or pleasure Fourthly to be silent and secret not answering againe rudely and saucily nor reuealing their secrets abroad therefore it is wittily said by one that a good seruant should haue the back of an Asse to beare patiently the snout of a Swine to feed homely the tongue of a sheepe to keepe silence gently Or thus To haue large eares to heare readilie a short tongue speaking seldome and truly light feete swift in seruice and message cleane hands void of pilfering and cousenage Take pains in youth while strength dost last Then rest in age when health is past Be loath to offen be diligent to please Be willing to amend of sufferance comes ease Good paineâ— breedeth honor true â—ertue getteth fame Sloth bringeth miserie and vice â—ternall shame A youth void of industrie An age void of honestie Where vice in youth doth beare the sway There vertues will in age decay A youth well instructed Makes an age welâ— disposed Hâ— that in youth by reasâ—â— guides his daies In age shall keepe his footsteps from decayes SHORT SAYINGS FOR FVRther instruction of dutie towards God and man 1. Towards God LEarne to know God in his word Beleeue in God and his promises Feare God in his iudgements Loue God in his mercies Pray to him for grace Praise him for his goodnes Reade and heare his Word diligently Loue and reuerence his Ministers Frequent the places of prayer Be careful often to heare the word preached Quench not the spirit dispise not prophesing Feare God keepe his Commandements 2. Towards our Superiours Honor the King Obey good lawes Loue reuerence pray for the Magistrates Pay all duties to thy power Speake well of them in authoritie If they be good thanke God for them If they be euill pray for their amendement Princes are as the glasse the schoole the booke where subiects eies do reade do learne do looke Kings on earth are Images of God in heauen 3. Towards our Parents Honor thy Parents Reuerence their good counsell Obey their good Commandements Be subiect to their corrections Be humble reuerent and dutifull to them By good behauiour make them glad By ill demeanor make them not sad Deserue and seeke for their blessing Deserue not their curse Pray daily for them Releeue them if they be in want 4. Towards the aged Reuerence the aged Be dutifull to thy betters Be humble and lowly to them Be kinde and curteous to all 5. Of familiaritie Be friendly and familiar with the good Keepe no company with the euill Try before thou trust Hinder no mans good name Reioyce not in anothers crosse Beare with others infirmities that others may beare with thee Reioyce with those that reioyce Mourne with them that mourne Be geÌ„tle curteous to al offensiue to none Of Anger Be angrie against sin but sin not Appease debate absteine from hate If anger arise let not sin surprise Be not hard to be appeased Be mercifull and pitifull Be gentle and courteous 6. Of Speech Be slow to speake especially euill Be swift to heare good things Thinke before thou speake Speake aduisedly and truly Speake not vainely and skurrillously Answere aptly and mannerly Keepe counsell committed vnto thee Reueale not thy masters secrets Reueale not thine owne to euery friend Promise aduisedly pay thy debts truly Performe constantly Be not rash and foole-hardie Be not wise in thine owne conceipt Be not arrogant Striue not with thy ouer-match Be at peace with vertue warre with vice 7. Of learning and knowledge Loue vertue and knowledge Hate vice and ignorance Haunt wise mens company Shunne foolish society Praier hearing and reading increase knowledge without knowledge the mind is not good 8. Of thine estate Maintaine thy selfe iustly Liue in order Liue within thy compasse Be content with thine estate Pouerty is no hinderance to vertue Contented meane is greatest wealth 9. Of Apparell Be comely and cleane in thine apparell Be not proud and curious Be not slouenlike and rude Be sober in gesture and gate Be not idle and vaine 10. Of Diet. Take heed of all excesse for that is sinne Be temperat in diet Drinke moderatly and eate soberly Surfeting and drunkennes is a deadly sin Abstinence is good for soule and body 11. Of Recreation Vse moderate exercises Play not in any thing exceeding modestie and measure Redeeme the time and leese it not No greater losse then time and nothing lesse accounted of Neglected time is follies chiefest signe 12. Of the end The true and best ende of all is the feare of God When vertuous daies do end they are not done But liue two liues where others haue but one In all beginnings remember the end For to begin well is good but to end well is better Leud life is losse good death felicity The chiefest gaine the end of misery For that 's not death to change the life and die But that is death which doth all ioyes deny Then happy he who doth in time prepare To die to liue the end of worldly care The end of all things is at hand be sober therefore and watch vnto prayer A PRAYER TO BE SAID EVErie morning and euening by the I hil dren in their seuerall Wards And first remember that Without knowledge the mind is not good Without faith no pleasing of God Without nurture no attaining to vertue Without praier no hope of grace Therefore Euery one that is godly will pray in time conuenient â—sal 34. 