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Author: Swift, John, fl. 1612.
Title: The diuine eccho, or resounding voice from heauen moralized betwixt a Christian and his soule, with short and effectuall directions how to liue and die well. Whereby the effects of vertue and the defects of vice, mercy with miserie, heauenly felicitie with worldly vanity, the ioyes of heauen with the torments of hell, are familiarly expressed. Diuided into prayers and meditations for the ease and benefit of euerie Christian. The first part by Iohn Swift.
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Print source: The diuine eccho, or resounding voice from heauen moralized betwixt a Christian and his soule, with short and effectuall directions how to liue and die well. Whereby the effects of vertue and the defects of vice, mercy with miserie, heauenly felicitie with worldly vanity, the ioyes of heauen with the torments of hell, are familiarly expressed. Diuided into prayers and meditations for the ease and benefit of euerie Christian. The first part by Iohn Swift.
Swift, John, fl. 1612.
London: Printed [by W. Stansby] for R. Bonion, and are to be sold at the shop in Paules Church-yard, at the Flower de Luce, 1612.
Alternate titles: Divine eccho, or resounding voice from heaven.
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Meditations -- Early works to 1800.
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TO THE RIGHT Worshipfull Sir EDMVND MORGAINE Knight, depu∣tie Gouernour of the famous Towne of Garrison of Portesmouth, and the Ile of Porsee, and to the Wor∣shipful Master IOHN BRVEN Esquire, my especiall fauourers, all health and happinesse.
The Epistletothe Reader.
THE DIVINE ECCHO. Or short and godly Medi∣tations, betweene a second or a Diuine DIOGENES and the Eccho, or a Chri∣stian and his Soule.
SECT. 1. A Prayer to God the Sonne the only Phisition both of the soule and body.
SECT. 2. The blindnesse and ignorance of the Atheist.
SECT. 3. A terror for Hypocrites and cold professors.
SECT. 4. The carelesnes of the wicked in seruing God.
SECT. 5. A Meditation on the birth of Christ, and the three wise∣mens offerings,
SECT. 6. True knowledge what it is.
SECT. 7. The best knowledge is to knowe ones selfe.
SECT. 8. On good Councell what it is.
SECT. 9. A Meditation on Christ Iesus borne in a Stable.
SECT. 10. How the world is euen smothered vp with sinne.
SECT. 11. Sathans deceit to catch soules.
SECT. 12. A Meditation on Christ who is the true light.
SECT. 13. The vanitie of worldly things.
SECT. 14. The miserable estate of the volup∣tuous worldling.
SECT. 15. To bee constant in the Lords ser∣uice: and examples thereof.
SECT. 1. A meditation on Christs riding to Ierusalem on an asse.
SECT. 17. How a man must be considered.
SECT. 18. The praise of vertue.
SECT. 19. For what men are esteemed in these daies.
SECT. 20. A Meditation on Christs going vnto the mount of Oliues.
SECT. 21. Good and bad must not bee mixt together.
SECT. 22. A Meditation on the losse of Christ when hee was but twelue yeares old.
SECT. 23. On the same.
SECT. 24. On death, how it is our greatest friend.
SECT. 25. On the suddennesse thereof and vncertaintie.
SECT. 26. The frailtie of our bodies.
SECT. 27. On the same.
SECT. 28. Why God will not haue vs to haue knowledge of things to come.
SECT. 29. What a good conscience is, and the praise thereof.
SECT. 30. We must make speed to a∣mend.
SECT. 31. On flatterers and dissemblers.
SECT. 32. On the same.
SECT. 33. On the same.
SECT. 34. The reward of a lyar with a sound terrour for the hypocrite.
SECT. 35. Mans neglect in Gods seruice is seuerely punished.
SECT. 36. A meditation on Christs miracle, which he wrought in Cana of Galiley.
SECT. 37. To be content.
SECT. 38. The couetousnesse of this age.
SECT. 39. The reward of the coue∣tous.
SECT. 40. The miserable estate of misers.
SECT. 41 The little respect that worldly gluttons haue to learning in these daies.
SECT. 42. A comfort learning in that be∣halfe.
SECT. 43. Worth is respected before worthi∣nesse now adaies.
SECT. 44. What the couetous most of all de∣sire.
SECT. 45. God rewards the liberall giuer to the poore.
SECT. 46. The prayse of liberalitie.
SECT. 47. On the same, with a meditation on the words of Christ where he saith, It is easier for a cable rope to goe, &c.
SECT. 48. We cannot serue God and riches.
SECT. 49. We must leaue all behind vs.
