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ALL is not not^a done when men have begun a Religious Life: All Trees that blossom prove not fruitful; and all Fruit comes not to perfection. Many fall off, who seemed to have good Beginnings: And many dishonour the Name of Christ, by their Scandals and Infirmities: Many do grieve their Teachers Hearts, and lamentably disturb the Church of Christ, by their Ignorance, Errors, Self-conceitedness, Unruliness, Headiness, Contentiousness, Sidings and Divisions: Insomuch that the^b Scandals and the Feuds of Christians are the great Impediments of the Conversion of the Infidel and Heathen World, by the exposing Christianity to their contempt and scorn, as if it were but the Error of men, as unholy and worldly, and proud as others, that can never agree among themselves: And many by their Passions and Selfishness are a Trouble to the Families and Neighbours where they live: And more by their Weaknesses and great Distempers, are Snares, Vexations, and Burdens to themselves. Whereas Christianity in its true Constitution, is a Life of such Holy^c Light and Love, such Purity and Peace, such Fruitfulness and Heavenliness, as if it were accordingly showed forth in the Lives of Christians, would command Admiration and Reverence from the World, and do more to their Conversion, than Swords or Words alone can do: and it would make Christians useful and amiable to each other: And their Lives a Feast and pleasure to themselves. I hope it may prove some help to these Excellent Ends, and to the securing Mens Salvation, if in a few sound Experienced Directions I open to you the Duties of a Christian Life,

ALL is not not^a done when men have begun a Religious Life: All Trees that blossom prove not fruitful; and all Fruit comes not to perfection. Many fall off, who seemed to have good Beginnings: And many dishonour the Name of Christ, by their Scandals and Infirmities: Many do grieve their Teachers Hearts, and lamentably disturb the Church of Christ, by their Ignorance, Errors, Self-conceitedness, Unruliness, Headiness, Contentiousness, Sidings and Divisions: Insomuch that the^b