with all thy graces Open our eyes that we may see thy will and incline our hearts to follow it Direct vs in thy waies and keepe vs from declining from thee Teach vs so to frame our liues before thee in this word that we may liue for euer with thee in the world to come Be merciful O Lord we beseech thee to thy Church and to all her faithfull members comfort them with thy comforts and inrich them with thy graces Blesse this kingdome wherein we liue pardon the sins of all estates amongst vs and continue thy Gospell to vs and to our posterity to the end of the world Looke vpon thine annointed Iames our souereigne Lord king adorne his heart with all regall and Christian vertues vphold his scepter prolong his reigne laugh his foes to skorne Blesse our gracious queene Anne Prince Henry and the rest of their princely progeny Be mercifull to all other orders amongst vs aswell Ecclesiasticall as Ciuill and as thou aboundest in thy mercies towards vs so grant that we may striue to abound in all thankfulnesse towards thee Finally O Lord for our selues we beseech thee to take vs to thy fatherly protection pardon the weakenesse of our praiers watch thou ouer vs to our good giue vs such rest sleep that we may be the fitter enabled to serue thee the next day in our general and speciall callings Heare holy Father from the heauens and grant vs all these our requests for Iesus Christ his sake thine onely Sonne and our onely Sauiour to whom with thee and thine holy Spirit one most wise glorious and eternall God be rendred all power praise glory this night for euer Amen Trin-vni Deo gloria FINIS Deut. 32.11 Deut. 32.13 Deut. 32.5 15.21 Ex. 8 3.14 Nouem 5. An. 1605. 1. Cor. 3.16 1 Thes 5.23 a 2. Cor. 11.2 b Chedia 1â— c 2. â—â—g 18. d 2. Paulus e Iesse 1. Salamo a Acts. 8.3 b 1. Tim. 1.12 c Gal. 1.13 d Gal. 1.15.16 e Zach. 2.8 f 1. Tim. 1.13 g Ps 19.13 i 1. Tim. 13 Acts. 9.1 k Rom. 11.33.34 l Is 50 2. a Gal. 1.1 b 1. Cor. 4.7 c Psa 75.6 d 1. Chron 29.12 Iob. 32.8 Iam 1.5 e Prou. 29.23 Mat. 23.12 Iames. 4.6 f Iosh 10.13 g Isay 38.8 h Mat. 7.2 i 1. Cor. 3.7 k 1. Pet. 5.5 l Matth. 2. m 1. Câ—r 16.10.11 n Mat. 25. o Gal. 5.13.26 a 1. Cor. 4.13 b Exod. 20.18.19 c Gen. 22.1 d Gen. 22.12 e Act. 16.14 f Luk. 8.15 g 2. Cor. 4.7 h Rom. 1.16 i 1. Cor. 1.21 k Gal. 1.8 l 1. Cor. 1.21 m Ps 68.70 n Amos. 7.15 o Mat 4 19. p 1. Cor. 4.9.13 q 2. Cor. 5 20. r 2. Cor. 5.18 a 2. Tim. 4.10 a 1. Tim. 3.1 b Eph. 6.17 c 1. Chron. 15.2 d Ezeck 3.20 a Mat. 20. c Heb. 5.4 d Luk. 10.2 e Rom. 10.15 f Ier. 23.21 g Num. 4.19 Ministers must 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a 2. Tim. 2.15 b 2. Cor. 4.2 c 2. Cor. 1.12 d 2. Cor. 2.17 e 2. Cor. 6.3 f 2. Tim. 1.13 g 2. Tim. 2.22 h 1. Tim. 3.2.3 In Mat. 25. i Exod. 28.30.36 k Gen. 6.14 l Exod. 35.38 m Mat. 7.5 n Ps 50.16.17 o Mal. 2.9 p Reu. 3.1 q Exod. 27.20 r Ps 93.5 Isay 52.11 Å¿ Ps 25.14 u Mar. 10. â— Leuit. 6.13 x Mat. 5.16 y Mat. 5.13.14 z Eccl. 5â— 6.7.10 a Mar. 6.20 b 1. Tim. 4 1â— c Act. 20 28. d 1. Cor. 9 27. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 e Rom. 2 2â— f Lu. 12.47 g Iam. 4.17 h Ier. 23.15 i Ier. 23 28. a Heb. 4 1â— b 1. Tim 3.2 2. Tim. 2.24 c 2. Tim. 2 d Math. 6.22 Mat. 5.14 e Iam. 1.1 f Isay 50.4 g Mal. 2.7 h Lam 4.4 Lam. 2.11 12.19 i Pro. 29 1â— k Mal. 2.7 l Mat. 15.14 a 1. Cor. 4.2 b 2. Tim. 4.2 c Ier. 48.10 d Pro. 27.23 e Iob. 1.7 f 1. Pâ—t 5.8 g Mat. 23.15 h Pro. 27.18 i 2. Thes 3.10 k Act. 20.20.27.31 l Act. 20.28 m Ephes 4 12. 1. Pet. 5.2 n Gen. 31.40 o Ezek. 16.49 p Pastoris est pascere nâ—n deglubere q 2. Cor. 12 14. r 1 Cor. 9.17 Å¿ 2. Cor. 11.23 t Iude. 3. u Reu. 2.2 u Pro. 11. â—6 x Pro. 27.18 y Exod. 8.24 z Act. 20.30 a Isa 65.5 b Iudg. 15 4. Note c 2. Cor. 8.12 d Gal. 6.7 e Ier. 17.10 f Heb. 4.13 g Iob 42.2 h Heb. 10.31 a 2. Cor. 9.7 b 1 Chron. 