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A94156	The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature and necessity of it is discovered. : As also the Christian directed how he may perform it in [brace] religious duties, natural actions, his particular vocation, his family directions, and his own recreations. / By George Swinnock ...	Swinnock, George, 1627-1673.	1662 (1662)	Wing S6266A; ESTC R184816	359,824	637

Families page 523 Mind Religious duties in their Families page 529 Prayer must be in Families page 530 The Scriptures must be read in Families page 533 Psalmes must be sung in Families page 536 Governours of Families must give a good pattern page 538 All in a Family must be imployed page 549 The Governour of a Family must take care that his whole Family sanctifie the Lords day page 542 He must set up Discipline in his Family page 545 He must maintain love in his Family page 553 Godly Fear requisite in holy duties page 120 Fervency requisite in Prayer page 172 G THe things of God are the things of the greatest weight page 53 Godliness taken two ways page 8 9 Godliness Vide Religion Godly men meet with much opposition in the way to heaven page 65 Godliness must be our principal business page 94 95 In every part of our lives page 102 103 H A Good Harvest Gods gift page 485 486 It is our duty to Hear the word page 200 Evil Frames hinder us in Hearing page 205 Prejudice against the Preacher must be laid aside by them that would profit by Hearing page 206 to 211 The Heart must be affected with the weight efficacy and excellency of the word which we Hear page 212 Prayer requisite before hearing page 216 Right ends in Hearing to be minded page 221 False ends in hearing to be avoided page 220 Worldly thoughts hinder our Hearing page 221 222 We must hear as in Gods presence page 223 We must pray after we have Heard Vide the Word God looks much after our Hearts page 17 170 Heaven not to be obtained without diligence labour page 60 to 65 Humility required in prayer page 167 168 I IDolaters are zealous and prodigal page 418 419 Idleness the evils of it page 552 Intemperance a great sin page 417 The mischeifs of Intemperance page 418 419 Joy in God seasonable on a Lords day page 364 L LOrds day of divine institution page 337 338 God takes special notice how we keep the Lords day page 339 Preparation needful for a Lords day page 342 Wherein preparation to a Lords day consisteth page 343 to 346 Lords day a great priviledge page 348 Lords day a spicial season to get and increase grace in page 353 Publique Ordonances chiefly to be minded on the Lords day page 356 to 362 The whole Lords day to be sanctified page 372 Brief Directions for the Sanctification of the whole Lords day page 381 to 391 A good Wish about the sanctification of the Lords day page 391 A good Wish to the Lords day page 396 Lords day Vide Families and Meditation Love of Christ Vide Christs Love to Christians tried page 273 Love a help to Godliness page 553 M. MAn created for Religion Vide Epistles and page 39 Good Counsel about Marriage page 425 Meekness requisite in a Wife page 562 Meditation needful before prayer page 138 Meditation a duty on a Lords day page 377 Ministers must be godly page 6 and 498 A Minister must be industrious page 6 7. 502 People must pray for their Minister page 219 220 Ministers must act from right principles and for right ends page 499 500 Ministers must be able 501. Compassionate 504. Faithful 501 Full of courage 505. Ministers must Preach plainly purely prudently and powerfully page 507 to 510 Ministers must pray for their people page 510 Administer Sacraments 511. Chatechise 510. Visit people page 512 Ministers must be exceeding tende what example they give their people ib. Ministers must not be discouraged if their labours be not successful page 513 Ministers must give the glory of their success to God page 514 N HOw a Christian in Natural Actions may make Religion his business page 400 A good wish about Natural Actions page 441 O OBedience required page 322 341 Obedience must be in heart and life page 17 18 Obedience must be Canonical page 19 Ordinances their ends and use page 130 131 Ordinances Vide duties and Lords day P GOd hath an extrodinary respect for a Penitent soul page 277 278 Perseverance required page 35 Perseverance in prayer page 189 Pleasures Vide Recreations The excellency of Prayer page 137 138 The Prevalency of Prayer page 141 142 Prayer hath a twofold Preheminence above all other duties page 138 The Nature of Prayer page 140 The Antecedents to Prayer page 147 Meditation an help to Prayer page 148 Meditation of our sins wants and miseries needful before Prayer page 149 to 155 Meditation of God helpful to Prayer page 155 Quickening