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…

Eighthly, Be careful to live up to those Rules by which thou hast engaged to examine thy ⟨p. 45⟩self? As he said of prayer, If thy praying do not make thee leave off sinning, thy sinning will make thee leave off praying. So here, if thy examining thy self, do not make thee to leave off thy remissness; thy remissness will certainly make thee leave off thy self-examination. When a man hath been careless in the day, and come to read over these questions, and conscience shall answer guilty in most of these things, this will make the work so tedious, that thou wilt never long bear the trouble of it. Unless thou art able to live up to these rules, thou wilt never be able to hold on in it long. And therefore remember this, if at any time you find that you have been careless •n the day foregoing, be sure in the next morning to set up a new resolution to stick close to these rules. Undo all that you have done before, as it were, and begin again. Try in the strength of God what you can do this day; how exact you can be this day.

Eightly, Be careful to live up to those Rules by which thou hast engaged to examine thy ⟨p. 45⟩self? As he said of prayer, If thy praying do not make thee leave off sinning, thy sinning will make thee leave off praying. So here, if thy examining thy self, do not make thee to leave off thy remissness; thy remissnesse will certainly make thee leave off thy self-examination. VVhen a man hath been careless in the day, and come to read over these questions, and conscience shall answer guilty in most of these things, this will make the work so tedious, that thou wilt never long bear the trouble of it. Unless thou art able to live up to these rules, thou wilt never be able to hold on in it long. And therefore remember this, if at any time you find that you have been carelesse •n the day foregoing, be sure in the next morning to set up a new resolution to stick close to these rules. Undo all that you have done before, as it were, and begin again. Try in the strength of God what you can do this day; how exact you can be this day.