Some general directions for a comfortable walking with God delivered in the lecture at…Some generall directions for a comfortable walking with God deliuered in the lecture at…

Wherefore no marvel though well-advised and watchful, they feel themselves rather pinched with want, then pressed with plenty of her golden offers and opportunities to do good, and be ever adderest to entertain and welcome every hour with special attendance, as a gracious Indulgence of his patient love, and long-suffering, and suffering them to do him yet more honour, (for which cause alone they long to live) before they go down into the pit and be seen no more. And they should be so far from being afraid of solitariness, as to hold their time alone, the only time for sweetest contemplations, heavenly commerce, nearer conversing and communion with God.

Wherefore no marueile though well-aduised and watchfull, they feele themselues rather pincht with want, then prest with plenty of her golden offers and opportunities to doe good, and bee euer addrest to entertaine and welcome euery houre with speciall attendance, as a gracious Indulgence of his patient loue, and long-suffering, and suffering them to doe him yet more honour, (for which cause alone they long to liue) before they goe downe into the pit and be seene no more. And they should be so farre from being afraid of solitarinesse, as to hold their time alone, the only time for sweetest contemplations, heauenly commerce, neerer conuersing and communion with God.

3. We that are earthly Angels by the nobleness of Creation, though by voluntary degeneration incarnate devils, were put into, and planted within the compass and comforts of this great and curious Frame round about us, the goodly Workmanship of Gods own Almighty hand, wherein we have the Sun to serve us; and we of this Kingdom by matchless and incomparable favour, the heavenly and healing beams of the Sun of righteousness, to shine upon us through his glorious Gospel, I say, we were placed in this world, not to serve our own turns, to please our own hearts, to follow our own ways, to eat, drink, and sleep; to temporize, revel, or root in the earth; to play the Epicures, Libertines, Machiavellians; to climb into high rooms, by all means lawful and unlawful; by bribery, simony, flattery, base insinuations, following the times; or some fouler means, and thereto domineer and tyrannize: In a word, to serve the devil for a few and evil days, to die, and so to be damned. No, no, a nobler task and more excellent end is appointed and apportioned for the Prince and principallest of all earthly creatures. Our being upon earth this little inch of time, is for business of another nature, and for a far more important affair, and of dearest consequence; even with humbleness and truth to know & obey our God, to serve our brethren in love, and to save our own