1. TAke heed of a mistake in the two great Gospel Graces : 1. Of Faith . 2. Of Repentance ; and know where one goes to Hell by Despair , hundreds go thither by Presumption .

2. Since so many mistake through vain hope of Heaven , be much in Examination to prove your own selves : To be deceived in this , necessitates Damnation .

3. Remember that Self-flattery is Soul-Mockery .

4. Seek Heaven first before other things , and more than other things .

5. In a matter of this weight , delay is desperately dangerous .

6. He that defers Repentance until Old Age , may expect to have this retort : Where you have spent your Flower , there go spend your Bran .

7. Despise not Christ's Ministers ; he that is above their Teachings , is above Christs , for Christ Teacheth by them .

8. Yet Blessed are those , that whilst the Minister speaks to their Ear , that God also speaks to their Hearts .

9. Take heed of Formal and Customary serving of God ; such Service is Mockery .

10. Rest not contented in the Name of Christianity , such Christians have a lively name , and but a dead practice ; 't will be a sad thing to seem to go to Heaven .

11. It will be a double Hell to go within an Inch of Heaven , and at last miscarry .

12. To praise Sermons heard , or to admire them , and not to live Sermons ; Sodom and Gomorrah's case at the day of Judgment will be better than yours .

13. Take heed that worldly Love doth not eat out a Christian-Life .

There is no sin so contrary to true Godliness , as worldly-mindedness .

14. Let your first Morning thought , and your last Evening thought be , What shall become of you to all Eternity .

15. Reckon sin the greatest of Evils , and rather chose the greatest affliction than the least sin .

16. Communicate those Graces God hath given you , to those with whom you Converse ; true Grace is of a spreading Nature ; effectual Grace will labour to convert others .

17. Labour to be good in every Relation , good Subjects , good Husbands , good Masters , good Neighbours .

18. Joyn to your Piety , works of Mercy and Charity ; God hates a Niggardly Christian . Let the Pious Rich-man be Rich in good Works .

19. Take heed of separating from the Publick Assemblies ; he that doth so , is like a man tumbling down a Hill , and never leaving till he comes to the bottom of it .

20. Though Truth in these Erronious days be unsetled , yet labour to get your Consciences setled .

21. Avoid those Doctrines that are against either Magistracy , or Ministry , or which tend to prophane Liberty , or that cry up free Grace to cast down good Works .

22. Take heed of Apostacy in your Judgments to err from the Truths of Christ , in your affections from your Love to Christ , or in your Conversations in exact walking with Christ .

23. Study often and often the four last things : 1. The Meditation of death will prepare you for death . 2. The Meditation of Heaven will make you Heavenly-minded . 3. The Meditation of Hell will keep you from Hell . 4. The Meditation of Judgment will be a Bridle to keep you from sin .

24. No man hath a Lock and Key of God's Patience . The Old World was warned one hundred and twenty years ; Jerusalem's Destruction was but forty years ; Nineveh's Destruction was but forty days ; and of Sodoms Destruction , Lot had but one Nights warning .

25. God hath three degrees of Wrath ; First , His Threatning-Wrath : Second , His Punishing-Wrath : Third , His Condemning-Wrath .

26. As soon as Adam sinn'd , he was cast out of Paradise ; and as soon as Angels sinn'd , they were cast into Hell .

27. Sin is a Wall of separation between God and us : To turn from Sin , will break down this Wall .

28. Sin puts difference betwixt Nation and Nation .

29. But O the Divine Rhetorick of Repentance , this is that Star will bring us unto Christ .

30. As we have fill'd God's Bag with our Sins , so let us fill his Bottle with our Tears .

31. There was no little price paid for sins ; there is no little disobedience in a little sin .

32. To disobey God in a little , is no little disobedience .

33. A little Bodkin may wound a Caesar to death .

34. For our many Church-sins , Sermon-sins , Sacrament-sins , let us have answerable Repentance .

35. Drunkenness is grown to that Gyant-like bigness , that there is no hopes of redress .

36. Whore-mongers and Adulterers God will Judge , if man will not .

37. The Covetuous Earth-worm , his heart is stufft with Earth , and his Ears are stopt with Earth ; God will give him Earth enough when he dyes , and he is like to have little enough of Heaven .

☞ 38. The Pride of Apparel in following the Fashion of other Nations ; how justly may we expect that God should make us Slaves to that Nation .

