Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life,…

9. ¹Work this upon thy heart, that thou walkest daily in the sight and presence of that God that exactly doth observe, whether thou art the same in thy practice when thou art well, as thou wast in thy purpose when thou wast sick: God did see thy purpose, and he did hear thy promise made in thy distress and time of fears; and his eye is upon thee, to observe how thou livest, and what thou dost; and do men keep their promises made to men (as some do from no other principle then) because the eyes of men are upon them, to observe them, and they would not lose their reputation by falsifying of their promise, and wilt not thou much more perform thy promise unto God, when thou canst never break it, but when God is looking on?

1. 1Gods eye is upon you.

10. ¹Keep a lively and a tender conscience, and diligently hearken to its admonitions, that thou ⟨p. 125⟩keep thy purpose; comminations, while thou art purposing to come short of thy purpose, and accusations afterwards; if thy conscience is not faithful unto thee, thou wilt be false unto thy promise, and fail of thy purpose; but if it be, do not choke the voice of conscience, for it is thy monitor and remembrancer to put thee in mind of the bond •nd obligation that lies upon thee to a holy life, by virtue of thy own resolutions and vows in time of great mortality.

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