Seauen helpes to Heauen Shewing 1. How to auoid the curse. 2. How to beare the crosse. 3. How to build the conscience. 4. How with Moses to see Canaan. 5. Simeons dying song, directing to liue holily and dye happily. 6. Comforts for Christians against distresses in life, and feare of death. 7. Feruent prayers, to beare sicknesse patiently, and dye preparedly. The second edition: much enlarged by Steuen Ierome, late preacher at S. Brides. Seene and allowed.

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Seauen helpes to Heauen Shewing 1. How to auoid the curse. 2. How to beare the crosse. 3. How to build the conscience. 4. How with Moses to see Canaan. 5. Simeons dying song, directing to liue holily and dye happily. 6. Comforts for Christians against distresses in life, and feare of death. 7. Feruent prayers, to beare sicknesse patiently, and dye preparedly. The second edition: much enlarged by Steuen Ierome, late preacher at S. Brides. Seene and allowed.

Author

Jerome, Stephen, fl. 1604-1650.

Publication

London :: Printed [by T. Snodham] for Roger Iackson, and are to be solde at his shop, neare to the Conduit in Fleetstreete,

1614.

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Christian life -- Early works to 1800.

Consolation -- Early works to 1800.

Suffering -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• TO THE RIGHT HO∣NOVRABLE, MY HONOVrable good Lord, RALPHE, Lord Eure, Baron of Malton and Wytton, and Lord President of his Maiesties Honourable Councell, within the Principalitie of Wales, and the Marches of the same: all Blessings be multiplyed tempo∣rall, and Graces spirituall.
• To the Readers: chiefely, his late Auditors at S. Brides in London.
• title page
• The chiefe Contents of the two subsequent TREATISES.
• MOSES His sight of Sion: applyed to encourage and direct euery Christian to his heauenly CANAAN.
  • CHAP. I. The case of the inheritance of Daughters propounded.
    • Sect. 1.
    • Sect. 2. How cases are wisely to be carried before the Magistrate.
    • Sect. 3. The true rule of iudging cases, Consultation with God.
    • Sect. 4. The case adiudged, and spiritually applyed.
  • CHAP. II. Moses is fore-warned to die, and how God fore-warnes vs.
    • Sect. 1.
    • Sect. 2. That all must die.
    • Sect. 3. God prepares his children to dye, as hee did Moses, by shewing them Canaan.
    • Sect. 4. Moses obedience to Gods summons, a patterne to vs.
  • CHAP. III. The nature of death sweetned to the Saints, with fifteene resemblances of death to sleepe.
  • CHAP. IIII. Considerations to moue vs to embrace death as willingly as we goe to sleepe in our beds na∣turally.
    • Sect. 3. The second Consideration.
    • Sect. 3. The third consideration.
    • Sect. 4. The fourth Consideration.
    • Sect. 5. The last Consideration. The bodyes freedome, and the soules Glorification.
  • Comforts against the feare of Death: by which the Chri∣stian Soule may be made wil∣ling to her Disslution. CHAP. V.
• SIMEON'S dying-Song. HANDLED IN sixe Sermons.
  • Simeons Compellation. In this word, Lord.
  • His desires Limitation. In this word, Now.
  • His acknowledgement of the Diuine Permission. In these words, Lettest thou.
  • His proper Appellation. In these words, Thy Seruant.
  • His desired Dismission. In this word, Depart.
  • His hoped Pacification. In these words, In peace:
• Necessary Incouragements, and Comforts, against the grieuances of seuerall Crosses.
  • Comforts against the Crosse of sickenesse and dis∣eases, howeuer intollerable and incurable.
  • These Cordials may be applyed to euery ordinary visitation, ut if thy paines be permanent, and thy dolours extreame and durable, yet thus reuiue thy fainting spirits, and strengthen thy selfe by these Meditations.
  • Comforts against the vnkindenesse of mercilesse friends.
  • Preparatiues against Pouertie.
• To the READERS.
  • ERRATA.