14. 6. â—sal 31. 7. 8. â—sal 14. 9. â—0 â—sal 145. 18 â—sal 138. 6. But the wicked call not vpon God The Lord is nigh all them that call vpon him in truth and faithfully For though the Lord be high yet hath he respect vnto the lowly As for the proud hee beholdeth them a farre off O Eternall God and mercifull Father in Christ Iesus we humblie beseech thee to haue mercy vpon vs thy poore children and pardon all our sinnes committed against thy Diuine Maiestie at any time of our life heretofore either in omitting or committing any thing against thy blessed word and holy will and graunt vs thy grace O Lord that we may be truly repentant for them and hartily thankfull vnto thee for all thy vndeserued mercies and fauours bestowed vpon vs and the state and place wherein we liue beseeching thee for Christ his sake to continue and increase them euer hereafter both in soule and body vnto vs and also to receiue vs all into thy blessed protection that neither sinne nor Sathan assaile or preuaile against vs to hurt the peace of our soules or health of our bodies but that being blessed and protected by thee O Lord we may be better able and more carefull to serue thee in our seuerall places callings to become thy faithfull seruants instruments of thy glory for the good of thy Church Common-weale of our countrie wherin we liue O Lord blesse and defend our Soueraigne King the Queene and the Prince their Son with the rest of their Royal Progenie blesse his Maiesties honorable Counsellors and Nobles direct them all in office in the Church and State vnder him especially to aduance true religion and vertue and to punish sin and impiety Continue thy mercie and protection O Lord towards these his Maiesties Dominions of great Britaine and countries annexed and thy people and Churches in them increase the number of faithfull and painefull Preachers amongst them that so thy most holy name may be hallowed thy kingdome inlarged and thy blessed will accomplished in faith and loue in verity vnity O Lord blesse and defend this Citie with the Gouernors and gouernment thereof together with this house and whole societie and all those from whom we receaue this comfortable maintenance reliefe and godly education increase thy spirituall graces in them and multiplie thy temporall blessings vpon them O Lord that they neuer want will and meanes to go forward in performing the good workes thou hast begun for the aduancement of thy glorie the comfort of vs and others thy poore distressed ones the increase of their owne comfort in the assurance of thy mercy in Christ Iesus These mercies and all other blessings needfull O blessed God of grace and mercy we pray thee to graunt vnto vs and the rest of thy Church euen for Chrisâ—
will forgiue you therefore we pray that God who is infinite in mercies would pardon vs for we being wretched sinners hauing not one drop of grace yet through his grace are willing to forgiue others that Prouâ—â—b offend vs For if it be the glory of a man to passe by infirmities much more of God Q. What learne you by the last Petition And leade vs not into temptation A. In the former Petition wee desired pardon for sinnes past and heere wee pray for grace to resist sin in time to come that we may be supported and preserued in that â— Pet. 2. 9. Mat. 26. 41. state of grace whereunto wée are restored â—nd called by Christ Therefore wée pray â—hat we be not hardned with the deceitfulâ—es Luke 22. 40. Esay 1. 16. of sinne nor lead into ouer-hard triâ—ls against which our weakenes is not able to resist but that with the temptation 1 Cor 10. 13. â—he would giue the issue for his glory and our good Q. What vnderstand you by this But deliuer vs from euill A. That is from the diuell the author of al 1. Ioh. 3. 8. â—uill for we pray not simplie against temptation but against the euill of temptation that wee may haue grace and strength to tread Sathan sinne all aduersarie power Mat. 4. 3 4. Ioh. 17. 15. opposing it selfe to our saluation vnder feet through our Lord Iesus the séed of the woman who hath already triumphed ouer them and by whome wée hope and assure our selues we shall be perfect in his heauenly kingdome Q. What vnderstand you by the conclusion For thine is the Kingdome the Power and Glory for euer and euer A. The summe of all contained in the 1. Tim. 1. 17. rest because he is the immortall King inuisible and Almighty God only wise wee 1. Kingdome pray to serue him as his subiects in this 1. Peâ— 1. 5. life for the soueraignty of heauen earth is his and to bee preserued by his poweâ— 2. Power through faith vnto the life to come for he is all sufficient to performe that hée would glorifie his great name by all these means for all glory honor and praise is due tâ— 3. Glorie Psalme 145. 11. 12. him in Christ Iesus for euermore Q. Then the beginning and end of ouâ— prayers ought to be the praise and glorie oâ— God A. Yes for he is not worthy to receiuâ— new benefits who will not be thankefull Psal 103. 2. for former receiued Q. Why conclude you with Amen A. To shew our earnest desire and assured hope to obtaine our lawfull requestâ— through Christ the faithfull and true wiâ—nes Reuel 3. 