The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…

4. Labour daily more and more to see thine own miseri, through unbelief, self-love, and wilful Breaches of God's Law: and the necessity of God's mercy through the merits of Christ's Passion, to be such; that if thou wert demanded, What is the vilest creature upon earth? Thy Conscience may answer, Mine own self by reason of my great sins: and that if on the other side thou wert asked, What thou esteemest to be the m•st precious thing in the world? thy heart might answer, One drop of Christ's blood, to wash away my sins. And as thou tenderest the salvation of thy soul, live not ⟨p. 164⟩in any wilful filthiness. For true faith and the purpose of sinning, can never stand together.

5. Approve thy self to be a true servant of Christ, not only in thy general Calling, as in the frequent use of the Word and Sacraments; but also in thy particular, in making conscience to eschew every known sin, and to obey God in every one of his Commandments; like Josiah ^*who turned to God with all his heart, according to all the law of Moses: and Zechariah and Elizabeth, who walked in all the Commandments of God without reproof But if at any time through frailty, thou slippest into any sin, lie not in it, but speedily rise out of it by unfeigned repentance; praying for pardon, till thy conscience be pacified, thy hatred of sin increased, and thy purpose of amendment confirmed.

5. Approve thy self to be a true servant of Christ, not only in thy general Calling, as in the frequent use of the Word and Sacraments; but also in thy particular, in making conscience to eschew every known sin, and to obey God in every one of his Commandments; like Josias ^*who turned to God with all his heart, according to all the law of Moses: and Zachary and Elizabeth, who walked in all the Commandments of God without reproof But if at any time through frailty, thou slippest into any sin, lie not in it, but speedily rise out of it by unfeigned repentance; praying for pardo, till thy conscience be pacified, thy hatred of sin encreased, and thy purpose of amendment confirmed.