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…

Fourthly, What dost thou cry out of pain? It is thy very calling and profession to t•ke pain. What mean those expressions in Scripture else whereby the life of a Christian is set forth by striving, wrestling, fighting, pressing toward the mark? To take pain is essential to Christianity, and without this thou canst not be a Christian. To leave any duty because it is painful is a contradiction to thy profession thou dost herein deny thy self to be a Christian.

fifthly, The more difficult the work is, the ⟨p. 39⟩more profitable thou wilt find it. That duty that cost's us nothing, will yield us nothing: and that duty that cost's us much pain, will yield us much peace and comfort.

•ifthly, The more difficult the work is, the ⟨p. 39⟩more profitable thou wilt find it. That duty that cost's us nothing, will yeild us nothing: and that duty that cost's us much pain, will yeild us much peace and comfort.

Sixthly, Consider, is not grace worth the taking pains for? What wilt thou take pain for, if not for grace? Look about in the world: see how the men of the world run and ride, sweat and tire themselves for toys and trifles. What pains then shouldst thou take for grace, one dram of which is more worth than a world. By this means, thou mayst grow in grace more in one month than in some years before.

Sixthly, Consider, is not grace worth the taking pains for? What wilt thou take pain for, if not for grace? Look about in the world: see how the men of the world run and ride, sweat and tire themselves for toyes and trisles. What pains then shouldst thou take for grace, one dram of which is more worth than a world. By this means, thou mayst grow in grace more in one moneth than in some years before.