Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world

2. Labour to redeem the time, to do much for God while he continues thy time. It is a little time thou hast to live, Oh! let much be done in that time; The best of you have neglected the fore-part of your times, double now your diligence in the latter part of your times, labour to redeem it, by putting on others in the ⟨p. 443⟩ways of Godliness that they may be more forward than your selves, to leave a succession of Godliness after you are dead and gone. Think with your selves, what shall I go out of this world and do God so little service as I have done? how little and poor service God hath had from me all my days. Again.

2. Labor to redeem the time, to do much for God while he continues thy time. It is a little time thou hast to live, Oh! let much be done in that time; The best of you have neglected the fore-part of your times, double now your diligence in the latter part of your times, labor to redeem it, by putting on others in the ⟨p. 443⟩waies of Godliness that they may be more forward than your selves, to leave a succession of Godliness after you are dead and gone. Think with your selves, what shal I go out of this world and do God so little service as I have done? how little and poor service God hath had from me all my daies. Again.

3. Encourage those that are young, that are to come after you; as David, come children and I will teach you the fear of the Lord, tell them what you have found in the ways of God, how sweet and how good they have been to you, labour with your servants and children, that when you die you may die so much the more comfortably, take heed of checking of young ones in their forwardness in the ways of God, take not advantages against them, that if they do offend thee in the least degree: I, this is your religion, this is your forwardness, this is your profession. Oh! if you were gracious your selves, you would be wary of checking of them in the ways of religion. It is true, if any of your servants or children, make profession of religion more than others, and yet shall be negligent in their duties, they are to be rebuked so much the more sharply, I but you must do it with Gravity, and tenderness of affection, and with sense of the name of God how that suffers, and this would beseem you to speak to them as in the name of God, to charge things solemnly upon their consciences and to sanctify them by prayer: but in every passion to be checking them for their forwardness in religion, surly this is an evil; If they should make their moan to God, and appeal to God, that thy endeavour to please you what they can, but you take the rather advantage against them, because of their forwardness in religion, O! this will be heard in heaven against you.