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diff --git a/6046-h/6046-h.htm b/6046-h/6046-h.htm index 5938c7c..c9fd5d6 100644 --- a/6046-h/6046-h.htm +++ b/6046-h/6046-h.htm @@ -1,15 +1,11 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" -"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> <head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> -<title>The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Works of John Bunyan Volume 1, by John Bunyan</title> - -<style type="text/css"> - -body { margin-left: 20%; - margin-right: 20%; +<meta charset="utf-8"> +<title>The Works of John Bunyan Volume 1 | Project Gutenberg</title> +<style> +body { margin-left: 10%; + margin-right: 10%; text-align: justify; } h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 {text-align: center; font-style: normal; font-weight: @@ -67,26 +63,7 @@ a:hover {color:red} </head> <body> - -<div style='text-align:center; font-size:1.2em; font-weight:bold'>The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Works of John Bunyan Volume 1, by John Bunyan</div> -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. 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If you -are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the -country where you are located before using this eBook. -</div> -<div style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Title: The Works of John Bunyan<br /> - Volume 1</div> -<div style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Author: John Bunyan</div> -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Release Date: October 24, 2002 [eBook #6046]<br /> -[Most recently updated: September 25, 2021]</div> -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Language: English</div> -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Character set encoding: UTF-8</div> -<div style='display:block; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Produced by: Charles Aldarondo</div> -<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WORKS OF JOHN BUNYAN VOLUME 1 ***</div> +<div style='text-align:center'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 6046 ***</div> <h1>The Works of John Bunyan</h1> @@ -106,11 +83,11 @@ country where you are located before using this eBook. <h5>GEORGE OFFOR, ESQ.</h5> -<hr /> +<hr > <h2>Contents</h2> -<table summary="" style=""> +<table> <tr> <td> <a href="#chap01">MEMOIR OF JOHN BUNYAN</a></td> @@ -196,7 +173,7 @@ country where you are located before using this eBook. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap01"></a>MEMOIR OF JOHN BUNYAN</h2> +<h2><a id="chap01"></a>MEMOIR OF JOHN BUNYAN</h2> <h5>THE FIRST PERIOD.</h5> @@ -256,8 +233,8 @@ described in Rogers Italy, as </p> <p class="poem"> -‘Setting their feet upon the necks of kings,<br/> -And through the worlds subduing, chaining down<br/> +‘Setting their feet upon the necks of kings,<br> +And through the worlds subduing, chaining down<br> The free, immortal spirit—theirs a wondrous spell.’ [1] </p> @@ -494,9 +471,9 @@ These reminiscences are alluded to in the prologue of the Holy War:— </p> <p class="poem"> -‘When Mansoul trampled upon things Divine,<br/> -And wallowed in filth as doth a swine,<br/> -Then I was there, and did rejoice to see<br/> +‘When Mansoul trampled upon things Divine,<br> +And wallowed in filth as doth a swine,<br> +Then I was there, and did rejoice to see<br> Diabolus and Mansoul so agree.’ </p> @@ -514,7 +491,7 @@ understood;—in that word then, he had been a blackguard. </p> <p class="poem"> -The very head and front of his offending<br/> +The very head and front of his offending<br> Hath this extent—no more.’[23] </p> @@ -549,7 +526,7 @@ he had gazed upon </p> <p class="poem"> -—‘The wondrous cross<br/> +—‘The wondrous cross<br> On which the Prince of glory died,’ </p> @@ -770,11 +747,11 @@ the bodies of the slain was divided by the conquerors:— </p> <p class="poem"> -‘Or as the soldiers give unto<br/> -Each man the share and lot,<br/> -Which they by dint of sword have won,<br/> -From their most daring foe;<br/> -While he lies by as still as stone,<br/> +‘Or as the soldiers give unto<br> +Each man the share and lot,<br> +Which they by dint of sword have won,<br> +From their most daring foe;<br> +While he lies by as still as stone,<br> Not knowing what they do.’[34] </p> @@ -3577,7 +3554,7 @@ lines— </p> <p class="poem"> -‘Dare ye, for this, adjure the civil sword,<br/> +‘Dare ye, for this, adjure the civil sword,<br> To force our consciences that Christ set free.’ </p> @@ -4017,8 +3994,8 @@ REFUSING TO ATTEND THE COMMON PRAYER SERVICE, AND FOR PREACHING. </p> <p class="poem"> -—‘O happie he who doth possesse<br/> -Christ for his fellow prisoner, who doth gladde<br/> +—‘O happie he who doth possesse<br> +Christ for his fellow prisoner, who doth gladde<br> With heavenly sunbeams, goales that are most sad.’ </p> @@ -4109,9 +4086,9 @@ running for the officers, with this verse under the print:— </p> <p class="poem"> -‘Informer, art thou in the tree?<br/> -Take heed, lest there thou hanged be:<br/> -Look likewise to thy foot-hold well;<br/> +‘Informer, art thou in the tree?<br> +Take heed, lest there thou hanged be:<br> +Look likewise to thy foot-hold well;<br> Lest, if thou slip, thou fall to hell.’ </p> @@ -4879,9 +4856,9 @@ dated from ‘the den!’ </p> <p class="poem"> -‘And thus it was: I writing of the way<br/> -And race of saints, in this our gospel-day,<br/> -Fell suddenly into an allegory<br/> +‘And thus it was: I writing of the way<br> +And race of saints, in this our gospel-day,<br> +Fell suddenly into an allegory<br> About their journey, and the way to glory.’[255] </p> @@ -4905,7 +4882,7 @@ avenging sword into your own vitals if, by persecution, you vainly endeavour to wound the saints of the living God. You may make hypocrites throw off their disguise. The real Christian may be discouraged, but he perseveres. He feels the truth of Bunyan’s quaint saying, ‘the persecutors are but the -devil’s scarecrows, the old one himself lies quat’; while the eye +devil’s scarecrows, the old one himself lies quiet’; while the eye of God is upon him to save the children of Zion.[256] His otherwise dreary imprisonment was lightened, and the time beguiled by these delightful writings. His fellow-prisoners were benefited by hearing him read his pilgrim’s @@ -4930,9 +4907,9 @@ source of his happy feelings is well expressed in one of the stanzas:— </p> <p class="poem"> -‘The truth and I were both here cast<br/> - Together, and we do<br/> -Lie arm in arm, and so hold fast<br/> +‘The truth and I were both here cast<br> + Together, and we do<br> +Lie arm in arm, and so hold fast<br> Each other; this is true.’[259] </p> @@ -5009,8 +4986,8 @@ by an anonymous author, in his Assembly of Moderate Divines: </p> <p class="poem"> -‘There’s a moderate Doctour at Cripplegate dwells,<br/> -Whom Smythes his curate in trimming excells;<br/> +‘There’s a moderate Doctour at Cripplegate dwells,<br> +Whom Smythes his curate in trimming excells;<br> But Bunyan a tinker hath tickled his gills.’ </p> @@ -5539,7 +5516,7 @@ is carefully extracted from the church book. </p> <p> -‘Grace, mercy, and peace be with you, by Jesus Christ our Lord.<br/> +‘Grace, mercy, and peace be with you, by Jesus Christ our Lord.<br> Amen. </p> @@ -5658,8 +5635,8 @@ John Bunyan </p> <p> - Sam. Fenn. Oliver Stot.<br/> - John Fenn. Thomas Cooper.<br/> + Sam. Fenn. Oliver Stot.<br> + John Fenn. Thomas Cooper.<br> Luke Astwood. John Croker. </p> @@ -5728,9 +5705,9 @@ dispute:— </p> <p class="poem"> -‘Our gospel has had here a summer’s day,<br/> -But in its sunshine we, like fools, did play;<br/> -Or else fall out, and with each other wrangle,<br/> +‘Our gospel has had here a summer’s day,<br> +But in its sunshine we, like fools, did play;<br> +Or else fall out, and with each other wrangle,<br> And did, instead of work, not much but jangle.’[292] </p> @@ -6168,7 +6145,7 @@ written:— </p> <p class="letter"> -John Bardolph. Willm Hawkes.<br/> +John Bardolph. Willm Hawkes.<br> Nicholas Malin. Lewes Norman. </p> @@ -6232,9 +6209,9 @@ forgotten— </p> <p class="poem"> -‘He that is down need fear no fall;<br/> -He that is low no pride;<br/> -He that is humble ever shall<br/> +‘He that is down need fear no fall;<br> +He that is low no pride;<br> +He that is humble ever shall<br> Have God to be his guide,’ &c. </p> @@ -6352,32 +6329,32 @@ A SHORT ELEGY IN MEMORY OF MR. JOHN BUNYAN, WRITTEN BY A DEAR FRIEND OF HIS. </p> <p class="poem"> -The pilgrim traveling the world’s vast stage,<br/> -At last does end his weary pilgrimage:<br/> -He now in pleasant valleys does sit down,<br/> -And, for his toil, receives a glorious crown.<br/> -The storms are past, the terrors vanish all,<br/> -Which in his way did so affrighting fall;<br/> -He grieves nor sighs no more, his race is run<br/> -Successfully, that was so well begun.<br/> -You’ll say he’s dead: O no, he cannot die,<br/> -He’s only changed to immortality—<br/> -Weep not for him, who has no cause of tears;<br/> -Hush, then, your sighs, and calm your needless fears.<br/> -If anything in love to him is meant,<br/> -Tread his last steps, and of your sins repent:<br/> -If knowledge of things here at all remains<br/> -Beyond the grave, to please him for his pains<br/> -And suffering in this world; live, then, upright,<br/> -And that will be to him a grateful sight.<br/> -Run such a race as you again may meet,<br/> -And find your conversation far more sweet;<br/> -When purged from dross, you shall, unmix’d, possess<br/> +The pilgrim traveling the world’s vast stage,<br> +At last does end his weary pilgrimage:<br> +He now in pleasant valleys does sit down,<br> +And, for his toil, receives a glorious crown.<br> +The storms are past, the terrors vanish all,<br> +Which in his way did so affrighting fall;<br> +He grieves nor sighs no more, his race is run<br> +Successfully, that was so well begun.<br> +You’ll say he’s dead: O no, he cannot die,<br> +He’s only changed to immortality—<br> +Weep not for him, who has no cause of tears;<br> +Hush, then, your sighs, and calm your needless fears.<br> +If anything in love to him is meant,<br> +Tread his last steps, and of your sins repent:<br> +If knowledge of things here at all remains<br> +Beyond the grave, to please him for his pains<br> +And suffering in this world; live, then, upright,<br> +And that will be to him a grateful sight.