The way to true happiness in a serious treatise /

And if you will help us, give over striving against God, and Conscience, give over fighting against Christ and his Spirit: take part no more with the World and the flesh which in your Baptism you renounced: set your hearts to the message which we bring you. Allow it your manlike sober thoughts; search the Scriptures, and see whether the things which we speak be so or no. We offer you nothing but what we have resolvedly c•••en our selves: and that after the most serious d•••ation that we can make. We have many a tim• looked round about us, to know what is the happiness of man: And had we found better for our selves, we had offered better to you. If the World would have served our turns, it should have served yours also; and we would not have troubled you with the talk of another world; but it will not; I am sure it will not serve your turns, to make you happy, nor shall you long make that sorry self-deceiving shift with it as now you do.

But if you will not think of these things; if you will not use the reason of men, alas what can we do to save your souls? O pity them Lord, that they may pity themselves. Have mercy on them, that they may have some more mercy on themselves. Help them that they may help themselves and ⟨image 6⟩us. If you still refuse, will not your loss be more than ours: If we lose our Labour (which to our selves we shall not;) if we lose our hopes of your Salvation: what is this to your everlasting loss of Salvation it self? And what is our suffering for your sakes, in comparison of your endless sufferings.

But if you will not think of these things; if you will not use the reason of men, alas what can we do to save your souls? O pity them Lord, that they may pity themselves. Have mercy on them, that they may have some more mercy on themselves. Help them that they may help themselves and ⟨image 6⟩