The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan…

Now it may he God speaks home to thy Conscience, now he warms thine heart, and puts thereinto good purposes and resolutions. It will be therefore thy wisdom carefully to observe, and improve the same to thy Souls advantage, not suffering them carelessly to pass away; lest if thou lose the benefit of those blessed motions, thou lose life and salvation for ever.

Now it may he God speaks home to thy Conscience, now he warms thine heart, and puts thereinto good purposes and resolutions. It will be therefore thy wisedome carefully to observe, and improve the same to thy Souls advantage, not suffering them carelesly to pass away; lest if thou lose the benefit of those blessed motions, thou lose life and salvation for ever.

Luke 19. 41, 42. Our Saviour tells the Jews, they had a day of grace, which because they slighted and neglected, they should never enjoy it again: the means of grace and salvation should be no more offered unto them. God being a just God, is it not just, that he should reject them for ever, who have for a long time rejected him? that he should turn a deaf ear unto them, crying unto him on their death beds for grace and mercy, who would not hearken unto him calling upon them in the day of his merciful visitation?

Whilst therefore the day of grace lasteth, whilst God stands knocking at the door of thine heart by the motions of his Spirit, and admonitions of his Ministers, speedily open to him, embrace his motions, be willing to follow the dictates of his Spirit in ways of obedience. Thou knowest not when thy day of grace will end. Though some mens day continueth to their old age, ⟨p. 50⟩some to the day of their death: yet some mens day of grace may end in their youth and younger years. Thy first day may be thine only day for Heaven, loiter out that, and thence forth it may be night with thee for ever.