29.6.9 c 1 Cor. 9.17 d Iob. 20.12 Prou. 4.16 f 1. Pet. 5 2 g Act. 2â— 24 a Neh. 4.17 b Eph. 6.12 c Ier. 1.17 d Ez. 3.9 e Ier. â— 8 f Tit. 2.15 g Isai 58.1 h Mich. 3 8. i Kin. 18.18 k 2. Sam. 2.9 l Isay 50.7 m Isay 50.6 n For sheep maâ— be driuen to the â—acks but Lions must be fed at the staues end lest â—hey feed on them that would â—â—ed them o Isa 58.1 p Gal. 6.1 2 Tim. 2.25 a Gen. 15.11 b 2. Cor 4 1. c Psa 119.105 d 1. Pet. 2.5 e Ouid. f 2. Pet. 1.13 g 1. Tim 4 13.15.16 h Mat. 20.8 i Eccl. 11.6 k Gal. 6.9 l Nehe. 9 12. m Exâ— 27.20 n Psal 15. o Ex. 29.38 p Isa 62.6 7. q Luk. 9 62. a Psal 94.4.5 b Psal 5.9 Psal 10.7 c Is 59.8 d 1. Tim. 3.2 Tit. 1.7 e 1. Cor. 11.16 f Mar. 3. 24 25 g 1. king 3.26 h Nehe. 4. i Iosephus k 2. Tim. 3.24 l 1. Ioh. 4.8 â— Thes 5.22 m Rom. 12 18. n Ouid. o Rom. 12.16 p Rom. 15.1 q 1 kings 21.3 r Mat. 10.16 Tit. 1.8 Å¿ Rom. 15 5. t Eph. 5.23 u Eph. 4.3 Gal. 5 26. Eph 5.27 w Luk. 23.12 Act. 4.27 x Rom. 15.6 y Morbida sâ—la â—ecus totum â—orrumpit ouiâ—e z Mark 9.10 a Psa 133.1 b Ioh. 13.35 c Virg. a Iohn 15.1 b Heb. 3.4 c 1 Cor. 3.6 d Psal 127. â—1 e 1 Cor. 15.10 f 1 Pet. 5.10 g 2 Cor. 5.19 h 2 Cor. 2 15.16 a Isa 55.11 b 2. Cor. 2.15.16 c Isa 50.7 d Ier. 1.8.18.19 e Eze. 2.3 â— Acts 18 9.10 f Iosh 1.5 Heb 13 7. h Heb. 1.12 i â—am 1.17 Isa 46.10.11 k Psa 84.12 a 1. Cor. 3 8 b Dan. 12.3 c 2. Tim. 4.7.8 h Pet. 5.4 e Mat. 10 â—1 f Mat. 20.8 a 2 Cor. 3 9. b 2 Cor. 5.2 18. Act. 20.28 1 Cor. 12.28 c Iob 25.6 d Isa 57.15 e Iob 33.23 f Psal 116.12.17 g Psa 145.2 h Psâ— 4.3.8 i 1. Sam. 2.30 k Leuit. 10.3 a Eph 5.1 b Tit. 2.7 8. a 1 Thes 2.2.3.4 b 2 Tim. 24 c Eph. 6.2 2.2 d 2 Cor. 10 4. e Act. 6.2 f Aug. Note g 1. Tim. 5.8 h Ioh. 21.3 i Mark 6.3 k 2. Tim 4.13 l Act. 20.34 m 1. Tim. 3.4.5 a Conâ—er the 1. Cor 3.6
leaue and liking of his Lord that called him His owne conceipts must yeelde vnto his calling and his fancies must not make him craze his faith It is better to beate them as Abraham beat the Birds that hindred him then by bending to them to breake lose from his calling or to be beat from his businesse as being vnworthy of it or vnfit for it And in a word no feare must fray him no terror must amaze him nothing must make him flie oft of the hookes Shall the obstinacy of the people Although saith Chrysostome I be not ignorant that I speake in vaine yet will I not giue ouer for so doing I shall be excused before God although no body would heare me in 3. Chap. Ioh. And it may be with continual shewring vpon them their harts will at length relent and waxe soft Shall their rage their choler The frantique saith Augustine will not be bound neither would such as are troubled with a lethargie be roused but charity perseuereth to castigate the frantique to stirre vp the lethargique to loue theÌ„ both Both are offended but both are loued Both of theÌ„ being molested so long as their disease coÌ„tinueth doth take it ill that you shold so trouble theÌ„ but both of them being cured they do reioyce Shall threats disgraces Shall the malice enuy of the wicked was not Christ disgraced maligned calumnized euill inâ—reated Were not all his Apostles hated persecuted Shall pouerty driue thee froÌ„ thy calling or make thee to faint in thy calling Was not Christ poore to Man that he might make thee rich to God And were not his Apostles poore Gloriosa in sacerdotibus Domini paupertas Pouerty saith Ambrosâ— is glorious in the Priestes of God A crosse it may be to them but not a curse Paul was a man of much affliction yet saith he Seeing we haue this ministery as we haue receiued mercy we faint not Non fecisse sed perfecisse virtutis est To worke is not so commendable as to continue constant in working till the work be brought to perfection Ministers must be like the salt waters which hauing once begun to flow continue flowing till they come to their full sloud A candle being once lighted burneth on so long as it lasteth except it be put out with violence Euen so they as candles being once lighted set in the church as in a candle-sticke to giue light vnto the people by holding out the lampe of light that is the word of God they shold burne bright continually Aliis inseruientes semetâ—psos consumentes spending