Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P7 N4 1634

V P·R ~G HT N ES. youreatinganddrinking, your fleepe & rccrea– tion;they are all fieps that tend to ·this Journey, · that tend to this-- fcope, everY. one ofdrcm is ·a , 'fiep nearcr.toGod, and to heaven,ifthey.be right A8ionsthat · lyvfed .;and from him,ifthey-be nor vfed ·as / fit1~ 1 .stoonr h . 1 d . k h . ea mgs,are they ought j U: etmr y(Jt.J eate or rtn e;or w atfo--·J fleps in our · f erveryott do,do;~t to the glory ofGod. \Vhat ever y~u Iourney; do, mark~ ~hat fu-p_reame fcope, .fo that all ach– onstcndt:ooneorotherofthefe; now vou need make no quefl:ion, but even thofe common adi- . ons are fieps that lead to the j-om:ney;even as you . fee, a fervant that is ·fet to worke, or to go a I · d · C Simile• . Iomney,nattstomowe,orto nuea arr,evcn · the whetting ofthe fithe,isa part ofhis worke,as : welas,themowing.ofthegraffe;theprovendring ofhis hor[e,is a di[patching ofhis journey:,ago~ · .- ing on in,.it,aswell as .wlten he rides, and fo the oylingofthe wheele, is a drawingon, as well as-– every fiep.herakes: So I fay, it is in thefe corn!. mon a.cHons; that wemake ldfe at:count of, our· · Heeping, our eating,our drinking,our recreati6, · every one of them, is a ll:ep in the Journey. Themeanen I fpeake it for thisend,.. thaf we may not>negleet llctionnot to any·aCtion-, th~twemay notdefpife the leaft: of be neglected. our adions:forthereis not oneofthem, bur it is · a.pace,or a frep: fo thatthis you m.uft make ac- · count of;~very·dayyou finiflia great partofyour.- ; fpJce:for you do manyad:ions. Now lookwhat· action~ you do,feewhattheybe, examinethem·' at nighr:for every a&ion-isa t:tep,and eitheryou( ftep towards Godinit,or. you fi:ep fr6 hjm;either· you frep towardsheaven,.ortowardshdl:there.: • ·, · fore . ·- ' I · '

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