Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /

First, The Text.

And here we have, 1. The Objects to be considered; one another. 2. The Duty here required as conversant about these Objects, Consider. 3. The End, Provocation to love and to good works. 4. The means and manner of performing it to purpose, and with good Success, not forsaking the Assembling of our selves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another. 5. The great inducement hereunto, so much the more as ye see the day approaching. Improving the thoughts, belief and expectations of this approaching solemn day, and consequently, our concerns therein as the most awful motive and quickening encouragement of our Preparatory State and Work.

And here we have, 1. The Objects to be considered; one another. 2. The Duty here required as conversant about these Objects, Consider. 3. The End, Provocation to love and to good works. 4. The means and manner of performing it to purpose, and with good Success, not forsaking the Assembling of our selves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another. 5. The great inducement hereunto, so much the more as ye see the day approaching. Improving the thoughts, belief and expectations of this approaching solemn day, and consequently, our concerns therein as the most awful motive and quickning encouragement of our Preparatory State and Work.

And here I must premise, that the case here proposed to our present thoughts may and must be resolved into two. 1. How a luke-warm temper may be cured by us in our selves: 2. How to be cured in each other. Now seeing we are all related to the same God, and under the same circumstances as to our capacity of pleasing or displeasing God, of deserting or adhering to our Christian State and work; and all of us, as Christians, under the same powerful and manifold obligations to be found Right and Faithful in this day. And as all of us are determined to solemn Judgment, and an Eternal State, according to the temper of our Spirits, and tenor of our Lives, as found to be when that day comes. What can we say to one another, to provoke each other to love and to good works, that will not equally concern our selves? Whatever then we consider in each other, is as considerable in our selves. Whatever we design hereby to provoke others regularly to, is to be equally designed, and enterprized, and promoted upon our selves. Whatever we speak to others, or plead with others, hath the same Errand to, and ought deservedly to be as cogent and prevailing with our selves. We are all concerned in the helpfulness of present Assemblies, and in the process and results of the last general Assembly; and what we