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

7. Mark the fearful ends of notorious evil Men, to abhor their wicked actions; mark the life of the godly, that thou mayest imitate it; and his blessed^† end, that it may comfort thee. Obey thy betters, observe the wise, accompany the honest, ²and love the religious. And seeing the corrupt nature of man is prone to hypocrisy, beware that thou use not the exercise of Religion, as matters of course and custom, without care and conscience, to grow more holy and devout thereby. Observe therefore how by the continual use of God's means, thou feelest thy special corruptions weakened, and thy sanctification more and more increased: and^* make no more show of holiness outwardly to the world, than thou hast in the sight of God inwardly in thine heart.⁴

7. Mark the fearful ends of notorious evil Men, to abhor their wicked actions; mark the life of the godly, that thou maist imitate it; and his blessed^† end, that it may comfort thee. Obey thy betters, observe the wise, accompany the honest, ²and love the religious. And seeing the corrupt nature of man is prone to hypocrisie, beware that thou use not the exercise of Religion, as matters of course and custom, without care and conscience, to grow more holy and devout thereby. Observe therefore how by the continual use of God's means, thou feelest thy special corruptions weakened, and thy sanctification more and more encreased: and^* make no more shew of holiness outwardly to the world, than thou hast in the sight of God inwardly in thine heart.⁴

1. †Num. 23. 10