<br> +Run such a race as you again may meet,<br> +And find your conversation far more sweet;<br> +When purged from dross, you shall, unmix’d, possess<br> The purest essence of eternal bliss </p> <p class="poem"> -‘He in the pulpit preached truth first, and then<br/> +‘He in the pulpit preached truth first, and then<br> He in his practice preached it o’er again.’ </p> @@ -6574,11 +6551,11 @@ fond— </p> <p class="poem"> -‘Nor do I blush, although I think some may<br/> -Call me a baby, ‘cause I with them play;<br/> -I do ‘t to show them how each fingle fangle<br/> -On which they doating are, their souls entangle;<br/> -And, since at gravity they make a tush,<br/> +‘Nor do I blush, although I think some may<br> +Call me a baby, ‘cause I with them play;<br> +I do ‘t to show them how each fingle fangle<br> +On which they doating are, their souls entangle;<br> +And, since at gravity they make a tush,<br> My very beard I cast behind a bush.’[332] </p> @@ -6624,14 +6601,14 @@ Progress are very striking— </p> <p class="poem"> -‘A man there was, though some did count him mad,<br/> -The more he cast away, the more he had.’<br/> -How can ‘evil make the soul from evil turn.’[343]<br/> -Can ‘sin be driven out of the world by suffering?’[344]<br/> -‘Though it may seem to some a riddle,<br/> -We use to light our candles at the middle.’[345]<br/> -‘What men die two deaths at once?’[346]<br/> -‘Are men ever in heaven and on earth at the same time?’[347]<br/> +‘A man there was, though some did count him mad,<br> +The more he cast away, the more he had.’<br> +How can ‘evil make the soul from evil turn.’[343]<br> +Can ‘sin be driven out of the world by suffering?’[344]<br> +‘Though it may seem to some a riddle,<br> +We use to light our candles at the middle.’[345]<br> +‘What men die two deaths at once?’[346]<br> +‘Are men ever in heaven and on earth at the same time?’[347]<br> ‘Can a beggar be worth ten thousand a-year and not know it?’[348] </p> @@ -8639,7 +8616,7 @@ and note. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap02"></a>GRACE ABOUNDING TO THE CHIEF OF SINNERS:</h2> +<h2><a id="chap02"></a>GRACE ABOUNDING TO THE CHIEF OF SINNERS:</h2> <h5>A BRIEF AND FAITHFUL RELATION OF THE EXCEEDING MERCY OF GOD IN CHRIST TO HIS POOR SERVANT, JOHN BUNYAN;</h5> @@ -8792,9 +8769,9 @@ own spiritual pilgrimage, his great work broke upon his imagination. </p> <p class="poem"> -‘And thus it was: I writing of the way,<br/> -And race of saints, in this our gospel day,<br/> -Fell suddenly into an allegory<br/> +‘And thus it was: I writing of the way,<br> +And race of saints, in this our gospel day,<br> +Fell suddenly into an allegory<br> About their journey, and the way to glory.’ </p> @@ -9337,7 +9314,7 @@ other my ungodly practices. <p> 23. I had no sooner thus conceived in my mind, but suddenly this conclusion was fastened on my spirit, for the former hint did set my sins again before my -face, that I had been a great and grievous sinner, and that it was now too too +face, that I had been a great and grievous sinner, and that it was now too late for me to look after heaven; for Christ would not forgive me, nor pardon my transgressions. Then I fell to musing upon this also; and while I was thinking on it, and fearing lest it should be so, I felt my heart sink in @@ -9432,7 +9409,7 @@ it, and promise God to do better next time, and there get help again, be a very godly man, a new and religious man, and did marvel much to see such a great and famous alteration in my life and manners; and, indeed, so it was, though yet I knew not Christ, nor grace, nor faith, nor hope; and, truly, as I -have well seen since, had then died, my state had been most fearful; well, +have well seen since, had I then died, my state had been most fearful; well, this, I say, continued about a twelvemonth or more. </p> @@ -9665,7 +9642,7 @@ faith, yet in a little time, I better considering the matter, was willing to put myself upon the trial, whether I had faith or no. But, alas, poor wretch, so ignorant and brutish was I, that I knew to this day no more how to do it, than I know how to begin and accomplish that rare and curious piece of art, -which I never yet saw not considered. +which I never yet saw nor considered. </p> <p> @@ -9862,7 +9839,7 @@ there was place enough in heaven for me; and, moreover, that when the Lord Jesus did speak these words, he then did think of me; and that he knowing that the time would come that I should be afflicted with fear that there was no place left for me in his bosom, did before speak this word, and leave it upon -record, that I might find help thereby against this vile temptations. +record, that I might find help thereby against this vile temptation. ‘This, I then verily believed.’ </p> @@ -9895,7 +9872,7 @@ part, if we would be saved, with the ways of ungodly men. And also, in further reading about them I found, that though we did chew the cud as the hare, yet if we walked with claws like a dog, or if we did part the hoof like the swine, yet if we did not chew the cud as the sheep, we were still, for all that, but -unclean; for I thought the here to be a type of those that talk of the Word, +unclean; for I thought the hare to be a type of those that talk of the Word, yet walk in the ways of sin; and that the swine was like him that parteth with his outward pollutions, but still wanteth the Word of faith, without which there could be no way of salvation, let a man be never so devout (Deut @@ -10691,7 +10668,7 @@ forsooth, when I was set at table at my meat, I must go hence to pray; I must leave my food now, and just now, so counterfeit holy also would this devil be. When I was thus tempted, I should say in myself, Now I am at my meat, let me make an end. No, said he, you must do it now, or you will displease God, and -despised Christ. Wherefore I was much afflicted with these things; and because +despise Christ. Wherefore I was much afflicted with these things; and because of the sinfulness of my nature, imagining that these things were impulses from God, I should deny to do it, as if I denied God; and then should I be as guilty, because I did not obey a temptation of the devil, as if I had broken @@ -12767,7 +12744,7 @@ gives grace, true grace, for that is a certain forerunner of glory.’ <p> 306. ‘But when Satan perceived that his thus tempting and assaulting of -me would not answer his design, to wit, to overthrown my ministry, and make it +me would not answer his design, to wit, to overthrow my ministry, and make it ineffectual, as to the ends thereof; then he tried another way, which was to stir up the minds of the ignorant and malicious, to load me with slanders and reproaches; now therefore I may say, That what the devil could devise, and his @@ -13265,9 +13242,9 @@ Thus, in his Scriptural poems— </p> <p class="poem"> -‘I am no poet, nor a poet’s son<br/> -But a mechanic, guided by no rule<br/> -But what I gained in a grammar school,<br/> +‘I am no poet, nor a poet’s son<br> +But a mechanic, guided by no rule<br> +But what I gained in a grammar school,<br> In my minority.’ </p> @@ -13355,7 +13332,7 @@ frenzy had been induced by intoxication, and who escaped from Bedlam. </p> <p> - ‘Poore naked Tom is very drye<br/> + ‘Poore naked Tom is very drye<br> A little drinke for charitye!’ </p> @@ -13364,9 +13341,9 @@ It ends with this verse— </p> <p> - ‘The man in the moone drinkes claret,<br/> - Eates powder’d beef, turnip, and carret,<br/> - But a cup of old Malaga sacke<br/> + ‘The man in the moone drinkes claret,<br> + Eates powder’d beef, turnip, and carret,<br> + But a cup of old Malaga sacke<br> Will fire the bushe at his backe.’ </p> @@ -13435,7 +13412,7 @@ precious, and obey him cheerfully from love and gratitude.—Mason. <p> ‘Has it a corn? or do’s it walk on conscience, It treads so -gingerly.’<br/> +gingerly.’<br> Love’s Cure, Act ii., Scene 1.—Ed. </p> @@ -13559,11 +13536,11 @@ simile!—Ed. </p> <p> - ‘Here see a soul that’s all despair; a man<br/> - All hell; a spirit all wounds.<br/> - Reader, would’st see what may you never feel,<br/> - Despair, racks, torments, whips of burning steel?<br/> - Behold this man, this furnace, in whose heart,<br/> + ‘Here see a soul that’s all despair; a man<br> + All hell; a spirit all wounds.<br> + Reader, would’st see what may you never feel,<br> + Despair, racks, torments, whips of burning steel?<br> + Behold this man, this furnace, in whose heart,<br> Sin hath created hell.’ </p> @@ -13921,7 +13898,7 @@ ungodly.—Mason. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap03"></a>A RELATON OF THE IMPRISONMENT OF MR. JOHN BUNYAN, MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AT +<h2><a id="chap03"></a>A RELATON OF THE IMPRISONMENT OF MR. JOHN BUNYAN, MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AT BEDFORD, IN NOVEMBER 1660. HIS EXAMINATION BEFORE THE JUSTICES; HIS CONFERENCE WITH THE CLERK OF THE PEACE; WHAT PASSED BETWEEN THE JUDGES AND HIS WIFE WHEN SHE PRESENTED A PETITION FOR HIS DELIVERANCE, ETC.</h2> @@ -13986,7 +13963,7 @@ came into my mind, That I had showed myself hearty and courageous in my preaching, and had, blessed be grace, made it my business to encourage others; therefore, thought I, if I should now run, and make an escape, it will be of a very ill savour in the country. For what will my weak and newly converted -brethren think of it, but that I was not so strong indeed as I was in word? +brethren think of it, but that I was not so strong in deed as I was in word? Also I feared that if I should run, now there was a warrant out for me, I might by so doing make them afraid to stand, when great words only should be spoken to them. Besides, I thought, that seeing God of his mercy should choose me to @@ -15319,7 +15296,7 @@ remember, that though I was somewhat timorous at my first entrance into the chamber, yet before I went out, I could not but break forth into tears, not so much because they were so hard-hearted against me and my husband, but to think what a sad account such poor creatures will have to give at the coming of the -Lord, when they shall there answer for al things whatsoever they have done in +Lord, when they shall there answer for all things whatsoever they have done in the body, whether it be good or whether it be bad.