Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

1. Study every day more & more the vanity of the creature: Read over the Book of Ecclesiastes well; it is enough, through the assistance of Christ, to teach you that lesson. A serious and fruitful meditation of that word, Vanity of vanities, ¹saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity, what work might it make in your hearts; men usually look on these things through some false glass, or at a distance, which makes them so admire them; but if they could see them truly in themselves, oh how uncomely would they be? or if they could see them as compared to Christ, oh how vain would they be? honours and greatness in that respect would appear as bubbles, pleasures and delights in that respect would appear as shadows.

1. STudy every day more & more the vanity of the creature: Read over the Book of Ecclesiastes well; it is enough, through the assistance of Christ, to teach you that lesson. A serious and fruitful meditation of that word, Vanity of vanities, ¹saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity, what work might it make in your hearts; men usually look on these things through some false glass, or at a distance, which makes them so admire them; but if they could see them truly in themselves, oh how uncomely would they be? or if they could see them as compared to Christ, oh how vain would they be? honours and greatness in that respect would appear as bubbles, pleasures and delights in that respect would appear as shadows.

1. 1Eccles. 2.2.

2. Converse but a little with any evil thing on this side Christ; Have as little to do with the world, the sinful pleasures, profits, riches, manners of it, as possibly you can; the lesser the better; things of this world have a glutinous quality, if you let the heart lie any while amongst them, it will cleave unto them, and if it once cleave to them, there will be no way but either Repentance or Hell fire must part them.