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…

2 Then especially act thy zeal for Gods glory, by giving good counsel to those who are about thee, or come to visit thee; it is the last time thou canst do any thing for God in this world, therefore then show thy love to him, and zeal for his glory, by calling upon others to fear him, and serve him, by a conscionable discharge of the duties of their places, callings, and relations; persuade them to mind the things of this world less, and the things of Heaven more; to prize health, and improve it for the good of their souls; to lay up a stock of graces and comforts against the evil day, and to get their evidences for Heaven clear, before they be cast upon their Death-beds. Words of dying men are of most efficacy and authority, and therefore improve thy dying speeches to the glory of God, and the good of thy neighbour.¹ Thus our blessed Saviour, when he was to leave the world, showed his zeal for Gods glory, and love to his Disciples, in leaving with them many precious counsels, comforts, and exhortations;² and the Apostle Paul being aged, and knowing the time of his departure was at hand, called for the Elders of the Church of Ephesus, and leaves with them many excellent and weighty exhortations.

2 Then especially act thy zeal for Gods glory, by giving good counsel to those who are about thee, or come to visit thee; it is the last time thou canst doe any thing for God in this world, therefore then shew thy love to him, and zeal for his glory, by calling upon others to fear him, and serve him, by a conscionable discharge of the duties of their places, callings, and relations; perswade them to minde the things of this world less, and the things of Heaven more; to prize health, and improve it for the good of their souls; to lay up a stock of graces and comforts against the evil day, and to get their evidences for Heaven clear, before they be cast upon their Death-beds. Words of dying men are of most efficacy and authority, and therefore improve thy dying speeches to the glory of God, and the good of thy neighbour.¹ Thus our blessed Saviour, when he was to leave the world, shewed his zeal for Gods glory, and love to his Disciples, in leaving with them many precious counsels, comforts, and exhortations;²