Four books on the eleventh of Matthew

But then another use from hence is this, To exhort people to come in to the ways of God, labour to get over the Stumbling Stone, the Devil and the world hath deluded thee, but now say, God forbid that I should any longer stand it out, Oh! now I come, now I will put my neck under the yoke of Jesus Christ, I will come and be the servant of Christ, you that are servants, you have been commended to live in such a service, with such a master or mistress, but there hath come another servant and told you, that they are very hard, and you will never live comfortably there. But now if you have another that comes and tells you, that it is mere envy, that the other puts you off out of ill will, and that certainly if you can be but one in such a family you will live a happy life, you will find so much peace, love, and kindness, and as fair dealing as ever any servant had in any family in the world; Now upon this, if you should be taken off, would it not grieve you? truly, it is thus in the ways of Christ, you have had (perhaps) good thoughts of the ways of Christ, I but some, it may be, hath put it into your head, that you will live but a melancholy and dumpish life in them, but now, you have heard out of the word, that you shall live the most comfortable life in the world, and therefore, O! now resolve to give up your names to God before this night, go into the presence of God, and there profess your selves that you will be his servants for ever, and bind your selves unto him, say, Lord, reveal what thou hast to enjoin •e, and here I am professing to be thine.

But then another use from hence is this, To exhort people to come in to the waies of God, labor to get over the Stumbling Stone, the Devil and the world hath deluded thee, but now say, God forbid that I should any longer stand it out, Oh! now I come, now I will put my neck under the yoke of Jesus Christ, I will come and be the servant of Christ, you that are servants, you have been commended to live in such a service, with such a master or mistris, but there hath come another servant and told you, that they are very hard, and you will never live comfortably there. But now if you have another that comes and tells you, that it is meer envy, that the other puts you off out of ill will, and that certainly if you can be but one in such a family you will live a happy life, you will find so much peace, love, and kindness, and as fair dealing as ever any servant had in any family in the world; Now upon this, if you should be taken off, would it not grieve you? truly, it is thus in the waies of Christ, you have had (perhaps) good thoughts of the waies of Christ, I but some, it may be, hath put it into your head, that you will live but a melancholy and dumpish life in them, but now, you have heard out of the word, that you shall live the most comfortable life in the world, and therefore, O! now resolve to give up your names to God before this night, go into the presence of God, and there profess your selves that you wil be his servants for ever, and bind your selves unto him, say, Lord, reveale what thou hast to enjoyne e, and here I am professing to be thine.