The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

Sixthly, Watch against the least declining, and account it a very great evil to decline, and therefore be often calling of your selves to an account, at such and such a time it was so with me, how is it now? is it now as it was then? when people decline, it is hard, it is tedious to them to think of returning, and therefore they decline, and decline, and loose all; wherefore observe the beginning of your declinings and call your selves to an account daily, that when you abate in the least degree, you may reform it.

Sixthly, Watch against the least declineing, and account it a very great evil to decline, and therefore be often calling of your selves to an account, at such and such a time it was so with me, how is it now? is it now as it was then? when people decline, it is hard, it is tedious to them to think of returning, and therefore they decline, and decline, and loose all; wherefore observe the beginning of your declinings and cal your selves to an account dayly, that when you abate in the least degree, you may reforme it.

Seventhly, Do not content your selves with what you have, but yet get higher and higher, the heart must be in motion upward, or downward, therefore the way ⟨p. 125⟩to get establishment is to be in a continual motion upwards as in 2 Pet. 3.17.18. Says the Apostle, beware least you also being led away by the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness: God hath brought you into a good temper, take heed you do not fall from your steadfastness, how shall we do? grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, Labour to get higher.

Seventhly, Do not content your selves with what you have, but yet get higher and higher, the heart must be in motion upward, or downward, therefore the way ⟨p. 125⟩to get establishment is to be in a continual motion upwards as in