The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /

Again, while thou pretendest these things are needless; come now, speak out freely; what are the more necessary affairs wherein thou art so deeply engaged, that thou canst not suffer a diversion? what is the service, and gratification of thy flesh and sense so important a business? that thou canst be at no leisure for that more needless work of saving thy soul? where is thy reason and thy modesty; Dost thou mind none other from day to day, but necessary affairs? Dost thou use when thou art tempted to vain dalliances, empty discourses, intemperate indulgence to thy appetite, so to answer the temptation. It is not necessary? or art thou so destitute of all Conscience, and shame, to think it unnecessary to work out thy salvation, to strive to enter in at the strait gate that leads to life? but most indispensably necessary to be very critically curious, about what thou shalt eat, and drink, and put on; and how to spend thy time with greatest ease and pleasure to thy flesh, that it may not have the least cause to complain it is neglected?

Again, while thou pretendest these things are needless; come now, speak out freely; what are the more necessary affairs wherein thou art so deeply ingaged, that thou can'st not suffer a diversion? what is the service, and gratification of thy flesh and sense so important a business? that thou can'st be at no leasure for that more needless work of saving thy soul? where is thy reason and thy modesty; Dost thou mind none other from day to day, but necessary affairs? Dost thou use when thou art tempted to vain dalliances, empty discourses, intemperate indulgence to thy appetite, so to answer the temptation. It is not necessary? or art thou so destitute of all Conscience, and shame, to think it unnecessary to work out thy salvation, to strive to enter in at the strait gate that leads to life? but most indispensably necessary to be very critically curious, about what thou shalt eat, and drink, and put on; and how to spend thy time with greatest ease and pleasure to thy flesh, that it may not have the least cause to complain it is neglected?

Thy pretence, That God is wont to be found of them that sought him not; ¹