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A77634	Sacred principles, services, and soliloquies or, a manual of devotions made up of three parts: I. The grounds of Christian religion, and the doctrine of the Church of England, as differing from the now-Roman. II. Daily, and weekly formes of prayers fortified with Holy Scriptures, meditations and rules to keep the soule from the common roads of sin, and carry it on in a mortified course. III. Seven charges to conscience, delivering (if not the whole body) the main limbs of divinity, which is the art not of disputing, but living well.	Brough, W. (William), d. 1671.	1649 (1649)	Wing B4991; Thomason E1339_1; ESTC R209131	186,268	487

SACRED PRINCIPLES SERVICES and SOLILOQUIES OR A Manual of Devotions Made up of Three Parts I. The Grounds of Christian Religion and the Doctrine of the Church of England as differing from the Now-Roman II. Daily and Weekly Formes of Prayers fortified with Holy Scriptures Meditations and Rules to keep the Soule from the Common Roads of Sin and carry it on in a mortified Course III. Seven Charges to Conscience Delivering if not the whole Body the main Limbs of Divinity which is the Art not of Disputing but Living Well Grande est esse Christianum non videri Hier. LONDON Printed by J. G. for JOHN CLARK and are to be sold at his Shop under Saint Peters Church in Cornhill 1650. To the Reader TO thy Conscience not wit are these Devotions written And if so read thy Soule may grow if not wiser better by them The Author looks at Heat in Devotion as metle in a blind steed his first care therefore is to help thee to a good Sight in Religion and that he doth by the light of his Principles But because most miscarry by going and running against their light in wicked and erroneous wayes more pains are taken to prevent and rectifie such miscarriages To Elevate thy Soule and Aide it in good Desires and Endeavours for Grace against Sinne thou hast his Prayers and Services And to awake thy Conscience and warme thy Heart to all Duety Desired and Directed to is the Cry and work of the Soliloquies And albeit he will prohibit none to read the Book though for Curiosity more then Conscience and rather as a New then Prayer-booke because even so they may take benefit by it as Saint Austin did by Saint Ambrose's Sermon yet he would have thee know that it is Calculated chiefly for the Meridian of their minds who fall to their Prayers not by fits but Courses and read Books not to passe the time away but well Taking them in hand not as Recreations of their thoughts but Businesse of the mind And usiing them not as good Companions in Solitude but Guides and Helps to Heaven-wards That this may be so to thee is his Aime Thank God if it be thy Issue He prayes that for thee whosoever thou art Having an Amen for Nazianzens Vote Utinam nemo pereat and a Heart for the Prayer his Mother hath taught him That it may please God to have mercy on all men And if for his Name that Charracter please thee much good doe it thee So he is and hopes he ever shall be Thine in the Common Saviour Philo-Christianus THE Particulars conteined in this Manuall of Devotions OF Religion in Generall pag. 1. The Grounds of Christian Religion pag. 2 The Grounds of Protestant Religion 6 How to be satisfied and setled amidst the Doubts and Divisions about Religion 6 Rules of Devotion and Prayers for Morning 20 for Evening 21 1. Daily Prayers 23 Prayer For Grace 28 39 Prayer For Peace 28 39 Prayer For Health 29 40 Prayer For Friends 30 40 Prayer For Kingdom 31 41 Prayer For Church 33 43 Prayer For Catho Church 33 43 Particular Prayers Prayer Of a Husband 45 Prayer Of a Wife 46 Prayer Of a Parent 47 Prayer Of a Child 48 Prayer For a Family 49 Prayer For Issue 50 For Women with Child 51 Against Miscarriage 52 For a Women in Travail 52 After Deliverance 53 After Christning 54 Prayer For Birth day 55 Prayer For New-years-day 56 Prayer Of a Widow 56 Prayer For the Fatherlesse 57 Prayer Against suddain Death 59 Prayer For a Voyage by Sea 60 After it 60 At Return to Sea 61 At Return Home 62 After a Storme 63 Prayer For one in a Journey 65 After it 65 Prayer For a Souldier 66 Morning 67 Evening 68 Before Fight 68 After Fight 69 For one Wounded 69 Prayer For the Sick 73 For Deliverance 73 For Patience 74 Against the Plague 76 For one Infected 77 For one Recovered 78 Prayer For one Dying 80. 81 Rules of Devotion and Prayers for Sunday Morning 110 Evening 111 Weekly Prayers for Severall Dayes Sunday Prayer against The Flesh 89 Munday Prayer against The Devill 92 Tuesday Prayer against The World 95 Wednesday Prayer against Suddain Death 97 Thursday Prayer against Hypocrisie 99 Friday Prayer against Inconstancy 101 Saturday Prayer against Impenitence 104 3. Monthly Prayers for the severall Days of the Week for four Weeks 1. First Weekes Prayers Sunday Prayer On the Joyes of Heaven 11● Monday Prayer Vpon the Miseries of Earth 116 Tuesday Prayer Against the Vanities of it 119 Wednesday Prayer Against Villanies of it 132 Thursday Prayer About Death 126 Friday Prayer About Judgement 130 Saturday Prayer Against Hell 134 2. Second Weekes Prayers against seven common Sinnes Sunday Prayer against Neglect of Gods Service 138 Monday Prayer against Procrastination 140 Tuesday Prayer against Presumption 143 Wednesday Prayer against Desperation 145 Thursday Prayer against Swearing 149 Friday Prayer against Lying 152 Saturday Prayer against Slandering 155 3. Third Weeks Prayers against the Seven commonly called Deadly Sinnes Sunday Prayer against Ildenesse 158 Monday Prayer against Covetousness 161 Tuesday Prayer against Gluttony 168 Wednesday Prayer against Luxuy 175 Thursday Prayer against Pride 178 Friday Prayer against Anger 182 Saturday Prayer against Envie 185 4. Fourth Weekes Prayers against seven Vanities of the most valued things in the World Sunday Prayer against the Vanity of Pleasures 188 Monday Prayer against the Vanity of Honours 190 Tuesday Prayer against the Vanity of Riches 192 Wednesd Prayer against the Vanity of Beauty 194 Thursday Prayer against the Vanity of Strength 196 Friday Prayer against the Vanity of Wit 198 Saturday Prayer against the Vanity of Friends and favour 200 Prayers in eight other Services Prayer For Pleasures of Piety 203 Prayer Against Malice 209 Prayer Against Revenge 212 Prayer For a Penitent 215 216 220 Prayer Against Impatience 223. 