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 You must engage your selves by a solemn Vow and promise, unto God to be more watchful over your selves against sin for the time to come; and to walk more closely and exactly with God. As often as you partake of the Lords Supper, so often God reneweth the Covenant on his part, he engageth himself afresh, to be your God, to pardon your sins, to subdue your corruptions, to write his ⟨p. 130⟩Law in your hearts, that is, to work in you, as a desire and disposition to the keeping of his Laws and Commandments; so a sincere endeavour after the same. And therefore it is your duty to renew the Covenant on your parts, to engage your selves afresh in the strength of Christ, to walk as a people in Covenant with God, to be more watchful over your selves against sin, for the time to come; to be more his faithful servants, than ever you were before.

2 You must ingage your selves by a solemn Vow and promise, unto God to bee more watchful over your selves against sin for the time to come; and to walk more closely and exactly with God. As often as you partake of the Lords Supper, so often God reneweth the Covenant on his part, hee ingageth himself afresh, to bee your God, to pardon your sins, to subdue your corruptions, to write his ⟨p. 130⟩Law in your hearts, that is, to work in you, as a desire and disposition to the keeping of his Laws and Commandements; so a sincere indeavour after the same. And therefore it is your duty to renew the Covenant on your parts, to ingage your selves afresh in the strength of Christ, to walk as a people in Covenant with God, to bee more watchful over your selves against sin, for the time to come; to bee more his faithful servants, than ever you were before.

Having showed both the Duties Antecedent, and Concomitant, Come we now to the Duties Subsequent, such as must follow after the action of receiving: For it is not enough that you duly prepare your selves to that Ordinance, and reverently carry your selves at it, but you must likewise walk in some measure suitably thereunto. To that end observe these Directions.