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A86450	The valley of vision, or A clear sight of sundry sacred truths. Delivered in twenty-one sermons; by that learned and reverend divine, Richard Holsvvorth, Dr. in Divinity, sometimes Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, Master of Emanuel Colledge, and late preacher at Peters Poore in London. The particular titles and texts are set downe in the next leafe.	Holdsworth, Richard, 1590-1649.; Holdsworth, Richard, 1590-1649. Peoples happinesse.	1651 (1651)	Wing H2404; Thomason E631_1; ESTC R202438	355,440	597

great reward so any love if it be but little shall have some God will not quench the smoaking flax if it be but a spark of love he will cherrish that If it be lesse then a spark a smoake of love he will cherrish that Yet labour to get abundance it must not be a weak remisse love that is bestowed on God the object is infinite the act must answer the object We must make our love we cannot make it infinite we must extend it as neare infinite as we can come It must not be Amor remissus or Intermissus but perfectus and assiduus True love observe no meane it keeps no measure no bounds can be set to true love the love of God will enlarge and break out more and more We should love him wholly and solely we should love him so as to love nothing besides we should love him so as to love all things in him and for him and without him nothing We should love him with all our heart and soul and mind and strength there are foure things that is to love him with every faculty and with the strength of every faculty If I had foure souls as some Philosophers dreamed that we had 3. all those foure were too little were a man all soul all love all that were too little to be bestowed on God It is a high reach it is true indeed but we need not despaire though it be a high reach it is attainable by us because it hath beene attained by others The Saints before are magnified in Scripture for their love of God We have the same meanes the same helps and motives and the same encouragements If love be wanting as it is very much in the World the reason is because men doe not labour to thrive and grow in the love of God God deprives us of the comfort of the love of himselfe because we have no more love one to another But yet if we will apply our selves to the meanes love is recoverable it is not all dead nor all the sparks of love it may be blowne to a greater flame The meanes are various One way whereby we may profite in the love of God is this to empty our hearts of all carnall love whither it be the love of the World or of our selves There is nothing that stands more betweene the love of God and the heart then carnall Worldly love and above all this doting love of our selves Every man is for himselfe we all seeke our selves and not the things that are Christs sayth the Apostle and we all love our selves and not the things that belong to God it is very rare to be found the love of God in sincerity The reason is the love of our selves is so ingrafted and Printed in our hearts that it cannot be gotten out As he that will take his hand full of Corne must first empty his hand if it be full of Sand or Earth or Gravell So if we will replenish our hearts with the love of God there must first be an evacuation an emptying an expulsing and carrying out of carnall love the love of the great World about us and the love of the little World the love of our selves If any man be a lover of the World the love of the Father is not in him sayth St. John The love of the World and the love of God cannot consist together That is the first step to be taken to love God to put the World out of our hearts and to goe out of our selves Christ therefore gives that rule He that will come after me let him deny himselve He that will love God must unlove himselfe We dote upon our selves we are all for our selves therefore we are nothing for God That is one step to love God When we have emptied our hearts of all carnall selfe-love and Worldly love then there is another meanes to consider with our selves oft to call ourselves to those meditations what those motives are that make God so amiable how much beauty and goodnesse there is in God So much beauty that all the beauty of the creatures even of the Angells further then there is somthing of God in them is deformity to the excellency of God all the glory of Heaven further then it is a reflexion of Gods glory it is nothing to Gods beauty And the goodnesse of God how great it is and how great to us to love us and to love us when we were Enemies and in so great a measure to love us as to give his Son to die for us to love us so much as to prepare a place for us If his love reflect upon our hearts it will beget love againe if we come once to think how much God loves us how will it reflect love back One reason we love him so little is we doe