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…

Rule. 3. You must have these six Principles inwrought and deeply engraven into your souls.

Prin. 1. That Religion is the very end of your being, that you were made and maintained for. This is the end and use of all your powers and faculties, That you may serve ⟨p. 266⟩and glorify the God that made you, He made you for himself, Prov. 16. 4. For his pleasure you are and were created, Rev. 4. 11. Oh man look upon thy self; think whence thou art, and for what a little while since thou wast not, how camest thou to be? hath not the hand of God framed thee? Think with thy self, wherefore serve all these powers and faculties? To what end were they given me? what to eat, and drink, and sleep, and sport? If I had been a brute, I could have done this, why should it repent the Lord that he hath made me a man, that he hath given me an understanding soul? wherefore have I reason above the rest of the Creatures? but that I should understand the Law of my Creation, and the end of my being, and know my makers ends, and do his pleasure? Better I had never been born, than not to answer my end. Better I had been a Brute, than a Man, unless I glorify God with my understanding and employ my powers and faculties in his service.

Prin. 1. That Religion is the very end of your being, that you were made and maintained for. This is the end and use of all your powers and faculties, That you may serve ⟨p. 266⟩and glorisie the God that made you, He made you for himself, Prov. 16. 4. For his pleasure you are and were created, Rev. 4. 11. Oh man look upon thy self; think whence thou art, and for what a little while since thou wast not, how camest thou to be? hath not the hand of God framed thee? Think with thy self, wherefore serve all these powers and faculties? To what end were they given me? what to eat, and drink, and sleep, and sport? If I had been a brute, I could have done this, why should it repent the Lord that he hath made me a man, that he hath given me an understanding soul? wherefore have I reason above the rest of the Creatures? but that I should understand the Law of my Creation, and the end of my being, and know my makers ends, and doe his pleasure? Better I had never been born, than not to answer my end. Better I had been a Brute, than a Man, unless I glorifie God with my understanding and imploy my powers and faculties in his service.