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A49397	The plain man's guide to heaven containing his duty 1. Towards God. II. Towards his neighbour. With proper prayers, meditations, and ejaculations, designed chiefly for the countryman, trades-man, labourer, and such like.	Lucas, Richard, 1648-1715.	1692 (1692)	Wing L3406; ESTC R32885	42,925	180

if any spare time remains read some good Book but be sure so to order your Devotion and necessary Affairs as to be at Church at the beginning of Prayers As you go think of the great Priviledge and Mercy you enjoy in being admitted to the House of God to pray and hear his holy Law and the particular blessings of living in a Nation where God's Word is freely dispensed to all think what a sad aggravation of your Fault it will be if you resist or neglect such great Advantages but let not the sense of your unworthiness tempt you to despair or negligence but rather to love and admire the long Sufferance of God and to resolve to improve better these means of grace Enter the Church with reverence and gravity it is the House of Prayer make it not a Den of Thieves by sinful thoughts and hypocritical Designs nor yet a House of Merchandize by thinking or talking of worldly Affairs but so soon as you come to your Seat make an humble Prayer to God for attention and zeal grace to know and do his will a pure unprejudiced mind to apprehend and hold fast the Truth Pray for a blessing on the Minister then present and all other faithful Dispensers of the Word and Sacraments throughout the World that they may be successful Labourers in God's Vineyard and convince and convert many from their sins and build up all through Faith unto Salvation that the Word may be Seed sown in good ground bringing forth Fruit abundantly to the glory of God Pray also against wandring thoughts and drowsiness finally desire the union of your Prayers with all Christians and that the Intercessions of the Universal Church sent up in the Name of its common Redeemer may by him be presented acceptably to God and obtain for it all good things notwithstanding the blemishes imperfections and mistakes of its particular Members These or the like Petitions you may use as time permits till the Minister begins then standing up Of Publick Prayer Matth. 18.20 Isa 56.7 Luk. 2.37 Ioel 2.15 16 17. Hebr. 10.24 35. apply those Texts of Scripture that are read to your self To be able to do this the better read them over at home to consider them then attend to the Exhortation which is to inform you of your Obligation to the Worship of God by holy Scripture the end and benefit of it and manner how you should perform it with a truly penitent heart and therefore with seriousness apply it to your self and do not hear it as words of course which you are not concerned in gazing about as too many do but being composed and recollected as in the Presence of God with bended knees and a contrite heart sensible of your great unworthiness make the following Confession next comes the Absolution To hear this with profit you must first understand the meaning of it it is a short Declaration of God's Mercy and Pardon to penitent sinners that is to those who being truly penitent of their sins are heartily sorry they have committed them and resolve by the assising grace of God never more wilfully to do the like As for Example Almighty God These words sets forth God's infinite Power and Ability to Pardon The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner This shews God's infinite goodness and willingness to pardon since he spared not his own Son will he not with him freely give us all things But rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live Here follows the conditions you must turn from your wickedness before you have any right to the Promise of Life and though God had much rather you should repent and live being desirous that none should perish but that all should come to Repentance yet here is no encouragement to hope for any that lead wicked lives but to the Penitent that is such as to the utmost of their power sincerely endeavour to obey God's Commands and to avoid what he forbids doing their Duty as well as they are able yet trusts not to any merit thereby but being sensible of the weakness of their best performance expect Mercy and Eternal Life as the free gift of God for the sake and merit of Christ Jesus only to such Penitents God has given power and commandment to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his People being penitent the absolution and remission of their sins Which is no other then declaring the terms set forth in the Gospel more largely for the Minister only declares on what Conditions we may be pardoned by Almighty God but does not by this Absolution pardon any who do not perform the Conditions He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent Where observe the Minister does not say I pardon but he pardoneth that is God and that only those that truly repent that is confess and forsake