Sinne no more .

THe chiefe and a a Ioh. 5 14. Eccle. 21. 1. principall thing that ariseth to our Christian consideration or meditation , out b b Psal. 7. 2. 2 Tim. 3. 14. of these words , is the comfortable practise of our c c Mat. 1. 21. 1 Tim. 4. 19. Acts 5 31. Sauiour , who not only cureth this foule and loathsome diseased criple ; but sheweth him how hee should liue and continue his health ; according to that of Marlarot vpon this Marolat . place : Qui aegrotos sanat , sanatos admonet : He that healeth the diseased , aduiseth how they should maintaine , & preserue their health , Sin no d d Iohn . 5 14. Eccl 21. 1. Psal. 41. 4. Eccl. 5. 5. 7. Luke 15. 21. more .

Wée are here to consider that no man is without sinne : If we say wee haue no sinne , we deceiue out e e 1 Ioh. 1. 8. Esay 9. 17. Pro. 20. 9. Esay . 41 29. 1 Iohn 1 7. Ps●l 51. ● . 2 Esa. 4. ●0 . Rom. 7. 23. selues , and there is no truth in vs .

Christ did not séeke his absolute obedience to the whole Law , nor his totall immunity or fréenesse from all sinne ; for it is impossible for a man to bée f f 1 Tim. 4. 10 Acts 5. 31. Matth. 1. 21. cleane without sinne in this life . And therefore our Sauiour in bidding this man sinne no more : Non exegit ab omni peccato vt sit immunis : Requireth not that he should bee frée from g g 1 Ioh. 1. 8. all sinne : Sed comparatione vitae prioris ; but in comparison of his former life : For our Sauiour * * 1 Tim 4. 10 Mat. 1. 2. Acts 5. 31. Exod. 22. 31. 1 Pet 1. 15. 2 Pet. 3. 11. Iohn . 5. 14. Eccl. 21. 1 Christ knew , that hee was not only impius & improbus , void of all holinesse and honesty for a time ; but that he was insignis nebulo , a notorious , grosse and grieuous sinner . Therefore in bidding him sinne no more : Is , that as hée hath formerly obeyed sinne , now he must withstand h h Iam. 4. 7. it , and walke no more so inordinately in i i Eccl. 21. 1. 1 King 2. 4. 1 Kin. 3. 14. Col 4. 5. it , and as hée was wont to yéeld vnto it , so now he must striue against it , that it may reigne k k Rom. 9. 12. no more in him , to captiue and enthrall his soule vnto eternall l l Mar. 19. 14. Dan. 7. 11. perdition : For Ex sani●ate animae fit sanitas corporis : The soules soundnesse is the bodies safety ; and if his soule had not sinned , ( no doubt ) his body had not smarted ; but had beene alwayes preserued for the joyes of Heauen ; m m Esay 66. 1● Mat. 3 12. Nahum . 1. 2 ▪ Acts 5. 31. Mat. 1. 21. 1 Tim. 4. 10. Wherefore wée may gather , that the only cause of our Sauiours conference with this man in the temple , was to shew him , that the first and efficient cause of his sicknesse , was nothing but his sinne . n n Leu. 26. 16. 18. 1 Sam 24. 10. 2 Chro 21. 12 , 13 , 14 , 15. Num. 12. ● 10 , 11. Iohn 8. 34. And therefore hée admonisheth him to sinne no more , lest a worse thing come vnto him .

Christ would haue him to sinne no more , o o Iob. 5 14. Eccl. 21. 1. neither in Cogitatione , proposito , actione , nec obduratione ; Neither in thought , purpose , performance , nor countenance . Hee would not haue him to p p Wisd. 1. 9. Mat. 12. 25. 2 Cor. 5. 10 Eccles. 12. 14 ▪ Mat. 12. 37. Rom. 14. 12. 1 Pet. 4. 5. sinne in thought , lest it should cause him to stumble ; nor in purpose , lest it make him fall ; nor in performance , lest it cause him to lye prostrate : neither in continuance , lest it make him become obdurate , and past all sence and féeling of sinne . But aboue all things q q Ioh. 5 14. Eccl. 21. 1. to abhor sinne .

Sinne no more .

