Gods husbandry

Last of all, thou must be constant in examining thy self by the Law of God, and in discussing thine own life, calling thy self to account often, at least every day, for the thoughts, words, and deeds of the day; renewing the sorrowful confessions of thy soul for what thou findest to be amiss, and thine hearty purposes of amendment. Hypocrisy cannot prevail, but where a man doth suffer himself to pass on carelessly & heedlessly through the world, not regarding much how matters go with his soul, nor caring to set himself in Gods presence, and consider how he hath behaved himself towards God. He that lets his reckonings run on a long time without setting ⟨p. 59⟩them in order, or considering how they stand, is many times a very bankrupt, and knows it not; but he that doth often make his accounts even, doth likely keep before-hand. We must daily cast up our accounts with God, we must daily reckon with him and our selves for our debts and arrearages. But especially a man must have a special eye unto that most beloved sin of his, which he takes most delight in, is most prone unto, and is loathest to see and leave, and most watchfully mark and observe each stirring, and turning, and moving of it within his soul, be it what it will be, worldliness, passion, revenge, vain-glory, lust, voluptuousness, carking, or the like. Likely hypocrisy, that is it self a close corruption, and loves not to be seen, hath some lieutenant, as it were, some master-sin, that keeps its place openly, and holds up its dominion. See this, oppose this, subdue this, and the reign of guile is overthrown. This ferreting out of all sin by the Law, and chiefly of the master-sin; this frequent appearing before God to try our daily conversation in his presence, will cause that a man shall not be under the dominion of guile. He shall discover so much hypocrisy, and so much hurt coming to him by hypocrisy, and so much good by the purging out of hypocrisy, that by confessing and opposing it, he shall gain certain freedom from the tyranny and usurpation thereof.

Last of all, thou must be constant in examining thy selfe by the Law of God, and in discussing thine owne life, calling thy selfe to account often, at least euery day, for the thoughts, words, and deeds of the day; renewing the sorrowfull confessions of thy soule for what thou findest to bee amisse, and thine hearty purposes of amendment. Hypocrisie cannot preuaile, but where a man doth suffer himselfe to passe on carelesly & heedlesly thorow the world, not regarding much how matters goe with his soule, nor caring to set himselfe in Gods presence, and consider how he hath behaued himselfe towards God. He that lets his reckonings runne on a long time without setting