225 Prayer On the Passion 230 Prayer For the H. Communion Before it 251. 253 At it 255 After it 257. 259 Prayer Deprecating Judgments 295 Prayer For an end of War 297 Prayer For blessing on those who seek Peace 297 Prayer For Friends in Danger and Distresse 298 Prayer For Conversion of one in an ill Course 299 Prayer For preservation of the Church 299 Prayer For Mercy to the Nation 302 A Charitable Prayer for these Miserable Times 35 Prayer A Prayer against the Temptations of the Times 37 Thanksgivings Generall for Gods Mercies 84 Deliveranees 87 Particular Thanksgivings For Recoveries of Sicknesse 75 Particular Thanksgivings After a Journey 65 Particular Thanksgivings After a Storme 62 63 Particular Thanksgivings After Child-birth 53 Particular Thanksgivings For Birth day 55 Particular Thanksgivings For a Friend Preserved 88 Particular Thanksgivings For Recovery of the Plague 78 Particular Thanksgivings For one Departed 82 Meditations upon Tenne severall Subjects viz. 1. Of the Joyes of Heaven 113 2. Of the Miseries of the World 117 3. Of the Vanities of it 120 4. Of the Villanies of it 124 5. Of

Death 127 6. Of Judgement 130 7. Of Hell 134 8. Of the Pleasures of Piety 205 9. Of the Passion of Christ 231 10. Of the Holy Cummunion 262 The Services in this Book for the severall Dayes of the Weeks 1. Weekes Services of seven Subjects fit to Excite to a love of Godliness Sunday Service Of the Joyes of Heaven 112 Monday Service Of the Miseries of Earth 116 Tuesday Service Of the Vanities of it 119 Wednesday Service Of the Villanies of it 122 Thursday Service Of Death 126 Friday Service Of Judgment 130 Saturday Service Of Hell 134 2. Weekes Services against the seven Common Sinnes Sunday Service against Neglect of Gods Service 138 Monday Service against Procrastination 140 Tuesday Service against Presumption 143 Wednesd Service against Desperation 145 Thursday Service against Swearing 149 Friday Service against Lying 152 Saturday Service against Slandering 155 3. Weekes Services against the seven Deadly Sinnes Sunday Service against Idlenesse 158 Monday Service against Covetousness 161 Tuesday Service against Gluttony 168 Wednesday Service against Luxury 175 Thursday Service against Pride 178 Friday Service against Anger 182 Saturday Service against Envie 185 4. Weeks Services Against Seaven Vanities of the most valued things of the world Sunday Service against Pleasures 188 Monday Service against Honeurs 190 Tuesday Service against Riches 192 Wednesday Service against Beauty 194 Thursday Service against Strength 196 Friday Service against Wit 198 Saturday Service against Friends and Favour 200 Services upon other Particular Subjects and Occasions A Service Of the Pleasures of Piety 203 A Service Against Malice 209 A Service Against Revenge 212 A Service Penitentiall 215 A Service Against Impatience 223 A Service Of the Passion 230 A Service For the Holy Communion 251 A Service For sad Times 295 The Sinnes against which Prayers and Rules are made Alphabetically disposed Anger Remedies of it 183 Covetuousnesse Remedies of it 163 Desperation Remedies of it 147 Detraction Remedies of it 156 Envy Remedies of it 186 Gluttony Remedies of it 170 Idlenesse Remedies of it 159 Impatience Remedies of it 2●6 Lying Remedies of it 153 Luxurie Remedies of it 176 Malice Remedies of it 210 Neglect of Gods Service Remedies of it 139 Presumption Remedies of it 144 Pride Remedies of it 179 Procrastination Remedies of it 141 Revenge Remedies of it 213 Slaunder See Detraction Sloth See Idlenesse Swearing and Takeing Gods Name in Vaine Remedies of it 150 The Use of the Services Delivered in Fower Rules Rule 1. When you would strengthen in you the Grace 1. Of Feare Vse the Service of Death Judgement Hell 2. Of Hope Vse the Service of the Passion The Joyes of Heaven Against Desperation 3. Of Charity Vse the Service against Malice Anger Revenge Envy Detraction c. 4. Of the Contempt of the World Vse the Service against the Vanities of it Of Honours Riches Pleasures Beauty Wit Favour or of the Miseries of it Villanies of it Of Death Of the Joyes of Heaven 5. Of any Virtue which you would strengthen in you Read the Service against the Contrary Vice As For Chastity The Service against Lust For Truth The Service against Lying For Humility The Service against Pride For Meeknesse The Service against Anger For Patience The Service against Impatience c. Rule 2. When you would strengthen your self against any of the Sinnes above-named Read the Service against that Particular Sinne for that Day Rule 3. When you read one Service you may use besides the Collect for it the Collects for another As for the Service against Pride That against the Vanities of the World In the Service against the Vanity of Pleasure That for the Pleasures of Piety c. Rule 4. When you see cause you may make use of the Collects or Prayers and Meditations and say fewer or more of them without the Services The severall Soliloquies 367 1. The Nobility of Piety 311 2. Domesticall-Devotion 325 3. Church Duty 332 4. Perpetuall Service 351 5. Remora's in Religion 367 6. Helps to Heaven 389 7. Remedies of Humane Frailty 411 The Particulars conteined in these Soliloquies Absolution if it encourage Sin is the Bond not Acquittance of a Sinner 