and stirring up of grace needful to Prayer page 157 Sin hindreth Prayer page 159 160 Anger hindreth Prayer page 161 Worldly Distractions hinder Prayer page 162 Gods Word must be the rule for the matter of our Prayers page 163 The Person Praying must be holy page 165 Prayer must be Vpright 170. Humble 167. Fervent 172 Constant page 178 What it is to Pray Continually page 180 A Caution about fervency in Prayer page 176 Its an ill sign to be Prayerless page 184 185 After Prayer wait for an Answer page 186 Means must be used for the obtaining our Prayers page 191 Preparation to Religious duties needful page 343 Preparation to Hearing Vide Hearing Preparation to the Lords day Vide Lords day R REcreations are lawful 446. they must not be our occupation 450 they must be used for good ends 454. In due season page 456 Recreations are unseasonable on a Lords day page 457 458 and in times of the Churches sufferings page 461 A good wish about Recreations page 462 Religion must be our business page 10 What Religion is page 13 14 The several derivations of the word Religion page 13 What it is to make it ones business 21. It implieth to give it precedency 22. To pursue it with industry 26. To persevere with constancy page 35 Why Religion must be made our business page 39 Religion is the end of mans creation page 40 Religion is a work of the greatest weight 45 to 49. It is Soul-work 49. It is God-work 52. It is Eternity-work page 57 The necessity of making Religion our business page 60 to 70 Religion much neglected page 72 The neglect of Religion bewailed page 73 79 Our greatest care must be about Religious duties page 108 Vide Godliness and Duties Repentance consisteth in mourning for sin and turning from sin page 276 280 S SAints called Lillies why page 268 Saints shamed by sinners page 88 89 92 93 Scripture a great mercy page 198 Vide Hearing and the Word Sacrament of the Lords Supper a seal of the Covenant page 251 The Sacrament a resemblance of Christs death 252. An evidence of his love 253. A great Supper in four respects page 253. The excellency of the Sacrament page 255 Much care about the Supper page 255 256 The danger of receiving the Supper unworthily page 256 to 262 Christ takes notice how men prepare for the Sacrament page 257 Preparation requisite before it 264 265. Wherein preparation for it consisteth page 266 to 279 Our dependance must be on Christ for assistance after our greatest preparation for the Sacrament page 282 Subjects to be meditated on at a Sacrament 285. Christs sufferings 286 to 293. Christs love 293 to 300. Our own sins ib. Graces to be exercised at the Sacrament 300. Faith in its threefold act 303 to 310. Love 312. Repentance page 315 What a Christian should do after a Sacrament page 319 320 Men to be very careful in the choice of Servants page 526 527 Sinners very zealous for sin page 87 88 89 Sobriety vide Temperance Sleep how to be ordered page 437. Its ends 440. Quantity page 437 Season page 439 Soul-work weighty page 49 The welfare of the body dependeth on the Soul page 51 The Souls excellency page 50 T. TEmperance commended page 416 Vide Natural Actions and Eating Thankfulness enjoyned 413 415. For the Word 236. For the Sacrament page 319 U. VNgodliness brancheth it self into Atheism and superstition page 1 2 Uprightness acceptable to God page 171 Unthankfulness page 408 W GOod Counsel about the Choice of a Wife page 525 526 Word why called the grace of God page 203 Gods power alone can make the Word effectual page 217 218 When the Word cometh with power then it profiteth page 229 Its woful to live under the Word and not to be changed by it page 231 We must bless God for his Word page 237 The Word must be obeyed page 240 241 242 Word Vide Hearing Worldlings eager for the World page 74 to 78 Our Worship of God must be inward and outward page 14 to 19 Man made for the Worship of God Vide Man God is very choice in his Worship page 109 110 Gods Worship must be according to his Word page 19 20 God alone the object of Worship page 16 Its ill to dally with Gods Worship page 112 Much Watchfulness required in the Worship of God page 113 Y YOuth Vide Family instruction FINIS

