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

You hear what kind of language he spake; and you may easily perceive what it was that swallowed up his heart, and where his delight, treasure, and life was. O, How much do most of us, who go for Christians, fall short of these things: and, How vast a distance between his experience, and ours; and, what reason have we, to read these lines with blushing, and to ⟨p. 57⟩blot the paper with tears? and to lay aside this book a while, and to fall upon our faces before the Lord, & bemoan the cursed unsuitableness of our hearts unto God; and to bewail, that we do so little understand what this walking with God, & living by faith means! O, at what a rate do some Christians live! and how low, flat and dull, are others. His love to Christ, and souls, made him very desirous to spend, and be spent in the work of the Ministry, accordingly, he did comply with the first loud and clear Call to preach the everlasting Gospel; and, though he was but about two and twenty years old, yet he came to that work like one that understood what kind of employment, Preaching was. He was a workman that needed not to be ashamed, that was throughly furnished for every good word and work; one that was able to answer gainsayers, one in whom the Word of God dwelt richly; one full of the spirit and power; one, that hated sin with a perfect hatred, and loved holiness with all his soul; in whom Religion in its beauty did shine: one, that knew the terrors of the Lord, and knew how to beseech sinners, in Christs stead, to be reconciled unto God: One that was a Son of thunder, and a Son of consolation: In a word, I may speak that of him which Paul spake of Timothy, that, I know none like-minded, that did naturally care for souls. And, had he lived to have preached often, O what use might such a man have been of, ⟨p. 58⟩in his generation! one, in whom learning and holiness did as it were strive which should excel. He never preached publicly but twice, and then he came to it as if he had been used to that work forty years; delivering the Word of God with that power and Majesty, with that tenderness and compassion, with that readiness and freedom, that it made his hearers almost amazed:

You hear what kind of language he spake; and you may easily perceive what it was that swallowed up his heart, and where his delight, treasure, and life was. O, How much do most of us, who go for Christians, fall short of these things: and, How vast a distance between his experience, and ours; and, what reason have we, to read these lines with blushing, and to