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A32052	Saints memorials, or, Words fitly spoken, like apples of gold in pictures of silver being a collection of divine sentences / written and delivered by those late reverend and eminent ministers of the gospel, Mr. Edmund Calamy, Mr. Joseph Caryl, Mr. Ralph Venning, Mr. James Janeway.	Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.; Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673.; Venning, Ralph, 1621?-1674.; Janeway, James, 1636?-1674.	1674 (1674)	Wing C263; ESTC R13259	89,295	292

the neglect of that Soul-saving duty will rise up in Judgment against you The Righteous and the Wicked will be tried by their Consciences and that will discover the whole truth Study that Lesson which the Apostle Paul hath set before you To have always a Conscience void of offence towards God and towards man The powers that are are of God therefore be subject for Conscience sake Let your rejoycing be in the Testimony of a good Conscience Put on Charity out of a pure Heart a good Conscience and of Faith unfeigned Justice hath leaden feet but iron hands and it is but just that they that encourage one another to sin should at last condemn each other It will be but cold comfort at the great Tribunal for sinners to remember their past follies Satan that now spreads abroad his temptations will then witness to their neglect of wholesom exhortations The holy Quire of Angels will point to the sinners Conscience and that will answer I am acquainted with all your sins The Spirit of Christ will testifie how often that hath moved the ungodly to repent The abused creatures that have been forced to promote sin will continue in the hearts of sinners the Beast of the field will rise up against the Glutton and the Wine against the Drunkard Pray often for Prayer is a sheild to the Soul a sacrifice to God and a scourge to Satan Shun all appearances of evil resist the Devil and he will flie Seek not after Riches they have wings and flie away but study for Wisdome it 's price is above Rubies To seek after the Riches of this World is vanity But the fear of the Lord is wisdome and to depart from evil is understanding The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge but fools despise wisdome and instruction What can be more pretious than Wisdome for it is the gift of God Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding What can be stronger than Wisdome that buildeth houses and heweth out its pillars Who can be more pious than the wise man He that getteth Wisdom loveth his own Soul What can be more clear than Wisdome for that excelleth folly as far as light excelleth darkness The wicked mans fate is to be wise too late The Veil of Hypocrisie cannot hide our sins from God he will make us know that it is his Christ that we resist What is gotten by resisting our Saviour Or what shall a man gain if he get the whole World and lose his own Soul What are the Riches of this life to the Joys of heaven And who is a better Guide to that happy place than the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the World And why should not we love God since he so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life Was one Guest found out that had not a Wedding-garment and will not God then find out every unholy Soul The Righteous themselves are pardoned sinners but the wicked are impenitent Each Soul that labours in the Lords Vineyard shall receive his reward according to his merit Let your acquaintance be few and good Cousins Country-men and School-fellows are spenders of money and time Let your study be furnished not with many but with choice books Let wisdom direct your actions the wise man takes care for necessaries not for superfluities Wisdom is Riches indeed it teacheth a man the Art of contentment in all conditions It makes a man not onely Master over others but Conquerour of his own passions Premeditation is commonly accompanied with Wisdom The wise man sees his own faults by the follies of others He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty and he that ruleth his Spirit than he that taketh a Citie Wisdome is more useful in a City than the strength of mighty men So true is that of Solomon This Wisdom have I seen under the Sun and it seemed great unto me 14. There was a little City and few men within it and there came a great King against it and besieged it and built Bulwarks against it 15. Now there was in it a poor wise man and he by his wisdome delivered the City yet no man remembered that same poor man 16. Wisdom is better than strength nevertheless the poor mans wisdom is despised and his words are not heard However he that getteth wisdom loveth his own Soul and he that keepeth understanding shall find good 18. For Wisdom is better than Weapons of war but one sinner destroyeth much good Ingratitude is the Epitomy of Impiety To render a good deed for a good deed becomes a man to give evil for good is diabolical to repay