Our Sauiour r r 1 Tim. 4. Acts 5 31. M●t●h 1. ●1 . Christ would haue this man sinne no more , which forewarning was a signe that hee loued him , and was loath s s Exo. 20 6. Iohn 10. 20. Gal● 2. 20. 1 Ioh 49. Ephes. 1. Ierem. 2. Rom 5 to lose him : But this loue was not of him to Christ , but of Christ to t t 1 Ioh 4. 10. Ier. 31 3. him ; whereby wee may note , that Christ leueth not only proximum , his néerest , nor amicum , his dearest ; for cum inimici essemus , when wee were his enemies , foes , and aduersaries , u u ● . ●h. 2. he so loued vs that he dyed for vs . x x Ro 5 6. 7. Iohn ● . 16. Rom. 4. 25. Heb. 9. 15. 28. 1 Pet. 3. 18. 1 Iohn 4. 9. Ier. 31. 3.

If you say , this man was Christs friend , because he cured him : I may answer , he cured him indeed , Amicum nondum amantem , his friend , not yet louing him : Sed amicum vt jam amatum , but as his friend now beloued y y 1 Ioh. 4. 10. Ier. 31. 3. Rom. 9. 5. of him . Wherefore it may truly bée said that he was , Non amicus quasi amans , not his friend as z z Ioh. 15 18. Acts 20. 30. 1 Iohn 4. 10. louing ; Sed amicus vt amans , but his friend as beloued .

But yet let vs marke ; Although God loue man neuer so * * 1 Sam. 13. 14 2 Sam. 11. 4. 2 Sam 24. 15 dearely , yet if he continue in his sinne , he will seuerely punish a a Nahu. 1. 2. 3. Mar. 9 44. Esa. 6● . 15 , 16. 24. him : It is wonderfull and fearefull to remember , how God hath dealt with those that haue beene néerest and dearest vnto him , and of b b 2 Sam. 13. 14. 2. Sam. 21. 8. Matth. 25. 30. ●1 . 46. Dan. 7. 11. Mat. 3 12. Mar. 5. 20. Luk. 19 1● . Heb. 10. 27. Mat. 21. 13. Mat. 23. 33. Luk. 16 23. Mat. ● . 12 29 him best beloued . How for sinne only , and that but once committed ( as it is thought ) hee hath changed his countenance towards them , turned ouer another leafe , and hath most seuerely punished them .

The Angels whom hee seated in heauen , and adorned with singular graces and perfections aboue all other creatures : for one onely sinne of pride against the Maiesty of their Maker , were hurled into hell , and are holden with chaines of darknesse for euer-lasting damnation . c c Iude 6. 2 Per. 2. 4. Reu. 20. 10.

After this , God made him a new friend of flesh and bloud ; he created Adam , and placed him in Paradise d d Gene. 2. 15. Ps●l 8. 6. Heb. 2. 8. whom he loued excéedingly , and liued friendly and familiarly withall ; hée made him Vice-gerent and sole supreme Soueraigne ouer the whole world : And as the Psalmist speaketh put all things in subiection vnder his féet ; yet for all this , when once hee brake his commandement and e e Gen. 3. 6. Gen. 4. 24. Gen. 4. 10. did eat the forbidden fruit , all friendship was broken betwixt them , and God mightily offended , insomuch , that he banished him out of Paradise , and condemned him and all his posterity ( had he not repented ) to eternall misery , and euerlasting damnation .

How seuerely this sentence is executed , may easily appeare by this , that many millions of people , yea all the sonnes of Adam are adiudged to hell fire f f Rom. 5. 1● . for euer , saue onely those whom Christ Iesus hath ransomed with his precious bloud , and bitter passion on the g g ● . 〈◊〉 . 26. Iohn 6. 35. Iohn 3. 16. ● Cor. 5. 15. Rom. 5. 6. Cor. 15 3. Tim. 2. 6. P●●● 3. 18. crosse .

Lastly , because I will not trouble you with a cloud of witnesses to this purpose , which filleth the booke , and are too long to repeat : King Dauid , a chosen vessell , and a faithfull seruant of God ( as the Texttermeth him ) a man after Gods owne h h 1 Sam. 13. 14. heart ; yet for his adultery , i i 2 Sam. 11. 4. and numbring the people , God vnsheathed the sword of his vengeance , and made it drunken with the bloud of seuenty thousand for k k 2 Sam. 24. 15. his sake .

