Nay, but we will serve the Lord, and that you will choose the Lord to serve him, consider what you do, you must take him to be your God, and be willing to have your Souls cleansed from all your sins, and must be willing to take the Lord Jesus Christ as he is offered in the Gospel, to be your Lord and Husband, and be as willing to be ruled by him, as saved by him, and must resolve to obey his Laws, and do his will, and live in the per∣formance of those spiritual duties he requires at at thy hand. Yea, thou must have a setled Reso∣lution to cleave to Christ, and obey him even in the most despised, disgraceful, dangerous, difficult and costly part of duty: Though it be to the loss of thy worldly enjoyments, yea, and life it self: I know many would pick of choose their duties, this they would do, but that they would not; they scum of the Fat and sweet of duty, but leave that which is difficult, or dangerous, but God will have no such Servants: obey him thou must, though thy Father, Mother, and all thy Friends become thine Enemies upon the account; yea, in some cases thou must not only leave, but hate Father and Mother, &c. yea, thy own life for his sake yea, though thou loose thy credit and esteem in the World, and be made a scorn and a reproach for his sake; though thou loose thy pleasure, and never see merry day whilst thou livest; though it endanger thy Estate, and bring thee to Poverty; though thou loose thy Liberty, and be cast into a Prison; yea, though thou loose thy life, and be brought to a Stake to suffer; yea, though thou seest few or none walk that same way with thee: Noah must obey God, though the whole World disobey him; yea, thou must obey him, though his commands be never