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

He was led into the Mystery of the Gospel, and he spoke nothing to others but what was the language of his heart, and the fruit of great experience, and which one might easily perceive had no small impression first upon his own spirit.

He was led into the Mysterie of the Gospel, and he spoke nothing to others but what was the language of his heart, and the fruit of great experience, and which one might easily perceive had no small impression first upon his own spirit.

His first and last Sermons they were upon Communion and intimate converse with God, out of Job 22. 21. A subject that few Christians under Heaven were better able to manage than himself, and that scarce any could handle so feelingly as he; for, he did for some considerable time maintain such an intimate familiarity with God, that he seemed to converse with Him, as one friend doth converse with another. This text he made some entrance into, whilst he was here: but, the perfecting of his acquaintance with God was a work fitter for another world.

He was one that kept an exact watch over his thoughts, words and actions, and made a review of all that passed him, at least once a day, in a solemn manner. He kept a Diary, in which he did write down every evening ⟨p. 59⟩what the frame of his spirit had been all the day long, especially in every duty. He took notice what incomes and profit he received, in his spiritual traffic; what returns from that far-country, what answers of prayer, what deadness and flatness, and what observable providences did present themselves, and the substance of what he had been doing; and any wanderings of thoughts, inordinancy in any passion; which, though the world could not discern he could. It cannot be conceived by them which do not practise the same, to what a good account did this return! This, made him to retain a grateful remembrance of mercy, and to live in a constant admiring & adoring of divine goodness; this, brought him to a very intimate acquaintance with his own heart; this, kept his spirit low and fitted him for freer communications from God; this, made him more lively and active; this, helped him to walk humbly with God, this made him speak more affectionately & experimentally to others of the things of God: and, in a word, this left a sweet calm upon his spirits, because he every night made even his accounts, and if his sheets should prove his winding-sheet, it had been all one: for, he could say his work was done, so that death could not surprise him.