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lasting damnation of thy own soul. (2.) Death and damnation follow after thee' as hard as they can drive, and therefore, for the Lord's sake make haste. (3.) If they seize upon thee before thou get to the city of refuge, they will put an everlasting stop to thy journey.-This also cries, Run for it. (4.) Now heaven's gates, with Christ's arms, are wide open to receive thee. This consideration should make thee reach out, and fly with all speed. (5.) Keep thine eye upon the prize. Be sure that thine eyes be continually upon the profit thou art like to get. The reason why men faint in their race to heaven, eth chiefly in either of these two things: First, they do not seriously consider the worth of the prize; they must lose heaven for want of considering the worth of it. That thou mayest not do the like, keep thine eye much upon the comfort that is to be had there by those that win the prize. This made the Apostle run through any thing, peril by sea, and peril by land, &c. It made also others endure to be stoned, sawn asunder, thrown to the wild beasts. Secondly, do not say in thy heart, This is too good for me, for I tell thee, heaven is prepared for all who will accept of it; therefore take heart and run, man. (6.) Think much of them that are gone before.-When my base heart has been inclining to loiter in my way towards heaven, the very consideration of the glorious saints and angels in heaven, what they enjoy, how they would befool me, if they knew that my heart was drawing back, has caused me to rush forward, and say to my soul, Come, soul, let us see what this heaven is: let us even venture for it, and try if that will quit our cost. O therefore, throw