371 Abstinence from ill makes not good 360 Accessory to others Sins why not how not 450 Actions helping to Heaven 439 Almes see Charity Assurance not Essence of faith 426 Attempting good things overcomes them 445 Beleife Right makes not Perfect 375 Cautions good Helps to Heaven 447 Charity all goodnesse 362 Church best place 336. For most Reverence 345 Church-rudenesse an Affront to Heaven 347 Christ all in all 435 Company ill way to Hell 375 Communion Neglect of it a Sin against Christ and the Soul 343 Confession how abused 371 Covetousnesse a Meditation destroying it 403 Credit Christian how to be maintained 449 Dayes to be numbred 384 Deeds good what which best 360 362 Delayes of Repentance Dangerous 414 To Death Desperate 415 Common pleas for it poore 421 Excellency of Soul 311 Everlasting Sinning 451 Eucharist see Lords Table Meat for Heaven 447 Faith The Grace in Chief 434 A Cordiall 423. The Ingredients Rare Christ Chief 424 Virtues Soveraign 425 Five Counterfeits of it Delusion Blind Resignation Idle Speculation Great Confidence Good Opinion of our selves Boldnesse to Sin 426 Grief for Sin not Repentance enough 413 Habits ill dangerous 373 Hand to be lookt to see Deeds Heart Spring of action all care of it 352 Honest not enough without life 369 Hearing a good help to Heaven 439 Helps to Heaven 309 Hours set to be kept 327 Eleventh Hours call no cause to delay Repentance 420 Idlenesse an enemy to Godlinesse 348 Innocence from ill not enough 360 At the day of Judgement how pretious 394 Integrity all not saving 430 Intentions not sufficient though good 369 Lords Day how to be kept 341 Table how to be frequented Reverenced 342 349 Lust what Meditation kills it 304 Meditations advancing piety Of Death 391 Judgment 393. Heaven 396. Hell 400 Of Christ His Birth Life Death Soveraign against Pride Covetousnesse Lust 402 403 404 Morning and Evening best Times for Devotion 329 Motions of God How known 406 Angels 406 From Heaven To it 407 Dangerously refused 408 New Obedience the Soules Preservative 428 What Wherein How Counterfeits of it 430 Obedience see new Prastice of Good makes it easie 445 Prayers Mans Helps 446 Gods Visits 327 Private When where how to be made 329 330 Publick In Church Best 334 At Home when we should be there Ill 334 To be made by all The Greatest 336 Pride Meditation destroying it 402 Principles pernicious to Piety 368 Publick Service Piller of Religion 340 Pulpit makes not a Sermon 439 Reading Scripture a Help to Heaven 440 Of power to Convert 443 Religious Course Bars to it 367 Not for Cloister onely 372 Repentance Sins Remedy 411 Requisites Vertues of it 411 412 Not to be done by Halves 414 Not to be Delayed 414 A Time set for it 420 Resolution will doe much to

to what they forbid for ill and to shun the contrary ill where they command good 3. And Mat. 5. 22 1 Thes 5. 22. to shun all kindes and causes and occasions of ill and to use all meanes and opportunities of good And 2. We may and must observe all this Eccl. 7. 29 Heb. 4. 15 Jam. 3. 2 1 John 3. 4 Ro. 6. 12 Heb. 13. 18 Act. 24. 16 Jer. 8. 6 Ro. 13. 8 Luke 1. 6. Heb. 12. 28 Not Exactly and Absolutely as Adam might and Christ did for we offend and sinne all and so break the Law but yet Vprightly and Evangelically that is We must keep our selves from greater sinnes and heartily endeavour and pray against all and grieve and repent when we doe any And thus by Gods grace we may doe and this for Christs merits God accepts and accounts for keeping of the Law without which we cannot do aright Qu. 3. What is it to Pray aright Mat. 6. 9 Ans According to the Patterne of Devotion summ'd up in the Lords Prayer the Rule of our D●sires 1. For Gods glory before our good the Churches before my own and my soul before my body for matter and order And this in love and lowliness with faith and assurance for the manner 2. And that either to the Sense or according to the Words of the Patterne Qu. What assurances hath the true Christian that believing doing and praying aright in this world he shall be happy in another Ans Two great Assurances Gods Tit. 1. 2. Mar. 16. 16. Joh. 3. 15. Heb. 5. 9. Rom. 2. 7. Act. 2. 21. Heb. 6. 17. 18. Heb. 8. 6. Heb. 9. 15. Heb. 9. 18. 26. Heb. 10. 20. Word and Seal 1. Besides Gods Word his Bond which by his power he can and for his truth he will make good It is in a Covenant confirmed with Gods Oath which cannot change by Testament ratified in Christ bloud which must not alter And to this Covenant and Testament are put 2. Gods Broad Seales of mans Salvation the Two Sacraments of Christ Baptisme the Seal of my Birthright to Heaven and the Holy Eucharist the Seal of my Inheritance in it Qu. Are the Sacraments onely Signes and Seales Ans No. As they are Christs Assurances so they are his Conveyances Rom. 4. 11. Tit. 4. 5. Joh. 3. 5. 1 Cor. 10. 16. too and Meanes as well as Signes of grace Baptisme of my Spirituall Birth and life and the Holy Eucharist of my Growth and nourishment to that which is eternall Qu. What is to be gathered from all these Grounds Ans Two Good Resolves for two Important Inquiries 1. Who is the best Christian He that most carefully keeps his Rules and Seales 2. Which is the Best Church That which is made up of such Christians MAT. 18. 