[18] </p> @@ -15700,9 +15677,9 @@ mean. </p> <p class="poem"> -In him at once did three great worthies shine,<br/> -Historian, poet, and a choice divine;<br/> -Then let him rest in undisturbed dust,<br/> +In him at once did three great worthies shine,<br> +Historian, poet, and a choice divine;<br> +Then let him rest in undisturbed dust,<br> Until the resurrection of the just. </p> @@ -16388,18 +16365,18 @@ HIS prisoners.” </p> <p> - ‘Christ’s presence hath my prison turn’d into<br/> - A blessed heaven; what then will it do<br/> - In heaven hereafter, when it now creates<br/> + ‘Christ’s presence hath my prison turn’d into<br> + A blessed heaven; what then will it do<br> + In heaven hereafter, when it now creates<br> Heav’n in a dungeon; goals to courts translates?’ </p> <p> - ‘He is not bound whom Christ makes free; he,<br/> - Though shut close prisoner, chained, remains still free:<br/> - A godly man’s at large in every place,<br/> - Still cheerful, well content, in blessed case,<br/> - Unconquered; he a sacred heaven still bears<br/> + ‘He is not bound whom Christ makes free; he,<br> + Though shut close prisoner, chained, remains still free:<br> + A godly man’s at large in every place,<br> + Still cheerful, well content, in blessed case,<br> + Unconquered; he a sacred heaven still bears<br> About within his breast.’… </p> @@ -16419,492 +16396,492 @@ of his God; and he became one of the most honoured of his saints. <h5>PRISON MEDIATIONS</h5> <p> -1. Friend, I salute thee in the Lord,<br/> - And wish thou may’st abound<br/> - In faith, and have a good regard<br/> +1. Friend, I salute thee in the Lord,<br> + And wish thou may’st abound<br> + In faith, and have a good regard<br> To keep on holy ground. </p> <p> -2. Thou dost encourage me to hold<br/> - My head above the flood,<br/> - Thy counsel better is than gold,<br/> +2. Thou dost encourage me to hold<br> + My head above the flood,<br> + Thy counsel better is than gold,<br> In need thereof I stood. </p> <p> - 3. Good counsel’s good at any time,<br/> - The wise will it receive,<br/> - Though fools count he commits a crime<br/> + 3. Good counsel’s good at any time,<br> + The wise will it receive,<br> + Though fools count he commits a crime<br> Who doth good counsel give. </p> <p> - 4. I take it kindly at thy hand<br/> - Thou didst unto me write,<br/> - My feet upon Mount Zion stand,<br/> + 4. I take it kindly at thy hand<br> + Thou didst unto me write,<br> + My feet upon Mount Zion stand,<br> In that take thou delight. </p> <p> - 5. I am, indeed, in prison now<br/> - In body, but my mind<br/> - Is free to study Christ, and how<br/> + 5. I am, indeed, in prison now<br> + In body, but my mind<br> + Is free to study Christ, and how<br> Unto me he is kind. </p> <p> - 6. For though men keep my outward man<br/> - Within their locks and bars,<br/> - Yet by the faith of Christ I can<br/> + 6. For though men keep my outward man<br> + Within their locks and bars,<br> + Yet by the faith of Christ I can<br> Mount higher than the stars. </p> <p> - 7. Their fetters cannot spirits tame,<br/> - Nor tie up God from me;<br/> - My faith and hope they cannot lame,<br/> + 7. Their fetters cannot spirits tame,<br> + Nor tie up God from me;<br> + My faith and hope they cannot lame,<br> Above them I shall be. </p> <p> - 8. I here am very much refreshed<br/> - To think when I was out,<br/> - I preached life, and peace, and rest<br/> + 8. I here am very much refreshed<br> + To think when I was out,<br> + I preached life, and peace, and rest<br> To sinners round about. </p> <p> - 9. My business then was souls to save,<br/> - By preaching grace and faith;<br/> - Of which the comfort now I have,<br/> + 9. My business then was souls to save,<br> + By preaching grace and faith;<br> + Of which the comfort now I have,<br> And have it shall till death. </p> <p> - 10. They were no fables that I taught,<br/> - Devised by cunning men,<br/> - But God’s own Word, by which were caught<br/> + 10. They were no fables that I taught,<br> + Devised by cunning men,<br> + But God’s own Word, by which were caught<br> Some sinners now and then. </p> <p> - 11. Whose souls by it were made to see<br/> - The evil of their sin;<br/> - And need of Christ to make them free<br/> + 11. Whose souls by it were made to see<br> + The evil of their sin;<br> + And need of Christ to make them free<br> From death which they were in. </p> <p> - 12. And now those very hearts that then<br/> - Were foes unto the Lord,<br/> - Embrace his Christ and truth, like men<br/> + 12. And now those very hearts that then<br> + Were foes unto the Lord,<br> + Embrace his Christ and truth, like men<br> Conquered by his word. </p> <p> - 13. I hear them sigh and groan, and cry<br/> - For grace, to God above;<br/> - They loathe their sin, and to it die,<br/> + 13. I hear them sigh and groan, and cry<br> + For grace, to God above;<br> + They loathe their sin, and to it die,<br> ’Tis holiness they love. </p> <p> - 14. This was the work I was about<br/> - When hands on me they laid,<br/> - ’Twas this from which they pluck’d me out,<br/> + 14. This was the work I was about<br> + When hands on me they laid,<br> + ’Twas this from which they pluck’d me out,<br> And vilely to me said, </p> <p> - 15. You heretic, deceiver, come,<br/> - To prison you must go;<br/> - You preach abroad, and keep not home,<br/> + 15. You heretic, deceiver, come,<br> + To prison you must go;<br> + You preach abroad, and keep not home,<br> You are the church’s foe. </p> <p> - 16. But having peace within my soul,<br/> - And truth on every side,<br/> - I could with comfort them control,<br/> + 16. But having peace within my soul,<br> + And truth on every side,<br> + I could with comfort them control,<br> And at their charge deride. </p> <p> - 17. Wherefore to prison they me sent,<br/> - Where to this day I lie,<br/> - And can with very much content<br/> + 17. Wherefore to prison they me sent,<br> + Where to this day I lie,<br> + And can with very much content<br> For my profession die. </p> <p> - 18. The prison very sweet to me<br/> - Hath been since I came here,<br/> - And so would also hanging be,<br/> + 18. The prison very sweet to me<br> + Hath been since I came here,<br> + And so would also hanging be,<br> If God would there appear. </p> <p> - 19. Here dwells good conscience, also peace<br/> - Here be my garments white;<br/> - Here, though in bonds, I have release<br/> + 19. Here dwells good conscience, also peace<br> + Here be my garments white;<br> + Here, though in bonds, I have release<br> From guilt, which else would bite. </p> <p> - 20. When they do talk of banishment,<br/> - Of death, or such-like things;<br/> - Then to me God sends heart’s content,<br/> + 20. When they do talk of banishment,<br> + Of death, or such-like things;<br> + Then to me God sends heart’s content,<br> That like a fountain springs. </p> <p> - 21. Alas! they little think what peace<br/> - They help me to, for by<br/> - Their rage my comforts do increase;<br/> + 21. Alas! they little think what peace<br> + They help me to, for by<br> + Their rage my comforts do increase;<br> Bless God therefore do I. </p> <p> - 22. If they do give me gall to drink,<br/> - Then God doth sweetn’ning cast<br/> - So much thereto, that they can’t think<br/> + 22. If they do give me gall to drink,<br> + Then God doth sweetn’ning cast<br> + So much thereto, that they can’t think<br> How bravely it doth taste. </p> <p> - 23. For, as the devil sets before<br/> - Me heaviness and grief,<br/> - So God sets Christ and grace much more,<br/> + 23. For, as the devil sets before<br> + Me heaviness and grief,<br> + So God sets Christ and grace much more,<br> Whereby I take relief. </p> <p> - 24. Though they say then that we are fools<br/> - Because we here do lie,<br/> - I answer, goals are Christ his schools,<br/> + 24. Though they say then that we are fools<br> + Because we here do lie,<br> + I answer, goals are Christ his schools,<br> In them we learn to die. </p> <p> - 25. ’Tis not the baseness of this state<br/> - Doth hide us from God’s face,<br/> - He frequently, both soon and late,<br/> + 25. ’Tis not the baseness of this state<br> + Doth hide us from God’s face,<br> + He frequently, both soon and late,<br> Doth visit us with grace. </p> <p> - 26. Here come the angels, here come saints,<br/> - Here comes the Spirit of God,<br/> - To comfort us in our restraints<br/> + 26. Here come the angels, here come saints,<br> + Here comes the Spirit of God,<br> + To comfort us in our restraints<br> Under the wicked’s rod. </p> <p> - 27. God sometimes visits prisons more<br/> - Than lordly palaces,<br/> - He often knocketh at our door,<br/> + 27. God sometimes visits prisons more<br> + Than lordly palaces,<br> + He often knocketh at our door,<br> When he their houses miss. </p> <p> - 28. The truth and life of heavenly things<br/> - Lift up our hearts on high,<br/> - And carry us on eagles’ wings,<br/> + 28. The truth and life of heavenly things<br> + Lift up our hearts on high,<br> + And carry us on eagles’ wings,<br> Beyond carnality. </p> <p> - 29. It take away those clogs that hold<br/> - The hearts of other men,<br/> - And makes us lively, strong and bold<br/> + 29. It take away those clogs that hold<br> + The hearts of other men,<br> + And makes us lively, strong and bold<br> Thus to oppose their sin. </p> <p> - 30. By which means God doth frustrate<br/> - That which our foes expect;<br/> - Namely, our turning th’ Apostate,<br/> + 30. By which means God doth frustrate<br> + That which our foes expect;<br> + Namely, our turning th’ Apostate,<br> Like those of Judas’ sect. </p> <p> - 31. Here comes to our rememberance<br/> - The troubles good men had<br/> - Of old, and for our furtherance,<br/> + 31. Here comes to our rememberance<br> + The troubles good men had<br> + Of old, and for our furtherance,<br> Their joys when they were sad. </p> <p> - 32. To them that here for evil lie<br/> - The place is comfortless,<br/> - But not to me, because that I<br/> + 32. To them that here for evil lie<br> + The place is comfortless,<br> + But not to me, because that I<br> Lie