Invisibles, realities, demonstrated in the holy life and triumphant death of Mr. John Janeway,…

may be sure, he hath none at all: & is far from being made partaker of the divine nature. Labour to know what it is, To converse with God; strive to do every thing as in His presence; design Him in all; act, ⟨p. 54⟩as one that stands within sight of the Grave and Eternity. I say again, do what you do, as if you were sure God stood by and looked upon you, and exactly observed and recorded every thought word and action; and you may very well suppose that, which cannot be otherwise. Let's awake, and fall to our work in good earnest: Heaven or Hell are before us, and death behind us. What do we mean to sleep! dullness in Gods service is very uncomfortable, and at the best will cost us dear: and, to be contented with such a frame, is a certain symptom of a hypocrite. O, How will such tremble, when God shall call them to give an account of their stewardship; and tell them, They may no longer be stewards. Should they fall sick, and the Devil, and Conscience fall upon them, what inconceivable perplexity would they then be in! O, live more upon invisibles and let the thoughts of their excellency put life into your performances. You must be contented to be laughed at for preciseness and singularity. A Christians walking is not with men but with God; and, he hath great cause to suspect his love to God, who doth not delight more in conversing with God and being conformed to Him than in conversing with the world, and being conformed to it. How can the love of God dwell in that man, who liveth without God in the world? ⟨p. 55⟩without both continual walking with him in his whole conversation, and those more peculiar visits of him in prayer, meditation, spiritual ejaculations, and other duties of Religion; and the workings of faith, love, holy desires, delight, joy and spiritual sorrow in them! Think not, that our walking with God cannot consist with worldly business: yes, but Religion makes us spiritual in common actions, and there is not any action in a mans life, in which a man is not to labour to make it a religious act, by a looking to the Rule in it, and eying of Gods glory; and thus, he may be said to walk with God.

may be sure, he hath none at all: & is far from being made partaker of the divine nature. Labour to know what it is, To converse with God; strive to do every thing as in His presence; design Him in all; act, ⟨p. 54⟩