Hereupon let vs consider with our selues , search the l l Iohn 3. 19. Rom. 15. 4. Nehe. 8 7. Deut. 6. 6 , 7 , 8 , 9. Acts 17 12. Ps. 19. 2. 4. 9. Pro. 30. 5. Psal. 112. 1 , 2. Deu. 11. 21 , 22. Iosuah 1. Psal. 19. 7 , 8 , 9 , 10. Scriptures ; and let each of vs descend into his owne soule and conscience , and sée whether there bee any reason or cause in the world why God should spare vs , or change the course of his justice towards vs , when he hath dealt thus seuerely with great personages , and holy Prophets for some few sinnes , and those only of infirmity . And let vs resolus with our selues , that vnlesse we repent vs of our sinnes , God will mete the like measure vnto vs , and our reward and punishment shal be the same , which hath be fallen vnto m m Nahu. 1. 1 , 2 , 3. Reu. 17. 18. 1 Sam. 3. 12 , 13. Hose 4 1. others . Here we may learne what it is , that is the cause of Gods anger , and haleth downe a punishment vpon men : the Text sets it downe in a grosse summe , and in n n Ioh. 8. 14. Matth. 9. 2. Matth 8. 16 Deut. 26. 16. 18. Num. 12. 10 , 11. generall , to be sinne : For sinne causeth the children of vnbelée●e a a Eph. 2. 2. so to dandle in the lap b b Ec. 10. 10. of folly , that they neuer feare their fall , nor hells fury c c Iud. 8. 17. , vntill they bée serued with a writ of present d d Mat. 25. 12. penance . Sin blindeth the sight of many , which in their owne conceit sée me to be wise e e Luke 12. ▪ 19. , but wanting true wisdome , separate ᶠ Rom. 1 2● . themselues from God , and run headlong to hell , and eternall h h Esay 59. 2. Ier. 15. 6. Eccl. 10. 13. damnation . Marke I pray you , the subtilty of sin , whom it can diuert from the milke of Gods i i 1 Pet. 2. 2. word , it politickly blotteth against , with the doctrine k k Ier. 10. 8. of vanity : whom sinne can frustrate from the rock of l l 1 Cor. 10. 14 religion , it vniteth vnto the God of m m 2 Kin. 1. 2. Ekron : whom sinne can deuorce from the Spouse of n n Reu. 12. 19 Christ , it deflowreth with the foule whore of o o Reu. 17. 3. Babilon . And in the end , sinne bringeth with it such damned p p Reue. 12. 3 , 4. spirits , howling hel-hounds q q Mat. 25. 41 Luke 13. 27. Psal. 22. 16. , and r r 1 Pet. 5. 8. Psal. 35 17. roaring lyons , with Vasa furoris , their vessels of fury , which euer shall be prepared ready for their s s Reu. 12. 4. prey . Thus sin being not forsaken , causeth a worse thing to come vnto all them whom it ruleth and * * Rom. 6. 12. ouer-commeth : Qui jam nolentes ceciderunt in paenam ; quia saepè volentes ceciderunt in culpam ; which now vnwillingly are punished in hell t t Es. 30. 33. fire , because they so often sinned , and so long & willingly continued in their sin , without u u Luk. 13. 3. Nahu. 1 ● . repentance .

Heare , oh therefore , heare all you that walke after the lusts of your owne hearts , and depart from Bethel x x Gen. 28. 19 ▪ the house of God , to starue your soules in Bethauen the den of y y Ios 24. 20. Hos. 4. 15. Ioh. 18. 12. iniquity : It is sinne , oh ! it is your vnrepented sinne that drawes Gods anger towards you , that makes our eyes more dry than the stony z z 1 Ioh. 3. 8. Nah. 1 , 2 , 3. 1 Cor. 15. 56. Iohn 8. 34. Rom. 6. 12. Rom. 6. 21. Ier. 31. 30. rocke , and your hearts more hard than the Adamant ; that you cannot relent with any tender affection vnto your God , for all your foule a a Exod. 17. 6. Num 20. 8. offences , which you haue daily and hourely committed against him .

Oh! if you did féele the smart of sinne but prick in your wounded conscience , it were b b Iohn 20. 1. Ezech. 12. 3. forcible enough to draw streames of teares out of the dryest eye that euer was in the head of man ; and to excite a multitude of sorrowfull groanes out of the hardest heart that euer God made : Yea , it would make you ( like Dauid ) to pray a a 2 Sam. 24. 17. 20. and cry vnto God againe and b b Psal. 51. 2. 11 , 12. againe , and neuer leaue the Lord vntill you obtaine his mercy and c c Rom. 12. 11 , 12. Luke 18. 1. Eccl. 18. 22. Eph. 6. 18. Col. 4. 2 , 3. Thes. 5. 17. 1 Thes. 3. 1. fauour , that you may get some comfortable perswasion of Gods loue in Christ , for the pardon of your sinnes . Vntill you do so , you shal neuer haue peace nor quietnesse of conscience , nor any sound comfort of Gods holy d d 2 Cor. 13. 5. 1 Cor. ● . 16. 1 Cor. 12. 3. Gal. 5. 12. Spirit in you .