evil for evil becomes a sinner but to return good for evil is the Quality of a Saint Injuries should be wrote in dust but Kindnesses in marble Nothing more spurs a man on to be ungrateful than the sin of covetousness Set not your heart upon wealth For the love of money is the root of all evil The wicked borroweth and payeth not again but the righteous sheweth mercie and giveth To be always begging or borrowing and never paying is the disposition of a covetous and ingrateful man and doth oftentimes set the dearest friends at variance Nature excuseth the follies of a fool but the ungrateful man hath no Apology To be courteous to one that is ungrateful is like ones hiding his treasure in the Sea Neer Relations that are strongly bound by the bonds of Affinity and Consanguinity are oftentimes divided by this black sin of ingratitude He that will forget a kindness is ungrateful but he that renders a discourtesie for a courtesie is impious And blessed is he that considereth the poor the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble Wo be unto the covetous rich man that hath his heart fixt upon his heaps the poor man is happier than he For the Lord heareth the poor The needy shall not alway be forgotten the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever There is an evil under the Sun saith Solomon and it is common among men A man to whom God hath given riches wealth and honour so that he wanteth nothing for his Soul of all that he desireth yet God giveth him not power eat thereof but a stranger eateth it this is vanity and an evil disease He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver nor he that loveth abundance with increase 12. When goods increase they are increased that eat them and what good is there to the owners thereof saving the beholding of them with their eyes The poor mans labour rocketh him to sleep but the cares of the rich man keepeth him awake 13. There is a sore evil under the Sun namely riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt 14. Those riches perish by evil

not expect to be told thee in a Pulpit all that thou oughtest to do but be studious in searching the Scriptures and reading good Books what thou hearest may be forgotten but what thou readest may better be retained Take heed of giving thy self the liberty of committing one sin for that will lead thee to another till by an ill custom it becometh natural That disease is desperate which to keep is death and to part with is impossible To begin an evil is of ill consequence it teacheth one to shake hands with shame but to continue in it hardens the heart and leads it till it be past grace To begin a sin is to lay a foundation for a continuance this continuance is the Mother of Custom and Impudence at last the Issue Fly evil society as an infectious Plague for ill Company is the corruption of good manners Take heed of those Doctrines that oppose the Magistracie or Ministry and endeavour to promote prophane Liberty and cast down good works by crying up of free grace In Nature 't is an observable Maxime The Masters commands must be obeyed according to his own will shall we not then be as obedient to our Spiritual Master as our Temporal one God forbid If we intend to serve God he expects we should serve no other God Our God is a living God and loves not dull and drowsie Saints we must not only serve him in this life but we must have life in our service Hast thou sinned repent behold the Lord holds a bottle for thy Tears Call no sin little it will require a great stock of Penitence take heed of purchasing a sin till thou knowest the price Prayers and Tears are the sinners best Embassadors to the Throne of Grace To sin is the frailty of the Nature of man but to glory in sin is bruitish like the Swine that understands not that clean pasture is better than a Ditch Make not Religion a Cloak 't is Diabolical to Honour God with our lips and dishonour him in our lives Such are the paths of those that forget God and the Hypocrites hope shall perish It is in vain to dissemble with God for the Hearts of all men are in his hands and the Hypocrite shall not come before him And what comfort is there in Hypocrisie when we consider that The Triumphing of the wicked is short and the joy of the Hypocrite but for a moment And where is the hope of the Hypocrite though he hath gained when God taketh away his Soul In Humane affairs Reservedness is Wisdome but Dissimulation is in all things Hateful To be Lip-holy and Heart-hollow is a brief Character of a Hypocrite A false Friend is to be abhorr'd above a mortal Enemy This is the Fate of an Hypocrite when once known he will not be believed when he speaketh truth If Hell hath one place hotter than another it is called Locus Hypocritarum the place of Hypocrites The Malitious man dissembleth with his Lips and harbours deceit within him When thou givest Alms sound not a Trumpet as the Hypocrites do their folly is their reward And beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees which is Hypocrisie No Serpent hath more Poyson than sin it is a thief in the house and a sword in the heart of a Nation God and Mercie will not stay where sin is the obstinate Governour To fast till we are Anatomies to pray till our knees are fixed to the ground is nothing if we do not fast from sin Erroneous times may unsettle truth but the Conscience of a good man is firm The Cap and the Knee are but outward Ceremonies but he that avoids Iniquity is the best Christian The Wages of sin is death but to mortifie sin is eternal life Gods care is concerned in Sparrows how much more in the least concerns of his Children Forsake not the publike Worship of God lest God forsake thee not onely in publike but in private In your Repentance remember Church-sins Sermon-sins Sacrament-sins lest the Church give you up to Satan for your sins Let not Whoremongers and Adulterers boast for those sinners God will judge The Usurer is stuft with earth in this World He hath the Grave for his Landlord but no God for his Father The fashions of other Nations have made us slaves to them but our pride may expect a greater doom Love not the World for it 's a Moth in a Christians life Nothing is more prejudicial to a Christian then a carnal love When you rise or when you go to Bed let your Meditation be what shall become of your Soul this minute Is your Heart devoted unto Christ live to him and you shall live with him For know God is a Guest that requires the upper Rooms that is the Head and the Heart And it is the pleasure of a devout man to promote the Interest of Almighty God He that will be false to God can never be true to man It is good to be of a true Religion but it is ill not to be true in that Religion If God be against you who then can take your part Will God that made you save you if you will not serve him Consider it was Christ that dyed for you it is he that either saves or condemns you flatter not your self with a vain conceit can man be more merciful than God The Epicure that delighteth in the variety of dainties of this World little thinketh that those very creatures will one day witness against him The Gallant that glories in the pride of his Habit will likewise be tried by his Garments The heaps of Treasure which the worldling hoardeth up will be an evidence against him Time will be when Time shall call the Drunkard to account for his waste of time Fornicators and Adulterers will at last with sorrow remember the date of their former sins The consequences of a sinners life will appear against him charging him with the ruine of Wife and Children disquieting of Neighbours and impoverishing of other Families It is better to be a Lazarus in poverty and to want the relief of this World than to be richly habited to fare deliciously and hereafter to want a drop of water to quench the flames of an incensed Mercie The way to live in Heaven is to live heavenly upon Earth Do not pretend to believe more than you do believe and live according to that belief If you would be wholly God's give him your heart and live wholly to him Better it is to serve God than man purity is better than impurity feasting is noysome because it makes you sick Why do ye wallow in the mire because ye have the natures of Swine The Lord hath made the world and us that we in it may serve him and that is the duty of man The sinner will be accused not onely by his own conscience but his familiar companions Grieve not the Spirit now lest it grieve you hereafter Your intentions to Repentance and

let Religion be your business for he is most capable of rejoycing in the evening that watcheth his words thoughts and deeds in the day To despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by Prayer What folly can be greater than to labour for the meat that perisheth and to neglect the food of Eternal Life God or the World must be neglected at the parting-time for then is the time of Tryal then shall the Righteous continue Righteous and be Blessed To seek your self in this world is to be lost and to be humble is to be exalted First study to believe there is a life of Blessedness hereafter then will you be the better strengthned to hunger and thirst after Righteousness If you would have the Lord receive you into Heaven you must give your self unto Prayer Prayer is defined by Gregory Nyssen to be a Discourse between the Soul and God it is of two sorts Vocal and Mental that is outward expressions of the Voice and an inward lifting up of the Mind to the Throne of Grace Before you enter into Prayer ask your Conscience these Questions with a resolution to return an Answer 1. To what end O my Soul art thou retired into this place 2. Art thou not come to discourse with the Lord in Prayer 3. Is he present will he hear thee 4. Is he merciful will he help thee 5. Is thy business slight is it not concerning the welfare of thy Soul 6. What words and reverence wilt thou use to move him to Compassion