Surely Love Is Both Work And Wages.

It Is Past All Question, And Agreed On By All Sides, That No Religion Will Save A Man Who Is Not Serious, Sincere, And Diligent In It. If Thou Be Of The Truest Religion In The World, And Are Not True Thyself To That Religion, The Religion Is Good, But It Is None Of Thine.

Above All Be Much In Secret Prayer And Meditation. By This You Will Fetch The Heavenly Fire That Must Kindle Your Sacrifice: Remember You Cannot Decline And Neglect Your Duty To Your Own Hurt Alone, Many Will Be Losers By It As Well As You.

Spend Your Time In Nothing Which You Know Must Be Repented Of; In Nothing On Which You Might Not Pray For The Blessing Of God; In Nothing Which You Could Not Review With A Quiet Conscience On Your Dying Bed; In Nothing Which You Might Not Safely And Properly Be Found Doing If Death Should Surprise You In The Act.

Till Men Are Deeply Humbled, They Can Part With Christ And Salvation For A Lust, For A Little Wordly Gain, For That Which Is Less Than Nothing. But When God Hath Enlightened Their Consciences, And Broken Their Hearts, Then They Would Give A World For Christ.

Our Very Business Is To Teach The Great Lesson Of Self-denial And Humility To Our People, And How Unfit Is It Then That We Should Be Proud Ourselves!