their past sins for without amendment Repentance will not profit so that no one can with comfort apply this Absolution that indulges any wilful sin And unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel that is the Duties and Threatnings as well as the History and Promises Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true Repentance and his holy Gospel Where you may observe you must joyn Prayer to your Endeavours both for Repentance for what is past and the assistance of God's holy Spirit to enable you to do your Duty for the time to come for by our own strength we are not able to do any thing that is good and acceptable to God the rest is so easie that it needs no Explanation If you are sure of your ●art in performing the Conditions of Repentance and Amendment God will most certainly perform his promise which he has authorized his Servant to declare in his Name on which you may rely with comfort and apply with confidence to your self You must not say the Absolution after the Minister that being not properly a Prayer but setting forth the Condition of our Pardon While the Minister is saying the Absolution offer some such Ejaculations as these Let this gracious Absolution pronounced by the Minister be extended unto me Thou art the Father of Mercy who willest not the death of a sinner O fit me and all here present to receive the Remission of our sins by a faithful performing the Conditions on our part Encrease our Faith perfect Repentance and by the assistance of thy holy Spirit help us unfeignedly to believe and sincerely obey thy Gospel that those things may please thee which we do at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to thy Eternal Joy through Jesus Christ our Lord. At the end of this and other Prayers say Amen which signifies your consent to Prayer and desire that God will hear and answer it Then follow the Lord's Prayer which being the most perfect Pattern and comprehensive Form of Prayer is in our Liturgy several times

The Plain Man's Guide to Heaven containing first his Duty towards God secondly towards his Neighbour with proper Prayers Meditations and Ejaculations designed chiefly for the Country-man Trades-man Labourer and such like in Twelves 1692. Pr. 1 s. A Sermon conterning Publick Worship preached before the Queen at Whiteball on Wednesday the 23d of March 1692. By Thomas Manningham D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary to their Majesties and Rector of St. Andrew Holborn A Sermon preached at the Consecration of the Right Reverend Father in God Thomas Lord Bishop of Lincoln In Lambeth Chappel Jan. 10. 1692. By Willam Stanley D. D. Clerk of the Closet to her Majesty THE Plain Man's GUIDE TO HEAVEN CHAP. I. The Country-Man and Trades-Man's daily Duty and Devotion I Will not here set down any Hour for your rising but suppose you allow no more time for sleep then serves to preserve your health and refresh your weariness otherwise your Temporal as well as Spiritual Duties will be ill performed and suffer great prejudice Only consider how to serve God first and to that end forecast to rise so early as to have time both for your self and Family to worship God before you begin your days work and be assured that this loss of sleep shall neither hurt your health nor on the other hand be a hindrance to your Labours So soon as you wake and while you are rising entertain your self with good thoughts call to mind the mercies of God to you your being kept in safety the past Night and your Family from sudden Death Fire Robbers and the like Think what Temptations you may that day meet with especially to drinking or over-reaching your Neighbour in buying and selling and arm your self against them and what opportunities of doing good and encourage your self to do it cheerfully out of obedience and love to God who will certainly reward you for it as well in this Life as that to come As soon as you have put on your Clothes kneel down and make your private Prayer to God to thank him for his mercies beg pardon for your sins with the continuance of his Grace and Protection that day which you may do in the following words or what other you like better But let not your inability to read or any other consideration cause the neglect of your worshipping God Psal 5.3 Rom. 8.26 27. Hebr. 7.25 Luk. 11.2 Chron. 29.30 Prov. 15.8 Mark 11.24 Psal 145.18 19 20. Acts 17.25 Hebr. 4.16 Prov. 28.13 John 1.1 8 9. Jer. 33.3 Psal 50.15 Numb 22.4 Psal 92.2 Mark 2.35 Matth. 