' ( 82 ) wou1d do all that' ·he could to _keep men from a 110ly life~ And dartH: rhou thus openly play hts pare ? · Quefi.28. Canftthouthink,_ ("When tternallifeisatthefl~~kJ) that a man fo wea/z in the miaft of fo many hindrances and enemies ·. hath c1111{e to count his diligence unmce.JT~rj ? When Satan like~ roaring Lyon, is feeking day and night to devour thee ( I Pet. 5. 8.) when his m~lice, fubtilty, ami diligence is fo great, and. fo unwcaried ; when his in{h.umems are fo t-nany, fo fubtile, and Co powerful ; when the world aboundeth round about thee with {uch dangerous enticing fnares and baits; when thy trayterous fidh fo near thee is thy mofi perilous enemy, unceffantly drawing £hee from God unto the creature; and when t.hou art fo impotent w refifl: all rhefe affaults; ar·t thou then in a condition fit tocry out againfi the greatefl: diligence for thy foul ? Should a m~ngo– ing up the fieepefl: hill, when it is for his life, be afraid of going too faH:? When thou hafi done all thou canfi, it is well for thee that e~'er thou waft born if it fuffice. lf weakneffes and enemies caufe fuch a difficulty that r'he righteous themfelves are fcarcely fa ved (that is, with much ado ) is it then rime for thee to ask JVhat needs Jo much ado ? Quefi. 29. D Jft thou not deal excuding unthanUiillf and une– $JUflllJ with God! Whtn ht think! not the Sun and MuotJ and all the cre11tt1reJ too good to jer1:1e thu, nor all his mercies t(JIJ great for the~; no 1got the blood of his belovedSon, nor his Spirit, nor He~tven it /elf if thou wilt accept them in his Wit] ; wilt thou think._ thy beft too good for him? ~tnd thy mG.ft diligent Jervice to be too much? When thy All is next to Nothing; and thy 7Jejt doth not profit the Almighty, but thy felf, and the gain will be thy own. If a man fhould think it too much to put off his hat and thank thee, when thou haft given him a thoufand pound ; or to go a mile for thee~ when tqou hafi faved his life; thou wouldft (a.:y :he were not a man, but ·a monfl:er of ingratitude. But thy unth:ankfulnefs is ten thoufand-fold worf\! to God, who wowld deliver thee from ever– lafl:ing torments, and give thee everlafiing glory, and fave thee from Satanand all rhy fins, ifthou wilt but take his fafe remedies; and thoti dmrlifhly ,refjlfell: , as if all were ROt worth fo much ado. · - ~efi. 3o. Doft thou k._now what et life it u that thou accounteft 11n tmnecefary toil ? It is a life of ·the greueJl Safety, Commodity, Rom~r,mul, /)elight~ ( b~[l~~~ ;!1e jufti~~ ~f!~~ortefty ~~it:) ofa~y 10
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