here for righteousness. </p> <p> - 33. The truth and I were both here cast<br/> - Together, and we do<br/> - Lie arm in arm, and so hold fast<br/> + 33. The truth and I were both here cast<br> + Together, and we do<br> + Lie arm in arm, and so hold fast<br> Each other; this is true. </p> <p> - 34. This goal to us is as a hill,<br/> - From whence we plainly see<br/> - Beyond this world, and take our fill<br/> + 34. This goal to us is as a hill,<br> + From whence we plainly see<br> + Beyond this world, and take our fill<br> Of things that lasting be. </p> <p> - 35. From hence we see the emptiness<br/> - Of all this world contains;<br/> - And here we feel the blessedness<br/> + 35. From hence we see the emptiness<br> + Of all this world contains;<br> + And here we feel the blessedness<br> That for us yet remains. </p> <p> - 36. Here we can see how all men play<br/> - Their parts, as on a stage,<br/> - How good men suffer for God’s way,<br/> + 36. Here we can see how all men play<br> + Their parts, as on a stage,<br> + How good men suffer for God’s way,<br> And bad men at them rage. </p> <p> - 37. Here we can see who holds that ground<br/> - Which they in Scripture find;<br/> - Here we see also who turns round<br/> + 37. Here we can see who holds that ground<br> + Which they in Scripture find;<br> + Here we see also who turns round<br> Like weathercocks with wind. </p> <p> - 38. We can also from hence behold<br/> - How seeming friends appear<br/> - But hypocrites, as we are told<br/> + 38. We can also from hence behold<br> + How seeming friends appear<br> + But hypocrites, as we are told<br> In Scripture every where. </p> <p> - 39. When we did walk at liberty,<br/> - We were deceiv’d by them,<br/> - Who we from hence do clearly see<br/> + 39. When we did walk at liberty,<br> + We were deceiv’d by them,<br> + Who we from hence do clearly see<br> Are vile deceitful men. </p> <p> - 40. These politicians that profest<br/> - For base and worldly ends,<br/> - Do now appear to us at best<br/> + 40. These politicians that profest<br> + For base and worldly ends,<br> + Do now appear to us at best<br> But Machiavellian friends. </p> <p> - 41. Though men do say, we do disgrace<br/> - Ourselves by lying here<br/> - Among the rogues, yet Christ our face<br/> + 41. Though men do say, we do disgrace<br> + Ourselves by lying here<br> + Among the rogues, yet Christ our face<br> From all such filth will clear. </p> <p> - 42. We know there’s neither flout nor frown<br/> - That we now for him bear,<br/> - But will add to our heavenly crown,<br/> + 42. We know there’s neither flout nor frown<br> + That we now for him bear,<br> + But will add to our heavenly crown,<br> When he comes in the air. </p> <p> - 43. When he our righteousness forth brings<br/> - Bright shining as the day,<br/> - And wipeth off those sland’rous things<br/> + 43. When he our righteousness forth brings<br> + Bright shining as the day,<br> + And wipeth off those sland’rous things<br> That scorners on us lay. </p> <p> - 44. We sell our earthly happiness<br/> - For heavenly house and home;<br/> - We leave this world because ’tis less,<br/> + 44. We sell our earthly happiness<br> + For heavenly house and home;<br> + We leave this world because ’tis less,<br> And worse than that to come. </p> <p> - 45. We change our drossy dust for gold,<br/> - From death to life we fly:<br/> - We let go shadows, and take hold<br/> + 45. We change our drossy dust for gold,<br> + From death to life we fly:<br> + We let go shadows, and take hold<br> Of immortality. </p> <p> - 46. We trade for that which lasting is,<br/> - And nothing for it give,<br/> - But that which is already his<br/> + 46. We trade for that which lasting is,<br> + And nothing for it give,<br> + But that which is already his<br> By whom we breath and live. </p> <p> - 47. That liberty we lose for him,<br/> - Sickness might take away:<br/> - Our goods might also for our sin<br/> + 47. That liberty we lose for him,<br> + Sickness might take away:<br> + Our goods might also for our sin<br> By fire or thieves decay. </p> <p> - 48. Again, we see what glory ’tis<br/> - Freely to bear our cross<br/> - For him, who for us took up his,<br/> + 48. Again, we see what glory ’tis<br> + Freely to bear our cross<br> + For him, who for us took up his,<br> When he our servant was. </p> <p> - 49. I am most free that men should see<br/> - A hole cut thro’ mine ear;<br/> - If others will ascertain me,<br/> + 49. I am most free that men should see<br> + A hole cut thro’ mine ear;<br> + If others will ascertain me,<br> They’ll hang a jewel there. </p> <p> - 50. Just thus it is we suffer here<br/> - For him a little pain,<br/> - Who, when he doth again appear,<br/> + 50. Just thus it is we suffer here<br> + For him a little pain,<br> + Who, when he doth again appear,<br> Will with him let us reign. </p> <p> - 51. If all must either die for sin<br/> - A death that’s natural;<br/> - Or else for Christ, ’tis beset with him<br/> + 51. If all must either die for sin<br> + A death that’s natural;<br> + Or else for Christ, ’tis best with him<br> Who for the last doth fall. </p> <p> - 52. Who now dare say we throw away<br/> - Our goods or liberty,<br/> - When God’s most holy Word doth say<br/> + 52. Who now dare say we throw away<br> + Our goods or liberty,<br> + When God’s most holy Word doth say<br> We gain thus much thereby? </p> <p> - 53. Hark yet again, you carnal men,<br/> - And hear what I shall say<br/> - In your own dialect, and then<br/> + 53. Hark yet again, you carnal men,<br> + And hear what I shall say<br> + In your own dialect, and then<br> I’ll you no longer stay. </p> <p> - 54. You talk sometimes of valour much,<br/> - And count such bravely mann’d,<br/> - That will not stick to have a touch<br/> + 54. You talk sometimes of valour much,<br> + And count such bravely mann’d,<br> + That will not stick to have a touch<br> With any in the land. </p> <p> - 55. If these be worth commending then,<br/> - That vainly show their might,<br/> - How dare you blame those holy men<br/> + 55. If these be worth commending then,<br> + That vainly show their might,<br> + How dare you blame those holy men<br> That in God’s quarrel fight? </p> <p> - 56. Though you dare crack a coward’s crown,<br/> - Or quarrel for a pin,<br/> - You dare not on the wicked frown,<br/> + 56. Though you dare crack a coward’s crown,<br> + Or quarrel for a pin,<br> + You dare not on the wicked frown,<br> Nor speak against their sin. </p> <p> - 57. For all your spirits are so stout,<br/> - For matters that are vain;<br/> - Yet sin besets you round about,<br/> + 57. For all your spirits are so stout,<br> + For matters that are vain;<br> + Yet sin besets you round about,<br> You are in Satan’s chain. </p> <p> - 58. You dare not for the truth engage,<br/> - You quake at prisonment;<br/> - You dare not make the tree your stage<br/> + 58. You dare not for the truth engage,<br> + You quake at prisonment;<br> + You dare not make the tree your stage<br> For Christ, that King, potent. </p> <p> - 59. Know then, true valour there doth dwell<br/> - Where men engage for God,<br/> - Against the devil, death, and hell,<br/> + 59. Know then, true valour there doth dwell<br> + Where men engage for God,<br> + Against the devil, death, and hell,<br> And bear the wicked’s rod. </p> <p> - 60. These be the men that God doth count<br/> - Of high and noble mind;<br/> - These be the men that do surmount<br/> + 60. These be the men that God doth count<br> + Of high and noble mind;<br> + These be the men that do surmount<br> What you in nature find. </p> <p> - 61. First they do conquer their own hearts,<br/> - All worldly fears, and then<br/> - Also the devil’s fiery darts,<br/> + 61. First they do conquer their own hearts,<br> + All worldly fears, and then<br> + Also the devil’s fiery darts,<br> And persecuting men. </p> <p> - 62. They conquer when they thus do fall,<br/> - They kill when they do die:<br/> - They overcome then most of all,<br/> + 62. They conquer when they thus do fall,<br> + They kill when they do die:<br> + They overcome then most of all,<br> And get the victory. </p> <p> - 63. The worldling understands not this,<br/> - ’Tis clear out of his sight;<br/> - Therefore he counts this world his bliss,<br/> + 63. The worldling understands not this,<br> + ’Tis clear out of his sight;<br> + Therefore he counts this world his bliss,<br> And doth our glory slight. </p> <p> - 64. The lubber knows not how to spring<br/> - The nimble footman’s stage;<br/> - Neither can owls or jackdaws sing<br/> + 64. The lubber knows not how to spring<br> + The nimble footman’s stage;<br> + Neither can owls or jackdaws sing<br> If they were in the cage. </p> <p> - 65. The swine doth not the pearls regard,<br/> - But them doth slight for grains,<br/> - Though the wise merchant labours hard<br/> + 65. The swine doth not the pearls regard,<br> + But them doth slight for grains,<br> + Though the wise merchant labours hard<br> For them with greatest pains. </p> <p> - 66. Consider man what I have said,<br/> - And judge of things aright;<br/> - When all men’s cards are fully played,<br/> + 66. Consider man what I have said,<br> + And judge of things aright;<br> + When all men’s cards are fully played,<br> Whose will abide the light? </p> <p> - 67. Will those, who have us hither cast?<br/> - Or they who do us scorn?<br/> - Or those who do our houses waste?<br/> + 67. Will those, who have us hither cast?<br> + Or they who do us scorn?<br> + Or those who do our houses waste?<br> Or us, who this have borne? </p> <p> - 68. And let us count those things the best<br/> - That best will prove at last;<br/> - And count such men the only blest,<br/> + 68. And let us count those things the best<br> + That best will prove at last;<br> + And count such men the only blest,<br> That do such things hold fast. </p> <p> - 69. And what though they us dear do cost,<br/> - Yet let us buy them so;<br/> - We shall not count our labour lost<br/> + 69. And what though they us dear do cost,<br> + Yet let us buy them so;<br> + We shall not count our labour lost<br> When we see others’ woe. </p> <p> - 70. And let saints be no longer blam’d<br/> - By carnal policy;<br/> - But let the wicked be asham’d<br/> + 70. And let saints be no longer blam’d<br> + By carnal policy;<br> + But let the wicked be asham’d<br> Of their malignity. </p> @@ -16912,7 +16889,7 @@ of his God; and he became one of the most honoured of his saints. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap04"></a>THE JERUSALEM SINNER SAVED;</h2> +<h2><a id="chap04"></a>THE JERUSALEM SINNER SAVED;</h2> <h5>OR,</h5> @@ -18385,7 +18362,7 @@ greatest size; but I obtained mercy (Acts 9:20,21). Shall not this lay obligation upon me? Is not love of the greatest force to oblige? Is it not strong as death, cruel as the grave, and hotter than the coals of juniper? Hath it not a most vehement flame? Can the waters quench it? can the floods drown -it? I a m under the force of it, and this is my continual cry, What shall I +it? I am under the force of it, and this is my continual cry, What shall I render to the Lord for all the benefits which he has bestowed upon me? </p> @@ -18703,7 +18680,7 @@ to the biggest sinners; for by great sins it shineth most; therefore he saith, <p> Eighth, and lastly, Christ Jesus will have mercy to be offered, in the first place, to the biggest sinners, for that by that means the impenitent that are -left behind will be, at the judgment, the more left withoutexcuse. +left behind will be, at the judgment, the more left without excuse. </p> <p> @@ -19374,8 +19351,8 @@ and without footing in the Word. <p> But I have no experience of God’s love; God hath given me no comfort, or -ground of hope, though I have waited upon him for it many a day. Thou hast e -xperience of God’s love, for that he has opened thine eyes to see thy +ground of hope, though I have waited upon him for it many a day. Thou hast +experience of God’s love, for that he has opened thine eyes to see thy sins: and for that he has given thee desires to be saved by Jesus Christ. For by thy sense of sin thou art made to see thy poverty of spirit, and that has laid under thee a sure ground to hope that heaven shall be thine hereafter. @@ -20286,7 +20263,7 @@ thy conscience awakened and convinced then, that thou art at present in a perishing state, and that thou hast need to cry to God for mercy? This is a hopeful sign that this day of grace is not past with thee. For, usually, they that are past grace, are also, in their conscience, ‘past feeling,’ -b eing ‘seared with a hot iron’ (Eph 4:18,19; 1 Tim 4:1,2). +being ‘seared with a hot iron’ (Eph 4:18,19; 1 Tim 4:1,2). Consequently, those past grace must be such as are denied the awakening fruits of the Word preached. The dead that hear, says Christ, shall live; at least wise,40 Christ has not quite done with them; the day of God’s patience is @@ -20880,7 +20857,7 @@ death.—Mason. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap05"></a>THE GREATNESS OF THE SOUL,</h2> +<h2><a id="chap05"></a>THE GREATNESS OF THE SOUL,</h2> <h5>AND</h5> @@ -22730,7 +22707,7 @@ darkness’—that is, furthest off of all. This therefore shows us how God abhors that man that for sin has lost himself. And well he may; for such an one has not only polluted and defiled himself with sin; and that is the most offensive thing to God under heaven; but he has abused the handiwork of God. -The soul, as I said before, is the workmans hip of God, yea, the top-piece that +The soul, as I said before, is the workmanship of God, yea, the top-piece that He hath made in all the visible world; also He made it for to be delighted with it, and to admit it into communion with Himself. Now for man thus to abuse God; for a man to take his soul, which is God’s, and prostrate it to sin, to @@ -23050,39 +23027,39 @@ conclusion, these verses following:— </p> <p class="poem"> -These cry alas! But all in vain;<br/> - They stick fast in the mire;<br/> -They would be rid of present pain,<br/> - Yet set themselves on fire.<br/> -<br/> -Darkness is their perplexity,<br/> - Yet do they hate the light;<br/> -They always see their misery,<br/> - Yet are themselves, all night.<br/> -<br/> -They are all dead, yet live they do,<br/> - Yet neither live nor die;<br/> -They die to weal, and live to woe—19<br/> - This is their misery.<br/> -<br/> -Now will confusion so possess,<br/> - These monuments of ire,<br/> -And so confound them with distress,<br/> - And trouble their desire,<br/> -<br/> -That what to think, or what to do,<br/> - Or where to lay their head,<br/> -They know not: ’tis the damned’s woe,<br/> - To live, and yet be dead.<br/> -<br/> -These castaways would fain have life,<br/> - But know they never shall;<br/> -They would forget their dreadful plight.<br/> - But that sticks fast’st of all.<br/> -<br/> -God, Christ, and heav’n, they know are best,<br/> - Yet dare not on them think;<br/> -They know the saints enjoy their rest,<br/> +These cry alas! But all in vain;<br> + They stick fast in the mire;<br> +They would be rid of present pain,<br> + Yet set themselves on fire.<br> +<br> +Darkness is their perplexity,<br> + Yet do they hate the light;<br> +They always see their misery,<br> + Yet are themselves, all night.<br> +<br> +They are all dead, yet live they do,<br> + Yet neither live nor die;<br> +They die to weal, and live to woe—19<br> + This is their misery.<br> +<br> +Now will confusion so possess,<br> + These monuments of ire,<br> +And so confound them with distress,<br> + And trouble their desire,<br> +<br> +That what to think, or what to do,<br> + Or where to lay their head,<br> +They know not: ’tis the damned’s woe,<br> + To live, and yet be dead.<br> +<br> +These castaways would fain have life,<br> + But know they never shall;<br> +They would forget their dreadful plight.<br> + But that sticks fast’st of all.<br> +<br> +God, Christ, and heav’n, they know are best,<br> + Yet dare not on them think;<br> +They know the saints enjoy their rest,<br> While they their tears do drink. </p> @@ -24477,7 +24454,7 @@ to her, If thou wilt venture thy body, I’ll venture my soul? Was not here like to be a fine bargain, think you? or was not this man like to be a gainer by so doing? This is he that prizes sin at a higher rate than he doth his immortal soul; yea, this is he that esteems a quarter of an hour’s -pleasure more than he fears everlasting d amnation. What shall I say? This man +pleasure more than he fears everlasting damnation. What shall I say? This man is minded to give more to be damned, than God requires he should give to be saved; is not this an extravagant one? ‘Be astonished, O ye heavens! at this, and be horribly afraid!’ (Jer 2:9-12). Yea, let all the angels @@ -25571,15 +25548,15 @@ describes the guilty wretch:— </p> <p> - ‘Reader, wou’dst see what, may you never feel,<br/> - Despair, racks, torments, whips of burning steel?<br/> - Behold this man, this furnace, in whose heart,<br/> - Sin hath created hell. Oh! In each part<br/> - What flames appear;<br/> - His thoughts all stings; words swords;<br/> - Brimstone his breath;<br/> - His eyes flames; wishes curses; life a death;<br/> - A thousand deaths live in him, he not dead;<br/> + ‘Reader, wou’dst see what, may you never feel,<br> + Despair, racks, torments, whips of burning steel?<br> + Behold this man, this furnace, in whose heart,<br> + Sin hath created hell. Oh! In each part<br> + What flames appear;<br> + His thoughts all stings; words swords;<br> + Brimstone his breath;<br> + His eyes flames; wishes curses; life a death;<br> + A thousand deaths live in him, he not dead;<br> A breathing corpse, in living scalding lead.’ </p> @@ -25769,7 +25746,7 @@ its warrant, to arrest and execute the sinner.—Mason. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap06"></a>THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST AS AN ADVOCATE,</h2> +<h2><a id="chap06"></a>THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST AS AN ADVOCATE,</h2> <h5>CLEARLY EXPLAINED, AND LARGELY IMPROVED,</h5> @@ -30983,7 +30960,7 @@ rovers.”-Glanville.-ED <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap07"></a>CHRIST A COMPLETE SAVIOUR:</h2> +<h2><a id="chap07"></a>CHRIST A COMPLETE SAVIOUR:</h2> <h5>OR,</h5> @@ -31180,7 +31157,7 @@ that is the way to make his intercession, at least in some things, invalid, and to contradict himself; for, saith he, ‘I know that thou hearest me always.’ (John 11:42) But the meaning is, I pray that thou wouldest keep them from soul-damning delusions, such as are unavoidably such; also that thou -wouldest keep them from the soul-destroying evil of every sin, of ever +wouldest keep them from the soul-destroying evil of every sin, of every temptation. Now this he doth by his prevailing and by his pardoning grace. </p> @@ -31666,7 +31643,7 @@ damning effects thereof is taken away from them unto whom righteousness is imputed for justification. Nor shall any or all the things aforementioned, though there is a tendency in every one of them to drive us unto sin, drown us, through it, in perdition and destruction. I am persuaded, says Paul, they shall -never be able to do that. The apostle, therefore, doth implicitly, though to +never be able to do that. The apostle, therefore, doth implicitly, though not expressly, challenge sin, yea, sin by all its advantages; and then glorieth in the love of God in Christ Jesus, from which he concludeth it shall never separate the justified. Besides, it would now have been needless to have @@ -32182,7 +32159,7 @@ if our graces be imperfect, how can our duties but be so too? (1.) Our prayers, how imperfect are they! With how much unbelief are they mixed! How apt is our tongue to run, in prayer, before our hearts! With how much earnestness do our lips move, while our hearts lie within as cold as a -clod! Yea, and ofttimes, it is to be feared, we ask for that with out mouth +clod! Yea, and ofttimes, it is to be feared, we ask for that with our mouth that we care not whether we have or no. Where is the man that pursues with all his might what but now he seemed to ask for with all his heart? Prayer is become a shell, a piece of formality, a very empty thing, as to the spirit and @@ -32884,7 +32861,7 @@ it, or thou shalt know it by thy sins, and lie and cry in it. <p> I might enlarge, but if I did, I should be swallowed up; for we are while here -no more able to set forth the torments of hell, than we are whole here to set +no more able to set forth the torments of hell, than we are while here to set forth the joys of heaven; only this may, and ought to be said, that God is able, as to save, so to cast into hell. (Luke 12:5) And as he is able to make heaven sweet, good, pleasurable, and glorious beyond thought; so he is able to @@ -33605,7 +33582,7 @@ comes to God by Christ, is a man that is engaged in soul concerns. things, for a carnal mind cannot suit with and be delighted in these things: ‘The carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.’ (Rom 8:7) This is the man that God has -tamed, and keeps tame by himself, while all other run wild, as the assess upon +tamed, and keeps tame by himself, while all other run wild, as the asses upon the mountains. If birds could speak, surely they would tell that those that are kept in the cage have with them another temper than they that range the air, and fly in the fields and woods. Yea, and could those kept tame express @@ -33823,7 +33800,7 @@ They shall also be crowned with crowns, and they shall wear crowns of life and glory, crowns of everlasting joy, crowns of lovingkindness; yea, ‘In that day the Lord of hosts himself shall be for a crown of glory to those that are his people.’ (Heb 2:7, Isa 28:5, 35:10, Psa 103:4) Now, if this world, -though no more could be said of it that is said in these few lines, is not +though no more could be said of it than is said in these few lines, is not infinitely far better than what the present world is, I have missed it in my thoughts. But the coming man, the man that comes to God by Christ, is satisfied, knows what he does; and if his way, all his way thither, were @@ -34226,7 +34203,7 @@ yet assault it; for ‘Christ being raised from the dead, dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.’ (Rom 6:9) Hence Christ brings in his life, the life that he won to himself by his death, to comfort John withal when he fainted under the view of that overcoming glory that he saw upon Christ -in is visions of him at Patmos: ‘And he laid his right hand upon +in his vision of him at Patmos: ‘And he laid his right hand upon me,’ said he, ‘saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth and was dead, and, behold, I am alive for evermore. Amen.’ (Rev 1:17,18) Why should Christ bring in his life to comfort John, @@ -34876,8 +34853,8 @@ of hell, urging us on in coming to, and cleaving to Christ.—Ed. </p> <p> - ‘To any boot,’ to any profit.<br/> - ‘What boots it at one gate to make defence,<br/> + ‘To any boot,’ to any profit.<br> + ‘What boots it at one gate to make defence,<br> and at another to let in the foe!’ </p> @@ -34917,7 +34894,7 @@ fanatics.—Ed. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap08"></a>COME AND WELCOME TO JESUS CHRIST;</h2> +<h2><a id="chap08"></a>COME AND WELCOME TO JESUS CHRIST;</h2> <h5>OR,</h5> @@ -35358,7 +35335,7 @@ Son was not an act that is past, but one that is present and continuing; when, indeed, this gift was bestowed upon Christ when the covenant, the eternal covenant, was made between them before all worlds. Wherefore, in those other places, when this gift is mentioned, it is still spoken of, as of an act that -is past; as, “All that he hath give me; to as many as thou hast given me; +is past; as, “All that he hath given me; to as many as thou hast given me; thou gavest them me; and those which thou hast given me.” Therefore, of necessity, this must be the first and chief sense of the text; I mean of this word “giveth,” otherwise the doctrine of election, and of the @@ -35394,7 +35371,7 @@ imputeth that to those that are saved (Psa 45:14; 1 Cor 1). A man giveth his daughter to such a man, first in order to marriage, and this respects the time past, and he giveth her again at the day appointed in marriage. And in this last sense, perhaps, the text may have a meaning; that is, that all that the -Father hath, before the world was, given to Jesus Christ, he giveth them again +Father hath, before the world was given to Jesus Christ, he giveth them again to him in the day of their espousals. </p> @@ -35816,7 +35793,7 @@ back; he leaveth all, he forsaketh all, he hateth all things that would stand in his way to hinder his coming to Jesus Christ. There are a great many pretended comers to Jesus Christ in the world; and they are much like to the man you read of in Matthew 21:30, that said to his father’s bidding, -“I go, Sir, and went not.” I say, there are a great many such +“I go, Sir,” and went not. I say, there are a great many such comers to Jesus Christ; they say, when Christ calls by his gospel, I come, Sir; but still they abide by their pleasures and carnal delights. They come not at all, only they give him a courtly compliment; but he takes notice of it, and @@ -36346,7 +36323,7 @@ their griefs; and yet, at least they had as much cause as thou. A man whose steps are ordered by the Lord, and whose goings the Lord delights in, may yet be overtaken with a temptation that may cause him to fall 11 (Psa 37:23,24). Did not Aaron fall; yea, and Moses himself? What shall we say of Hezekiah and -Jehosaphat? There are, therefore, falls and falls; falls pardonable and falls +Jehoshaphat? There are, therefore, falls and falls; falls pardonable and falls unpardonable. Falls unpardonable are falls against light, from the faith, to the despising of, and trampling upon Jesus Christ and his blessed undertakings (Heb 6:2-5; 10:28,29). Now, as for such, there remains no more sacrifice for @@ -40016,7 +39993,7 @@ in the whirlwind; but sometimes the Lord is not there (Nahum 1:3; 1 Kings 19:11). If God will deal more gently with thee than with others of his children, grudge not at it; refuse not the waters that go softly, lest he bring upon thee the waters of the rivers, strong and many, even these two smoking -firebrand, the devil and guilt of sin (Isa 8:6,7). He saith to Peter, +firebrands, the devil and guilt of sin (Isa 8:6,7). He saith to Peter, “Follow me.” And what thunder did Zaccheus hear or see? Zaccheus, “Come down,” said Christ; “and he came down,” says Luke, “and received him joyfully.” @@ -40546,7 +40523,7 @@ coming to him, should once think that he will cast them out. 2. If Jesus Christ should allow the sinner that in truth is coming to him, once to think that he will cast him out, then he must allow, and so countenance the first appearance of unbelief; the which he counteth his greatest enemy, and -against which he hast bent even his holy gospel. Therefore Jesus Christ would +against which he has bent even his holy gospel. Therefore Jesus Christ would not that they that in truth are coming to him, should once think that he will cast them out. See Matthew 14:31, 21:21, Mark 11:23, Luke 24:25. </p> @@ -41707,9 +41684,9 @@ Spirit upon the soul.—Mason. </p> <p> - ‘Which Cambell seign, though he could not salve,<br/> - He done undoe, yet for to salve his name<br/> - And purchase honour to his friend’s behalve,<br/> + ‘Which Cambell seign, though he could not salve,<br> + He done undoe, yet for to salve his name<br> + And purchase honour to his friend’s behalve,<br> This goodly counterfesaunce he did frame.” </p> @@ -41737,7 +41714,7 @@ mind.” See also Grace Abounding, No. 100-102.—Ed. </p> <p> - “My destiny to behold her doth me leade,<br/> + “My destiny to behold her doth me leade,<br> And yet I know I runne into the gleade.”—Wyatt.—Ed. </p> @@ -41831,7 +41808,7 @@ obsolete.—Ed. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap09"></a>JUSTIFICATION BY AN IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS;</h2> +<h2><a id="chap09"></a>JUSTIFICATION BY AN IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS;</h2> <h5>OR,</h5> @@ -43362,7 +43339,7 @@ the law, when life is to be had by nought but believing in Jesus Christ. <p> Eighth. ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be -saved’<br/> +saved’<br> (Acts 16:31). </p> @@ -45354,7 +45331,7 @@ language of the poet, and say— </p> <p> - ‘Sinful soul, what hast thou done?<br/> + ‘Sinful soul, what hast thou done?<br> Murder’d God’s eternal Son!’—Mason. </p> @@ -45516,7 +45493,7 @@ state!—Ed. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap10"></a>SAVED BY GRACE;</h2> +<h2><a id="chap10"></a>SAVED BY GRACE;</h2> <h5>OR,</h5> @@ -45561,7 +45538,7 @@ thing needful—the sum and substance of human happiness. He felt that it included the preservation and re-structure of the body—raised from filth and vileness—from sickness, pain, and disease—from death and the grave—to be perfected in immortality like the Saviour’s glorious -body. That included in this salvation, is the death ofdeath, and the swallowing +body. That included in this salvation, is the death of death, and the swallowing up of the grave, to be no more seen for ever. The soul will be perfect, and, re-united with the body, be filled ‘with bliss and glory, as much as ever it can holdl’ all jars and discord between soul and body will be @@ -47504,7 +47481,7 @@ many times did David backslide; yea, Jehoshaphat and Peter! (2 Sam 11,24; 2 Chron 19:1-3; 20:1-5; Matt 26:69-71; Gal 2:11-13). As also in the third of Jeremiah it is said, “But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers, yet return unto me, saith the Lord” (verse 1). Here is grace! So many -time as the soul backslides, so many times God brings him again—I mean, +times as the soul backslides, so many times God brings him again—I mean, the soul that must be saved by grace—he renews his pardons, and multiplies them. “Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man” (Job 33:29). @@ -48715,7 +48692,7 @@ notice.—Ed. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap11"></a>THE STRAIT GATE;</h2> +<h2><a id="chap11"></a>THE STRAIT GATE;</h2> <h5>OR,</h5> @@ -49317,7 +49294,7 @@ thither. <h5>[AN EXHORTATION TO STRIVE TO ENTER INTO THIS KINGDOM.]