14. in whom all the promises of God aâ— yea Amen Q. Then belike these three last Petitionâ— answere to the sixe last precepts of the teâ— Commandements of the second Table of the Law A. Yea verily for in them we learn ouâ— dutie towards men and héere we pray foâ— Psal 19. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. grace to practise them that wée may liue â— peaceable life in all godlines and honestiâ— till wée bée fitted and ready for the life â— come in heauen Q. Are we sure to be heard praying according to these rules A. Yes certainly as the Scriptures of Psalm 138. 3. 145. 18. 19 God do abundantly teach vs. Q. But wee see God doth not alwayes graunt the Petitions of his children A. That is because God hath otherwise Ezek. 14. 14. 1. Psal 135. 6. Iames 3. 2. 2 3 4 first decréed with him self secondly because they aske amisse thirdly because in his profound wisdome he séeth it not good for them fourthly because he trieth their faith loue patience and constancie Q. Tell me now what is a Sacrament psal 33. 10. 2. Cor. 12. 9. Luke 19. 7. Iam. 3. 8. Of the Sacraments A. A seale of that righteousnes which is giuen by faith in the merits of Christ Iesus Q. How many seales or Sacraments of that kinde hath God left vnto his Church A. But two Sacraments of the new Gen. 17. 11. Rom. 4. 11. 1 Cor. 10. 1 2 3. Couenant as there were but two in the old figuring righteousnes giuen by faith Q. Which be they A. Baptisme and the Lords Supper answerable to Circumcision the Passeouer 1. Cor. 12. 13. 1. Cor. 10 16. and succéeding in their places Q. How many parts be there of a Sacrament A. Two the outward signe and the inward 1 â—et 3. 21. grace signified â— Pet. 3. 21. Q. What is the outward signe in Baptisme A. Water accompanied with the Word Math. 28. 19. Q. What the inward grace signified A. The washing away of sinne by faith in the blood of Christ and the reuiuing and sanctifying vnto true righteousnes by his Actâ— 22. 16. Titus 3. 5. spirit sealing vnto the heart the assurance of fra forgiuenes of sins by Christ Iesus Q. What further vse and end hath Baptisme A. To expresse that wée are admitted and incorporated into the house of God his Acts 15. 9. 1. pet 3. 20 21. Genis 17. 1â— Church whereof the Arke was a figure and receaued into the Couenant of grace heretofore figured in the seale of Circumcision Q. What doth God promise vnto vs in this Couenant of Baptisme A. Christ Iesus with all the benefits of his death buriall resurrection and ascention Rom. 6. 1. peâ— 3. 21. to the full assurance of the frée forgiuenesse of sinnes to iustification and life eternall Q. What is the condition that the partie baptised is to keepe and performe A. To repent and beleeue that is to renounce and forsake sinne Satan the world Marke 1. 4. 1. Ioâ— 1. 7. and all the workes of the flesh and to liue in holines and righteousnes according to the Spirit beginning his new birth and life in God to die to sinne and rise vp vnto Rom. 6. 3. 4. â— righteousnes of conuersation Q. Why are Infants baptised which can make no confession of faith repentance A. Because they are the séed of the faithfull and within the outward couenant vnto whom belong the promises of grace and Rom. 4. 12. 26. Mark 10. 14. of such is the kingdome of heauen though not of all but wée must leaue the hidden things to God the reuealed are for vs and our children to do them Deut. 29. 29 Q. What be the outward signes in the Lords Supper A. Bread and wine according to our Sauiours institution Q Which be the inward graces signified and sealed vnto vs by them A. The bodie and blood of Christ Iesus our Paschall Lambe without blemish offered Mat. 26. 26. 1. Cor. 10. 16. 1. Pet. 1. 18. 19. Rom. 4. 25. for vs working full redemption and iustification for all true beleeuers sealing vnto them his righteousnes to be theirs by frée imputation Q. What further vse hath the Lords Supsper A. To teach vs that our Couenant in
is our sanctification righteousnes and eternall rest 2. In the Church And when thou commest into the Church or congregation assembled in the name of God to heare his word and to pray and cal vpon his name know that thou art in the presence of the eternall God and his holy Angels who not only seeth thee and thy behauiour but also vnderstandeth thy thoughts and secret motions see thereforâ— thy gesture be comely 3. Of Hearing And thy behauiour reuerent giuing due regard with meekenes vnto the word of God that the sense and substance thereof may enter into thy mind as the sound doth pierce thy eare for it is the power of God to saue thy soule if thou so heare and reteine it or else it is the sauor of death vnto death vnto thy eternall damnation with the Diuell and his Angels if thou doest carelessely neglect contemne despise it but if thou be carefull to marke what sinne is reproued and flye the same and what vertue is commended and embrace thâ— same it shall then amend thy memory and manners to grow in knowledge to learne to liue and die as a Christian 4. Of Praying In the time of prayer thy body must bee humble and cast downe vpon thy knees meekly and reuerently lifting vp thy hands and heart vnto God in heauen ioyning with them that speake in praier to say with them as occasion is or to lift vp thy minde with audible and good voice and harty