Therefore , with spéed learne here of our Sauiour to sinne no more e e Ioh. 5. 14. Psal 41. 4. Eccle. 21. 1. , for it is farre better for vs , that Anima carnem ad Coelum vehat , quam vt animam caro ad infernum trahat : The soule should carry the body to Heauen , then the body should pull downe the soule to hell , f f Es. 30. 39. by the heauy weight and burthen of sinne .

For sinne is of such an intolerable weight , that it pressed Christ himselfe , as a cartis pressed that is full Amos ● . 13. of sheaues : and it maketh the earth to réele to and fro like a drunken man . Wherefore , let vs flye from sin as from a serpent , saith the sonne of Esay 24. 20. Eccl. 12. 15. Syrach , and learne here of our Sauiour g g Act 5. 21. to sinne no more , lest a worse thing come vnto vs .

Sinne no more , lest a worse thing come vnto you .

THe effect of sin is punishment , h h Deut. 32. 42 , 43. Mat. 23. 33. Rarò antecedentem scelestum deseruit pede poena claudo , Pumishment limping after with his lame foot , hath seldome forsaken the sinner going before him . Thus sin goeth before , i i Gene. 13. 6. & punishment followes after . k k Gen. 13. 19 ●4 . They are inseparable companions , like water & moysture , fire and heat , the Sun and his light : yea , cause and effect , mother & daughter , which sin , no man can pardon but God , l l Mat. 1. 31. Hosea 13. 4. Iohn 1. 15. & take this for a generall rule whatsoeuer thou bee , that Peccatum puniendum est , aut à te , aut à Deo : si punitur à te , Augustine . tunc punitur sine te : si verò à te non Luke 24. 47. Esay 45. 15. punitur , tecum punietur . Sinne must néeds bée punished , either of God , or of thy selfe : If by thy selfe , then it is Psal. 4. 8. Dan. 9. ● . punished without the : If of God , then thou and thy sin must be punished together , m 1 Pet. 4. 13 for God punisheth either sin , or n n Luk 13. 3. Esay 59 1. ● the sinner , in one , or in both , and that without respect of persons , except they repent , o o Ioh. 5. 14. Eccl. 21. 1. ● and sin no more ; p whensoeuer , wheresoeuer , and in whomsoeuer he findeth it . Quia abyss●s abystum inuocat , one déepe calleth another : So , the greatnes of the sin p p Luk. 15. 2● causeth the seuerenesse of the q q Matth. 22 13. punishment . Thus you may see that sin , Non solum ponit nos contrarios Deo , sed facit nos nobis ipsis graues , doth not onely set vs at varience with God , r r Esay 1. ●● . Pro. 1. 28. Exod. 32. 10. but it maketh vs grieuous vnto our selues .

Sinne no more , lest a worse thing come vnto you .