not consider how he hath loved us and how Beautifull and Amiable his presence is When we have brought our selves to these meditations another step is to be frequent and conversant in the word of God it is the lively picture of the love of God There are veines and passages of Gods love and incentives to love him in every part we shall not meet with any peice of Scripture but it will kindle some part of love to God He that would Print love let him Print the Bible in his heart if we converse with the word of God that gives documents everywhere of the love of God That is another step Then the fourth that is the step and ascent of prayer A man cannot love God without divine prayer He that loves God will knock at the gate of love love is not to be had but from the God of love Sayth St. Austin pray if you will get the love of God that he would open the door Prayer will fetch every grace so prayer will fetch love for prayer is an argument of love We cannot have recourse to God in prayer but there will be the flight and ascent of love when any Love-suite is sent to God it is not lost he that begs love begs all Lord that I may love thee How much love will this prayer fetch That is another step to attaine the love of God Then when we have made this step there is one more the oft inquisition that we make into our owne hearts and blame our selves that we love him so little O when a man is offended with himselfe for any thing that is contrary it makes him diligent to attaine it A Christian that knowes what belongs to the love of God how doth he blame and condemne himselfe that he loves God so little That he began to love him so late How doth he grudg that any thing should carry any part of his heart or of his love from God He thinks the love lost that is cast upon the Creature he thinks himselfe a thiefe that he should steale any love from God that we should rob God of our love and obedience

journey ib. Judgments No removing of judgments without repentance page 15 Cause of feare that judgments will continue page 20 The word of God why called his judgments page 286 See feyned prayer praise Just How God is said to be just in forgiving sins page 38 Justification Free justification misunderstood page 69 K. Knowledge A proofe of Christs divine knowledge page 467 Knowledg of evill Angells de●ective in divine Misteries page 493 Angels want no knowledg that concerns their happinesse page 521 See practise L. Labourers The Crowne of life the reward of labourers page 256 Language Every grace hath a peculiar language page 36 99 Large The heart a large roome how page 481 Latitude Latitude of Gods mercies page 114 Lasting The Crowne of life a lasting honour page 231 Law The word of God why called his law page 266 All creatures but man keepe the law set them page 323 Legall Thankefulnesse better then legall sacrifice page 169 See Dead Life The Crown given at the end of life page 257 See comprehensive Lifting see eyes hands mind Religion Linked Graces linked together page 358 Lips Praise called the calves of the lips why page 161 167 What lips God will bee praised with page 163 Lips put for the whole man page 165 Long. Comfort against sufferings if they be long page 233 Lord. Thankefulnesse due to God as our Lord page 148 Lov● Why the Crown is promised to love page 269 All graces in l●ve page 271 Every one that loves God shall be crowned page 275 Meanes to get love to God page 276 Meditation of Gods lovelinesse begets love to God page 277 To blame our selves for want of love page 278 The greatest testimonie of love to God page 310 See commands prayer suffering word M. Man The word man how taken in Scripture page 189 Woman included under the name of man page 192 Man tempts man how page 247 Two men in a Christian page 340 See Incarnation Many Comfort against sufferings if they be many page 233 Master Obedience due to all kind of Masters page 394 Servants learn evill of their Masters page 397 Difference between earthly and our heavenly Master page 407 How to know whether God be our Master page 413 The duty of a good Master page 430 Christ why called the Master page 442 Christ the great Master page 448 Meanes God not tyed to meanes page 421 Measure True love keeps no measure page 275 Meditation Preparation to meditation necessary page 324 Meditation what page 325 Meditation scarce in the world page ibid. Meditation improves every grace page 327 Mentall Vocall prayer a help to mental page 53 Merit Merits of Saints not to be trusted page 108 No satisfaction by merit page 119 Mercie Antiquity of Gods mercie page 113 Mercie a motive to beg mercie page 116 The end of all waiting is for mercie page 418 See alliance attribute duration waiting Metaphor Metaphor what page 155 Duties in Scripture delivered under metaphors page 156 Mind Eye of the mind to look up to God page 386 Ministers Ministers to watch their people in their failings