20. Where two or three are gathered together in my Name there I am in the midst amongst them There then Devout Soul be thou One in Christs Name and rest confident to be saved since thy Saviour is with thee there Grounds of Protestant Religion How a devout Christian Soul in the midst of the manifold Distractions and Divisions about Religion and Pretensions and Claimes to the Church may upon These Grounds against all seruples rest satisfied and setled in minde and cheerfully goe on in Gods Service to Salvation 1. IF he that Believes Lives and Prayes according to Christs Rules be the True Christian and by all Gods Assurances shall be the Happy Man The next way to Heaven is not to look after Controversie but Conscience and to spend my Zeale and Time not in being Contentious but Religious Since wheresoever I live or am in the Christian World West or East in what Church or Country soever it is not my being a Good Scholler that must save me but a Good Christian Not a learned Disputant for Christ but a Devout Servant to him Nor being of such or such a Party or Side in the Church but a true Member of his Body And even upon These Grounds I may see and discerne enough about the present Controversies and Debates in and concerning the Church For 1. I would aske this Whether I being borne againe and made a Christian by true Baptisme 1. Believing the Scriptures shall be damn'd for not equally believing Traditions Whether believing the Apostels Creed I shall be damn'd for not believing as my Creed the Popes to be as infallible as the Apostles 2. Whether making conscience to serve and worship God I shall be damned for not worshiping Images 3. Whether praying to God as Christ taught Our Father I shall be damned for not Invocating Saints and Angels and saying Our Friend which art in Heaven 4. Whether Receiving the Holy Sacrament in both kindes confessedly according to Christs Institution I shall be damned because the Cup is taken away by a Councell And whether if the Bloud be said to be in the Body it be not so to the Priest too and so by that reason neither People nor Priest are to have the Cup These being Points of Chiefest Difference in Religion betwixt Protetants and Papists an ordinary and indifferent understanding may easily judge by the evidence of Those Christian Grounds whether the Protestant is a damnable Christian 2. Nay secondly I would aske further 1. Whether to give an equall faith to Tradition as Scripture to a Pope as Christ or an Apostle of Christ be not to incurre the great Curse for Additions Rev. 22. 18 2. Whether Worshiping of Crucifixes and Images be not Idolatry damn'd in Scripture against Gods Second Commandement Whether the doing it but Relatively save it according to the Distinction of the Schoole in the ignorant people Or learned either if the Israelites Exod. 32. 4 5 8. were Idolaters for worshiping God in and before the Golden Calfe which was but a Relative worship 3. Whether Praying to Saints confessed to be an Unstatutable worship be not a sinne of Superstition against God and praying to be heard and help't for their Merits sake a Great injury to Christ 4. Whether to give the Sacrament without the Cup be not as Pope Gelasius said A grand Sacriledge and so to take it to receive but halfe the Communion And whether the people may not justly doubt and feare they Receive None if but Halfe These being the Points and practises of the Romane Church the unprejudic'd may judge whether the Papists be not the more dangerous Religion 2. If it be said there is but One Ancient Visible Catholique Church of Christ out of which to depart by Schisme is to goe from Salvation And that is the now-Romane Church and this now doth the Reformed I satisfie my selfe on my former grounds thus 1. Out of the Catholique Church is Universa●ity no salvation because that 's the Congregation of Christian men all over the World and none can be saved but a Christian But Is the West all the World Are there not Christians in the East Or doe Papists take up

all the West Are there no Christians there but Papists I aske then Can I not be saved because I am not of such a Particular Church in the West Nor a Papist then because He is not of the Church of the East I may be saved then if I be a Christan-Catholique though not a Romane because I am saved by being of the Catholique Church of Christ that is by being a Christian 2. If they say my Church is New I Antiquity aske what makes One Old Are not the Apostles more ancient then their Successors And the Bishops of Rome of the 400 yeares next after them then those who came some 100 years after those Bishops And is that Church then New which professeth Christian Religion according to the Apostles Doctrine and Primitive Times And particularly I aske if these be not New points in the Romane Church Is not worshipping Images New established Concil ● Nic. 2. Ann. 787. Conc. Later Ann. 1215. Conc. Flor. 1438. v. ● Conc. Const An. Conc. Trid. Ann. 1563. about 800 years ago And Transubstantiation New defined about 400 And Purgatory New which came in a little after And Communion in one kind more New decreed about 200 And all that most New which came in but about 100 Yea and for the great point of Supremacy was not Gregory * L. 4. Epist 36. the First who proclaimed it Anti-Christian at Constantinople Ann. 600. And all the Bishops before him of whom not one ever challenged it before the Succeeding Popes in the last thousand yeares who laid claime to it after them 3. If they say We are but lately Visible Visibility I aske Whether As a Man So a Church may not be visible in severall formes foule and faire And whether a Church be worse for growing visibly faire that was foule Then I demand Whether if the Romane Church should Reforme what many of themselves as well as we confesse to be foule it should be said thenceforth to be a Visible Church And why then others who have done so are denied before to be visible And whether visibility of the Church of Rome may not as well be denied because as now it appeares it was not allwaies visible 4. And since if another teare my Schisme Coate it is not I but He that maketh the Rent I aske whether are they the Schismaticks that cause or suffer the Schisme Whether Dangerous Corruptions being discovered and a Reformation desired and sought to prevent and cure a growing Schisme they which Decline and Detest and oppose all Reformation or they who Protest