</h5> <p> -Third. I come not to the exhortation, which is, to strive to enter in. +Third. I come now to the exhortation, which is, to strive to enter in. “Strive to enter in at the strait gate.” These words are fitly added; for since the gate is strait, it follows that they that will enter in must strive. @@ -49861,7 +49838,7 @@ name, and in his name had done many wonderful works. (Luke 13:26, Matt 7:22) These are the many intended by the Lord in this text, though others also are included under the sentence of damnation by his word in other places. “For many,” &c. Matthew saith, concerning this strait gate, -that there are but few that find it. But it seems the cast-always in my text +that there are but few that find it. But it seems the cast-aways in my text did find it; for you read, that they knocked at it, and cried, “Lord, open unto us.” So then, the meaning may seem to be this—many of the few that find it will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. I find, at the @@ -50098,7 +50075,7 @@ then, he that now most seldom thinks thereof will seek to enter in. than ever. They will also see how the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. O the sight of the burning fiery furnace, which is prepared for the devil and his angels! This, this will make work in the souls -of cast-always at that day of God Almighty, and then they will seek to enter +of cast-aways at that day of God Almighty, and then they will seek to enter in. </p> @@ -50186,7 +50163,7 @@ account for not improving his Lord’s money. “Lord,” says he, and gathering where thou hast not strawed, and I was afraid,” &c., either that I should not please in laying out thy money, or that I should put it into hands out of which I should not get it again at thy need, “and I -went a hid thy talent in the earth; lo, there thou hast that is thine”; +went and hid thy talent in the earth; lo, there thou hast that is thine”; as if he had said, True, Lord, I have not improved, I have not got; but consider also I have not embezzled, I have not spent nor lost thy money; lo, there thou hast what is thine. (Matt 25:24-28) There are but few will be able @@ -50924,7 +50901,7 @@ this very thing, sufficient caution is given to us also. (1 Cor 6:9,10, Gal <p> 13. The parable of the true vine and its branches confirm what I have said. By the vine there I understand Christ, Christ as head; by the branches, I -understand this church. Some of these branches proved fruitless cast-always, +understand this church. Some of these branches proved fruitless cast-aways, were in time cast out of the church, were gathered by men, and burned. (John 15:1-6) </p> @@ -51866,7 +51843,7 @@ shut out!”—Ed. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap12"></a>LIGHT FOR THEM THAT SIT IN DARKNESS;</h2> +<h2><a id="chap12"></a>LIGHT FOR THEM THAT SIT IN DARKNESS;</h2> <h5>OR,</h5> @@ -54811,7 +54788,7 @@ Ninth. We are said to be sanctified by his blood (Heb 13:12). </p> <p> -Tenth. We are said to be admitted into the holiest by his blood<br/> +Tenth. We are said to be admitted into the holiest by his blood<br> (Heb 10:19). </p> @@ -57105,7 +57082,7 @@ everlasting.—Ed <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap13"></a>A TREATISE OF THE FEAR OF GOD;</h2> +<h2><a id="chap13"></a>A TREATISE OF THE FEAR OF GOD;</h2> <h5>SHOWING</h5> @@ -59611,7 +59588,7 @@ this grace of fear, a godly tenderness of the glory of God, then it follows of consequence, that where they that have this fear of God do see his glory diminished by the wickedness of the children of men, there they are grieved and deeply distressed. “Rivers of waters,” said David, “run down -mine eyes, because they keep not thy law” (Psa 119:136). Let met give you +mine eyes, because they keep not thy law” (Psa 119:136). Let me give you for this these following instances— </p> @@ -60588,22 +60565,22 @@ AS IT IS SUNG. </p> <p class="poem"> -Blessed art thou that fearest God,<br/> - And walkest in his way:<br/> -For of thy labour thou shalt eat;<br/> - Happy art thou, I say!<br/> -Like fruitful vines on thy house side,<br/> - So doth thy wife spring out;<br/> -Thy children stand like olive plants<br/> - Thy table round about.<br/> -<br/> -Thus art thou blest that fearest God,<br/> - And he shall let thee see<br/> -The promised Jerusalem,<br/> - And her felicity.<br/> -Thou shalt thy children’s children see,<br/> - To thy great joy’s increase;<br/> -And likewise grace on Israel,<br/> +Blessed art thou that fearest God,<br> + And walkest in his way:<br> +For of thy labour thou shalt eat;<br> + Happy art thou, I say!<br> +Like fruitful vines on thy house side,<br> + So doth thy wife spring out;<br> +Thy children stand like olive plants<br> + Thy table round about.<br> +<br> +Thus art thou blest that fearest God,<br> + And he shall let thee see<br> +The promised Jerusalem,<br> + And her felicity.<br> +Thou shalt thy children’s children see,<br> + To thy great joy’s increase;<br> +And likewise grace on Israel,<br> Prosperity and peace.[24] </p> @@ -62191,7 +62168,7 @@ Quest. But you may say, How shall I know that I fear God? <p> Answ. If I should say that desires, true sincere desires to fear him, is fear -itself. I should not say amiss (Neh 1:11). For although a desire to be, or do +itself, I should not say amiss (Neh 1:11). For although a desire to be, or do so and so, makes not a man to be in temporal or natural things what he desires to be—for a sick, or poor, or imprisoned man may desire to be well, to be rich, or to be at liberty, and yet be as they are, sick, poor, or in @@ -62596,9 +62573,9 @@ Psalms of KING David, translated by KING James, his last four lines are— </p> <p> - Thou of Jerusalem shalt see<br/> - While as thou liv’st the good,<br/> - Thou shalt thy children’s children see,<br/> + Thou of Jerusalem shalt see<br> + While as thou liv’st the good,<br> + Thou shalt thy children’s children see,<br> And peace on Israel’s brood. </p> @@ -62638,8 +62615,8 @@ snaffle”; to be easily led. <p> “The third o’ the’ world is yours, which with a -snaffle,<br/> - You may pace easy, but not such a wise.”<br/> +snaffle,<br> + You may pace easy, but not such a wise.”<br> Antony and Cleopatra.—Ed. </p> @@ -62715,7 +62692,7 @@ his angels; see Matthew 25:32, 33-41.—Ed. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap14"></a>THE DOCTRINE</h2> +<h2><a id="chap14"></a>THE DOCTRINE</h2> <h5>OF</h5> @@ -62900,7 +62877,7 @@ wounding, cutting, killing nature of the other. I say, therefore, if thou wouldst know the authority and power of the Gospel, labour first to know the power and authority of the law; for I am verily persuaded that the want of this one thing—namely, the knowledge of the -law, is one cause why so many are ignorant of the other. That man that doth +law, is one cause why so many are ignorant of the other. That man that doth not know the law doth not know in deed and in truth that he is a sinner; and that man that doth not know he is a sinner, doth not know savingly that there is a Saviour. @@ -65653,7 +65630,7 @@ door,” saith the law (Gen 4:7). <p> Fourth. In a word, whatsoever they do receive, whether it be conversion to God; whether it be pardon of sin; whether it be faith or hope; whether it be -righteousness; whether it be strength” whether it be the Spirit, or the +righteousness; whether it be strength; whether it be the Spirit, or the fruits thereof; whether it be victory over sin, death, or Hell; whether it be Heaven, everlasting life, and glory inexpressible; or whatsoever it be, it comes to them freely, God having no first eye to what they would do, or should @@ -66066,7 +66043,7 @@ Luke 22:28,29). But, Third. [How the conditions are fulfilled]. In the next place, this was not all—that is, the Covenant of Grace, with the conditions thereof, was not only concluded on by both parties to be done, but Jesus Christ [Christ is put -into office by the Father, to do all things contained in the new covenant]. +into office by the Father, to do all things contained in the new covenant.] must be authorized to do what was concluded on touching this covenant by way of office. I shall therefore speak a word or two also touching the offices, at least, some of them, that Christ Jesus did and doth still execute as the @@ -66081,7 +66058,7 @@ Christ is the Surety of the new covenant. <p> FIRST. His first office, after the covenant was made and concluded upon, was -that Jesus should become bound as a Surety, [His Suretyship]. and stand engaged +that Jesus should become bound as a Surety, [His Suretyship.] and stand engaged upon oath to see that all the conditions of the covenant that were concluded on between Him and His Father should, according to the agreement, be accomplished by Him; and that after that, He should be the Messenger from God to the world @@ -66750,7 +66727,7 @@ which is for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself: and he shall take a censor full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil: and he shall put the -incense upon the fire before the Lord, that he cloud of the incense may cover +incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: and he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat eastward, and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood @@ -68299,7 +68276,7 @@ thereof will be a miserable end! </p> <p> -But now, when the souls is thus wrought upon, it must be sure to look for the +But now, when the soul is thus wrought upon, it must be sure to look for the very gates of Hell to be set open against it with all their force and might to destroy it. Now Hell rageth, the devil roareth, and all the world resolveth to do the best they can to bring the soul again into bondage and ruin. Also, the @@ -68359,7 +68336,7 @@ soul-satisfying consolation from Jesus Christ through Thy promises, by the might and power of Thy Spirit. And now, when the poor soul at any time hath any discovery of the love of God through a bleeding, dying, risen, interceding Jesus, because it is not willing to be deceived, O, how wary [But this may be -its temptation, taking place through the timorousness of the soul]. is it of +its temptation, taking place through the timorousness of the soul.] is it of closing with it, for fear it should not be right, for fear it should not come from God! Saith the soul, Cannot the devil give one such comfort I trow? Cannot he transform himself thus into an angel of light? So that the soul, because @@ -68409,7 +68386,7 @@ Covenant of Grace. Fourth. Now the man finds heavenly sanctification wrought in his soul through the most precious blood of the Man whose name is Jesus Christ—“Jesus, that He might sanctify the people with His own -blood, suffered without the gate.” Now the souls finds a change in the +blood, suffered without the gate.” Now the soul finds a change in the understanding, in the will, in the mind, in the affections, in the judgment, and also in the conscience; through the inward man a change, and through the outward man a change, from head to foot, as we use to say, “for he that @@ -69185,7 +69162,7 @@ righteousness”? (Rom 9:30-32). <p> Object. But doth not the Scripture say, “Blessed are they that do His -commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life”?