page 34 Ministers to condiscend to peoples weakness page 35 See Declare Mysteries Good Angels studie Gospel-mysteries page 496 506 See Angels Mixed We have need of tryals because we are mixed page 252 Monosyllable Masters servants how as monosyllables to each other page 394 Morall Difference between Christian and morall vertues page 359 Motion Motion of two sorts page 334 The life of Christianity in motion page 335 Perseverance the continuance of a Christians motion page 337 Difference between corporall and spirituall motion page 346 The continuation of a Christians motion page 354 See standing excellent vitall Mournfull Mournfull words to be used in confession of sin page 45 Mountains Why the lightning strikes the mountains page 472 N. Name Every true Christian hath his name in the promise page 274 A new name given to Believers page 437 The names of diverse Pen-men of Scripture concealed page 440 Preachers not to come in their own name page 474 Nature To turn to God by the bond of nature page 23 Art perfects nature page 61 Necessity Bond of necessity to turn to God page 23 O. Obedience Bond of obedience to turn to God page 23 Obedience singles not out commands page 313 Lifting up the eyes a testimony of obedience page 389 The period of a Christians obedience page 419 Christ the pattern of obedience page 460 The assent of an obedient heart page 476 See condition Object Faith singles not out it 's object page 313 Omniscience Christs omniscience shewed page 437 Others God tries us that others may know what is in us page 250 Over Mercie over Gods works page 112 Outward God must have praise from the outward man page 164 Comfort when God takes away outward things page 452 Owne Servants not their own page 396 P Pardon Impenitency never meetes with pardon page 18 Errour of those that will not pray for pardon page 68 Arguments against such as deny to pray for pardon page 71 Pardon to be begged with all blessings page 72 How the Devill hinders prayer for pardon page 73 Severall expressions of the pardon of sins page 104 God the only author of pardon page 107 Goodnesse of God in the pardon of sinne page 111 To beg more grace after pardon page 131 Pardon to be prayed for before removall of judgments page 139 Thankefulnesse especially due for pardon page 147 See confession eyes Passe-over The Christians Passeover page 431 All invited to the new Passeover page 438 Why Christ did ●at the Passover page 459 See Abrogate Pastor The duty of a Pastor to his Flocke page 431 Patience Patience to be laboured for page 213 Praise of Patience page 214 Promises the support of patience page 266 People The duty of people to their Pastor page 430 Perfect perfection Vocall prayer makes prayer perfect page 54 Christians to grow to perfection page 369 Perfection when to be sought page 374 See Soule Perseverance Perseverance carries on a christian still page 335 Excellency of perseverance page 336 No grace carries to heaven without preseverance page 337 See heaven sublime Physick Repentance as Physick page 25 Suffering as physick page 256 Piety Advances of piety severall wayes set forth page 338 Pitch The pitch that is set to a christians growth page 369 Place Duty of those eminent in place page 434 Pleasant Sin why pleasant to men page 106 Plenty Christs plenty page 451 Poore Poverty Poverty of Chsist set forth page 448 Worldly men imitate not Christ in his poverty page 449 Comfort for those that are poore page 450 Christ begs in the poore page 478 Popery A new kind of Popery page 70 Portion To make Gods word our portion page 295 The most possible way to remove judgements page 14 Pardon over Gods works of power page 112 Proofe of Christs diuine power page 469 Practice Practice required of Christians page 359 Knowledge without practice nothing page 360 Prayer

cannot be done but by the bath that is taken from Christ and the mercie of God The Jewes that were ignorant and knew nothing in the time of Christ they knew that who can forgive sinnes but God Though they misapplyed it yet it is was true in the thesis and in the generall who can forgine sinnes out God And Christ unlesse he had been God could not have forgiven sins who can forgive sinnes but God Cyr●l well upon the place gives the reason it must needs be so because God is the Law-giver and the Judg saith he to whom can it possibly belong to pardon and passe by and wipe away the transgressions of the law but to him that is the giver of the law Therefore none of the Prophets or Apostles durst ever arrogate this priviledge Nathan when he was sent to David though he had a commission from God durst not speak in his own name but the Lord hath pardoned And if there were no Prophet or Apostle durst assume so much shall we that are men far inferiour in place and piety and those speciall intercourses of the love and knowledge of God It is true there is a power given to Ministers