SECT. 50. A meditation on Christs clensing of the leper.
SECT. 51. Another on the clensing of the ten Leapers, and of their vn∣thankefulnesse.
SECT. 24. On the lawlesse tongue.
SECT. 53. Enuie striketh at others but woun∣deth himselfe.
SECT. 54. The malitious scoffings of these times.
SECT. 55 How the malitious Papists inuent mischiefe and practise it.
SECT. 56. All treason in time will be disco∣uered.
SECT. 57. Error, what it is.
SECT. 58. Wee neede not the Popes Buls.
SECT. 59. Superstitions alwaies inuented by the Popes for lucre sake.
SECT. 60. What they worship and adore.
SECT. 61. A meditation on Christs hiring labourers in his vineyard, and agreeing with them for a pen∣nie a day.
SECT. 62. The wicked and their reward.
SECT. 63. Not to be loftie but lowly.
SECT. 64. The downefall of pride and the praise of humilitie.
SECT. 65. On the same.
SECT. 66. There is no reason why men should be proud.
SECT. 67. All things vanish saue a good name.
SECT. 68. One man thinketh that all is too much that another hath.
SECT. 69. A Meditation on Elisha his put∣ting of Salt into a new cruse & by casting it into the waters.
SECT. 70. Old age not to be despised.
SECT. 71. Wisdome and discretion goe not alway by yeares.
SECT. 72. The praise of loue and amitie.
SECT. 73. Men are soone mooued vnto wrath.
SECT. 74. The end of discord.
SECT. 75. A meditation on the disciples filling of twelue baskets full of the broken meate that re∣mained.
SECT. 76. On the fiue barlie loaues and the two fishes.
SECT. 77. On drunkennesse and the beastli∣nesse thereof.
SECT. 78. The drunkards reward.
SECT. 79. Gaming their whole delight.
SECT. 80. Where they are chiefly entertained and soothed vp in them wic∣kednesse.
SECT. 81. The fruit of drunkennesse.
SECT. 82 On filthy lust and how it is smoo∣thed and smothered vp in these daies.
SECT. 83. To beware of Strumpets.
SECT. 84. The Praise of Chastitie.
SECT. 85, Swearers and their foolish∣nesse.
SECT. 86. What God is.
SECT. 87. A Meditation on the betraying of Christ.
SECT. 88. Our sinnes the cause of Christs death.
SECT. 89. They that are in authoritie must shew good examples.
SECT. 90. The praise of silence.
SECT. 91. The charitable man.
SECT. 92. Parents must instruct their Chil∣dren.
SECT. 93. Miracles are euerie day to be seen in the world.
SECT. 94. God doth not defire the death of a sinner.
SECT. 95. We beleeue not that God is angrie with our sinnes.
SECT. 96. We must humble our selues before God.
SECT. 97. We can see a moat in our brothers eye, but not the beame in our owne.
SECT. 98. Vaine glorie a meere vanitie.
SECT. 99. We loue not to be told of our faults.
SECT. 100. Wee must haue patience in decla∣ring the will of God.
SECT. 101. How high the calling of ministers is: and how little foolish world∣lings respect them.
SECT. 102. A meditation on Christ, who is the way, the trueth, and the life.
SECT. 103. How impatient men are in endu∣ring crosses.
SECT. 104. Comforts for such as are poore & miserable.
SECT. 105. For such as are visited with sicknesse.
SECT. 106. For such as are griened with old age.
SECT. 107. For such as are discontented for that they must leaue the world.
SECT. 108. For such as are slandered.
SECT. 109. For such as haue lost their mo∣ney.
SECT. 110. For such as are lame and ill fauo∣red.
SECT. 111. For such as are banished.
SECT. 112. For such as weepe for losse of Children.
SECT. 113. For such as mourne because they are in bondage.
SECT. 114. An example of content in Dyo∣gines the Cynicke.
SECT. 115. The end of affliction.
SECT. 116 How carefull God is in afflicting his Children.
SECT. 117. Comforts in generall for such as are in afflictions.
SECT. 118. On the same.
SECT. 119. We ought to reioice in troubles.
SECT. 120 The reward of such as are patient in troubles.
A DIALOGVE BETWEENE CHRIST and his Church afflicted, by which wee may easily see, what Christ doth require of those, that suffer persecution, for his name∣sake: and how they ought to behaue themselues in afflictions.
SECT. 122. The true felicitie of this life and the false.
SECT. 123. The world is vnconstant, where∣fore man must be constant.
SECT. 124. The tokens of a wise man, and contented.
SECT. 125. The praise of content.