Saints memorials, or, Words fitly spoken, like apples of gold in pictures of silver being a collection of divine sentences / written and delivered by those late reverend and eminent ministers of the gospel, Mr. Edmund Calamy, Mr. Joseph Caryl, Mr. Ralph Venning, Mr. James Janeway.

Title: Saints memorials, or, Words fitly spoken, like apples of gold in pictures of silver being a collection of divine sentences / written and delivered by those late reverend and eminent ministers of the gospel, Mr. Edmund Calamy, Mr. Joseph Caryl, Mr. Ralph Venning, Mr. James Janeway.

Author: Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.

Collection: Early English Books Online

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Harbour no idle Persons in your Family; let your Servants have mo∣derate Work and Meat: if they deserve Reproof, let it be without Passion; advice, with some Natures, may do more than Correction.Be not busie to inquire after the Concerns of your Neighbour, but carry your self with this Cau∣tion, that in all your Actions you mix the ingredients of Justice and Charity: Be in Charity with all men.Avoid Backbiting and Slander∣ing: he that delights in either of them, shall never be beloved, or in∣nocent.When you dine, lift up your heart in an holy Ejaculation to the Lord; thank him for your Tempo∣ral Food, and crave for Spiritual.After dinner, return thanks for Mercies received: He doth not de∣serve to eat, that doth not desire to thank.In your Recreations, be mode∣rate; and be sure to secure your heart for God, left your affections settle upon a false Basis: Let not 0