affection saying Amen And remember that it is said Whosoeuer calleth vpon the name of the Lord and departeth from iniquitie shall be saued but whosoeuer doth not it is an euident token of a wicked and vngodly minde as it is said The wicked call not vpon the Lord and therefore there is no faith no hope no saluation for them 5. Of the articles of the faith When the Articles of faith be repeated thou must with like reuerence affection either standing or kneeling pronounce it audibly and distinctly for as thou beleeuest with thy heart so must thou confesse with thy mouth vnto saluation remembring alwayes to ioyne with the rest in saying Amen 6. Of the ten Commandements When the ten Commandements are repeated and said heare them with great reuerence and feare considering in euery one thy sin and defects praying for mercy and grace through Christ Iesus to endeuour all thy heart to keepe them and then that which thou canst not doe he wil performe 7. Of singing Psalmes Likewise when Psalmes and praises to God are singing vse all care and reuerence in singing with a grace and affectionate heart keeping tune and time orderly to the praise of the God of order 8. Not to goe away Remember thou gad not in and out of the Church and Congregation at thy pleasure for that is vngodly vnseemely and verie offensiue 9. Not to prate Neither vse to prattle or priuatly to reade or thinke of matters not pertaining to the place and worke in hand for that is to offer the sacrifice of fooles Tarie vntill all the seruice of God be performed and the blessing pronounced lest thou shew thy selfe a contemner of holy things and one vnworthy to be partaker thereof as Iudas was who made more hast then good speede and sped accordingly 10. Practise Returning out vse like reuerent behauiour and thinke often vpon that which out of Gods word thou hast heard to practise it in thy behauiour and know that practise 〈…〉 â—nd of faith and knowledge For not the hearers of the word but the doers of the will of God shall be saued The Sabbath see thou sanctifie Auoyding all impietie OF BEHAVIOVR IN TIME of recreation and play VSE such exercises of bodie as are without offence and perill either to thy selfe or others either in bones or ioynts name or estimation that it may be such as fitte best for thy minde to increase in good learning and for thy body for health and strength remembring there is a time of pastime and mirth as the wise man saith but take heed it be done in due time and measure as he also counselleth saying If thou finde hony eate thereof but eate not too much for the excesse of euery thing is sinne therefore exceed not in losse of time but see thou redeeme it with the losse of pleasure thou shalt finde increase of greater profit Vse pastime and pleasure In due time and measure OF BEHAVIOVR AT night 1 AT night when all the duties of the day are ended and that the time of rest is come approach quietly and orderly into thy ward and place of rest appointed and then with due reuerence addresse thee to the reuerent hearing and reading of the word of God according as the nightly exercises require if it be in singing of Psalmes see that it be done also reuerently with due regard of the matter as well as the method and melodie which must also be regarded as we are by God commanded to sing with feeling and a grace in the heart with vnderstanding and skil in due marking and keeping the time and tune for the God of order delighteth in concord and harmony and hateth confusion and discord especially in his speciall seruices Therefore sing reuerently orderly and deuoutly keeping time and tune so shall it please God and be comended of men 2 These ended commit thy selfe into the tuition of God by prayer remembring wherein thou hast faulted or failed of thy duty to call for mercy wherein through grace thou hast performed or desired any good to be thankefull vnto him that is the fountaine and giuer of all goodnes 3 See thy hose and shooes be cleane and thy cloathes decently laid vp readily of thee to be found in the morning when thou shalt rise to put them on To bed see that thou goe in time And rise likewise the gaine is thine OF BEHAVIOVR ABROAD in seruice VVHEN thou art abroad in seruice remember and practise diligently the counsell of God which saith Seruants Col. 3. 22. be obedient and subiect vnto them that are your masters and please them in all things good and lawfull for otherwise better it is to obey God then man not with eie-seruice as men pleasers but in singlenes of hart fearing God and whatsoeuer you do do it hartily as to the Lord and not vnto men knowing that of the Lord you shall receaue the reward Therefore saith he be not answerers againe Tâ—â— 2. 9. nor saucy be not pickers nor purloyners but shew all good faithfulnes faithfull diligence as vnto thy father yea as vnto the Lord himselfe who serued for vs a seruant to all that hee might wiâ—ne all from slauery and seruice of sin Sathan Remember among many the duties of thy calling as thou art a seruant these foure especiallie are required of thee First faithfulnes voide of fraud and filthy flattery Secondly diligence void of sloth and grudging Thirdly to seeke and procure their profit and good before thine own profit