39. A Penitent Tear is an undeniable Embassadour .

40. No man can go to Heaven by Humiliation , without Reformation .

41. The Crown we Fight for ; the Garland we Run for ; the Mark we aime at , is Mercy .

42. Though we could Fast till we were Anatamists ; though we could Pray till our Knees were as hard as Camels : This is the great and everlasting Fast , to Fast from sins .

43. Where sin rules , there God and Mercy will not stay .

44. Sin is a Serpent in the Bosom , a Thief in the House , Poyson at the Stomack , and a Sword at the very Heart of a Nation .

45. There are many in the world , are the worse for Mercies ; that are like unto Dunghills ; the more the Son of Mercy shines upon them , the more they stink .

46. There are many ; the more Health , the more Wealth ; the more Honour they receive from God , the more they harden their hearts against God .

47. He that sins against Mercy , sins against the best Friend that ever he shall have .

48. God forbid that ever any should be so brutish as to sin , and not to be ashamed of sin .

49. Many content themselves with a drop of Praises for a Sea of Mercies .

50. The Devil was the first that ever named God's name in Scripture , and one of the first that ever confest Christ to be the Son of God , and yet he was a Devil for all that .

51. It is a Devillish thing to praise God with our Lips , and serve the Devil with our Lives .

52. He that will not follow the Example of Christ's Life , shall never be saved by the Merit of his Death .

53. It is a maxim in Nature , every Master is to be served according as himself commands .

54. He that will truly serve God , must serve none but him .

55. The Living God expects not only living , but lively Service .

56. You are not sit to serve the Lord , unless ye be fervent in Spirit .

57. The God whom ye serve , is the same in all times , he alters not , no more must his Servants .

58. If thou canst find out a place where God doth not see thee , there it shall be Lawful for thee to serve the Devil .

59. God is a Master that cannot err in his Commands ; this is Reason sufficient , the unerring God will have it so .

60. Sir Thomas Moore , his good saying , I will not pin my Salvation upon any mans Sleeve , because I know not whither he will carry it .

61 He that serves God only for Heaven , sells his Service to God .

62. A true Servant of God may have an Eye to the recompence of Reward , as Moses had ; but he must have but one Eye upon the Reward , not both , and the left Eye too ; for our chief and last aime must be at Gods Glory .

63. And this is the right Serving of God , to serve him with a servant-like subjection , and with a Son-like affection .

64. We do not expect as much light from a Candle as from the Sun : God expects the great Lights of the World to out-shine others in Holiness .

65. Men expect the most Service from those they give most Wages .

66. When Divine Wisdom and Honour meet together , they are like Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver .

67. Great men are like unto Looking-glasses , according to which all the Country dress themselves .

68. Those that are Time-servers , and not God-servers , their Religion is like a piece of wax , to be moulded into any frame .

69. It is Wisdom to observe times , so as to know our Duty : But it is damnable Wickedness to serve the Times , and not the Lord .

70. There are many that give their Cap and Knee to God , but themselves to Sin and Iniquity .

71. God hath his Hand-writing on the wall , to make the great Belshazzers of the Earth to tremble .

72. There are but few that are Great and Rich here , and Great and Rich hereafter .

73. In Christ's time poor Lazarus went to Heaven , and rich Dives was carryed to Hell .

74. It is the certainest sign of a Reprobate to have much wages here , and to want a heart to do service with it .

75. The Service of God is perfect freedom , and it will free us from all other Services .

76. The service of sin , as it is shameful , so it is unfruitful .

77. Wonder not why God's Servants are so poor ; this Life is the time of working , hereafter we shall have wages enough .

78. There are many dear Servants of God , to whom God giveth very little wages in this Life , because he fore-sees , that if they had a great part of their wages afore-hand , they would do but little work .

79. Those that converse with the God of all joy , must needs be filled with all joy .

80. A Swine finds no delight in a green Meadow , because it is a Swine .

81. A wicked man at God's Service , is like a Fish out of his Element .

82. One Sparrow is not worth half a Farthing ; you shall not have half a farthing-worth of harm , more than God hath from all Eternity decreed .

83. When Moses went up to the Mount to Pray , he took the Rod of God in his Hand : the Reason is given , because , by that Rod God had formerly done wonderful things for his people .

84. There are but two ways to Heaven , either by Innocency , or by Penitency .