A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…

I thought meet (though I have done it oft before) to give ••• this difference between the Hypocrite and the sincere: And ••w it is my earnest request unto you all, that you will presently •• your souls to an account, and know which of these two ••rses you have taken; and which of these two is your own condition.

I thought meet (though I have done it oft before) to give ••• this difference between the Hypocrite and the sincere: And ••w it is my earnest request unto you all, that you will presently •• your souls to an account, and know which of these two ••rses you have taken; and which of these two is your own ••ondition.

If nature had made you such strangers to your selves, as that […] were unable to answer such a question, I would never trouble […] with it: but I suppose by faithful enquiry, you may know […] much of your selves, if you are but willing. You know where it is that you have dwelt, and what it is that you have been •••ng in the world, and you can review the actions of your lives, though they have been of smaller consequence. Why then may […] not quickly know if you will, so great a thing, as What hath •• the very End and Business for which you have lived in the ••rld till now? Have you been running so long, and know not •• what is the prize that you have run for? Have you forgot the •• and that you have been so long going on? Have you been ••sie all your days till now, and know not about what or why? certainly this is a thing that may be known, if you are willing and igent to know it: It is for one of these two that you have, ed; for the world, or for God: To please your flesh, or to ease God and be saved: Either to make provision for Earth or raven: Which of these is it? Deal plainly with your selves, or your salvation is deeply concerned in the account.