themselues like lamps or torches in seruing shining vnto others Salomon left not building of a temple for the Lord made of lifelesse stones vntill it was built vp So should they continue coÌ„stant in building his teÌ„ple made of liuing stones till it be brought to perfection if in this life it were possible They should do their best indeauour and languish not Vt desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas Paul laboured constantly in his calling till God cald him away by death Possidonius saith that Augustine preached the word of God coÌ„stantly Vsque ad ipsam suam extremam aegritudinem vnto the extremity of his sicknes Fox saith of Bradford that preaching reading and prayer was his whole life These are good patternes and worthy imitation Peter saith that he ought in equity to put them in mind of their duty whiles he continueth in his earthy tabernacle The Minister and his Ministery should cease together and not one before another Paul commandeth Timothy to exercise himselfe in and to adâ—iâ—â— himselfe vnto reading exhortation and doctrine and to continue in learning If wee would duly consider that by preaching the couenant of grace is reuealed that Gods oracles are explained and his dispersed sheepe brought home and nourished that faith is thereby wrought and confirmed and the children of God begotten and conserued that his house is builded his field is eared his scepter erected his throne established his kingdome augmented and Sathan eiected vndoubtedly it would moue vs to a continuall and constant execution of our office without either fainting in it or forsaking of it The Sun we see neuer ceaseth moueing all the while his course is vnfinished The Laborers in the parable wrought vnto the euening euen till their Lord set and sent his Steward to call them from their worke So we that are the Lords labourers appointed by him to worke in his vineyard and set in the Church as the Sunne in the heauens to giue light vnto his people must labour constantly and moue continually till our course be finished and our taske be ended we must not giue ouer till our houre-glasse be runne out till our Sunne be set and the Euening of our life be shut in or vntill our Lord and Maister shall call vs from our worke or send a Messenger to fetch vs. Salomon saith In the morning I sowe thy seede and in the euening let not thine hand rest All men ought to be constant in their labouâ—s and neuer be weary of well doing much more therefore Ministers whose labours are most excellent commodious who ought to be to al other men as that cloudy and fiery pillar was vnto the Israelites which led theÌ„ and let them see their way to Canaan God commaunded that there should be Light alway shining in the Tabernacle The Church militant is Gods spirituall Tabernacle Ministers are the Light that must shine vnto all the members of the Church yea to those that yet sit in darknesse in the shadow of death and that constantly alwaies and without intermission The Lord required a sacrifice of 2 Lambes to be offered day by day continually And it were not vnfitting if ministers did daily in their prayers present and consecrate their people like those Lambes vnto the Lord. Their duty consisteth not wholy in preaching to them but also in praying for them for the prosperous estate of the whole Church I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles O Ierusalem saith the Lord which all the day and all the night continually shall not ceâ—se Ye thaâ— are mindfull of the Lord keepe not silence giue him no rest till he repaire and set vp Ierusalem the praise of the world No man saith Christ that putteth his hand to the Plough and looketh backe is apt to the kingdome of God He is in truth neither a fit man for the kingdome of grace nor a fit Minister for the Gospell of the kingdome The Lord hath put the sword of his Spirit into our hands He will haue vs to hold it constantly and to shake and brandish it continually neuer ceasing to kill the sins of the people with it and causing them continually to die an euerlasting death to sin in this world that they may liue an euelasting life from sin in the world to come and that being couered with