thereupon against them for it are more the cause And againe May the Romane Church depart from the purity of the Primitive Church to corruptions and Innovations without Schisme And cannot the Reformed return from those corruptions and Innovations to that Ancient puriety but with it 5. And since Vnity in Opinion is the Unity priviledge of Minds Triumphant above of which the Churches of the Apostles themselves on earth were not free but some of Paul some of Apollos and some of Cephas Is not Vnity in Foundation in the Reformed as well as the Romane And Diversity and Contrariety of opinions in the Roman as well as the Reformed Yea in high points of their faith as well as opinions I ask then 1. Touching the Immaculate conception of the Blessed Virgin Whether the Dominicans be not as hot against it as the Franciscans are for it both famous Orders of Romane Catholicks 2. Touching the Aids Operations of Grace c. Whether the Lutheran be more fiery against the Calvinist then the Jesuite is against Dominican And whether even in the horrid point of Absolute Reprobation it self Bannes doe not outgoe Calvin and Lessius goe along with Luther Both Famous Roman Catholicks of their orders 3. Touching the Popes Supremacy Whether the Doctors of Sorbon stand not as much against it as the Doctors of Lovaine are for it Both Romane-Catholick Universities and Schooles Whether Venice be as much for the Popes power and Prerogative as Rome Both Romane Catholick Cities and States Whether the French Papist professe and give as much Subjection to the Pope as the Spanish Both Romane Catholick Countries and Churches Nay whether Gregory the first the Saint was not as fierce to condemne as Gregory the 7. was furious to maintain it Both Romane Catholick Bishops and Popes 4. Touching the Popes Infallibility Whether some place it Not in a Councell but the Pope some not in the Pope but a Councell Some in both Councell and Pope All Catholicks Doctors and Champions in their severall Countries 5. Touching the Bible it self of the Vulgar Translation Whether Sixtus the fift having damned all that use other or vary but a syllable from his Gregory the 8. did not put out another and curse all that use any other but it So that according to their Rules of Infallibility in the Pope the Papist must be damn'd that makes use of any Bible For both these were Bishops of Rome and Popes 2. And for Unitie in affection and Spirit Doe our foulest-mouth'd Sectaries raile more at Church-men and Orders than the Secular Priests at the Jesuites and they at the Seculars both of them Papists did ever or doe the Cruellest of their Faction shew more inhumane rage against their Opposites then Sergius * As Luitprandus Baronius sayes Beniface did against his Predecessour Formosus Damning all that he had done before as he did by Stephanus and raising him out of his Grave and setting him up in his Pontificall habit to damne him and wreak his barbarous spight and malice upon him * Cut off his three fingers cast him into Tyber c. See Baronius and these also were Popes of Rome Are these signes of all Unity amongst them 3. If they trouble me lastly with their trivial and frighting argument to weak and tender Soules saying By our Confession some may be saved in their Church but say they None can be saved in Ours Theirs therefore is the safer Religion I aske whether they mistake not us and know what themselves say For all ours say not so and did they all it were nothing For 1. When we say some of them may be saved holding to the Christianity amongst them and groaning under the Corruption as no doubt some doe Is not this in effect to say None are saved in the Romane Church but Protestants in heart For sure He that is Detestant of the corruption in it had he liberty would be Protestant against it Do we say that any are saved by or for their Corruptions that is as merepure-Papists holding and doing all things in opposition to us and not because of the Common Christianity betwixt us Doe we not say of those Corruptions that Salvation is absolutely impossible by them and exceedingly difficult and dangerous for them because the Christianity which should Save is so incorporated and mixt with the Corruptions that Destroy But with us no such danger and

difficulty because our Christianity is purged from such corruptions Then I aske If he be mad that being to passe over a deepe River will leave a Bridge for a narrow Planke Is he wise that in the Great Case of Eternall life and Salvation will put his Soule on a perplext and perillous way when he may goe a plaine and a safe one 2. And by that Argument should not every Papist turne Protestant Believe Worship Pray Come to Service and Sacrament with us For 1. They confesse with us Scripture is infallible but we say not the Pope The Rule of Faith say both but not Tradition say we Safe to believe the Old Creed both grant but a New One we deny To trust to Christs Merits sure with both but not to ours with us Both believe Heaven and Hell but we have no faith for Purgatory The Protestants then is the safer Faith 2. And to worship God they say with us is safe and profitable piety but to worship Images we say is damnable Idolatry Ours therefore is the safer Worshipping 3. And to pray to God in Christs Name both grant good Religion but to call to Saints for helpe or to God in their Name we say grosse Superstition That therefore is the safer Praying 4. And in the Sacrament of the Eucharist a Sacrifice Commemorative both grant but a Propitiatory we disclaime A Reall Presence both allow but the way of Transubstantiation we reject The Cup by Institution and Primitive Observation we and they confesse A power of Alienation we abhorre This therefore is the safer Receiving 5. Lastly in our Liturgy is no errour some of them say but in their Missall are many say we Service in a