Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

1 That thou mayest be the better furnished with matter for useful discourse, often, and seriously meditate with thy self on some general head of Divinity; as of our wretched and miserable condition by nature, of the all-sufficiency of Christs sacrifice, of the vanity and uncertainty of all earthly things; of the shortness of this life; of the day of judgement. By often contemplating of the•• things, or the like, with thy self in secret, thou wilt be bett•• ••abled to talk and discourse of them […] ⟨p. 45⟩of others, and that to their good and edification, as well as to thine own.

1 That thou mayest bee the better furnished with matter for useful discourse, often, and seriously meditate with thy self on some general head of Divinity; as of our wretched and miserable condition by nature, of the all-sufficiency of Christs sacrifice, of the vanity and uncertainty of all earthly things; of the shortness of this life; of the day of judgement. By often contemplating of the•• things, or the like, with thy self in secret, thou wilt be bett•• ••abled to talk and discourse of them 〈…〉 ⟨p. 45⟩of others, and that to their good and edification, as well as to thine own.

2 Before thou goest into company, be earnest with God in prayer for grace so to order thy conversation, and discourses, that they may tend, as to the glory of his name, so to thine own and others good, and spiritual advantage.

2 Before thou goest into company, bee earnest with God in prayer for grace so to order thy conversation, and discourses, that they may tend, as to the glory of his name, so to thine own and others good, and spiritual advantage.