blessing of an Idol Isa 66.3 I shall therefore for thy right management of this duty which is of such weight and importance to thee speak to these three particulars 1. To the Antecedents or those things which must go before prayer 2. To the Concomitants or those things which must accompany prayer 3. To the Consequents or those things which must follow after prayer 1. To the Antecedents of prayer Preparation is necessary before prayer Zopher acquainteth Job how his prayers might come to be prevalent If thou prepare thine heart and stretch out thine hand unto him Job 11.13 The heart is the Forge where these Vessels for the Sanctuary are formed and fashioned and made in secret the tongue is but the thop wherein they are exposed to publique view therefore the heart must do its work well before the tongue can commend its ware the heart must indite a good matter before the tongue will be as the pen of a ready writer God commandeth us both to look to our hearts and mouths when we are in his house be not rash with thy mouth to utter any thing before God and keep thy feet when thou art in the House of God Eccles 5.1 2. The former is a bridle for our mouths and expressions the latter is a guard for our hearts and affections In reference to the Antecedents 1. Some things which will further the duty must be used 2. Some things which will hinder the duty must be refused First Those things which will further the duty are meditation and the stirring up of grace Meditation will be helpful to the matter of prayer The quickning and stirring up of grace will be hel●ful to the manner of the duty First Meditation Meditation fits the soul for supplication Meditation fils the soul with good liquor and then prayer broaches it and sets its a running David first mused and then spake with his tongue Lord make me to know mine end Psa 39.3.4 Nay to ass●re us that meditation was the Mother which bred and brought forth prayer he calls the child by its parents name Give ear to my words O Lord consider my meditation Psa 5.1 Meditation is like the chargeing of a piece and prayer the discharging of it Isaac went into the field to meditate Gen. 24.63 The Septuag the Geneva translation and Tremelius in his marginal Notes on it read it to pray and the Hebrew word Suach used there signifieth both to pray and meditate whereby we may learn that they are very neer a kin like twins they lie in the same womb in the same word meditation is the best beginning of prayer and prayer is the best conclusion of meditation When the Christian like Daniel hath first opened the windows of his soul by contemplation then he may kneel down to prayer Prayer is a building which reacheth up to Heaven meditation layeth in all the costly materials which are requisite for this building He that would make any riddance of his work must take care that all his materials be brought in before-hand if they be to fetch when he comes to work he will make long and tedious Church-work indeed Something thou art to meditate on relating to thy self somthing relating to God Those things which relate to thy self are thy sins wants and mercies There are three parts of prayer though I know some reckon the first rather an adjunct Confession Petition and Thanksgiving Now meditation gives each of these the work which they are to do like a faithful Steward it gives every one their proper and peculiar portion Meditation on our sins helpeth in confession Meditation on our wants helpeth in petition Meditation on our mercies helpeth in thanksgiving A Christian ought to keep a Catalogue at least in the Table book of his heart of these three particulars David did so He Registred his unrighteousness or the wrong he had done to God my sin is ever before me Psa 51.3 He thought much upon his wants and sufferings He often cryeth out I am poor and needy Psa 109.21 Psa 25. my sorrow is ever before me Psa 38.17 And for Gods mercies he did not write them in the Sand but he treasured them up in his memory Thy loving kindness is before mine eyes Psa 26.3 And though some of them were stale ancient mercies yet they were not sowre to Davids taste he did not throw them away as Old Almanacks out of date I will remember the days of old the years of antient times Psa 77. Rather then God should not be paid his thanks for favours to his Fore-fathers David would take the Debts from their score and set them upon his own File Confession of sin must be with shame and sorrow petition for mercy must be with faith and fervency Thanksgiving must be with admiration of God and delight in God Now it is meditation of our sins wants and miseries which provides fuel for the fire of these graces to work upon and which they break out into an Heavenly flame Meditate on thy sins Thy duty in prayer is to Indict Arraign and Condemn and Execute those Malefactors and Transgressors of the Royal Law which can never be done till they are apprehended If thou wilt kill those Foxes that spoil the Vine those lusts which hinder thy regenerate part from thriving thy care must be by meditation to hunt them out of their lurking holes and take them Thy wounds which stink and are so unsavoury to God must by serious consideration be searched and felt before they can be healed When thou art going to prayer do as Jehu when he went to sacrifice to Baal send out and f●●ch●n