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

Men, Brethren and Fathers, you are called to an high and holy Calling; your Work is full of Danger, full of Duty, and full of Mercy. You are called to the winning of Souls, an Employment near a-kin unto our Lords work, the saving of Souls; and the nearer your spirits be in conformity to his holy temper and frame, the fitter you are for, and the more fruitful you shall be in your work. None of you are ignorant of the begun departure of our Glory, and the daily advance of its departure, and the sad appearances of the Lords being about to leave us utterly. Should not these Signs of the times rouse up Ministers unto greater seriousness? What can be the reason of this sad Observation, that when formerly a few Lights raised up in the Nation, did shine so, as to scatter and dispel the darkness of Popery in a little time; yet now when there are more, and more Learned men amongst us, yet the Darkness comes on apace? Is it not because they were men filled with the Holy Ghost, and with Power; and many of us are only filled with Light and Knowledge, and inefficacious Notions of Gods Truth? Doth not always the Spirit of the Ministers propagate it self amongst the People? A lively Ministry, and lively Christians. Therefore be serious at heart, believe and so speak, feel and so speak, and as you teach so do, and then People will feel what you say, and obey the Word of God.

Men, Brethren and Fathers, you are called to an high and holy Calling; your Work is full of Danger, full of Duty, and full of Mercy. You are called to the winning of Souls, an Employment near a-kin unto our Lords work, the saving of Souls; and the nearer your spirits be in conformity to his holy temper and frame, the fitter you are for, and the more fruitfull you shall be in your work. None of you are ignorant of the begun departure of our Glory, and the daily advance of its departure, and the sad appearances of the Lords being about to leave us utterly. Should not these Signs of the times rowse up Ministers unto greater seriousness? What can be the reason of this sad Observation, that when formerly a few Lights raised up in the Nation, did shine so, as to scatter and dispell the darkness of Popery in a little time; yet now when there are more, and more Learned men amongst us, yet the Darkness comes on apace? Is it not because they were men filled with the Holy Ghost, and with Power; and many of us are only filled with Light and Knowledge, and inefficacious Notions of Gods Truth? Doth not always the Spirit of the Ministers propagate it self amongst the People? A lively Ministry, and lively Christians. Therefore be serious at heart, believe and so speak, feel and so speak, and as you teach so doe, and then People will feel what you say, and obey the Word of God.