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So David prayed, Teach me O Lord to do thy will: not my will, for we need not to be taught to do our own will, no more than a Cuckoo, to sing Cuckoo her own ⟨p. 252⟩name. Every man can go to hell without a guide.

So Dauid prayed, Teach mee O Lord to doe thy will: not my will, for wee neede not to bee taught to doe our owne will, no more than a Cuckoe, to sing Cuckoe her owne ⟨p. 252⟩name. Euerie man can goe to hell without a guide.

Here is the rule now, if you live by it, then are you kin to Christ: as other kindreds go by birth, and marriage, so this kindred goes by faith and obedience. Hearers are but half kin, as it were in a far degree; but they that hear and do, are called his Mother, which is the nearest kindred of all. Therefore if you have the deed, then you are kin indeed; there is no promise made to hearers, nor to speakers, nor to readers: but all promises are made to believers, or doers.

Here is the rule nowe, if you liue by it, then are you kinne to Christ: as other kinreds go by birth, and marriage, so this kinred goes by faith and obedience. Hearers are but halfe kin, as it were in a farre degree; but they that heare and do, are called his Mother, which is the nearest kinred of all. Therfore if you haue the deed, then you are kin indeed; there is no promise made to hearers, nor to speakers, nor to readers: but all promises are made to beleeuers, or doers.

If you ask God who shall dwell in the holy Mountain;¹