A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the dutiesA guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties

And unto these meditations, we are for the renewing of our faith to add divers actions; as first, we must daily renew our promises unto God made in baptism, and bewailing our manifold frailties and imperfections, whereby we have often failed herein, we are to resolve and promise, that if God will accept of us, and pass by our former infirmities, we will with more entire affection renounce sin, Satan and all our spiritual enemies, and consecrate our selves wholly to his worship & service, and with greater zeal and devotion labour in the use of all good means, whereby we may attain to more perfection. Secondly, we must labour to find and feel our hearts more and more inflamed with unfeigned love towards God, in respect of his infinite goodness and absolute perfection in himself, and graciousness towards us, shining in his unspeakable and innumerable blessings and benefits bestowed upon us, which love towards God will strengthen our faith in assurance of his love towards us, seeing it is but a drop that distilleth from this fountain, and but a spark that ariseth from this infinite flame. Thirdly, we must exercise our selves in the daily practice of religious duties, as prayer, meditation, holy conferences, and such like, which will increase our communion and acquaintance with God, and more and more assure us of his favour. And finally, we must resolve to take all good occasions of doing daily the works of mercy and Christian charity towards our neighbours for Gods sake, whereby our faith will get daily new assurance, that seeing we are willing and desirous to glorify God in all things, by causing the light of our godly lives to shine before men, he will be no less willing to glorify us before his