Knowne Tongue is not sinfull with them but in an unknowne unwarantable and against Scripture with us Therefore it 's best to come to our Church to Service and Prayers And so ours by their Confession and Reason is the best Religion To conclude Upon my Grounds before I build all this The True Christian hath Gods Word and Seale for his Salvation He that Believes Does and Praies aright is the True Christian 1. Such a one is a member in and of the Catholike Church though not of the Romane 2. Such Christians the Primitive Times had therefore he is no new but an ancient Christian 3. Where Gods Word and Sacraments are professed and used by such there 's a Church of Christ and visible Christianity 4. And from any Church in the world that is such I will not From the Romane as such I doe not separate So I am no Schismaticall Christian 5. And in these Grounds all agree and so there is Unity And this is the onely plaine Christian way to Heaven and so it 's safest to be Reformed not Corrupted a Catholike Christian not a Particular Romane GAL. 6. 16. And as many as walk according to this Rule Peace be on them and mercy and upon the Israel os God Rules of Devotion for Morning IN the Morning when you first awake What to doe when you awake lift up your eyes to God and say I lift up mine eyes to the Hils from whence cometh my help Then lift up your heart to God and pray Lord keep me from all sin and danger this day for Jesus Christ his sake When you are up kneel down and say What to doe when you are first up this prayer Almighty God who hast touched my heart with a sense of thy fear and holy dread of thy Majesty I beseech Let this never be omitted thee give me thy grace so to governe my thoughts and look to my words and wayes this day that I may avoid all sinnes Especially those to which I am most inclined or may be most provoked That so my soul and body may be kept pure and unspotted before thee and whensoever the houre of their separation shall come may be ready and prepared for thee through the merits and mercies of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen When you are ready for your Morning Prayers use every day one of the following Services Rules for the Evening BEfore you goe into your Bed kneel and say this short Prayer O God who hast made the day for labor and the night for rest let thy Sons Bloud cleanse me from this days guilt that I may sleep in thy peace and rise againe refreshed and preserved by thy favour through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen And this Thanks-giving and Prayer Almighty God who hast preserved me this day from many sinnes and dangers I doe humbly magnifie thy Name for thy Grace and Goodnesse towards me Beseeching thee to forgive me all the errours of this day whereof my conscience doth or may accuse me And grant that those sins which by my frailty I have committed may by the help of thy Spirit be more carefully avoided That I may ever stand in thy favour walk under thy protection and now rest and lie down in thy peace and at last come to thy heavenly Kingdom through the Merits and Mediation of Jesus Christ Amen! When you lie down say I will lay downe my ●head in peace and take my rest for thou onely O Lord makest me to dwell in safety Then pray thus Lighten mine eyes O Lord that I sleep not in death I commit my soule and body to thee Keep me for thy mercies sake PSAL. 55. 18. In the Evening and Morning and at Noone day will I pray and that instantly and he shall heare my voyce Dayly Prayers Here begin the Daily Prayers saying first some of these Sentences PSAL. 66. 2. O Thou that hearest prayer unto thee shall all flesh come PSAL. 123. 125. 1. Vnto thee lift I up mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the Heavens Vnto thee O Lord will I lift up my soul PSAL. 66. 16. If I incline to wickednesse in my heart the Lord will not hear me JOHN 16. 23. Verily verily I say unto you whatsoever you shall ask the Fatherin my name he will give it to you JAM 1. 6. But let him ask in faith nothing doubtin for let not that man thinke he shall receive any thing of the Lord. that is wavering and without Faith 1 JOHN 3. 22. And whatsoever we aske we receive of him because we keep his Commandements and doe the things that are pleasing in his sight JAM 4. 3. Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amisse that ye may spend it on your lusts 1 TIM 2. 8. I will therefore that men pray every where lifting up holy bands without wrath without doubting Preparatory Prayer BReath on me with thy holy Spirit O God that the Breath of mine may now please thee and my Prayers come up as sweet-smelling odours before thee Through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord Amen! Or This PRevent me O Lord in all my doings with thy most gracious favour and further me with thy continuall help that in all my works begun continued and ended in thee I may glorifie thy holy name and finally

ever every way be the God of my salvation yea whilst I live wil I praise thee in this manner For thy mercy O Lord thine infinite mercy it is that I am preserved and live Lord let those dangers never depart from my mind that thy deliverance may never go out of my heart but that I may ever be mindfull and carefull of thee and thy service for it all the daies of my life O let me keep with joy the memory of those waves which came over but went off my head as the great passeover of my life And let thy tempest be made a Temple to me to call me to pray unto thee and praise thee the God of my life to teach me to feare obey and trust serve thee better every where whilst thou shalt continue to me those daies 1. Even thy Creatures how terrible are they O Lord all hearts are afraid of thy tempests and melt at thy stormes O let me in this glasse of their terror see the dreadfull face of thy angried