Thou doest not what thou mayest and canst do. […] §1Lord hath left in thee the remainder of many natural abilities, hath lent thee the help of many common […] and Graces, which by Art and Education have grown to some ripeness, and thou hast found the strokes of his Spirit partly restraining of thee from evil, and constraining of thee to good; and thou neither hast, nor dost put forth actions and endeavours answerable in any measure. It was said of them, it's as true of thee, Rom. 1. 21. When they knew God, they […] him not as God. The unprofitable Servant was not condemned so much because he had no Talent, but that when he had received a Talent, he idled away his time and Talent, hid it in a napkin, he traded not, gained not consequently, Matth. 25. 25. This is thy condition, thou art in his rank, thy sin the same, and thy sentence will be the same; thou hast […] one, but many Talents; hath not the Lord given thee a mind to conceive, and a memory to retain things? why canst not thou lay out these for the Lord and his Truth, as well as to lavish out both in the pursuit of the world, and thine own lusts, and lying vanities? thou mayest read the Bible as well as other vain Books, seek the communion of Saints, and thy legs ⟨p. 143⟩would carry […] to them, as well as to riotous company. Nay, thou art not only faulty in not doing what thou canst, but even neglecting, […] opposing the practice of those Duties unto which thy judgment would carry thee, and […] constrain thee, Rom. 1. 18. thou holdest down the Truth in unrighteousness, when thy reason props it, thy Conscience provokes and calls, this thou shouldest, this thou oughtest to do, and yet thou neglectest it. Yea, let thine own Experience give in evidence in this behalf; thou laziest away thy time in the ways of thy Calling, and the work of the Lord, reads not, […] not, prayest not in private, recallest not the things heard, […] not in thy place with meekness, but crooked carriages, peevish and froward speeches, rugged behaviours attend thee in thy daily course: Answer me out of thine own heart; Would not so much money hire, such reward promised and performed, persuade thee to do such duties, or reform such sins? Would not the fear of some displeasure, at least the sharpness of some punishment, compel thee to reform outwardly;
Thou doest not what thou mayest and canst do. 〈…〉 §1Lord hath left in thee the remainder of many natural abilities, hath lent thee the help of many common 〈…〉 and Graces, which by Art and Education have grown to some ripeness, and thou hast found the strokes of his Spirit partly restraining of thee from evil, and constraining of thee to good; and thou neither hast, nor dost put forth actions and endeavors answerable in any measure. It was said of them, it's as true of thee, Rom. 1. 21. When they knew God, they 〈…〉 him not as God. The unprofitable Servant was not condemned so much because he had no Talent, but that when he had received a Talent, he idled away his time and Talent, hid it in a napkin, he traded not, gained not consequently, Matth. 25. 25. This is thy condition, thou art in his rank, thy sin the same, and thy sentence wil be the same; thou hast 〈…〉 one, but many Talents; hath not the Lord given thee a mind to conceive, and a memory to retain things? why canst not thou lay out these for the Lord and his Truth, as wel as to lavish out both in the pursuit of the world, and thine own lusts, and lying vanities? thou mayest read the Bible as wel as other vain Books, seek the communion of Saints, and thy legs ⟨p. 143⟩would carry 〈…〉 to them, as wel as to riotous company. Nay, thou art not only faulty in not doing what thou canst, but even neglecting, 〈…〉 opposing the practice of those Duties unto which thy judgment would carry thee, and 〈…〉 constrain thee, Rom. 1. 18. thou holdest down the Truth in unrighteousness, when thy reason props it, thy Conscience provokes and calls, this thou shouldest, this thou oughtest to do, and yet thou neglectest it. Yea, let thine own Experience give in evidence in this behalf; thou laziest away thy time in the waies of thy Calling, and the work of the Lord, reads not, 〈…〉 not, prayest not in private, recallest not the things heard, 〈…〉 not in thy place with meekness, but crooked carriages, peevish and froward speeches, rugged behaviors attend thee in thy dayly course: Answer me out of thine own heart; Would not so much money hire, such reward promised and performed, perswade thee to do such duties, or reform such sins? Would not the fear of some displeasure, at least the sharpness of some punishment, compel thee to reform outwardly;
