The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved

2. Is it not a shame that wicked men should daily use more care to make sure of fading vanities,¹ than thou dost use to make sure of better & more lasting riches? what, is not the soul better, than the body? or are things temporal better worth, than things eternal? how do they cark and care, what must we eat, & what must we drink; & how shall we be sure of something to keep us when we are old? dost thou do thus for thy soul, how shall I get my sins pardoned, my nature sanctified, and my soul saved? how shall I be sure of an eternal heavenly house above, when this mouldering cottage of my body is tumbled down? doth it not shame thee to see the diligence of worldly men, that if they buy house, or land, they look narrowly to the writing, and ask advice and counsel, whether the title will be good, that he may be sure, and not defrauded? The Old usurer will not let forth his monies, but he will have good sufficient security, both for principal and interest, because he saith and knows it is good to be sure; nay yet further, doth it not shame thee that many men should take more pains for hell, than thou dost for heaven, and to be sure of damnation, than thou dost to be certain of thy salvation? how do they daily drudge in the ways of wickedness, committing sin with greediness, with both hands, heartily, with their whole soul, as though they should not come to hell sure enough, or soon enough; while thou art dull, flat, listless in thy duties to God, and not praying heartily as for thy soul: do not wicked men take more pains in breaking the sabbath, than thou dost in keeping of it; and do not they scorn duties, more than thou dost prize and practise them: But further,

2. Is it not a shame that wicked men should daily use more care to make sure of fading vanities,¹ than thou dost use to make sure of better & more lasting riches? what, is not the soul better, than the body? or are things temporal better worth, than things eternal? how do they cark and care, what must we eat, & what must we drink; & how shall we be sure of something to keep us when wee are old? dost thou do thus for thy soul, how shall I get my sins pardoned, my nature sanctified, and my soul saved? how shall I bee sure of an eternal heavenly house above, when this mouldring cottage of my body is tumbled down? doth it not shame thee to see the diligence of worldly men, that if they buy house, or land, they looke narrowly to the writing, and ask advice and counsel, whether the title will bee good, that hee may bee sure, and not defrauded? The Old userer will not let forth his monies, but hee will have good sufficient security, both for principal and interest, because hee saith and knows it is good to bee sure; nay yet further, doth it not shame thee that many men should take more pains for hell, than thou dost for heaven, and to bee sure of damnation, than thou dost to be certain of thy salvation? how do they daily drudge in the waies of wickedness, committing sin with greediness, with both hands, heartily, with their whole soul, as though they should not come to hell sure enough, or soon enough; while thou art dull, flat, listless in thy duties to God, and not praying heartily as for thy soul: do not wicked men take more pains in breaking the sabbath, than thou dost in keeping of it; and do not they scorn duties, more than thou dost prize and practise them: But further,