declaratorie to publish and pronounce pardon to the truly repentant but the power of absolution properly so called and the power of taking away and pardoning that onely God keeps in his own custodie Saith Ambrose well the Minister of God doth that that belongs to his duty when he declares and publisheth pardon to the repentant but he exerciseth not any power and authority it is but Ministeriall Therefore Saint Austin observes well that when Christ gave this power to his Apostles and Disciples whose sinnes ye remit they are remitted he first premiseth he breathed on them and said receive yee the holy Ghost Saith he first they received the holy Ghost and then whose sinnes yeremit they are remitted For it is the holy Ghost that puts away sinne and not you It is Austin's observation And we may further observe that Christ when hee healed any commonly hee pronounced forgivenesse of sinnes but the Apostles though they healed many yet we never read that they used this word To note that Christ gave the power of healing to them but he kept the power of pardoning to himselfe Further then it is ministeriall hee kept the power of putting away of sinne to himselfe for it is an act of Majestie it cannot be so to others God may make Angels to declare it or men but the power is proper to him Christ gave the power of healing to the Apostles but hee kept the power of pardoning to himselfe Saint Austin presseth it against the Donatists sweetly who would faine have got the power to themselves Austin askes the question tell me the vertue of whose name takes away sinne He speaks of himselfe is it the name of Austin is it the name of Donatus it is neither the name of Paul nor Peter who is Austin who is Donatus And the Apostle presseth it who is Paul and who is Apollo but the Ministers of CHRIST But who is it that takes away sinnes GOD Himselfe This is the second thing the Prophet would bring them to know and acknowledge in this word O Lord to thee belongs mercie and forgivenesse thou art the Father of mercie we can feel the smart of sinne but cannot remove it thou must either take it away or else it will not be taken away therefore shew mercie and come among us either take it from us or else it will take us from thee remove it from us and remove it from thee Take away sinne and receive us graciously I have done with the first part the precatory part which concernes Malum tollendum the evill to be removed the evill of sin The second is bonum largiendum in these words ●●ke away all iniquity and receive us graciously It is in the Originall and shew us good Yet in the Originall a little further Take away iniquity and receive good Like that phrase in the Psalm He received gifts for men that is he gave gifts to men Receive good that is shew good shew thy grace that is as it is well interpreted in English receive us graciously Two things are to be considered in it One that I propounded in the forenoon though I came not to it that is the connexion of this part to the other The other is the order of this part with the other why it is joyned or added to the other clause and why it followes it I shall hardly speak of all But let us looke upon the connexion why is this clause added to the other Is not this enough take away all iniquitie It seemes this is superfluous for where-ever sinne is pardoned grace is conveyed where GOD takes away sinne he discovers grace and where hee crucifies the old man he stamps the image of the new where hee frees from death he gives interest to life where sinne is pardoned salvation is stated upon the soule what need this follow this one word take away all iniquitie is all the expression that need to be used But the Prophet would bring them to a greater enlargement and it is added for speciall reasons I will bring them to these three First it is added as a clause of illustration Take away all iniquitie so shew thy self gracious favourable Noting this that there is nothing doth more magnifie the goodness glory of God then the pardon of sin nothing doth more shew his grace then that As if he had said thou art the Father of mercie we have need of mercy thou hast mercy for thousands and we are thousands that beg it we pray thee to pardon our sins and manifest thy mercie in pardoning by receiving us graciously shew us grace in the pardoning our sins It is the greatest evidence of the mercie of God in the pardoning of sinnes it is that that glorifies God most It is well said by the Psalmist that his mercie is over all his works and we may say of the grace of pardoning that it is over all his other mercies There are other mercies that God shewes us that concerne our temporall estate O these come not within compare Nay spirituall mercies if he preserve any it is the grace of custodie If he deliver any from danger it is the grace of liberty If he accept our prayers and receive them at our hands that is a testimonie of mercie the grace of acceptation but if he pardon sinne that hath all in it that is Gods tender mercie in that he shewes bowels of mercie He opens his casket of mercy in all favours but hee opens his owne bowels when he pardons sinne that includes all mercies that David calls his tender mercies Over all our works it is even over the worst workes of ours which is sinne Over all Gods works it is euen over all the best of Gods works besides in creating preserving and keeping It is that that shines and breakes