<br/> +commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life”?<br> (Rev 22:14). </p> @@ -69556,7 +69533,7 @@ commands. And is not this the very ground of thy hoping that God will save thee from the wrath to come? If one should ask thee what ground thou hast to think thou shalt be saved, wouldst thou not say, Truly, because I have left my sins, and because I am more inclinable to do good, [Do not think that I am against -the order of the Gospel]. and to learn, and get more knowledge; I endeavour to +the order of the Gospel.] and to learn, and get more knowledge; I endeavour to walk in church order, as they call it, and therefore I hope God hath done a good work for me, and I hope will save my soul. Alas, alas! this is a very trick of the devil to make souls build the ground of their salvation upon this @@ -71397,7 +71374,7 @@ believer.—ED. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap15"></a>ISRAEL’S HOPE ENCOURAGED;</h2> +<h2><a id="chap15"></a>ISRAEL’S HOPE ENCOURAGED;</h2> <h5>OR,</h5> @@ -71408,7 +71385,7 @@ believer.—ED. <h4>ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.</h4> <p class="poem"> -‘Auspicious hope! in thy sweet garden grow<br/> +‘Auspicious hope! in thy sweet garden grow<br> Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe.’ </p> @@ -73798,7 +73775,7 @@ people: ‘the devil, your adversary’ (1 Peter 5:8). And this, that there are so many mercies employed about us, and all to bring us to the place which God hath appointed for us, doth demonstrate it. Should you see a man that was not to go from door to door, but he must be clad in a coat of mail, must -have a helmet of brass upon is head, and for his life-guard not so few as a +have a helmet of brass upon his head, and for his life-guard not so few as a thousand men to wait upon him; would you not say, Surely this man has store of enemies at hand, surely this man goes continually in danger of his life? Why, this is the case, enemies lie in wait for poor Israel in every hole; he can @@ -75759,7 +75736,7 @@ one barrel better than another, the whole cargo is bad.’—Ed. <h5>OR,</h5> -<h2><a name="chap16"></a>A DISCOURSE TOUCHING PRAYER;</h2> +<h2><a id="chap16"></a>A DISCOURSE TOUCHING PRAYER;</h2> <h5>WHEREIN IS BRIEFLY DISCOVERED,</h5> @@ -77313,7 +77290,7 @@ say with one breath, Pray, you bestow this upon me; and with the next, I beseech you, give it me not! And yet thus it is with these kind of persons; with their mouth they say, “Thy will be done”; and with their hearts nothing less. With their mouth say, “Hallowed be thy name”; -and with their hearts and lives thy delight to dishonour him all the day long. +and with their hearts and lives they delight to dishonour him all the day long. These be the prayers that become sin (Psa 109:7), and though they put them up often, yet the Lord will never answer them (II Sam 22:42). </p> @@ -77794,7 +77771,7 @@ the shoulder to the door to keep him out.”—Grace Abounding, No. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap17"></a>THE SAINTS’ PRIVILEGE AND PROFIT;</h2> +<h2><a id="chap17"></a>THE SAINTS’ PRIVILEGE AND PROFIT;</h2> <h5>OR,</h5> @@ -79820,7 +79797,7 @@ speed, or find grace and obtain it. </p> <p> -FIRST. For the fist of these, to wit, we have an encouragement to move us to +FIRST. For the first of these, to wit, we have an encouragement to move us to come with boldness to the throne of grace, because we have an high priest there; because we have such an high priest there. ‘For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but @@ -80630,7 +80607,7 @@ was shed for me, and because those merits, in the benefit of them, are made over to me by an act of the grace of God, according to his eternal covenant made with Christ. This is what I know of his intercession; I mean with reference to the act itself; to wit, HOW he makes intercession. And since all -the fulness of the Godhead dwells in him bodily, and sine he also, as to his +the fulness of the Godhead dwells in him bodily, and since he also, as to his humanity, is the throne of grace; yea, and since he also is the holiest of all, and the rest of God for ever, it has been some scruple to me, whether it be not too carnal to imagine as if Christ stood distinct in his humanity; distinct, I @@ -81837,9 +81814,9 @@ inhabitants, preserves them, perfects them, but grace?—Traill. </p> <p> - ‘Grace all the work shall crown,<br/> - Thro’ everlasting days;<br/> - It lays in heaven the topmost stone,<br/> + ‘Grace all the work shall crown,<br> + Thro’ everlasting days;<br> + It lays in heaven the topmost stone,<br> And well deserves the praise.’—Rippon. </p> @@ -82096,7 +82073,7 @@ men, believed in these supernatural appearances.—Ed. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap18"></a>THE ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE;</h2> +<h2><a id="chap18"></a>THE ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE;</h2> <h5>OR,</h5> @@ -83140,7 +83117,7 @@ was shapen in it, conceived in it; it has also possession of, and by that possession infected the whole of his soul and body (Psa 51:5; Acts 8:23). This he sees, this he understands; every professor sees not this, because the blessing of a broken heart is not bestowed on every one. David says, -‘There is no soundness in my flesh’; and Solomon suggest that a +‘There is no soundness in my flesh’; and Solomon suggests that a plague or running sore is in the very heart. But every one perceives not this (Psa 38:3; 1 Kings 8:38). He saith again, that his ‘wounds stank, and were corrupted’: that his ‘sore ran, and ceased not’ (Psa @@ -83554,7 +83531,7 @@ He then is the poor man, that knows his spiritual want, and also knows he cannot supply or help himself. But this the broken-hearted knows, therefore he in his own eyes is the only poor man. True, he may have something of his own, but that will not supply his want, and therefore he is a poor man still. I have -sacrifices, says David, but thou dosts not desire them, therefore my poverty +sacrifices, says David, but thou dost not desire them, therefore my poverty remains (Psa 51:16). Lead is not gold, lead is not current money with the merchants. There is none has spiritual gold to sell but Christ (Rev 3:18). What can a man do to procure Christ, or procure faith, or love? Yea, had he never so @@ -85660,8 +85637,8 @@ his Troylus and Cresida, act 5, s. 2:— </p> <p> - ‘The fractions of her faith, orts of her love:<br/> - The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy relics<br/> + ‘The fractions of her faith, orts of her love:<br> + The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy relics<br> Of her ore-eaten faith.’—Ed. </p> @@ -85709,9 +85686,9 @@ aside—used by Shakespeare, but now obsolete,— </p> <p> - Where is his son,<br/> - The nimble-footed madcap, Prince of Wales,<br/> - And his comrades, that daft the world aside<br/> + Where is his son,<br> + The nimble-footed madcap, Prince of Wales,<br> + And his comrades, that daft the world aside<br> And let it pass?—Ed. </p> @@ -85749,7 +85726,7 @@ be hung at once!! When will such brutalizing exhibitions cease?—Ed. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap19"></a>PAUL’S DEPARTURE AND CROWN;</h2> +<h2><a id="chap19"></a>PAUL’S DEPARTURE AND CROWN;</h2> <h5>OR,</h5> @@ -87828,8 +87805,8 @@ approaches the game. </p> <p> - ‘One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk<br/> - Another over dykes upon his stilts doth walk.’<br/> + ‘One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk<br> + Another over dykes upon his stilts doth walk.’<br> —Drayton’s Polyolbion, vol. iii. p. 25.—Ed. </p> @@ -87894,7 +87871,7 @@ work to fulfil against his appointed day. Christian, watch against idleness. </p> <p> - ‘For Satan has some mischief still<br/> + ‘For Satan has some mischief still<br> For idle hands to do.’—Ed. </p> @@ -87928,9 +87905,9 @@ and make the bed of a poor sick and afflicted neighbour?—Ed. </p> <p> - ‘Jesus can make a dying bed<br/> - Feel soft as downy pillows are,<br/> - While on his breast I lean my head,<br/> + ‘Jesus can make a dying bed<br> + Feel soft as downy pillows are,<br> + While on his breast I lean my head,<br> And breath my life out sweetly there.’—Dr. Watts. </p> @@ -87938,7 +87915,7 @@ and make the bed of a poor sick and afflicted neighbour?—Ed. <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="chap20"></a>THE DESIRE OF THE RIGHTEOUS GRANTED;</h2> +<h2><a id="chap20"></a>THE DESIRE OF THE RIGHTEOUS GRANTED;</h2> <h5>OR,</h5> @@ -90727,14 +90704,14 @@ Beggars.—Ed. </p> <p> - ‘At the port (Lord) he give her to thy hand,<br/> - And by the way possesse thee what she is.’<br/> + ‘At the port (Lord) he give her to thy hand,<br> + And by the way possesse thee what she is.’<br> Troylus and Cressida, act 4, s. 4. </p> <p> - __________ ‘thou hast given me to possess<br/> - Life in myself for ever.’<br/> + __________ ‘thou hast given me to possess<br> + Life in myself for ever.’<br> Milton’s Paradise Lost, book iii, 243. </p> @@ -90744,8 +90721,8 @@ principled by these new philosophers.’—Cudworth. </p> <p> - ‘A Parliament so principled will sink<br/> - All ancient schools of empire in disgrace.’<br/> + ‘A Parliament so principled will sink<br> + All ancient schools of empire in disgrace.’<br> Dr. Young.—Ed. </p> @@ -90918,451 +90895,6 @@ enter upon the happy glorious liberty of the sons of God.—Ed. </div><!--end chapter--> -<div style='display:block; margin-top:4em'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WORKS OF JOHN BUNYAN VOLUME 1 ***</div> -<div style='text-align:left'> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will -be renamed. -</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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