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A00731 A Christians preparation to the worthy receiuing of the blessed sacrament of the Lords Supper Field, Theophilus, 1574-1636. 1622 (1622) STC 10860; ESTC S118349 22,963 94

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roughnesse or harshnesse of behauiour Seuenthly Lightnesse Immodestie Boasting 6 COMMANDEMENT Thou shalt not kill The Sinnes heere forbidden are First all manner of hurt or Exod. 21. 24. Num. 25. 7. violence done to the person of our neighbour Secondly Anger Hatred Mat. 5. 2● 1 Ios 3. 15. Gal. ● 2● Rom 1. 29. Phil. 2. 14. 16. 13. 5. 2 Cor. 12. 24. Mat. 5. 22. Rom. 1. 30. Gal. 5. 15. Rom 1● 14. Euill-will Ranckor desire of Reuenge Thirdly Waywardnesse Inhumanity Wrathfull lookes Fourthly Raysing Ill words Insulting Prouocations to anger Fiftly Treachery Crueltie The Duties commanded are First Humanitie and an vnfaigned loue of our Neighbour Secondly Beneuolence or well-wishing to his person from a compassionate heart Thirdly Meekenesse and long suffering patiently bearing and willingly forgiuing iniuries Fourthly Affabilitie Gentlenesse and all kind of Courteous behauiour 7 COMMANDEMEMT Thou shalt not commit Adulterie The Sins forbidden are First all Lustings and Longings Mat. 5. 28. in the heart after the carnall company of our Neighbour Secondly Immodesty the 1 Pet. 2. 14. Prou. 7. 13. Esay 3. wanton Eye the Whorish forehead Mincing gate Garish attyre 3 Loue-songs filthy and bawdy Col. 3. 8. Ephe. 4. 29 talking 4 All manner of vncleanenesse Rom. 1. 32. whether it be with a single person or with a marryed person and how else soeuer The Duties commanded are 1 Chastity of Body mind Ores easta legas ieiunes otia vites Si seruare voles corpora casta Deo whether it bee in the state of Virginitie Marriage or Widdowhood 2 Modesty adorning our thoughts wordes deeds gesture countenance attyre gate conuersation 3 Moderation and Temperance in meate drinke sleepe c. 8. COMMANDEMENT Thou shalt not Steale Sinnes forbidden are 1 The inward greedinesse of the heart longing after wealth howsoeuer to be gotten Auarice coueting other mens riches 2 All Fraude guile deceit Leuit. 19. 11. Amos 8. 5 6. Deut. 25. 1 Thess 4. 6. trickes quirkes all impostures in bargaines and contracts and selling of counterfeit wares 3 Vsury and Extortion or Mich. 3. Ex. 22. Pro. 22. Ezech. 18. Oppression 4 Theft Robbery Sacriledge Couzning of the Country or Thom. 2. 2. q. 66. Iob 24. 9. Common-weale c. 5 Idlenesse Ezech. 16. 6 Nigardise and Profusion The Duties commanded are 1 Iustitia commutatiua Iust Prou. 5. 16. Rom. 12. 13. and vpright dealing in getting in buying and selling 2 Care to saue our Neighbour from Dammage Diligence in doing the workes of our Calling 3 Liberalitie Hebr. 13. 1 Tim. 6. 17. 4 Frugalitie 9. COMMANDEMENT Thou shalt not beare false witnesse Sinnes forbidden are Exod. 233. Psal 101. Iob 29. Leuit. 19. 15. 1 All manner of Lying and false testimonies 2 Pratling habling scurrilitie 1 Cor. 6. 1● 1 Cor. 5. 11. slaundering defaming and backbiting 3 Sinister suspition rash and Mat. 15. 19. 1 Cor. 13. 4. wrongful iudging of our neighbour Duties commanded are 1 Sincere and plaine meaning and speaking Psal 15. ● 2 Taciturnitie graue speach and a Moderate vse of the 1 Pet. 3. ●● Ios ● 14. tongue 3 Bearing of a Good Opinion of our Neighbour and iudging all things to the best 10. COMMANDEMENT Thou shalt not couet The former Commandements doe forbid the Thoughts and desires of the heart as well as the outward Act and Practise For God is a Spirit and therefore must bee worshipped in the Spirit But the former Commaundements did condemne setled thought to do mischiefe But this condemneth euen the very first inclination and motion to sinne though a man doe ne-neuer consent but snubb it in the Rom. 7. 7. beginning The neglect of doing what we are commanded is a Sin of Omission The doing of that which we are forbidden is a Sin of Commission If therefore wee shall examine the face of our Soules by this Looking-glasse of Gods law we shall find it strangely deformed with spots and staynes nay much defaced with byles vlcers and wounds which cannot chuse but worke in our hearts a great griefe sorrow especially if wee consider first the party against whom euery sinne which the Law chargeth vs withall is either immediatly or mediatly committed And secondly if we shall duly consider what punishment wee make our selues lyable vnto by euery sin whether it bee of Commission or omission First the party dishonoured and offended by our sinnes is the most mightie God who made our bodies and soules to the end that wee with them might not dishonour him by breaking his law but doe him all seruice and honour In him wee must consider these three things specially first his Wisdome and Knowledge secondly his Iustice thirdly his Power 1 His Wisedome is such that no thing no action or cogitation that passeth from vs is hidden from it Thou spiest out all my wayes saith Iob. And Dauid saith Thou knowest all my Psal 139. 