6. And he promised, and sought Opportunity to betray him unto them, in the Absence of the Multitude.
HOW faithful is the unhappy Judas in performing his Promise! Yet how many Promises hast thou made to God, O my Soul; and hast not regarded them! What Promises of Love; what Promises of Obe∣dience; what Promises of Reformation! When thou hast been sick, what Vows of Seriousness, what Prote∣stations of Cautiousness, and Fear of offending God for the future! Yet when God hath restored thee; when the Almighty hath been so favourable to thee, as to give thee the Desires of thy Heart; how careless hast thou been of thy strongest Promises! How regardless of the strictest Engagements! How negligent of thy Duty! How hast thou returned to thy former Vomit; and, with the Swine that was washed, to her wallowing in the Mire.