must defend our heads and maintaine our free-holds Naboth would not part from his vineyard He is another Esau that will part with his birth-right for a messe of pottage As we must be innocent as Doues so we must be wise as Serpents and stout as Lyons and beware that too much patience make not the enemy proud and raging But to returne from whence we haue digressed shall Paul pray for the Romanes for other men that GOD would make them to be like-minded one towards another and shal not we pray for our selues and labour by all good meanes that we may our selues bee so affected one with another Members of one body are at peace with themselues The Church of God is a Body euen the mysticall body of his sonne Christ Iesus Now faithfull Ministers are Members of this body therefore they ought like fellow-members to embrace and agree with one another endeuouring to keepe the vnity of the Spirit in the bond of peace not prouoking and enuying one another but being subiect to one another in the feare of Christ It were a prodigious sight to see the Pillars of a Temple remoue and rush one against another The Church is Gods spirituall Temple and godly Ministers are as Pillars to beare it vp Therefore they should stand peaceably one by another and not iustle one with another The ministers and instruments of Sathan can conspire together against God Wherefore then should not the Ministers of God concord agree together for God Herod Pilate the Iewes the Romanes could ioyne against Christ why should not we then consent and labour together for Christ that the Gospell might flourish in the Christian world and that Christian religion might spreade throughout the whole world As Paul wished the Romanes one heart that they might with one minde and one mouth praise GOD euen so should we that are Ministers tune all the strings of our sinfull soules and labour for the sweet concent and harmony of all the affections of our hearts that with one mind mouth wee may celebrate and preach the Lord and proclaime the glad tidings of saluation to the sonnes of men by Iesus Christ Neither is it enough if some of vs be thus affected but wee must all all without exception put on this minde In an Instrument wee see that one or two strings out of tune marre all the musicke and that in a Quire of voyces one or two being out of order doe spoyle the melody One iangling bell marres the whole ring Euen so a few factious turbulent and combustiue spirites that like Salamanders or Fire-flies delight in the firy flames of contention and are in trauell with their home-bred conceits till they haue thrust them out which are somthing like thornes in a dogges foot which neuer leaues licking till hee haue got theÌ„ out I say a few such disorderly vnquiet spirits are able apt if they be not turned or taken quite away to marre the musicke of the Church and to kindle a fire in it For by nature we are too like to Gun-powder or Tinder a few sparkes are able and would set vs all on fire if neither Gods grace nor seuere lawes and strength of authority did preuent hinder vs. And that I may conclude this point if tenne men did carry a great and weighty burthen if some of them should kicke or buffet one another their pace would be slakened their businesse hindred their burthen endangered to fall vnto the ground The Church of God is a weighty burthen and Ministers are appointed by God to beare it vpon their backes Now if they beate and spurne at one another or if some of them shall contemne kicke or busset one another though others behaue themselues discreetly and orderly their businesse must needes be hindered the Chuâ—ch is like rot onely to shake and totter but in danger also to fall and breake One scabbed sheepe may infect a flocke a little fire may make a great flame a little