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away striking lusts, follow after righteousness, love the Lord Jesus; I'll warrant thee, he'll give thee a goodly recompence. (7.) Set to work, and when thou hast run thyself down weary, the Lord Jesus will take thee up and carry thee. Is not this enough to make any poor soul to begin his race? Fathers encouraging their children say, Run, sweet babe, until thou art weary, and then I will carry thee. He will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom. When they are weary, they shall ride.-Or else he will convey new strength into thy soul, which will be as well. "The young men shall utterly fail, but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength." Isa. x. 30, 31. (8.) The devil will lose no time, spare no pains, neither will his servants, to seek the destruction of themselves and others; and shall not we be as industrious for our own salvation? Shall the world venture the damnation of their souls for a corruptible crown: and shall not we venture the loss of a few trifles for an eternal crown? Shall they venture the loss of eternal friends, as God to love, Christ to redeem, the Holy Spirit to comfort, heaven for habitation, saints, and angels for company, and all this to hold, communion with sin, and a few drunken, lying, covetous wretches like themselves? And shall not we labour as hard, run as fast, seek as diligently, nay, a hundred times more diligently, for the company of those glorious and eternal friends? Shall it be said at the last day, That wicked men made more haste to hell, than you did to heaven? O run with all might and main.
Now I come to make some us and application of what has been said. You see that he who will