Majestie at which the depths themselves doe tremble and the foundations of the world are discovered even as the blast of the breath of thy nostrils O Lord And let me never presume to exalt my selfe against thee but ever tremble before thy face 2. At thy word the stormes did cease their rage and lie still O God! if any tempest shall arise in my passions through my frailty let it cease at thy command let not the Seas obey thee and my Soule rebell against thee 3. Thou hast presented the horror of a tempest to my eyes and eares O Lord keep me that I never feele a tempest in my Conscience let the raging Sea never run in my Soule to raise up stormes in me more dreadfull than death And that I may never be drowned in the depths of despaire Lord keep me from the overflowing of wickednesse Let not presumptuous sinnes have any dominion over me let the conversation of the wicked never cleave unto me 4. Thou hast in this great extremity of danger manifested to my Soule thy ready and mighty help for deliverance even when the waves were about to overwhelme me then even then O blessed God did thy goodnesse save me O let this experience of thy mercifull power and aide make me to trust and stay my Soule upon thee in all distresses and dangers whatsoever shall hereafter befall me 5. O let not any temptations of the vanities of the Land drowne in me the memory of thy mercies at Sea but against all temptings to offend thee let this tempest thus arme me Had I bin in that hower tempted to sinne O God would I durst I then have offended thee And now that I am by thy mercy delivered shall I yeild upon any temptation to sinne against thee and breake my great obligation and vow to serve thee 6. O let those waters which did fright but not drowne me in the deep be apprehended as a new Baptisme in which thy hand was pleased at once to sprinkle and teach me that my cheeks are to be wet daily with the brinish teares of repentance for my sins and the fresh springs of joy are to flow from my eyes for the goodnesse of thy deliverance Thy waters came over me but confusion did not cover me my face felt the danger but thou hast saved my head O Lord my God! O Lord I beseech thee doe thou thus sanctifie these great passages of thy providence to me that whilst I live thou mayest have from me a better service and when I die I may receive from thee a better salvation even for Iesus Christ's sake my deare and onely Saviour Amen Prayer before or in a Journey O Lord who hast set thy Angels to keep us in all our Psal 91. 11 Psal 94. 5. waies charge that Convoy with me in whose heart they are forgive me that I have gone astray from thee and give me grace to goe no more astray and be not extreame to marke all errors and wandrings Ps 130. 3. from thee who then O Lord shall be preserved on earth or saved in heaven let thy holy Spirit guide me this day and ever in the waies which please thee and thy blessed protection be over me and all with me for his sake who is the Way the Truth and the Life even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Prayer Gratulatory after a Journey LOrd thou hast been with me in my Journey and as I prayed I have passed the perils of the way by the conduct of thy providence and where I would be I am by the favour of thy conduct blessed be thy holy name O Lord for all thy goodnesse How many have miscarried and doe daily many waies and even so might I have done had it not been for thy favour Blessed be thy name for it yea for all the preservations of my life and the mercy to which I owe those preservations Blessed for ever be thy holy name And still O Lord so magnifie thy mercy in my protection on earth that thou mayest ever be blessed of me till I am blessed with thee in Heaven through the merits of him who by his blood bought that blessednesse for us and in our flesh sits at the right hand to save us Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Prayers for a Souldier in a just Warre 1. Morning Prayer for one in Warre O LORD in daies of blood Read Psal 140. there be many howres of Death what minute may not be that hower O let me then thinke of mine thinke of it and prepare for it Thy grace give me so to doe this day and thy mercy for what hath been misdone before it that when my life shall end on earth it may begin where it shall never have an end Meane while let me live to doe thee more honour if it may stand with thy pleasure and see a happy peace to be the purchase of this warre that I may so live to my Prince Nation Church Religion me mine every way happy And doe thou therefore guide my Soule this day and guard my life from all evill and danger for Jesus Christ his sake in whose words I pray it saying Our Father c. 2. Evening Prayer for one in Warre LOrd who hast been my shield this Read Psal 91. day be my watch this night that I may be safe from the swords and hands of all Enemies and by the guard of thy goodnesse preserv'd to blesse and serve thee the next day for and in thy mercy through the merits of Jesus Christ in whose words I pray it saying Our Father c. 3. Prayer before Bataile O Thou shield of those that put Read Psal 143. 21 23. their trust in thee be his shield whose hope is onely in thee and in thy mercy onely Mercy Lord grant me for all my sinnes past and pardon me Mercy grant me in my present perils and preserve me Mercy grant me good God in my attempts this day and

