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A54919 The pious soul's daily exercise: or, A guide to eternal glory Being manna gathered out of the Holy Scriptures to refresh the true Chrisitan in his passage through this vale of tears to the heavenly Canaan. By G.L. G. L. 1700 (1700) Wing P2282D; ESTC R218932 12,225 26

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Humiliation not Desperation 52 Tho' the Glory of a Saint be not seen by every Eye yet they have an Excellency in the midst of all Deformities 53 For he that sees not a true Christian to be a glorious Creature has but a fleshly Eye 54 No Company nor Comfort should put off the Thoughts of Death 55 For Death will be terrible to that Man that dyes not in his Thoughts daily 56 Sin unrepented of will bring a Sting in the time of Death filling the Conscience with Horror and Amazement 57 He that lays much on Nature's Back will break it and that trusts to Natural Parts shall be disappointed 58 All carnal Delights and Pleasures are but Poison if grace be not in the Heart for an Antidote 59 Peace of Conscience will make a Man rejoice in Sorrow and live in Death 60 An Hypocrite may seem better than a real Christian but like Corn on the House top soon ripe soon rotten 61 He that would profit in Heavenly Mysteries must be knit to them not by the Brain but by the Affections 62 The Signs at the Table Seals no Grace to the Soul where there is no Faith 63 VVe are very sensible of Bodily-Hunger but Soul-Hunger is hardly felt 64 The VVorld to come is good Mens Hope and bad Mens Fear 65 He that will not be broken from Sin shall have no portion in Christ's Body broken 66 He that maketh a Divorce betwixt his Soul and Corruption is in the State of Grace 67 It is no Presumption but our Duty to judge by our Effectual Calling of our Election 68 To know there is a Christ and not our Interest in him is rather a Punishment than a Comfort 69 A sinful doubting Soul lives next in the Suburbs of Hell 70 As Grace and Glory so Sin and Shame goes together 71 The more sanctified Afflictions on Earth the more weight of Glory in Heaven 72 Sin may draw down Judgment on a Godly Man but shall not rest on him 73 Let us have a care of being fair-tongu'd Hypocrites lest we get Balaam's Brand and Pilate's End Eusebius lib. 2. chap. 7. says he was brought to such Misery that he Murdered himself 74 It is all one to Christ our Surety to pay our great Debts as well as our small 75 He that would avoid Sin must avoid the occasion of Sin 76 Saint by their great falls lose their Communion but not their Union with God 77 God's Love to us and our Love to him is like Corks in the deep VVaters of Affliction carrying up the Sonl to eternal Bliss 78 Satan and Seducers sometimes speaks Truth for their own advantage 79 It is both sin and shame that Christians break Oaths one to another when Heathens disdained it to Uladislaus 80 It is Satan's policy either to let us see no Sin or nothing but Sin 81 No Scripture saith the greatness of Man's Sin hinders the greatness of God's Mercy 82 Oh let us admire the free Grace of God! and to know he does not shew Mercy because we please him but because Mercy pleases him 83 He that depends upon the Power and Mercy of God in his Ordinances shall be sure to find Joy and Comfort 84 VVhen all means fail let the Soul look up to God for then is the fittest time to meet God and disappoint Satan 85 As a Tree may want Fruit and Leaves when the Sap is at the Root so a Christian may want Sence and Feeling when true Faith 86 He that listens to carnal Reasoning in his VVay to Heaven sins deeply and wounds his Soul dangerously 87 The clearest Day of outward Comforts may be clouded e're Night 88 Riches make themselves VVings to fly away while we are making Doors and Boults to keep them in 89 No sickness nor affliction can wear out the Marks by which Christ knows us 90 In great Sorrows the Mind is very unfit to to take in Comfort 91 A Flint and Steel consume one another so do proud and hard Spirits wanting Grace 92 Of old in making a Coventant they used to cut the Heifer or put a suckled Sow betwixt them to signifie the Breaker of no more esteem 93 They that are in the Covenant with God may say their Maker is their Husband the Lord of Hosts is his Name it shall stand for ever 94 Better be preserved in the Brine of Affliction than rot in the Honey of Prosperity 95 It is a Temporal Blessing to the wicked to have the Godly live among them and proves their ruin when they are removed witness Noah Lot Joseph 96 The Devil accusing bold Rothel face to face bade him Be gone thou damn'd Devil I have an Intercessor and thou none 97 If the Society of the Godly be so pleasant here Oh how joyful shall it be hereafter with the Vision of God holy Angels and the Spirits of Just Men made perfect where no unclean thing can enter 98 Honesty and Plain-dealing did and ever will prove the best policy 99 In self-judging a Believer ought to observe his good as well as his bad and not to lye at a catch with his own Soul and take it at the worst 100. Better cross our own Humours than God's Spirit For he tells us better pluck and cut our Eyes and Feet of Lusts off than go to Hell CHAP. II. 1 LET Men hold to the Word in Dispute with Satan as Christ and Michael did he will be weary and go away 2 Look from one end of Heaven to the other and see if ever any Man trusting in God was disappointed 3 Every Soul in going to Prayer ought to say to all sublunary things as Abraham said to his Servants Stand you here while I go worship yonder 4 We must not think to bring any good to the Promises but go to them for all good 5 O precious Faith which brings all good with it Grace here and Glory hereafter 6 It is an infallible mark of Regeneration to have the cruelty of our Natures taken away 7 He that refuses Works of Mercy to those in need is a Miser 8 The Word is sweeter to the Godly than Honey from the Comb and dearer to him than thousands of Gold and Silver 9 As a Godly Man said at Death If he were not going to the Fountain he would be sorry to leave such Streams as the Promises 10 No Man can love a Saint as a Saint but a Saint 11 The Doctrine of Christ is preached to many but the Power thereof but extended to a few 12 That Man is holy and harmless who when opportunity of Revenge to his Enemy is offer'd yet forbears David to Saul 13 It is a sign of a woful Estate when our Tongues and Hearts are set on Mischief on small Matters 14 No Man is turned to God but he loves the Society he formerly hated 15 A Heart set upon Brawling and Raging is void of Comfort 16 He may be sure of the Remission of his sins who is released from the Bondage of sin 17 He that