I ( 7S) _~en. 21: Dofl tboJithink. in thy {on(cience 'thtti: ~t the hour 8! . thy ~eath, or fit le-Plft at '/udgement, thoafoalt think._ thy _{elf that: Hclmefs WtU unnecef{ary ? Doth not thy heart tell thee (bat: then rhou fhalc be of another mind? and wifh with the deepefl: de– fires of thy foul, that thou hadi1: lived as firietly, and prepared for everlafiinghfe as feriouily, and ferved God as diligently as ever did any Saint on earrh -? But alas , thofe wif.hes will be then too late. Now is thy day: and now thou takefl: thy work to be n~edlefs : And to fee the Neceffity when time is gone, will be tfly torment, but not thy remedy. Not one in this Congregati– on, or Town, or Counuey, not one in England, or in all the world, budhall be forced at Iaft, whether he will or no, to juftifie the wifdom of the god~y , and the worfi of you fhall then witft . ten thoufand frui.rlefs groans defire , that you had imitated the l holyefi perfom that you knew. Not a tongue then fhall fay, Whq;t ..., ~eeds .all thu ado for he{lven ! Not a man thfre dare call his neigh. -4-- - – hour Purit.zne,nor take up a contemptuous jear, again!\: the dili~ . gent fervants of the Lord. . ., ~efl:. 22. Ismtth~ttmanfJt'the heart ngainfttheLord, thtti reproar:het hhu feriotu diligent fervant J, and cor~n.ts huwork.._aneed– lefs thing ? Men are more willing to pleafc: thofe that they love; and more ready to do the works they love. If your fon or fer- . vant fpeak againfl: your fervice, but as you do againfi Gods,what would you think of their affections? Doubt!e!s it is rio betr~r then a feeret hatred to the holinefs of God, and a Serpentine enmiPJ to his holy wayes, that (:aufeth all thefe fenflefs cavils , and impious fpeeches, againfi the life that h;nath .commanded us to. live. ' ·. Qt1efl:. 2 3. Is it not_moft ·unreafonable impiety, for that mttn t; [peak. againft too .ftri[f ext-1.8 obedienc;, P.nd againj} {erv-ing God too much, that hathfervedtheworld, ihc fie/h, and. the Devilin tht vigour and fiower of hu dayes, and thu ·with_ple.afure, and n~ver · [aiel, It is too much ;! When thou wafi drmkmg and {porrtng~· rho1:1 waft not a"t1ettry: When·it ·cornes to a marter of riches, or· honour, or eafe, or pleafurc, to gratHie thy worldlit1efs, pride~ lazinefs and voluptuoufnefs, then chou never faifi, It is too much'! And is all too little for fin and the Devil , and all too much for thy foul and God? Let Confcience tell thee whethfr t-his beJ·ull. . . . .////•"'' ~eft. 24. Is it not af~Jo/ifh w_ick!dnefs , for thitt man- to cry .otJt - agaznft.
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