leauen doth leauen a whole lump of dough and one Fox may marre a fold Either therefore let all agree let all that beare the burtheÌ„ conâ—aine themselues in order or let them that trouble the rest bee thrust out by order Better it were that nine did beare it alone in peace thâ—n with a tenâ—h though his shoulders were as good as Miloes as strong as Samâ—ons that were quarrelous trâ—ublesomâ— and vnquiet As we therefore desire the peace of Sion and the weâ—fare and prosperity of Ierusalem as we would that the workes of the diuell should be dissolued his power weakned and his kingdome lessened as we loue to see Gods corne to thriue his vines to flourish and his building to go forward let vs haue peace amongst our selues and let vs tye our heaâ—ts fast together with the linkes of loue It is an amiable thing for brethren to dwell together in vnity It is a louely sight to see Ministers brâ—thâ—en by adoption and brethren by offiâ—e brethren in regard of Gods grace and place to liue together in loue as it were in a wedlock of loue Then should they be known to be Christs disciples then should God be glorified his people more aboundantly edified his kingdome enlarged his enemies scattered and their owne ioyes increased We conclude therefore Nulla salus bello pacem te poscimus omnes CHAP. 14. God is the Architect Ministers are inferiour Agents OF God For as much as Ministers are the Lords Synergi his Coworkers his Helpers or helping instrumeÌ„ts elected by him not for any necessity as if he were not able of himselfe to saue meÌ„ without their assistance but of his free pleasure for the manifestation of his wisedome power grace and authority and for the triall of our obedience faith humility from hence we learne these lessons Doct. 7 First that God alone is the principall Husbander of his field and the onely Architect of his building My Father saith Câ—rist is the Husbandman And he that buildeth all things is God Paul planteth and Apollos watereth but God giueth the increase It is the Lord that calleth men to his worke and directeth theÌ„ in his work and giueth good successe vnto their worke Except the Lord build the house they labour but in vaine that build it I laboured saith Paul more then they all yet not I but the grace of God which is with me Hence it is that Peter commends the founding and establishing of the faithfull vnto GOD. And looke what GOD founds Sathan shall neuer confound The Word preached sincerely is not like a physicke medicine which hath vertue in it by nature to cure a disease but is as a Conduit-pipe by which God the fountaine of grace conueieth his grace into the cisterne of our hearts when as he pleaseth Neither are Ministers to be reputed as principall Agents or authors of mans saluation but as the liuely instruments
bee wise to discerne betwixt true doctrine and errours and we should haue our wits exercised to iudge betwixt good and euill and when we see the difference betweene them being both obiected to vs we should wisely elect the good and reiect the bad CHAP. 24. The people ought to imitate the godly vertues of their Ministers THirdly honour is exhibited to Gods Ministers by imitating their Christian vertues which doe shine within them as the Lampes did in the Tabernacle and do as the candle out of the lant-horne giue light to those that loue the light It is one way whereby we honour those that are departed in the faith when we resemble them in those heauenly graces which like the starres of heauen did shine within them while they were aliue And indeed we do performe an act of honour vnto any man when we striue to imitate his good conditions and to walke exactly in his foot-steps This honour the holy Ghost giueth to all godly Ministers when he exhorteth vs saying Remember thē that haue the ouersight ouer you which haue declared vnto you the word of God whose faith follow And Saint Paul claimeth it of the Corinthians where he saith Be ye followers of me euen as I am of Christ Ministers