6.6 Psal 55.17 Dan. 6.10 Psal 10.19 122.6 1 Tim. 2.1 2 3. Thess 3.1 Ephes 4.2 but the rather make you more diligent to seek Instruction that so you may be able to offer up your Prayers from an honest heart truly sorrowful for your sins with an ardent love to God and a desire to please him and then he will except those desires and pardon such imperfections as are not wilful or through negligence always saying the Lord's Prayer which endeavour to understand in its fullest sense as you may learn from some good Catechism or Exposition A PRAYER to be used in private every Morning ALmighty God the Creator and Preserver of Mankind I worship and adore thy incomprehensible Majesty and desire that my Soul may be always filled with a devout awe and reverence for thee I acknowledge that 't is thou only who causest me to dwell in safety To thee alone I owe the supports and comforts of this Life and the hopes of a better for all which my Soul blesses thee And I thank thee O my God that thou dost cause the light of thy Sun to arise once more upon me O grant me thy Grace that I may so spend this day that it may bring me comfort in the day of the Resurrection Pardon and deliver me O merciful Father from all my sins establish and strengthen my heart in thy Faith Fear and Love Enable me to trust in thee and resign up my self to thy holy will Make me humble and contented thankful and industrious in my Calling diligent to instruct my Children and Family in the Knowledge of thee and careful to be an Example to them of Obedience to thy Commandments guide and direct me in my way bless and prosper the works of my hands prevent and restrain me from all sin this day and give me if it be thy will a quiet Life but above all a peaceful and comfortable Death through Jesus Christ our Lord. So soon as your Wife Children or what Family you have is ready call them together and so often as you can possibly spare time you will do very well to read Joh. 5.36 Rev. 1.3 2 Tim. 3.15 16. Gen. 18.19 Josh 24.1 Acts 10.2 Matth. 11.2 or cause to be read a Chapter Choose those Chapters to be read oftenest that are easie to be understood and most practical then stand up and say the Creed which is the Sum of a Christian's Faith Then all kneeling down adore and worship God in these or the like words as you best approve A Morning Family PRAYER O Gracious God and merciful Father we bless thee that thou hast refreshed and preserved us this last Night and thereby fitted us for the labour and service of this day 't is of thy goodness O Lord 't is of thy goodness that we are on this side the Grave and that the bottomless Pit has not closed her mouth upon us for we acknowledge that we have often sinned against thee provoked thee either through sottish ignorance or presumption or through neglect or contempt of thy Words and Commandments the Ox knows his owner and the Ass his Master's Crib but we have forgot thee and been unthankful to thee and in many things have acted as though we knew thee not nor considered thy goodness and the works of thy hands O pardon pardon us thou who delightest not in the death but conversion of sinners pardon us thou who hast given thy Son to be a Propitiation for our sins and sow in our hearts we beseech thee the Seed of everlasting life and grant that whatsoever we learn from thy word to be our duty we may carefully and diligently fulfil keep us this day from the commission of any thing that may wound our Consciences wrong others or provoke thee Bless the Children of this Family granting that they may grow up in thy fear increasing in wisdom and stature and in favour with God and Man Teach every Member of this Family to do their duty humbly and cheerfully as out of Conscience towards God from whom they shall receive their Reward Let Peace and Charity rule our hearts let thy Providence protect and provide for us and when thou hast carried us through the labours hardships and temptations of this life bring us into the rest and glory of a better through Jesus Christ our Lord. Take care that both your private and family Devotion be performed with reverence and

affection not in a formal careless manner Do not grudge the time you give to God for he can and will repay you nor think it longer then it is The Devotion here prescribed both publick and private will not take up half an hour You or your Wife must also take care that your Children must say every own their Prayers which you must teach them early When they can say the words of some short Prayer instruct them in the meaning of it the same do for those Servants that are ignorant For others put them in mind of their Duty and encourage them in doing it This done cheerfully begin your days labour every one imploying themselves in what belongs to their places which the more diligent they are in the more acceptable it will be to God 1 Thess 4.11 12. 