If these be not thy meditations,
thou wilt draw very heavily in the way to heaven if thou do not give
up all for lost; therefore I say, take heart in thy journey, and say
to them that seek thy destruction, "Rejoice not against me, O my
enemy, for when I fall I shall arise, when I sit in darkness the
Lord shall be a light unto me."
Let me give thee a few motives along with thee. It may be they will
be as good as a pair of spurs to prick on thy lumpish heart in this
rich journey.
1. Consider there is no way but this; thou must either win or lose.
If thou winnest, then heaven, God, Christ, glory, ease, peace, life,
yea, life eternal, are thine; thou shalt be made equal to the angels
in heaven; thou shalt sorrow no more, sigh no more, feel no more
pain; thou shalt be out of the reach of sin, hell, death, the devil,
the grave, and whatever else may endeavor thy hurt.
But contrariwise, if thou lose, then thy loss is heaven, glory, God,
Christ, ease, peace, and whatever else tends to make eternity
comfortable to the saints; besides, thou procurest eternal death,
sorrow, pain, blackness and darkness, fellowship with devils,
together with the everlasting damnation of thy own soul.
2. Consider that this devil, this hell, death, and damnation follow
after thee as hard as they can, and have their commission so to do
by the law, against which thou hast sinned; and therefore for thy
soul's sake make haste.
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