ought to make themselues Ensamples for vs to follow and when they do so we shall both dishonour them and displease the Lord if we do not labour to be like them Their good examples should be as spurres in our sides to make vs run more liuely in our Christian race and they should be as sauce to make vs affect and digest our meate the better And if we will not study to resemble them we shall both manifest a peruerse and illiberall disposition and make our selues the more vnexcusable when God shall iudge vs. Therefore as the Painter doth draw an image in his head first and then with his hand according to the patterne set before him and conceiued in his mind so should we set the vertues of godly Ministers before our eyes as patternes for to follow and hauing conceiued and entertained them in our heades and hearts wee should expresse them in our liues by the actions of our hands and in the continuall current of our conuersations And so shall we commend our selues without one word of commendation so shall we honour and animate them so shall we dignifie our profession and glorifie him that ordained all things for his glory CHAP 25. Men should wisely conceale the infirmities of their Ministers and not blaze them abroade FOurthly Ministers are honored when their infirmities are not published in Gath to their dishonour but buried by loue in the graue of silence and obliuion In many things saith Iames we sinne all The purest gold hath some drosse within it Nulla facies sine ruga The fairest face is not without a wrinckle a mole or freckle The clearest glasse is subiect vnto soyling There is no soule without some sinne no man without a fault And therefore as we ought to beare with one another and patiently pardon all slips of weaknesse for loue couereth a multitude of trespasses so especially ought we to conceale forgiue the infirmities of Ministers in their words workes and gestures And so we shall shew our selues the children of wisedome the followers of peace and amity true louers of God and his children faithfull and good schollers and vnlike many wretches that are euen heart-merry when they can spy a moate in a Misters eye or an hole in his coate at which they may mocke and iest vngodly Chams that discouer and sport at their fathers nakednesse CHAP. 26. Ministers are to be countenanced and maintained FIftly men do honor the Ministers of Christ when they countenance them and take part with them against their malitious and wicked enemies and when they labour to defend their credits and good name against all their back-biters traducers and maligners and are not ashamed to acknowledge and assist them notwithstanding the greatnesse or the multitude of their vngodly aduersaries which set themselues against God all goodnes And this all men ought to do for their Ministers euer remembring that they passe not the precincts of their calling and be not transported with a preposterous zeale and a vaine conceit of enmity and hostile persecution when there is no such matter that so they may confirme their loue vnto them which they do in shew professe and encourage thē to go on constantly in their ministery that they may be faithfull in Gods house as Moses was and finally that they may manifest their zeale to God house and their loue of his worship and might shew themselues enemies to the Diuell and his wicked Instruments which coniure and band themselues against Christ and his kingdome Sixtly honour and true loue the scaturidge thereof is shewed to godly Ministers when their estates in respect of their places persons and dependants are well maintained They are the Chariots Horse-men of Israel therefore are they worthy to be maintained They are the Lords warriours and standard-bearers They fight for the Church they bestow themselues vpon the Church therefore it is very fit that the Church should keepe them It is a thing honest and acceptable before God for children to recompence their fathers and progenitors Ministers are our