Prayer what it is page 6 Commands to pray in affliction page 11 Promise made to prayer page ibid. Words of confession necessary in prayer page 50 Bounds of Prayer page 128 Thankefulness must be joyned with prayer page 149 Prayer begets love to God page 277 Looking up in prayer page 387 What the eye is in prayer page 390 See experience ●publique thankfulnesse vocall Praise Sinne hinders praise page 175 Judgments removed occasion praise page 177 Who are most ready to praise God page 178 See Grace Preparation Preparation to prayer necessary page 55 See meditation present presence Godly men blessed for the present page 224 Worldly men care onely for the present page 266 How to carry our selves in Gods presence page 373 Presumption Presumption to looke for pardon without repentance page 18 Promise Prayer builds upon promises page 124 The Crown conveyed by promise page 261 All blessings conveyed by promise page 623 Why heaven is by promise page ibid. To treasure up promises page 267 An implicite command in every promise page 312 See faith prayer support Providence A proofe of Christs divine providence page 471 Publick Publick calamities removed by prayer page 11 See Form Punishment Where sinne is forgiven punishment is removed page 102 Punishment how to be prayed against page 141 See chastisement pardon Pure God must have pure sacrifice of praise page 163 Q Qualification Promises made to qualifications page 273 Persons without qualifications have no interest in the promise page 274 R. Receive To receive what meant by it page 238 Relation Severall relations of a Christian page 339 Religion Lifting up the eyes to God an act of Religion page 387 Reparation The blessed reparation by Christ page 245 Repentance Repentance the parts of it page 4 Repentance sin cannot stand together page 15 Bonds of Repentance page 128 Repentance what acknowledgment it maketh page 311 See finall forgivenesse physick presumption totalll vaine universall Resolution Resolution necessary to obedience page 144 Resolution of David to be imitated page 320 Rest The rest of a Christian page 371 Restored To what wee are restored by Christ page 244 Reward Rewards encouragement to all sorts page 220 Rewards when given page 256 Right Christ hath right to all things page 451 Righteousnesse To suffer in the cause of righteousnesse page 212 S. Sacrifice Thanksgiving a sacrifice page 167 Every duty a sacrifice page ibid. Satan Satan tempts men page 247 Satan how he tempts page ibid. Saisfaction No satisfaction for sin but Christ page 103 Saving Mysteries of salvation saving speculations page 510 Sea Why it rains sometimes on the Sea and not on the land page 471 Selfe Selves Our selves the best sacrifice page 166 In obedience a man sacrificeth himselfe page 170 God to be loved for himselfe page 174 Every man should try himselfe page 249 God tries men that they may know what is in themselves page 251 Servant The least expression to a servant should suffice page 393 All kind of servants should be dutifull page 395 Complaint against servants page 396 Why men have unfaithfull servants page 397 Motives to servants to be faithful page 398 Christians should learn of mens servants page 410 Gods servants not so faithfull as mens page 411 Honour to be Gods servant page 415 Duties of good servants ib. page 430 Christians to exceed other servants page 417 See Eye Master owne Service The best service to be given to God page 408 Sharp Comfort against sharp sufferings page 232 Similitude The strength of a similitude wherein page 401 Simple Simple words to be used in confession page 46 Sin He that will offer sacrifice must lay aside sinne page 175 Single see Object Obedience Singular Why blessednesse is propounded in the singular page 226 Sion Sion double signification of it page 372 Slothfull Good Angels cannot be slothfull page 518 Sobriety Mysteries of salvation to be looked on with sobriety page 489 Son of man Why Ezekiel was called the son of man page 444 Soule The hands and feet of the soule page 319 The soule the whole man page 341 All perfections of the bodie in the soule ibid. Growth of the soule what page 342 The eye the hand-maid of the soul page 404 Souldiers Christians as souldiers need strength page 350 Speech Speech proper to man page 30 Why God hath given man speech page 51 Spirit Spirituall A form of prayer no stinting of the