The souls vocation or effectual calling to Christ. By T.HThe soules vocation or effectual calling to Christ. By T.H

Reason. 3 Thirdly, we must not only do what we know, but must be marvellous painful, and study and endeavour to the uttermost of our power to get knowledge: do not make it only a holy day task, but labour continually in the use of all means for to get knowledge. You come here to the congregation, and attend to the word, you do well; but very few that will make this your task and study at home, to furnish his heart with spiritual understanding. It is a shame that a man ⟨p. 56⟩should always be fed with a spoon, and hold the spoon in his mouth, as children use to do; that is to go and come to the congregation, and get little or nothing. Hos. 2.3. When you labour more and more, pray more heartily, study more diligently, be thinking men, and meditating men, and chewing men, setting themselves upon the truth; till this, I never look that they should come to any saving or judicious knowledge of life and salvation.

Reason. 3 Thirdly, we must not onely doe what we know, but must be marvellous painfull, and study and indeavour to the uttermost of our power to get knowledge: doe not make it onely a holy day taske, but labour continually in the use of all meanes for to get knowledge. You come here to the congregation, and attend to the word, you doe well; but very few that will make this your taske and study at home, to furnish his heart with spirituall understanding. It is a shame that a man ⟨p. 56⟩should alwayes be fed with a spoon, and hold the spoone in his mouth, as children use to doe; that is to goe and come to the congregation, and get little or nothing. Hos. 2.3. When you labour more and more, pray more heartily, study more diligently, bee thinking men, and meditating men, and chewing men, setting themselves upon the truth; till this, I never look that they should come to any saving or judicious knowledge of life and salvation.