{Sr) fiietb the prize f So ru11 that ye rrMJ o6tain: And every m"An ihii flrivethfonhcmajl:ery,utemperate in a!lthings: Nowthey doit to obta$·n acorruptible Crown ; but we an incorrupti6!e. 1 therefore fo run-, not tU uncertainly: fo fight 1, not tU one that beateth the air: but 1 kfep under my boa) , and bring it into f ubje£lion ; /ej} that by any means whm 1 have preached to others, I my /elf foould he a cafl·away. J I Cor. 9· 24,25, 16, 2.7. [Wherefore do ye f}endyour money f or that which is·not bread' ana your labour forthatwhichfatufiethnot? Heark.!n diligently tmto me, eat ye that which is good, v.nd letyour foul delight it feif in fatne(s ; en– dine your ear, and come unto me; hear 11ndyour foul /hall live; and 1 will mak.! aneverlvtjl:ing Covenant with you.] Ifa. 5j. I, 2, 3. [ Be fervent in fpirit,/erving the Lord.] Rom. 12. I I. [Par the grace of God that bringeth falvation, hath appeared to all men ; teaching m that denying ungodlinefs and worldly tufts, we fhould livefoberly,righteoujly, and_(odlyinthu pre/ent world: .lrookjng f~r thttt blej[ed hope, and the glorirJUJ appetlring of thegreat God and our Saviour [efm Chrift; whogt~11e himfelf for t~A, that he might redeem UJ from all iniqnity, and fanilifie to himfelf a puuliar peo– ple, ~ealomof goodwarkf.] Tit.l-. 11,12, 13, 14. [Curfed6e he that cloth the work._ofthe Lord deceitfully. J Jer. 48. I 0. [what– foevtr thy hanc! findeth to do, d9 it with thy might ; For there is no wark._, nor device, nor k._n~\\1/edge, nor wifdom in the grave whether thougoefl.] Ec~lef. 9. 1.0. Thefe and fuch lfke are the jAying.r of God, by which thou mayH eafily underfiand humind concerni~g the neceffity of a ferious, diligent, holy life. And !hall ablind and wretched worm come afrer, and dare to contradict him, and unf.1y all this, and. faz, What nee1s~much ado ? What ! darefi thou thus openly reilit God to hts tace? What art thou? and what is thy word ., that we flwuld regard it before the Word of God? . ~efi. 27. Doft thou not k..n~w that by thy fpeabJng agai.nfl adili– gent hely life, thvu grt~tifyeft the Devil, and openly ferveft him, ~ndj11i/f the v.ery things that he would have thu fay? What can more pleafe htm, and advance his Kingdom,and fuit his malicious ends, then to fl:op and cool men in the fer vice of the Lord, and make t~em. believe that holine(s is but a neea!rfs thing ? If the Devtl nu~ht have leave to walk vifibly among men, and [peak., to them tn their language, he would fpeak to them M thoN doft, and fay t~e[arf!e things ~hid1 he ruts into thy mouth.; andd M - ·- ·- ';v'OUl
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