* 1.1SECT. XV.
THus I have given thee these twelve Arguments to consider of, and if it may be, to perswade thee to a heavenly minde: I now desire thee to view them over, read them deliberately, and read them again, and then tell me, Are they Reason, or are they not? Reader, stop here while thou answerest my Question: Are these Considerations weighty, or not? are these Arguments con∣vincing, or not? Have I proved it thy duty, and of flat necessity, to keep thy heart on things above, or have I not? Say, Yea, or Nay, man! If thou say Nay; I am confident thou contradictest thine own Conscience, and speakest against the light that is in thee, and thy Reason tells thee thou speakest falsly: If thou say Yea, and acknowledg thy self convinced of the duty; bear wit∣ness then, that I have thine own confession: That very tongue of thine shall condemn thee, and that confession be pleaded against thee, if thou now go home, and cast this off, and wilfully neglect such a confessed duty; and these twelve Considerations shall be as a Jury to convict thee, which I propounded, hoping they might be effectual to perswade thee. I have not yet fully laid open to you, the nature and particular way of that duty, which I am all this while perswading you to; that is the next thing to be done: All that I have said hitherto, is but to make you willing to perform it. I know the whole work of mans salvation, doth stick most at his own will: If we could once get over this block well, I see not what could stand before us. Be soundly willing, and the work is more then half done. I have now a few plain Directions to give you, for to help you in doing this great work; but alas, its in vain to mention them, except you be willing to put them in practice. What sayeth thou Reader, Art thou willing, or art thou not? wilt thou obey, if I shew thee the way of thy Duty? However, I will set them down, and tender them to thee, and the Lord perswade thy heart to the Work.