spiritual fathers In Christ Iesus saith Paul I haue begotten you to God through the Gospell In which respect we owe euen our selues vnto them as Paul sheweth in a speach to Philemon his spirituall sonne How much more then owe we them our worldly pelfe to maintaine relieue them Haue they by their ministery procured our spirituall life and shall not we prouide for their naturall life Religion right and reason claime it and require it of vs. The Lord hath ordained that they which preach the Gospel should liue of the Gospell They which wait at the altar are partakers with the Altar they which minister about holy things eate of the things of the Temple The Labourer is worthy of his wages The workman is worthy of his meate The Oxes mouth that treadeth out the corne must not be muzled He that planteth a Vine-yard is worthy to eate of the grapes he that keepeth the Vine may drinke of the wine and he that keepeth the stock may drinke of the milke Beware saith God that thou forsake not the Leuite so long as thou shalt liue on the earth Much lesse then are the Ministers of the Gospell to be forsaken For their ministery is farre more excellent Let him saith Paul that is taught in the word make him that hath taught him partaker of all his goods It is a precept and not a bare permission If they haue sowne to vs spirituall things is it a great matter if they reape our carnall things If they bring vs to the pleasures of heauen is it much for vs to bring them of
within vs. The Lord will be in his temple for euer Now what a singular comfort should this be to vs alway in that we haue the great God of heauen and earth residing in vs What an honour is it to vs that the king of kings should keepe his court continually in vs Let vs be thankfull to him for this fauour Be not like the thanklesse swine that swallowes downe the fruit but lookes not to the treee from whence it fell And so much for the first doctrine CHAP. 6. Men may be Gods House Husbandry though they be not so holy as is meet Doct. 2 SEcondly in that the Apostle cals the Corinthians who were factious fleshly litigious and somthing too disorderly Gods field building I cōclude that mē professing Christ as they did must not for some enormities be by by reputed abiects or men that are not in grace with God or as men that are fallen from God and cut off from Christ Dauid Salomon Hezekiah and Peter sinned grieuously but yet they were neuer wholly forsaken of God nor voyde of true grace though for a time it was cast as it were into a swoone and lay obscure as fire in ashes or as the act of reason in a man that is starke drunke or fast asleepe Though thou fauour of the smoake of sin and be vp to the wayst in iniquitie yet if thou labor to come forth and dost purge thy selfe by penitency thy case is not desperate it is not damnable If thou beest weake and fleshly as these Corinthiant were yet if thou wilt warre with thy flesh and contend against thy weaknesse if thou doest labour constantly to subdue thy lusts and doest truly repent of thy sinne so soone as thou dost espie it then despaire not but assure thy selfe that thou art in Gods fauour and that thou art one of his plants a liuing stone of his spirituall building and enioying his fauor in this life thou shalt also see his face to the solace of thy soule in the life to come Amen Morning prayer for the Family O Eternal Lord God who art great and fearefull and shewest mercy to them that loue thee and keep thy commandements we haue committed iniquity and haue done wickedly before thine eyes we haue rebelled against thy Maiesty haue transgressed against thy lawes we haue bin vnmindful of thy mercies do continually sin against thee so that to vs appertaineth open shame and confusion of face for euer yet compassion and forgiuenes is in thee there is mercy with thee that thou maist be feared Haue mercy therfore vpon vs we humbly pray thee and according to the multitude of thy compassions put away our transgressions Encline