A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolvedA Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved

2. The great difficulty of saving Souls must be laid to heart. The difficulty is undoubted. To attempt it, is to offer violence to mens corrupt Natures, and a storming of Hell it self, whose Captives all sinners are. Unless this difficulty be laid to heart, Ministers will be confident of their own strength, and so miscarry and be unfruitful. Whoever prospers in winning Souls, is first convinced that it is the Arm of Jehovah only can do the work.

2. The great difficulty of saving Souls must be laid to heart. The difficulty is undoubted. To attempt it, is to offer violence to mens corrupt Natures, and a storming of Hell it self, whose Captives all sinners are. Unless this difficulty be laid to heart, Ministers will be confident of their own strength, and so miscarry and be unfruitfull. Whoever prospers in winning Souls, is first convinc'd that it is the Arm of Jehovah only can do the work.

3. The duty of winning Souls must be laid to heart by Ministers. That it is their principal work, and they are under many Commands to endeavour it. It's a fault to look on Fruit only as a reward of endeavours; so it is indeed and a gracious one; but it should be so minded as the End we would strive for, Col. 1.28, 29. which when attained, is still to His Praise; yet most commonly when it is missing, it is to our reproach and danger, when it is (as alas! it's often) through our default.

4. The great advantage there is to the Labourer by his success, is to be pondered. Great is the gain by one Soul; he that winneth Souls is happy as well as wise,