all thy false Worshippers those Enemies of the true God that deny his supremacy and bowed the knee to the World or the flesh and then by an humble penitential confession and self judging cut them off Who ever bewailed his sins that did not know their sinfulness or who ever was ashamed that did not see his own nakedness When the Jews came to know that they were the betrayers and Murderers of the Lord Jesus then they were pricked to the heart O do that for thy self which God will do for many others set thy sins in order before thine eys thine original and thine actual thine omissions and commissions thy personal and relative thy secret and publique thy sins about natural civil or spiritual actions thy sins under mercies and against afflictions Say to thy conscience as Samuel to Jesse Are all thy Sons here Are all thy ●ins here if any be wanting to thy knowledge cause it to be sent for and brought and sit not down to Sacrifice before it come when this is done put them all into their own colours accent them with their several aggravations consider what light what love what motions of Gods spirit what convictions of thy own spirit they were committed against Above all meditate on the infinite Majesty Purity and Mercy of that God against whom thou hast sinned Those three Attributes duly weighed would

to the precept Lord Deut. 6.6 7. let my house on thy day be like thy house employed wholly in thy Worship and let thy gracious presence so assist us in every Ordinance that the glory of the Lord may fill the house I wish 5 Discipline in a Family That I may manifest my love to the Souls in my family by manifesting my anger against their sins My God hath told me Thou shalt not hate thy brother Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour and not suffer sin upon him Lev. 19.17 If it be my duty not to bear with the corruptions of neighbours much less of my servants and children Should I suffer them in unholiness I should bring them up for Hell Those deepest purple sins many times are those which are died the Wool of youth O the sad aches which many have when they are old by falls which they received when they were young Let me never like Eli honor my sons or servants above my God lest my God judge my house for ever for the iniquities which I know because my children or servants make themselves vile and I restrain them not Lord let me never be so fand and foolish as to kill any in my family with Soul-damning kindness but let my house be as thine Ark wherein there may be not onely the golden pot of Manna seasonable and profitable instructions but also Aarons Red suitable and proper reprehension and correction I wish 6 See that all be well employed That I may never expose my family to the suggestions of Satan by allowing any in laziness but may be busie my self in my particular vocasion and see that others be diligent in their distinct stations The lazy Drone is quickly caught in the honeyed glass and kild when the busie Bee avoideth that snare and danger O that I and mine might always be so employed in the work of our God that we may have no leisure to hearken to the wicked one Adams store-house was his work-house Paradise was his place of labour Lord since thou hast intrusted every one in my house with one talent or other wherewith he must trade cause me and mine to labour and work in this and to look after rest in the other World I wish 7 Peace and love must be maintained in the family for the furthering of holiness and purity in my house That I may be careful to keep it in peace Our bodies will thrive as much in Feavers as our Souls in the flames of strife Satan by the Granado's of Contention will hope in time to take the Garrison Where strife is there is confusion and every evil work Jam. 3.16 O that love which is the new Commandment the old Commandment and indeed all the Commandments might be the livery of all in my family That there might be no contention there but who should be most holy and go before each other in the path which leadeth to eternal pleasures Because marriage is a fellewship of the nearest union and dearest communion in this World and because the fruits of Religion will thrive much the better if cherished by the sweet breath and warm gale of love in this relation Lord let my wife be to me as the loving Hinde and pleasant Roe let me be ravished always with her love Let there be no provocation but to love and to good works Let our onely strife be who shall be most serviceable to thy Majesty in furthering one anothers eternal felicity Enable us to bear one anothers burthens and so fulfil the Law of Christ and to dwell together as fellow-heirs of the Grace of life that our prayers be not hindred In a word I wish That I may like Cornelius