2 Thess 3.11 12. Prov. 18.19 21.17 28.19 6.9 10 11. Ephes 4.28 At the beginning of your Work dedicate it to God in some such Ejaculation as this O Lord thy most wise Providence has placed me in this state to eat my bread in the swet of my brows I believe it is best for me because it is thy will for thou art a loving Father to all that obey thee and wilt do what is best for them I submit to thy good pleasure desiring thou shouldst choose for me I rejoyce in my Labour and that I have health and limbs to perform it I will be as diligent and do it as I am able in all things endeavouring perfection for in so doing I am faithful to my Calling and shall best please thee and advance my own happiness I desire to do all things for the love of my God and in obedience to thy Commands I dedicate all to thy glory which ought to be the end of all I do Or you may meditate on the Example of Christ who submitted to work at a mean Trade Shall I not rather submit to his Will and rejoyce in his Dispensation and do my duty cheerfully and as perfectly as I can for his Honour O Lord Jesus let the Merit of thy Humiliation sanctifie my labour and suffer not the business of my hands to indispose my heart for the acts of thy Worship and Service suffer me not to indulge my Body by ease and slothfulness but use that strength and health thou hast given me to thy glory and honest provision for my Family You may also some times sing such Psalms as you have by heart or entertain your self with any other pious thoughts or if you work with your Servants or Children or honest Neighbours put them on singing Psalms or some good Discourse to encourage one the other in the Service of Almighty God Would you but be perswaded to try this method with devout and honest Minds you cannot imagine how it would sweeten your Labour making you cheerful and content though poor and God would comfort and direct you with his holy Spirit whose delight is in the Man of an humble heart And thus to have all Places sound with God's praise would make a sort of Heaven on Earth and fit us for the Employment of Heaven it self Besides It will much farther your labour for when one that has no farther aim then profit and pleasure is tempted to murmur at every disappointment and seeks for diversion in riotous Company and merry Meetings which instead of mending his Condition makes it worse the honest poor Man's design in his labour is to please God he works in obedience to his Commands and so endures patiently all the inconveniency of cold and heat weariness and pain with humble submission to his Providence offers his Sufferings to God as endured for his sake for though they are not altogether voluntary certainly it is more acceptable cheerfully and willingly to submit to those Troubles allotted us by God then enduring any other of our own choosing for a poor Man works to pay his Rent because it is just and he has promised so to do He looks on his Wife and Children or Servants as those for whom he is obliged to take care in obedience to God as well as by the ties of Nature and is the more careful that he may by his Industry gain time both for himself and them to serve God and be better able to breed his Children to reading or such other learning as is necessary for those honest Imployments he designs them for These and the like Considerations are sufficient to make a good Man cheerful and diligent in his Labour I am sure they are much more powerful than any that either Covetousness or Pride can produce and if all the honest Man's pains does not succeed as to the World it is only for the trial of his Patience and submission to God which will be rewarded a thousand fold in heavenly glory and it may be to his Posterity in the world after his Decease When you come home to Dinner 1 Tim. 4.4 5. 1. Cor. 10.13 Col. 3.17 Eccles 10.17 1 Cor 9.27 Prov. 23.20 21. Luke 21.34 with reverence say Grace and eat your Meat with a cheerful thankful heart considering your own unworthiness of the least of God's Mercies and his bounty in supplying your Necessities Be not intemperate in your Meat and Drink but use both to support your health and strength not to impair them If you have Children let one of them read a Chapter or Psalm and the next day another Child every one taking their turns this will take up so little time that it can be no ways inconvenient and it is only want of love to Piety that can occasion their not doing it for besides that you will keep your Childrens reading and see how they improve It will increase both your and their Knowledge in the Scripture Of singing Psalms Ephes 5.18 19. Col. 3.16 Jam. 5.13 Psal 119.97 Matth. 12.35 15.19 20. Psal 119.59 which you must above all things attend and observe as containing the whole Will of God both what you are to believe and do and what you are to avoid and by which you must be judged at the last day When Dinner is done return Thanks with Devotion and a sense that all you have is from the gift of God go to your Labour as in the Morning and support your self in it by singing Psalms good Thoughts Meditations and the like Neither would I by any means be understood to forbid innocent and cheerful Discourse nor what is useful to your Business for the Service of God was not designed to be our burthen but for our comfort and support in all Conditions In the Evening or some time before you go to bed be sure to forecast time for your Devotion your Family reading a Chapter in the Bible or small part of a Catechism with its Explication then say a short Prayer this that follows or what you like better An Evening Family PRAYER O Almighty God the Father of Mercies and the Fountain of all good Gifts for from thee