Let these Interrogatories be considered Discoursing with thy self will prepare thee the better to discourse with God To make thy preparation compleat consider thy condition thou art but dust and ashes and he the great God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ that cloatheth himself with Light as with a Garment Remember these or such like devout expressions O let my Prayer enter into thy presence Let my Prayer be set before thee as Incense and the lifting up of my hands as the Evening Sacrifice As the clay is in the Potters hand to fashion it at his pleasure so man is in the hand of him that made him to render to them as liketh him best I will praise thee O Lord with my whole heart I will shew forth thy marvellous works The Sacrifices of God are a broken Spirit a broken and a contrite Heart O God thou wilt not despise Let us search and try our ways and turn again unto the Lord. If your hearts condemn us God is greater than our hearts and knoweth all things Such Expressions as these from a devout Soul open the windows of Heaven and prevail with God to hear its Prayers In your Prayers or Meditations beware of Satan's devices of which these are some He endeavours to intice sinners to presumption by lessening a sin and making it seem to be slight On the other side he studies to betray some to the sin of despair insinuating such a crime is Haynous and beyond pardon But thus saith the Lord Though your sins be as Scarlet they shall be white as Snow Though they be red as Crimson they shall be as Wooll He shewed to our Parents a golden Cup but discovered not the Poyson hid therein when he said God doth know in the day that ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as Gods knowing good and evil Thus he attempted to betray Christ when he tempted him with the glories of the World saying All these things will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me He hath likewise the art to put false glosses on particular sins as Pride that he pretends is Neatness Covetousness is good husbandry Drunkenness he calls good fellowship and Extravagancies the effects of a liberal Spirit He extenuates sins by whispering to the credulous wretch To be Drunk to Swear c. are but little sins and repentance is no hard task it is but to ask pardon and cry Lord have mercie upon me He insinuates these delusions into the sinner You may walk by the Harlots yet not enter you may drink with the Drunkard yet not be drunk you may handle a bag of Gold yet not steal it He assures the Soul that the wicked man is happier than the devout Soul for the former enjoys all the delights of the world whilst the others are Persecuted Imprisoned and oftentimes undone One chief designe of Satan to delude the Soul is to conduct him into evil company Beware of false Teachers that lead your Judgment astray They reproach the Embassadors of Christ so did Korah Dathan and Abiram to Moses and Aaron Good Michaiah was likewise aspersed by Ahabs false Prophets They are devisers of false Prophesies The Lord said The Prophets prophesie lies in my name I sent them not neither have I commanded them neither spake I unto them they prophesie unto you a false Vision and Divination a thing of nought and the deceit of the heart They are stiled blind guides That strain at a Gnat and swallow a Camel They are counterfeit and unclean Wo unto you Scribes and Pharisees Hypocrites that make clean the outside of the cup and platter but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness They endeavour to delude men to their opinions rather to carry on their own Interests than to better their Conversations Wo unto you Scribes and Pharisees Hypocrites for ye compass Sea and Land to make one Proselyte and when he is made ye make him twofold more the Child of Hell than your selves Wo unto you blind guides which say Whosoever shall swear by the Temple it is nothing but whosoever shall swear by the Gold of the Temple he is a debtor Ye fools and blind whether is better the Gold or the Temple that sanctifieth the Gold He that sweareth by the Temple sweareth by it and by him that dwelleth therein False Prophets privily bring in damnable Heresies even denying the Lord that bought them and bring upon themselves swift destruction Since then Satan is so busie what remains but that we Arm our selves with spiritual Weapons Wherefore take unto you the whole Armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day For the Weapons of our Warfare are not Carnal but Mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds David said to the Philistin Thou comest to me with a Sword and with a Spear and with a Sheild but I come unto thee in the Name of the Lord of Hosts the God of the Armies of Israel whom thou hast defied Let a Christian keep his Faith firm for that will carry his Heart through many difficulties Eye hath not seen nor Ear heard neither have entred into the heart of man the things which God prepareth for them that love him The