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5. That he be one that doth all these.

In the first place, this is the Wise Man, Behold, God is the best good, thy Soul is the best part, the way of Holiness is the best way, means appointed by God to get to Heaven, are the only means. But on the contrary, to neglect these it is a sign of the greatest Folly? Wilt thou do it still? Venture on at thy Peril.

Ninthly, Tell me, Do not the Delays of People greatly discourage the Faithful Ministers of the Gospel? Does not your delaying weaken our Hands, and discourage our Hearts, when […] must Study for you, and pray for you, and Preach to you, and you cast it again ⟨p. 102⟩in our Faces? do you think, that we can Preach with Life, when we see no Fruit of our Works? I profess, were it not for some of you, you would even tempt me to Preach no more to you, were it not the Command of God to continue my duty. You see, Isa 49 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, and have spent my strength for nought and in vain; When he could not see the fruit of his Preaching. So Ministers may say, Lord, we have laboured in vain, and have spent our strength for nought, and in vain. Jerem 20 8, 9 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried Violence and Spoil, because the Word of the Lord was made a Reproach unto me: Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his Name. And by your delaying, when we come Year after Year, and Preach Month after Month, and see many of you in your Sins still, and walk in your wicked ways; Do you think that this is not a great Discouragement unto Ministers? And do you think, that God will not lay this […] your Change, to weaken the hands of […] Servants? Do it at your Peril.