quiet that thou dost serve God at home when others Worship him at Church That 's good in it time O my Soul when Sicknesse or Necessity confines thee to a House a Sacrifice acceptable to God but else an offering of an ill and offensive Savour to God and man like meat out of Season At other timies it looks like an Integrity and Holinesse but now like a Singularity and boldnesse Be not thou no not in thy Closet Gods little Chappell when others are at his Greater the Church Thou must not put him to a Private Audience when he hath appointed thee a Publick But for him to see thee in thy Bed when he looks for thee in his Court To Spie thee at thy Glasse when thou shouldst be looking in His Word To be found at thy Jam. 1. 23. Dresses when thou shouldst be at thy Prayers To be taking or giving Addresses to man when thou shouldst be making them to God O My Soule When thou wouldst have God to loath thee let such postures of Profanenesse appeare in thee My Soule My Soule Believest thou God hath his Day of Doome I know thou believest I charge thee then as thou wilt answer it at that Dreadfull day by no means unless the plea be just Heb. 10. 25 before God by no meanes for these or any such like ends be bestowed in thy Chamber when others are assembled at Church All excuses set aside which Conscience dare not avow at that great Audit behave thy selfe more like a Saint and Servant of God be found and seen where they are in the Sanctuarie Deare Soul If thou dost otherwaies where canst thou be better found Are there better Companions then Saints and Angels Is any Greater then God Any Nobler Employment then to wait on Divine Majesty Any happier place then Heaven Any weightier businesse then Happinesse Loe They and This are here Saints Ministring Psal 74. 7. House of Glory Isay 6. 8. Gen. 28. 17. Regia Dei ipsum coelii Chrys Ezek. 46. 10. 2 Chro. 23 13. 2 Chro. 6. 13. Angels Assisting God Residing Heaven Appearing Happinesse Working Heaven in figure is before thee the Gate by thee and where is happinesse but in Heaven What then Thinkest thou any too great to serve God I know thou art too good to thinke it too wise to believe it The Prince hath his Pillar in Gods Temple There Great Solomon Kneeles * Eccl. Hist Eus de V. C. l. 4 c. 33. Stans concionem audit alit●r renuit rogatus licet Constantine Stands before Him Wert thou Prince King Emperour never so great a Man Nay Cherubim Seraphim Throne never so great an Angell it would be thy Honour to be his Minister And dost thou a Man no Angel a Worm no Man dost thou distaine on Earth what they doe in Heaven Dost thou Dan. 7. 10. Apoc. 4. 10 Job 4. 18 19. Psal 2● 6. despise what the greatest have done on Earth Or dost thou pretend affairs when Crowns are noe Excuses Nay therefore My Soule wait on God the rather that he without whose blessing all Designes are vaine may Psal 127. 1. Prov. 19. 21. Prov. 16. 3. speed thy Dispatches and Prosper thy Affaires But If thou hast either sense of thy Makers Honour or thy own Salvation If any love to God or man be in thee If any care of Piety or Prosperity If not given up to an utter neglect of thy owne and others wordly and heavenly welfare I charge thee O My Soule and recharge thee Take heed and tremble to keepe others from Church unnecessarily to wait upon thee at home when thou and they should be waiting on God in his Sanctuarie Art thou their God that to attend thy Will they must neglect His Worship Or art thou the Greater God that thou must be served before Him An Idoll thou maist be sure a God thou art not So Hic fur est l●●ro qui furari voluit gloriam ●uam Deu● 14. 26. thou Robbest God of his Honour and drawest thine into the Robbery O my Soule Be not such a Theife to Heaven Doe but consider it and thou wilt condemne it and never more be Guilty of such high dishonesty Thou must have care that thou and thine Jos 24. 15 House serve the Lord not take course to keep thee and them from his Service The King after Gods owne Psal 42. 4. Heart Went with a multitude into the House of God held not many from it Was one of the Holy Round and Ring of Worshippers not sitting in a Chaire Psal 26. 6. when he should be standing before the Altar not with them about him that should be with him about God! Dear Soul Bring all to Heaven thou canst hinder none from it And though Atheisme sit in the doore of some Lips that dare say Religion is but Policy let it not lurk in any corner of thy Mal. 3. 14. Heart so much as to think Piety an Impertinency A Ceremony to be Exod. 5. 17 done when there is nothing else to doe No my Soul There is no other Rom 6. 22 way to Heaven and the Church is Isa 35. 8. Gods High way What is done and not in Religion or Order to it is Impertinent Eccles 5. 6 all And the Lord keep thee and thine from their Death and Misery whose 1 Cor. 10. 7 1 Pet. 1. 17. Conversation is a meer Pastime and their Life an Impertinency As therefore Philip had his Morning-Memento to tell him he was a Man to keep him from Pride have thou some Evening-Remembrancer to minde thee the Night before the next day is for God to prevent such Profanenesse That by disposing thy self to a Timely rest that Night thou maist have better time and Spirit to serve God on his day Look at late Companies then as Vipers and shake them off as such Wasts of time especially Holy work stings of Conscience It is thy Mothers Counsell The Churches use Saturday is half Holy-day that Sunday may be whole And sure the Devout Mother that would have God thought on that Afternoone would not have him forgot that After-night much lesse neglected on the After-day No my Soul If thou dost honour thy Lord and Saviour thou must not despise His Day The day of the Lord. Nay if thou hast any love to Religion thou canst not For what is that but the Service of the Lord and this but his Day Nay if thou hast any care of happinesse For what is this but thy Saviours Day and how that but because set apart to seek Salvation Thy L d Christ rose this day out of his Grave to save thee and wilt not thou rise out of thy Bed to serve Him Is that the way to uphold an House to pull down the Piller My Soul If Piety have no set day for her P●actise Religion will soone fall to ruine Without that it will not be visible but vanish to nothing and thy Bli●se with it For surely