Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…

Secondly, Serious Consideration, or a pondering of the duty in our heart; as the expression in Luke is, chap. 2. 19. Now there are these three things that we are to consider when God doth discover any duty to us. (First,) What have I done? Hath not this command of God been neglected by me? Have not I been a mere stranger to the duty now laid open? or, is not this the duty, that the minister and my conscience hath pressed upon me from time to time, and yet I have neglected it. (Secondly,) What must I do? Is not this the command of God? And dare I do otherwise than obey it! Is it not the God of heaven that speaks unto me? examine thy self; commune with thy own heart. Is this God to be slighted? His authority to be despised? darest thou, O my Soul, to say the God of heaven nay! (Thirdly,) What shall I do? What will become of me in t•e day of visitation, and in the day of judgement, if I daily neglect this known duty, this weighty duty, this necessary duty? When ⟨p. 33⟩troubles shall come slowing in upon me like the waves of the Sea, one upon the neck of another how shall I be able to stand under them? If I think to go to God for refuge, Conscience will fly in my face, and tell me this is the God, that thou hast despised, whose voice thou hast not hearkened to. How shall I stand in the day of judgement. and look God in the face, if I am contentious and will not obey the truth? What can I expect but tribulation, and anguish, and wrath, Rom. 2. 8, 9. A Scripture which me thinks may be as a thunder-bolt in the hearts of any that hath a secret purpose in himself to neglect this duty. If we are careless in this duty, what can we expect but tribulation, and anguish, and wrath?

Secondly, Serious Consideration, or a pondering of the duty in our heart; as the expression in Luke is, chap. 2. 19. Now there are these three things that we are to consider when God doth discover any duty to us. (First,) What have I done? Hath not this command of God been neglected by me? Have not I been a meer stranger to the duty now laid open? or, is not this the duty, that the minister and my conscience hath pressed upon me from time to time, and yet I have neglected it. (Secondly,) What must I do? Is not this the command of God? And dare I do otherwise than obey it! Is it not the God of heaven that speaks unto me? examine thy self; commune with thy own heart. Is this God to be slighted? His authority to be despised? darest thou, O my Soul, to say the God of heaven nay! (Thirdly,) What shall I do? VVhat will become of me in te day of visitation, and in the day of judgemnt, if I daily neglect this known duty, this weighty duty, this necessary duty? VVhen