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…

Fifth Counsel. Let your own eyes be your Overseers, when God deprives you of your public Overseers. The Ministers of Christ, they are termed Seers, and Overseers; Now God is like to deprive you of these, oh take the more careful Oversight every one of your selves; be the more strict in your inspection into your own ways, in the examining of, ⟨p. 78⟩and inquiring into your own hearts. Beloved it is a duty that I have some time since pressed upon you, and I hope you do yet make conscience of it, daily to examine your hearts and ways by those questions; which we gave you for this end, as a great help to this duty: I beseech you whatever you intermit, constantly to keep up, and maintain that duty. And now especially when God deprives you of your public Overseers, you should take care of your selves. I have never any hopes that you will come to any proficiency in the ways of God, unless you come up to the strict observation of these Rules, that so you may become sensible of your errors, that one days humiliation, may be the matter of the next days Reformation.

Fifth Counsel. Let your own eyes be your Overseers, when God deprives you of your publick Overseers. The Ministers of Christ, they are termed Seers, and Overseers; Now God is like to deprive you of these, oh take the more carefull Oversight every one of your selves; be the more strict in your inspection into your own wayes, in the examining of, ⟨p. 78⟩and inquiring into your own hearts. Beloved it is a duty that I have some time since pressed upon you, and I hope you do yet make conscience of it, daily to examine your hearts and ways by those questions; which we gave you sor this end, as a great help to this duty: I beseech you whatever you intermit, constantly to keep up, and maintain that duty. And now especially when God deprives you of your publick Overseers, you should take care of your selves. I have never any hopes that you will come to any proficiency in the wayes of God, unless you come up to the strict observation of these Rules, that so you may become sensible of your errours, that one dayes humiliation, may be the matter of the next days Reformation.