2. thoughts long before they doe arise 2 His Iustice is so strickt and seuere that without full satisfaction it will not suffer one Sin to scape vnpunished The wicked Angels sinned but once and yet for that one sinne hee hath reserued them in euerlasting chaines vnder darknesse to Iude ver 6. the iudgement of the great day 3 His Power is infinite The King by his power may for Treason or other crimes cause a mans body to bee tortured tormented and destroyed but God can cast body and soule into hell fire and all the Kings on earth and Angels in heauen are not able to fetch them backe againe In the very act of thy sinne he is of power to destroy both thy body and soule in a moment and to snatch thee away so that there shall be none to deliuer thee Psal 50. last Then in the second place doe but consider what punishment we are to expect for euery sin that is eternall death and destruction of body and soule in hell fire The wages of Sin is Rom. 6. last death a thousand sinns a thousand deaths And surely mee thinkes wee cannot chuse but haue sorrow Sorrow of Attrition at the least if not sorrow of Contrition Sorrow of attrition is when we grieue for feare of punishment Sorrow of Contrition is when we grieue for sinne as it is sin that is as it is a dishonoring of God the latter is the better sorrow of the two And yet the sorrow of Attrition is not to bee discommended or refused because it is a meanes to bring vs to the true godly sorrow or sorrow of Contrition Whereby we do sorrow for nothing so much as for that by our sinnes wee haue lost the fauor of God and comfort of his Spirit And this godly sorrow will worke in vs repentance not to bee 2 Cor. 7. 10. repented of Some men in this case of repentance are much mistaken For generally the world imagineth that Repentance is no thing else but a godly sorrow for sin and a turning or
conuerting from Sin to God But S. Paul had studied the case thoroughly and He teacheth vs otherwise viz. That Repentance is a great deale different from godly sorrow for godly sorrow saith he causeth Repentance so that Repentance is an effect or fruite of godly sorrow and godly sorrow is the cause of repentance so that Sorrow and Repentance are not the same For Nihil est causà suiipsius Nothing is cause of it selfe Secondly some take it to be no more but Conuersion that is a leauing off to sinne and a turning to God But Conuersion is an Antecedent of Repentance and Repentance is a consequent of Conuersion as the Prophet Ieremie teacheth Surely after that I conuerted Ierem. 31. 19. then I repented So that Conuersion goeth before Repentance and Repentance followeth after Conuersion Saint Paul tells vs that Repentance is another manner of matter and consists of seuen parts An Inuentory whereof he deliuereth vnto vs For behold this godly sorrow what great 2 Cor 7. 11. carefulnesse it hath wrought in you yea what Apologie or defense yea what indignation yea what feare yea what earnest desire yea what emulation yea what reuenge or punishment These are the seuen parts of the body of true Repentance and acording to these seuen we are to examine our Consciences For true repentance requireth the whole man that is the vnderstanding part the Affections and the Body 1 The vnderstanding part must shew it selfe in Carefulnesse and Apologie 2 The Affections are to bee exercised in Indignation Feare Desire and Emulation 3. The Body in Reuenge or Punishment First then to make our Repentance sound it is required that wee bee carefull to auoyd sinnes to come and to do with diligence the works that God commands vs. This is the first part of the Body of Repentance and it pertaines to the Superiour part of the Soule the Vnderstanding and is a part of Prouidence 2 The second Act of Repentance which belongeth to the vnderstanding part is Apologie or Defence Where the Apostles meaning is not that any man should make an Apologie for his sins for he that hideth or excuseth his sins shall not prosper saith Solomon