IT is said in the holy Scripture , in diuers & sundry places , that Odio s Ioh. 5. 14. Wisd. 14. 9. Psal. 5. 6. Psal. 14. 4. Prou. 15. 8. Iohn 12. 5 ● . Esay 1. 15. Psal. 5. 9. est Deo impius & impietas eius : God hateth the wicked man & his wickednes too : He hateth all those that work iniquity ; both the wicked man , and al his wickednes , are in hatred with him ; Yea , the whole life of sinners , as much as their very thoughts , t t Mat. 12. 37. Wisd. 1. 9. 1 Cor. 5. 10. Rom. 10. 12. Eccl. 12. 14. 1 Pet. 4. 5. Mat. 12. 18. words and deeds God hateth . They are abhomination in his gracious sight , hée cannot abide them , but saith , He that committeth sin , is of the Deuill a a 1 Iohn 36. ; and therefore , their names shall b b Pro. 10. 7. ●ot , their dwelling place shall not c c Iohn 5. 2. remaine , for a worse thing shall come vnto * * Ioh. ● . 14. them , their destruction shall come suddenly , when they least thinke of d d Pro. 14. 22. 1 Pet. 3. 10. it : hee doth not only say , their houses shal be e e Pro. 11. 14. destroyed , but also they themselues shal be no more f f Iob 24. 20. remembred , because they shall be taken in the sin of their g g Pro. ●1 . 5. owne transgression : And farther yet , he cannot abide , nor permit sinners to praise h h Psal. 14. 4. Wisd. 14. 9. Psal. 5. 6. him : but cutteth them off suddenly , in so much as many haue not time to think on God , or once to cry , Lord helpe me ; and therefore no maruell if he shew such rigour to sinners at the last day , when their worse thing i i Gen. 19. 24. Exo. 14. 29. Num. 21 6. Nu. 16. 32. Acts 12. 23. Luke 12. ●0 . Acts. ● . 10. Iud. 3. 21. ●● . 2. Sam. 2. 27. shall come vnto them , that is the dreadfull sentence of Christ : Quantum in delitiis fuit , tantum date illi tormentum : Looke how much he hath béene in delights ( of his sinne ) so much torment do you lay vpon him : where and when hée or they shall behold the great , terrible k k Re●● . 18. 7. feareful , and angry countenance of that mighty God l l Exod. 6. 2. Iehouah , aboue them to be their Iudge m m Ge. 18. 2● . Mat. 16. ●5 . Mat. 16. ●7 . Rom. 4. 4. Heb. 12. 23. Ioh. 3. 22. Psal ●6 . 13. Iam. 4. 12. with a sword of Vengeance in the one hand to n n Deut. 22. 41. terrifie them , and a scabart of Iustice in the other hand to judge them ; and their sin on the one side , to accuse and cry for Vengeance against them ; and those cursed a a Gen. 3. 14. Serpents , those vgly b b Esay 27. 1. Monsters , those damned spirits , c c Mat. 25. 41. those houling helhounds , d d Psal. 22. 16. on the other side , to execute ᵉ 1 Pet. 5. 8. Iohn 5. 14. Esa. 30. 33. the vengeance of this worse thing that shal come vnto them , ( which is ) Gods eternal wrath and damnation ; their conscience gnawing within them : without them al damned soules that continued in their sinnes , bewailing ; and beneath them , Gehenna , that infernal pit of hell open , and the cruel fornace ready to deuoure them : without , and on euery side of them , all the world burning on fire . O then what shall they doe ? to goe backward is impossible , and to appeare , intollerable : Oh , therefore , let vs not deferre our time , but learne of our Sauiour f f Acts 5. 31. Mat. 1. 21. ● Tim. 4. 10. to sinne no g g Ioh. 5. 14. Wisd. 2● . 1. Eze. 18. 21. Ie●e . 4. 1. more , lest a worse thing doe come vnto vs .

Lastly , it was the continuing in sin , that caused the reiection of Came a a Gen. 40. 11 , the drowning of the whole World b b Gen. 7. 10. , the burning of Sodome c c Gen. 19. 14 , the consuinption of Herod d d Acts 22. 23. , the fall of Ananias , e e Acts 5 5. and the damnation of the rich glutton f f Luke 16. 25. Esay 30. 33. Iohn 5. 14. , with many thousands more which now lye damned in hell : and can none of all these fore-warnings serue vs to sinne no more , that this worse thing doe not come vnto vs ?

If they cannot , yet at the last , either let the miraculous deliuerance of Ionah from g g Ionah 2. 16. drowning , Ichosaphat from the h h 2 Ch●o . 20. 24. Amorites , Ioseph in i i Gen. 41. 14. prison , Daniel in the Lyons den k k Dan. 6. 22. , Sufanna from her wrongfull iudgement l l ● Sam. 6. 2. , Peter from sinking in the sea m m Mat. 14. 31 , the thrée Israelites from the fiery fornace n n Dan. 3. 26. , or the most bitter death which our Sauiour Iesus Christ suffered on the crosse for our sinnes o o ● Cor. 5. 15. , be a motiue to cause vs to sinne no more , which in so doing , hée hath both couenanted and granted p p Ier. 31. 33. Heb. 8. 10. Mal. 3. 7. , that this worse thing shall neuer come vnto vs .

If you would flye the effect , shun the cause : If you would auoid the punishment , then abandon your sin ; and learne of our Sauiour to sinne no more , lest that a worse thing do come vnto you . And as you were cloathed before ( like the criple ) with the garment of q q Eccl. 5. 1. Ezec. 7. 19. Vanity : you must now put on the Robes of Christs r r Rouel . 19. 8. humility ; & wash not your selues in Sylo , nor in Iordan ; but in the s s Ma. 23. 12. Iames 4. 10. poole Bethesda , of spirituall Syon ; Lest a worse thing come vnto you .

