A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the dutiesA guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties

Let us demean our selves as Pilgrims on earth, and have our conversation in heaven, where our inheritance is, minding and affecting things above, where Christ sitteth at thy right hand. Let us wholly rely upon thy fatherly providence, who art both able and willing to help us, and let us with boldness and confidence have recourse unto thee in all our wants, and with assurance that thou wilt graciously hear and help us. Let us in our judgements esteem, in our hearts desire, and in all our actions seek thy glory above all things, and let it ever be more dear unto us then our own salvation. Let us give glory to thy Name, in all our thoughts, words, and actions, and not only do it our selves, but also give just occasion to others of glorifying thee. Let us sanctify thee, both in thy mercies and judgements, towards our selves or others; let thy rich wages make us more faithful and cheerful in thy service, and thy fatherly corrections more fearful to displease thee. Remove all impediments of thy glory, and advance the means whereby it is advanced. Advance thy Kingdom universally over all; rule over thine enemies, and subject all things unto thy government, that nothing may resist thy power. Rule over thine own servants and Church after a special manner, in protecting and preserving them, and let them, like dutiful subjects, yield obedience unto thee their Sovereign in all things. Make us in this life true members of the Kingdom of grace, that afterwards we may be triumphant members of the Kingdom of glory. Rule in our hearts effectually by thy Word and Spirit; work in us thine own good work of grace; make us Citizens of the Saints, and meet to be partakers of thy Kingdom of glory. Pull us more and more out of the kingdom of Satan, in which we naturally are subjects, and let him no longer reign and rule in our hearts and minds to our perdition. Let us no longer be ruled by the lawless law of sin, neither let it reign in our mortal bodies, by making our members the instruments of it; but be thou our King, and rule in our hearts by thy Word and Spirit. Erect the Kingdom of grace, where it is not yet begun; continue and increase it amongst us, where it is established; bless the means whereby it is furthered, and remove the impediments which hinder it.

Let vs demeane our selues as Pilgrims on earth, and haue our conuersation in heauen, where our inheritance is, minding and affecting things aboue, where Christ sitteth at thy right hand. Let vs wholly rely vpon thy fatherly prouidence, who art both able and willing to helpe vs, and let vs with boldnesse and confidence haue recourse vnto thee in all our wants, and with assurance that thou wilt graciously heare and helpe vs. Let vs in our iudgements esteeme, in our hearts desire, and in all our actions seeke thy glory aboue all things, and let it euer bee more deare vnto vs then our owne saluation. Let vs giue glory to thy Name, in all our thoughts, words, and actions, and not onely doe it our selues, but also giue iust occasion to others of glorifying thee. Let vs sanctifie thee, both in thy mercies and iudgements, towards our selues or others; let thy rich wages make vs more faithfull and cheerefull in thy seruice, and thy fatherly corrections more fearefull to displease thee. Remooue all impediments of thy glory, and aduance the meanes whereby it is aduanced. Aduance thy Kingdome vniuersally ouer all; rule ouer thine enemies, and subiect all things vnto thy gouernment, that nothing may resist thy power. Rule ouer thine owne seruants and Church after a speciall maner, in protecting and preseruing them, and let them, like dutifull subiects, yeeld obedience vnto thee their Soueraigne in all things. Make vs in this life true members of the Kingdome of grace, that afterwards we may be triumphant members of the Kingdome of glory. Rule in our hearts effectually by thy Word and Spirit; worke in vs thine owne good worke of grace; make vs Citizens of the Saints, and meete to be partakers of thy Kingdome of glory. Pull vs more and more out of the kingdome of Satan, in which we naturally are subiects, and let him no longer raigne and rule in our hearts and minds to our perdition. Let vs no longer be ruled by the lawlesse law of sinne, neither let it raigne in our mortall bodies, by making our members the instruments of it; but be thou our King, and rule in our hearts by thy Word and Spirit. Erect the Kingdome of grace, where it is not yet begun; continue and increase it amongst vs, where it is established; blesse the meanes wherby it is furthered, and remoue the impediments which hinder it.