thine eare O Lord and heare Looke vpon vs in thy Sonne Christ Iesus and in him be reconciled to vs. Giue vs the feeling of thy grace and an assurance of thy princely pardon Put thy Spirit into our hearts wee beseech thee and cause vs to walke in thy waies Breake our marble hearts asunder take away their stoninesse and mollify them with the oile of thy grace Cause vs to hate leaue our sinnes and to warre with all our lusts Draw vs and we will run after thee conuert vs we shall be conuerted Incline our hearts vnto thy testimonies and keepe vs in thy feare Teach vs O Lord to number our daies that we may apply our hearts vnto wisedom Thou art our creatour forsake not the worke of thine hands Cause the light of thy countenance to shine vpon vs and let thy tender mercies come vnto vs. Direct our steps in thy word stay vs and we shall be safe Leaue vs not vnto our selues but susteine vs by thy grace Prosper the works of our hands and giue successe vnto our labours Let our going out and coming in be blessed and cause thine Angels to protect vs. Thou art our Father prouide thou for vs and preserue vs. Thou hast wedded vs vnto thy selfe as an Husband suffer vs not to goe an whoring from thee Thou hast bene beneficial to vs thou hast giuen vs thy Gospell thou hast sent vs thy Prophets thou hast honored vs with peace and prosperity and hast giuen vs great deliuerances our health our friends our liberty all our being and well being all that we haue euen all is of thee thou giuest vs our rest in the night thou makest vs sleepe in safety and renewest thy mercies to vs in the morning infinite is thy loue innumerable are thy fauours toward vs we beseech thee therefore O Lord giue vs thankfull hearts vnto thy Maiesty Open thou our lips that our mouths may shew forth thy praise grant vs grace to dedicate our selues vnto thee Blesse we pray thee thy holy Church and be good vnto thy people Giue not the soule of thy Turtle done vnto the Beast Be fauourable vnto Sion and build the wals of Ierusalem Increase thy kingdome destroy thine enimes Blesse thy seruant Iames our noble king find out his enimies set thy selfe against them and make his crowne to flourish on his head Be mercifull we beseech thee to all other States amongst vs giue eare to the cry of thy Saints not to the cry of our sins Grant O Lord that we may all of vs serue thee in the vnity of faith with vnanimity of spirit that so glorifying thy name in this world we may be glorified of thee for euer in the world to come Heare vs O Lord we beseech thee and grant vs these our requests for the merits of Iesus Christ alone vnto whom with thee and the holy Ghost be rendred all honour praise and power this day and for euer Euening prayer for the Family GRatious God and mercifull Father in Iesus Christ we do here bow downe the knees of our soules and bodies in thy presence offering vp this our Euening sacrifice of praise praier vnto thee giuing thee vnfeigned thanks for all thy fauours towards vs for electing vs vnto eternall life for creating vs according to thine image for redeeming vs by the bloud of thy Son for sanctifying vs by thine holy Spirit for our health peace and liberty for clothing and feeding vs for protecting and prospering of vs this present day and for that great and admirable deliuerance vouchsafed to this whole State and kingdom from that barbarous and bloudy confusion plotted almost performed by the wicked the children of Babel thy name O Lord be praised for these and all other thy mercies Forgiue vs we beseech thee our great vnthankfulnesse and all the rest of our sins our ignorances wilfulnesses negligences presumptions all other our transgressions rebellions O Lord forgiue them all vnto vs for Iesus Christ his sake Wash them al away in his bloud naile them fast vnto his crosse bury thē in his graue Cloth vs we pray thee with his robes and honour vs with thy Spirit Worke in vs godly sorrow and remorsefull spirits Mortify our sinfull lusts and adorne vs