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And now having laid thee down these undeniable arguments, I do in the name of GOD demand •ay resolution: What sayest thou? Wilt thou yield obedience or not? I am confident thy conscience is convinced of thy duty. Darest thou now go on in thy common careless course, against the plain evidence of reason and commands of GOD, and against the light of thy own conscience? Darest thou live as loosely, and sin as boldly, ••d pray as seldom, and as coldly as before? Dare ••ou now as carnally spend the sabbath, and slumber over the service of GOD as slightly, and think of thine everlasting state as carelessly as before? Or dost thou not rather resolve to gird up the loins of thy mind, and to set thy self wholly about the work of thy salvation; and to do it with all thy might; and to break over all the oppositions of the world, and to slight all their scorns and persecutions; to cast off the weight that hangeth on thee; and the sin that doth so easily beset thee; and to run with patience and speed the race that is set before thee? I hope these are thy full resolutions: if thou art well in thy wits, I am sure they are.

Yet because I know the strange obstinacy of the heart of man, and because I would fain leave these persuasions fastened in thy heart, that so, if it be possible, thou mightest be awakened to thy duty, and thy soul might live: I shall proceed with thee yet a little further: and I once more entreat the• to stir up thy attention, and go along with me in the free and sober use of thy reason, while I propound these following questions: and I command thee from GOD, that thou resist not conviction, but answer them faithfully, and obey accordingly.

1. Quest. If you could grow rich by religion, or get lands and lordships thereby; or if you could get honour or preferment by it in the world; or could be