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The whole duty of man in all his stages in a plain and familiar heroick verse, with variety of cuts proper to the several chapters thereof, with several private prayers and Thanksgivings annexed to it, both for the pleasure and benefit of youth / by W. Beck.
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Beck, W. (William)
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true we cannot love them nor forgive Our Enemies and wish them well to live Much less their Wants then as we ought relieve 11. Strugle we must and with a bitter trial To bear the Cross and learn Self-denyal And so we must deny and must withstand Our selves if we 'll obey our Lord's command As his Cross to take up and bear the Shame Which he endured for his most Holy Name So we as Christians must do the same Wherefore rejoice when that comes to your turn To suffer better drown in Tears than burn In Hell with the Rich Glutton for to lie Tormented there to all Eternity 12. Now then thy War begins subscribe the List Resolve to do thy Duty and Resist Thy own Corruptions make incessant Prayer To God that he for Christ's sake thee would spare Grace sufficient to maintain the War Or else thy feeble Soul will quickly yield To Satan cowardly and quit the Field 13. Oh quickly quickly then thy self apply To thy whole Duty lest Sinning thou dye And now thy self often to Prayer betake Imploring Mercy for thy Saviour ' sake Use these short Forms which are herein prescrib'd Be Earnest and thou shalt not be deny'd What monstrous Hazards dost thou undergo Which ventures on in Sin which will bring wo. Therefore thy Duty know and now begin Leave thy delight in Error and in Sin Defer not thy whole Duty day by day But unto God for Christ's sake always Pray Uâ—ing those Means prescribed in thy Way PRAYERS 1. For Pardon 2. For Grace 3. For Comfort 4. For several Graces 5. The Lord's Prayer our Father 1. THou Lord of Mercy to thee now I Pray Let my Request be heard do not say Nay That all my griev'ous Sins be done away I am a Sinner Lord thou know'st full well And Duties owe to Thee who doth excel In Goodness and in Kindness evermore Tho' I am much behind and in thy Score But if thou hast such Mercy behind still For me then make me to fulfil thy Will And thou O Lord do all my Sins forget And let them not on my account be set Lest my Misdeeds at length should so prevail If them thou mark'st then my Soul will fail And sink by that sad weight of its own Fate For ever banished from that blessed State Even from that blessed Company and Place Unless thou dost restore me by thy Grace Thy Mercies Lord are manifold thou' rt kind Let me Oh! then one Branch but only find That I may e'er I sink lay hold thereon On thy great Goodness and Salvation 2. Now grant good God I may both hear and see To do all things well-pleasing unto thee Be pleas'd to give but to my weak Faith Strength That I to Happiness may come at length Teach me good God and so give me thy Grace To walk aright that I may see thy Face Take from me Clouds of Sin which do so blind My Sight by making clean my Heart and Mind Lest into that unfathomed Pit I fall And there for thy kind help in vain do call Where being stung with Vengeance of thy hate I call and call but yet alas too late Convert me then O Lord betimes lest I Be overtaken with thy Wrath and dye I am a Stranger here on Earth incline My Heart to what is good and so d vine That I with thee and others there may shine .3 Why why O Lord dost thou thy Face so hâ—de Making me row against the Wind and Tide In vain in vain my grief and labour 's all If thou dear Lord dost not return and call Me to thy self with longing in my Soul Letting no Sorrow ever me Controul 4. Give me both Faith and Hope and also Love Humility with Fear to thee Above Trust Gratitude Contrition to be Mild Contrite Chaste Temp'rate to be thy Child So Diligent Just also and Content With Perseverance ne'er for to Repent Of doing good to all that I may be Blessed with Angels to Eternity 5. These Six Petit'ons grant me Lord I pray Which I do put to thee e'en day by day 1. First that thy Name may sanctified be 2. Thy Kingdom come when fitting thou dost see 3. Thy Will be done in Earth as Heaven is 4. This Day our daily Bread give and it bless 5. Our Sins forgive as we forgive all men 6. And lead us not into Temptation then Thy Kingdom Power for ever be Amen 1. Thanksgivings 2. For Deliverance in Trouble 3. Ejaculations for the Lord's Supper 4. Before you Receive it 5. After Receiving 1. YES I will ever O God thy Name praise Proclaiming it on high my Voice will raise Whilst I have Breath I will stil Speak and Sing My Praises all unto my Lord and King Wishing my self all Voice and Tongue to have To sing thy Praises and for me to crave A Blessing which thou always dost bestow On humble Penitents here now below Oh that my Thanks could then but equal grow Bless'd then for ever bless'd be thy Name Thou Fountain from whence all our Blessing came 2. O God for Mercy I on thee do call My Soul do's trust alone in thee for all True Shelter to thy Wings O Lord I run O cover me or else I am undone Thou art my Hope and Refuge also still Deliver me that I may do thy Will Preserve my Soul for unto thee it flies O look upon me with thy Holy Eyes With mine I 'll look up till the Tears have wore My Sight away and I here be no no more O pitty pitty my distressed Estate Leave me not wholly desolate nor Hate Me for I have here no true Friend but thee O pitty whither whither shall I flee 3. I am not worthy that under my Roof Thou Lord shouldst come Can I bear thy Reproof For I have Sinn'd if thou shouldst now mind With rigour to correct for what 's behind Who could abide But Mercy is in store Reserved for me and so for others more Thro' thy beloved Son my Trust shall then B' in Him that took away the Sins of Men. Oh see and hear the Cry of his dear Blood Which I with others plunge into that Flood 4. The Symbols now which I m about to use Eternal Life by them do not refuse To give to me as promised I 'll take 5. The Bread and Cup and so thy Passion make Known unto all thy Sitting on the Throne For ever blessed Thou great Three in One. FINIS BOOKS Printed and Sold by J. Bradford THE Complaint of English Subjects deliver'd in Two Parts The first is the Complaint of the Poor Middle and Meanest sort of Subjects concerning their Bodily Assistance The second is The true Christians Complaint against Vice and Wickedness for the good of their Souls health Wherein also is set forth the Late prodigious Growth of Atheism Errors and Vice With a Call to Repentance As also how needful it is in these Times for every one of us first of all to look into our Hearts and endeavour to Amend what is there amiss And lastly a brief Discourse concerning our late Unfruitful and Cold Summers As also what is the Real Cause of it by way of Opposition to the Opinion of Astrologers By Richard Newnam of Tiverton in Devonshire Price 6 d. A Gold Chain of Four Links to draw poor Souls to their desired Habitation Or the Four Last Things briefly discoursed of viz. Death Judgment Heaven and Hell By the late Reverend Dr. Stevens Price 2 d. The Path-Way to Perfection Shewing the Duty of Children to their Parents With the Promised Blessings which attend those that perform it c. To which is added A short Perswasive to the Duty of Prayer By J. Stevens D. D. Price 2 d. The Pious Man's Kallender Or Christian Thoughts for every Day of the Week 1. Of Faith 2. Of the End for which Man was Created 3. Of Death 4. Of Judgment 5. Of Heaven 6. Of Hell 7. Of the Presence of GOD. Also an Instruction how to prepare to Dye Concluded with a brief Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer in Verse suitable to the occasion Published for the Benefit of the Poor By William Ioie Minister of Sarrat in Hartfordshire Price 2 d. A brief Account of the most Remarkable Prodigies which happen'd at the Birth in the Life and at the Death of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ As also a Lively Description of the Person of Christ In a large broad Sheet Price 2 d.