Conclusion fear the Lord with all my house So govern it according to Gods Law that all in it may be under the influence of his love and heirs of everlasting life Lord be thou pleased so to assist and prosper me in the management of this great and weighty trust that my house may be thy house my servants thy servants my children thy children and my wife belong to the Spouse of thy dear Son that so when death shall give a bill of divorce and break up our family we may change our place but not our company be all preferred from thy lower house of prayer to thine upper house of praise where is neither marrying nor giving in marriage but all are as Angels ever pleasing worshipping and enjoying thy blessed self of whom the the whole family in heaven and earth is named to whom be glory hearty and universal obedience for ever and ever Amen FINIS AN Alphabetical Table of the principal Heads contained in this Treatise A HOly affections requisite in Prayer page 172 173 A Christian should be Holy in his Apparel page 427 The ends of Apparel are four page 428 Sins about Apparel page 430 The Vertues to be exercised in Apparel page 435 Natural Actions vide Natural Two helps against Apostacy page 4 5 No Atheists in Principles page 2 B REligion bringeth a blessing along with it page 520 C A Christians duty to be godly in his particular Callings page 466 Men must be diligent in their Callings page 467 Righteous in their Callings page 474 Particular Callings must not incroach upon our general ib. To steal away the heart 476 Or time page 478 God must be sought to for a blessing on our particular Callings page 484 God must have the glory of success in our particular Callings page 487 Men must be Contented how ever God dealeth with them in their Callings page 490 A good Wish about a particular Calling page 493 A good Wish about a Ministers Calling 497 A threefold Care page 470 Charity to be minded 322 412 413 414. Christs great love to mankind 493 to 499. Christs sufferings largely described page 285 to 293 Constancy required in prayer page 178 D DRunkenness abouding 417 Its Mischiefs page 418 Holy Dutys require much Diligence page 106 Grace must be acted in Dutys page 117 118 Dutys are considerable in a twofold respect and must accordingly be minded for a two-fold end page 128 to 135 A good Wish about Religious Dutys page 136 No Duty should satisfie without Communion with God page 369 Vide Lords Day E A Christian must be holy in Eating and Drinking page 401 402 Christians must Eat and Drink Sacredly 403 to 415 Soberly 315 Seasonably page 425 Affairs of Eternity of great weight page 57 Self Examination a duty page 266 F FAith specially requisite in holy duties page 120 125 Faith necessary in hearing page 226 Faith necessary at a Sacrament page 271 Faith hath a three-fold act 303 Faith tried page 272 Religion must be set up in Families page 515 Irreligious Families do much hurt page 517 Irreligious Families are cursed page 521 Religious Families are blessed page 520 Those that would make Religion their business as they are Governours of Families must be careful whom they take into their

the mark considereth what the reason was whether he did not shoot too high or too low or too much on the right hand or too much on the left hand takes the same Arrow again onely reformeth his former error and winneth the wager Secondly Working is necessary after prayer as well as Watching Begging and Digging must go together Thy duty is to pray as knowing assuredly that thou canst do nothing of thy self and yet to work as if thou wert to do all by thine own power He that doth not indeavour in a lawful use of those meant which God affordeth him to attain the mercies he needeth and asketh doth tempt not trust God and may expect a rod sooner then releif A good use may be made of that story A Carter having over-thrown his Cart sat in the way crying help Hercules help Hercules was counted by the Heathen a God for his strength O Hercules help At length one appeared to him in Herculus shape with a good Cudgel in his hand and beat him handsomely saying Ah thou silly lazy fellow dost thou call to me for help and sit still thy self arise and set to thy shoulder do thy part and I will do the rest If thou prayest for thy dayly bread be thou diligent in thy calling or else expect a crop out of the Ocean If thou prayest against some particular sins avoid the occasions of those sins If it be against Drunkenness avoid evil company If it be against Pride avoid and discourage such as will flatter thee for otherwise thou dost as he that runneth into the fire and prayeth to God that it may not burn him such a man mocketh God but himself most if thou prayest for Holiness and Grace hear read meditate watch use the means and