but that euery good Christian should be able to make a iust Apologie for the Truth and Sincerity of his godly sorrow for his sinnes 2 The vpper part of the Soule 1. the vnderstanding is charged with those two actions But the lower part of the Soule in matter of repentance is charged with foure Affections viz. 1. Indignation 2. Feare 3 Desire 4. Emulation 1 Indignation hath respect to Sinnes past 2. Feare is in regard of Sins to come 3. Desire hath an Eye to good things 4. Emulation hath a reference to good Persons 3 Indignation hath the first place because it is an Affection of Anger most properly belonging to Repentance Carefulnesse is a part of Prouidence But Repentance propperly is a part of Iustice vindicatiue and to vindicatiue Iustice no affection so agreeable as Anger and Indignation Wee are then to conceiue Anger against our selues for our sinnes and euery Anger will not serue the turne but it must be an high kind of Anger Indignation Now indignation presupposeth an indignity done By our sinnes wee offer indignity to God and to our owne Soules and therefore we are to conceiue great indignation against our selues for committing such indignities against so good and so great a Maiestie 4 The fourth part of our Repentance must bee an holy Feare in regard of the Time to come to fall into any sin 5 The fifth is an earnest Desire to please God in all things and to doe euery good dutie which he commandeth in his Law 6 The sixth is an holy emulation of Gods persons in striuing to match them in graces and vertues and if it bee possible to ouer-match them 7 The seuenth thing required is Reuenge or Punishment which is the very perfection and complement of Repentance without which Reuenge non agitur sed fingitur poenitentia our repentance is no repentance but hypocrisie The only way to escape the Iudgement of God in another world is to sit in iudgement against our selues in this world to giue sentence against our selues for our offences so Saint Paul teacheth If wee 1 Cor. 11. 31. would iudge our selues we should not bee iudged of the Lord. But after iudging of our selues and giuing sentence against our selues wee must streight proceed to execution and punishing of our selues for our sins for so we shall escape Eternall punishment in another world For Non erit gemina afflictio as the Prophet Nahum speaketh God will not punish twise for the same offence So that to d Wee must ioyne Reuenge of our selues with Iudging of our selues 1 Cor. 11. 31. Indicare we must necessarily ioyne Vindicare and so take vengeance of our selues for our 2 Cor. 7. 11. sinnes here that we may escape the eternal vengeance of God in hell-Hell-fire Now the Fathers grounding themselues vpon the Scriptures haue distinguished sins into these three kinds viz. Spirituall Carnall worldly Sins of the Soule Sinnes of the Flesh Sinnes of the World And there is in Scripture a seuerall punishment set downe for euery seuerall kinde of these Sinnes 1 The Soule hath two parts Superiour and Inferiour Superiour Sins perteining to this are Pride contempt of God c. 2 Sins of the Inferiour Irascible part are wrath desire of reuenge for wrongs done 2 Lusting after vanities The Soule is a fliting thing neuer at rest but euer rouing abroad thorow a thousand desires the way to punish it is to call it home and to force it to settle vpon some vnpleasing obiect as to call to remembrance Esay 38. the yeeres of our life fore past in Amaritudine animae to tye it to thinke vpon Death and Iudgement Hell which will soone pull downe the pride of it The Irascible part we must punish by studying to be quiet and patient to put vp wrongs and be ready to forgiue The Lusting part is to be punished by setting our affections and Desires on good things or things that are aboue 2 Sinnes of the flesh are Vncleannesse Drunkennesse Gluttony ease sleepe c. For these Saint Paul saith Castigo corpus I beate downe my body 1 Cor. 9. 25. and bring it in subiection The Body desires to fare well in meats and drinkes This wee must punish by fasting either a From all sustenance as Dauid 2. Sam. 12. 17. Exod. 10. 6. à toto or if that we cannot do yet b From such a quantitie and but only gustare Acts 10. 13. à tanto If that our health will not permit that yet to fast c From such kind of meates as Dan. 10. 3. à tali from dainties and incentiues to sinne The Body desireth Ease to lye soft and richly in beds of Downe and Iuory This wee must punish 1 Sam. 12. with Dauid by lying hard as vpon the bare ground c.