To conclude , séeing God , is the infinite good a a Psa. 1. 18. 29 Ier. 33. 11. that is offended : Sinne the infinite euill that is committed b b W●sd . 14. ● Prou. 15. 9. Esay 1. 18. , & this worse thing that should come vnto vs , the infinite punishment of hell prepared for all those that continue in their sinnes without ᶜ repentance : Let vs therefore learne our Sauiours Caueat , to forsake our d d Io. 15. 14. Psal. 41. 4. sins , that this worse thing may not come , for our sins are in the falling ; but the grace of God is in the rising : Sin , the cursed worke of the Deuill : but mercy , pardon , and forgiuenesse , the blessed worke of e e 1 Pet. v. 3. Iude 2 ● . Iere. 9. 24. God . And as much as God is mightier than the Deuill , so much is his mercies toward repentant sinners greater than his f f Rom. 5. 19. 20. Psa. 103. 24. malice ; our disease is great , but the power of the Physician is farre greater ; yea before they call I will answer , ( saith the Lord ) and while they speake , I g g Es. 65. 24. will heare .

Wherefore , let vs not plead vnto God , Non est factum , in denying our sinnes , which he warneth vs to Sinne no more ; but let vs like good Souldiers , put on the whole Armour h h Eph. 6. 11. of God , and violently resist the Deuill , in the power of Iesus Christ , and he will flye from i i Iam. 4. 9. vs : So often as we resist him , so often wée ouer-come , we make the Angles k k Luk. 15. 7. glad ; and glorifie God which exhorts vs to fight , And helps vs in the time of l l Heb. 14. 16. need : He beholds our striuing , he helps vs vp , when we faint , and crownes vs with glory and honour , when we m m 1 Tim. 6. 17. ouercome .

The greater our temptations are , the more noble must bee our n n Iames 4. 9 resistance ; and the more godly our life and conuersations are , the greater shall be our crowne and o o 2 Tim. 4. 8 Esay 4● . 3. glory .

We must also most entirely desire Almighty God , who is the Author of p p Ier. 31. 18. Leuit. 5. 21. repentance , to giue vs his grace to q q Ecc. 21. 1. Psal. 41. 4. repent , that we may record a decrée in our hearts , to kéepe all our sinnes with euerlasting exile of Banishment r r 1 Pe. 5. 18. , and neuer admit any of them againe in our Coasts . And let our hearts be pricked on with the féeling of Gods s s Psal. 1. 2. mercies , encouraged by his gracious promises of accepting our poore endeuours to doe him t t 1 Cor. 15. 58. seruice ; yea rauished with the expectation of such a u u Col. 2. 13. Esay . 53. 5. reward , as is assured vnto all those which learne this lesson of our Sauiour , To sinne no w w Iohn 5 14. more .

And withall , let vs bee ashamed x x Rom. 6. 21. of our long continuing in sinne , that wee could repent no sooner , and condemne the carelessenes of our hearts , for doing our best workes so imperfect .

And most entirely craue pardon , grace , and mercy , from the Father of mercies ; and carefully searth our hearts , y y 1 Gor. 12. 28. find out our sinnes , that wée may learne here of our Sauiour , To sinne no z z Iohn 5. 14. more ; but each day renew our repentance .

And then we shall be assured , that tha outward offering of grace , will bee euer accompanied with the inward working of the Spirit . And Gods holy Spirit will be our conductor , his Word our director , while our faith a a Eph. 6. 16. holds the anchor ; And grace stéere b b Eph. 1. 7. Titus 3. 7. the helme : Oh let our teares c c Kings ▪ 20. 1 , 2 , 3. bee theseas , our sighes d d 2 Cor. 5. 2 , 3. the gales of wind , to arriue at Gods heauenly Kingdome , which God hath prepared for e e Genes , 1. 1. vs , Christ hath merited for f f Iohn 3. 16. vs , the holy Spirit doth assure vs , g g 1 Iohn 5. 1 , 6 , 8 , 13. 1 Cor. 2. 12. and our owne godly liues and conuersations in learning here of our Sauiour to sinne no more , will witnesse the same vnto vs , which the Father of mercies , euen for his Son Iesus Christ his sake , for euer grant vs . And as wee haue begun to liue here in thy feare , procéed and continued in thy fauour , grow daily in thy grace : euen so we beséech thee Oh Lord , to let vs liue within thée thy Glory . Amen .

Euen so sweet Iesus say AMEN .