expect a good issue from God Observe David his prayer was Set a watch O Lord before my mouth keep the door of my lips Psa 141.3 But now because he had committed the main charge of this unruly prisoner his tongue to God desiring him to lock the double doors of his lips and teeth fast upon it and to have a main guard always watching before the doors least it should break through and attempt an escape doth he therefore sleep himself thinking the prisoner was safe enough no he himself would be upon the guard I said I will take heed to my ways that I sin not with my tongue I will keep my mouth with a a bridle while the wicked is before me Psal 39.1 2. David as he desired God to put a good bit into the mouth of this wanton beast so he would himself keep a strict hand and rein him in A good Wish about prayer wherein all the forementioned particulars are epitomized PRayer is one of my nearest and solemnest approaches to the most high God The Introduction to prayer analyzed and one of my choicest priviledges on this side the place of praise wherein I may go to my God at all times and acquaint him what I ail where it is well where it is ill with my poor soul I wish in general that I may never suffer this key to Gods own treasury to rust for want of use nor to be ineffectual to the opening of the Divine bounty by my unskilfulness in turning it that neither by my unfitness for the duty miscarriage at the duty nor misbehaviour after the duty I may demean my self unworthy of so great a favour so high an honor and so good a Master In particular I wish that I may at least morning and evening before I enter upon this ordinance The antecedents to prayer 1. Meditation Of sins whether in my closet or family make a privy search for those Barabasses which have moved sedition in my soul and murthered my dearest Saviour and that I may have such a sight of them all in their horrid nature and bloody colour that I may arraign them at the Tribunal of God with confusion of face and contrition of heart and may with all possible ardency plead for their execution Of wants I wish that my necessities may ever be in my memory that as the sick childe I may point readily to the place of my pain when ever I go to make my moan to my heavenly Father and that affected with the weight and importance of them I praying feelingly may pray the more fervently I wish that the many and weighty mercies which I unworthy Wretch enjoy Of mercies may be written so firmly in my minde and presented to me before prayer in the various and lively colours of their freeness fulness and seasonableness that I may never steal the custom of thanks from my God which is all he desires for those rich and full vessels which he sendeth me in every day but may pay him this impost of Praise and Glory with all uprightness and alacrity I wish that my Graces may never be like Jonah Quickning of grace asleep when I am to call upon my God but as the Heavenly Host they may be moving in their several places and fighting in their courses against my spiritual Enemies O that like holy Bradford I might never leave confession without sorrow for sin petition without some sense of the worth of mercies nor thanksgiving Laying as●●● what may hinde pr●y●● without some solace and joy in God the Author and Fountain of all my happiness I wish that I may draw nigh to God with a pure conscience and before I go to desire the lovely portion of his friends All sin in general give a bill of divorce to all my lusts and at least banish from the bed of my heart those enemies of his which would not have him to reign over me I wish that I may never desire mercy at his hands with the least degree of malice in my heart Anger but may love as Saints because they are Christs seed so sinners and them that hate me for Christs sake and as a special medicine against that poison whatsoever friend I should forget in my prayers I wish I may resolve before hand to remember in particular my Enemies to beg of God that he would pardon sanctifie and save them I wish that my affections may not as Sauls person Worldly thoughts be hid among the stuff of Worldly affairs when I should be busie about the concernment of an eternal crown but that I may leave those servants always at the door behind while I go in to speak to the King of Nations Concomitants of prayer and may all the time of the duty serve and seek the Lord my God without distraction I wish that I may be specially careful to look up to the Master of requests Person must be justified the Lord Jesus Christ First for the justification of my person and then for the acceptation of my prayer and that I may be so enabled with the hand of faith to put on the glorious robes of his perfect righteousness that neither the nakedness