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A Threefold Alphabet OF RULES CONCERNING Chriſtian Practice.
The firſt Precept of every Letter con
Reviſed and approved for Dr. Thomas Taylor's own Collection, byWilliam Jemmat Miniſter at Reading
Glaſgow, Printed by Robert Sanders, One of His Majeſties Printers, 1698.
1. AWake with God in the morning, and before all things give him your firſt fruits and calves of your lips, in 1 Confeſſion of ſin, 2. Petition of neceſſaries for body, and ſoul. 3. Thankfulneſs for mercies received; eſpecially your late preſervation, reſt, and protection of you and yours.
2. Account it not enough that your ſelf ſerve God,
3. Arm your ſelf againſt what
1. Beware of occaſions of ſin, and wiſely inure your ſelf in ſubduing the leaſt, that at length the greater may be foiled.
2. Believe all that God ſpeaketh unto you out
3. Before you take in hand any
1. Carefully ſet your ſelf in Gods preſence all the day long, that ſetting him at your right hand you may not fall.
1. Dayly, morning and evening at leaſt, ſoe day may be your laſt day, & when you g
1. Exerciſe your mind in meditating often on the works of God,
2. Eſteem of every one better than your ſelf,
3. Examine your thoughts well,
1. Fear God and keep his com
2. Fly and avoid places and per
3. Follow with faithfulneſs and diligence your own buſineſs,
3. Have ſpecial care to avoid the ſins which you have found your ſelf moſt inclined unto, and which have in times paſt moſt prevailed: for ſin is loth to be ſaid nay, and Satan ſeeketh re
1. Iuſtifie Gods wiſdom in all his proceedings concerning your ſelf and others; his Power in
2. In every company receive ſome good, and do ſome alſo to your power; leave no ill ſavour behind you, neither do hurt by ſpeech, ſilence, countenance, or example: in your praiſes be diſcreet, in ſaluting courteous, in admoniſhing brotherly; and wiſe in moving and entertaining ſpeech or conference.
3. It is fearful to ſin,
1. Know God in Chriſt,
2. Keep as your vows with God,
3. Keep out wandring and worldly thoughts as much as poſſibly may be, narrowly watching your heart; for, ſuch as you ſuffer that to be, ſuch will be your words, deeds, and whole converſation.
1. Love all things for Gods ſake, and God
2. Look upon the lives and behaviour of the wicked to avoid them; of the godly to imitate them; upon the life and death of them both, as alſo your own not far of, to make you loath this world, and long after the life to come.
2. Mark other mens profiting in Religion to provoke your ſelf, their ſlips, to make your ſelf more wary, their riſings, to be thankful to God for them.
3. Meditat
1. Never make ſhew of more holineſs outward
2. No man is owner, but ſteward of tha
3. Note your own ſpecial corruptions whether they grow ſtronger or weaker,
1. Often ſpeak to the praiſe of God,
2. Open not your mouth to ſpeak of other mens infirmities,
3. Of every idle word account muſt be given, and much more of every wicked word,
1. Praiſe the Lord for every new benefit beſtowed,
2. Prevent anger before it kindle;
3. Prepare your ſelf for death,
1. Quiet your heart, and be ſtill under the correcting hand of God, becauſe 1. He doth it.
3. Quench not the Spirit, nor ſuffer any good motion ariſing in your heart to paſs away,
2. Rejoyce in the good you know by another; praiſe God for it, pray for the encreaſe of it, but if you know any evil by any, mourn for it, and if you can by brotherly admonition amend it.
3. Refrain your ears, eyes, mouth and hands,
1. Stick to God as well in adverſity as proſperitie;
2. Seek reconciliation with your neighbour,
3. Study to approve both your heart to God,
1. Take heed of performing holy duties for faſhions ſake,
2. Thankfully requite, at leaſt with 1. Acknow
3. Think it the greateſt work in the World to die well: which to do, you muſt inure your ſelf to die before hand. 1. By dying to your ſins. 2. Leaving the World in affection, before it actually leave you. 3. In your laſt leaving of it, do it willingly, yea joyfully, whenſoever, whereſoever, or howſoever God ſhall call you.
2. Variance and diſcord wi
3. Vſed the worl as not uſing it, and yo
1. Wait upon the Lord, and he will direct you
2. Weep with them that weep, and fellow feet are in the world Chriſt in heaven accounteth the ſufferings of hi
3. Wiſh not a long life, ſo much as a good life; he hath lived long, who hath lived Well A ſhort life in grace, ſetteth into the everlaſting life of glory.