out of some part of it for which God may discharge in full before death come which cuts off further opportunitie and imprisons all unbelievers for such debts Dan. 4.7 oh that men would consider it before the time of execution come for then all such interest is gone and they leave most likely a curse to their successors entailed on their estates to consume in sin or give them up to serve Satans interest or to make them become a prey to the devourer or a bootie to the supplanter one way or other c. And such persons should in these times lay to heart this consideration for two reasons 1. By how much the times are more provoking of Gods wraths so all estates are more tottering therefore it would be more wisdom to secure much whilst ye may by committing it to Gods safe insuring hands it may more likely rescue the rest or keep of vengeance the longer and so more time of well doing will be allowed Again Satan hath great wrath because his time is now very short and therefore he marcheth furiously with his hosts of evil men and devils to ruin all he can Christians should then likewise vi armis with all their might give him the repulse by laying out themselves in their persons possession parts posterity their all for Christ whence two encouragements 1. Christ will surely give them both victory and recompence and the devil being resisted as the greatest coward he will also flee Jam. 4.7 2. As the times are very bad so Christians help is more needful and the rather because we are fallen into the dregs of bad times when upon many weighty considerations we may expect Christs coming very shortly and the best that live now and lawfully enjoy plentiful estates know not whether they or theirs shall retain then any of the things which they now possess yet let such take this consolation that they and their posterity being faithful will gain by that change in this world when one in a bed in the field in the mill by the Angels will be carried in the 4 quarters of the earth to Christ as their arke or as the Eagles to the carkass Mat. 23.28 and planted in a better soile and much better estate to inherit the mercies promised to the fore-fathers See Obs 20. after Tract on Rev. 20 22. c. I pray God sanctifie such as here them by these Divine truths thus briefly hinted and let me to that end offer this caution to all serious Christians to take heed lest as Israel of old entered not into Canaan because of unbelief that their unbelief if not their slighting of these Divine truths cause not Christ in displeasure to bring them late into the New Jerusalem state at the first blested Resurrect when as some antients conceived there will be mora to some though I doubt not but all the faithful till then and not only actual Martyrs will have some part in that state longer or shorter it is dangerous to contemn or oppose any Divine truths such as these are and as I from good ground know these to be As for meaner Christians I only say this See Satans seven Vials Forerunner p. 41 42. which is much in few words let them walk in their general and particular callings wherein they are called with God faithfully they then will have this strong support that he wil not fail them nor forsake any of them and to that and consider what is said before concerning these last times c. Other improvements of these truths we briefly hinted in our Pract. picces on Gen 3.15 Rev 22.20 Jer. 3.17 c which with this Exhortation I leave to Christians use and Gods blessing praying at present after that ancients mode with some addition Domine Jesu si qua pro tennitate mea in hic scripsi qua mea sunt non tua tuipse in its ignosce mihi omnia autem qua tua sunt a me tam indigne hic prolata agnoscant etiamque 〈◊〉 Amen i.e. L. Jesus if I have in these things written any out of mine own meaness wch are my own but not thine pardon thou 〈◊〉 therein but let thy serv also acknowledg al those things wch are thine own though here tendred to them by so unworthy a person as my self Amen FINIS ERRATA Tit. p r. K for X. p. 7 r. Tohu vaboh● Word Writ r. 3. Vaus for 3. Zains in fold leave r. reunited not recruted builder not redeemer vailed not railed in S. of Dan. 366. not 666