spirit page 66 Spirituall judgments worst page 140 Spirituals to be prayed for before temporals ibid. Difference in praying for temporalls and spirituals page 148 See alike vertue Stability Stability in the state of grace misunderstood page 69 Standing What standing hinders motion page 335 How a Christian doth both stand and move page 336 Stature Tall stature commendable page 370 Statutes The word of God why called statutes page 286 Sin nullifies Gods statutes page 322 Strength Strength and vertue equivalent page 344 Strength what it signifies page 346 Christians must grow to strength page 347 To see our need of strength page 348 Exhortation to get strength page 351 Strength how gotten page 352 From strength to strength what page 355 See Growth Soldier Traveller Sublime The commands of God sublime page 317 Perseverance makes grace sublime page 336 Mysteries of salvation sublime speculations page 507 Successe The most successfull way to remove judgments page 15 Suffering Love enableth to suffering page 269 How Angels joyed at Christs sufferings page 150 See Blessedness Crown Superiours Superiors care of Inferiours page 465 Support The promises support our graces page 265 Swearing Against prophane swearing page 180 T. Take away To take away sinne what page 101 Why the word to take away is used page 105 Temporals see Spirituals Temptation Kinds of temptation page 197 247 What temptations blessednesse belongs to page 206 Troubles why called temptations page 207 Temptations defined page 246 See Men Satan Testimonies The word of God called his testimonies why page 286 Thankfulnesse We should turn to God by the bond of thankfulnesse page 23 Bonds of thankfulnesse what page 128 Thankfulnesse due for all Gods mercies page 146 Thankfulnesse the order of it page 148 Thankfulnesse to close prayer page 150 Lifting up the eyes a s●gne of thankfulnesse page 389 See all daily legall pardon prayer Time The time when the Crown of life shall be given page 254 Why Christ kept not the Passeover in the appointed time page 461 Totall Repentance a totall turning page 8 Travellers Christians travellers page 349 Treasure All heavenly treasure in Gods word page 292 Tribulation Tribulation not to e severed from blessednesse page 222 Encouragements to suffer tribulations page 232 See Grace Triall Trie Tryall The end of tribulation for tryall page 246 Good temptations for tryall page 249 Why God makes tryall of men page 250 The Crown given when men are tryed page 255 See God Ignorance Self Troubles The good effects troubles should produce page 207 See Temptation Truth Gods truth testified in his promises page 263 See Universall Turning Different turnings to God page 6 Repentance what kind of turning it is page 7 Exhortation to turn to God page 26 See Universall Two Why Christ sent his Disciples by two and two page 456 V. Vaine Vaine to expect pardon without repentance page 19 Vertue Vertue stands at a distance page 344 Vertue in the eye of good men page 345 See morall strength vice Vices Vertues beset with vices page 27 Victory A Crowne the reward of victory page 230 Vi●all see growth Universall Repentance an uniuersal turning page 7 Difference in the universality of turning ibid. Unprofitable Sinne unprofitable page 106 Untill Untill what meant by it page 419 Vocall Vocall prayer necessary page 51 See mentall Voyce The voyce necessary in publique prayer page 53 The voyce necessary in private prayer ibid. Vowes Vowes necessary in duties commanded page 145 Up Upper The heart an upper chamber how page 481 See Prayer Religion Use Men said not to have that they doe not use page 360 W. Waiting Waiting what it is page 405 Waiting for mercie equall page 406 All that is in God to be waited on page 407 Waiting not to be given over though God shew not mercie page 420 Exhortation to wait on God page 422 See Mercy Watch-man Hope as a watch-man page 267 Whole see Lips Man Will. The word called the will of God why page 285 Wisdome Wisdome of God shewed in his promise page 264 Within True joy is that within page 300 Witnesse No man can sin without witnesse page 288 Woe To whom Christ pronounceth woe page 229 Woman see Man Word Words Words to be taken in prayer and repentance why page 32 Impediments to words in prayer page 33 What words necessary to confession of sin page 44 What words to be used in prayer page 58 Conversing on Gods word begets love to him page 277 Severall names given the word of God page 285 The word highly to be esteemed page 295 The joy of a Christian from the word of God page 297 301 How to profit by the word of God page 326 See forcible heaven humble impression glorifie mournfull prayer simple treasure portion Work Work of a Christian what page 256 World Worldly To learn of worldly men to suffer page 234 The Crown given at the evening of the world page 257 The baits of the world dangerous page 351 See Blessednesse FINIS