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

[Wherefore do ye spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight it self in fatness; incline your ear, and come unto me; hear and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting Covenant with you.] Isa. 55. 1, 2, 3. [Be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.] Rom. 12. 11. [For the grace of God that bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men; teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world: Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and sanctify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.] Tit. 2. 11, 12, 13, 14. [Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully.] Jer. 48. 10. [Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might: For there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave whether thou goest.] Eccles. 9. 10.

[Wherefore do ye spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight it self in fatness; encline your ear, and come unto me; hear and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting Covenant with you.] Isa. 55. 1, 2, 3. [Be servent in spirit, serving the Lord.] Rom. 12. 11. [For the grace of God that bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men; teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world: Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and sanctifie to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.]