Have a special care to sanctify the Lord’s-day; for as thou keepest it,
so will it be with thee all the week long.
Make the Lord’s-day the _market_ for thy soul; let the whole day be spent
in prayer, repetitions, or meditations; lay aside the affairs of the
other parts of the week; let the sermon thou hast heard be converted into
_prayer_: shall God allow thee six days, and wilt thou not afford him
one?
In the church, be careful to serve God; for thou art in his eyes, and not
in man’s.
Thou mayst hear sermons often, and do well in practising what thou
hearest; but thou must not expect to be told in a pulpit all that thou
oughtest to do, but be studious in reading the Scriptures, and other good
books; what thou hearest may be forgotten, but what thou readest may
better be retained.
Forsake not the public worship of God, lest God forsake thee; not only in
public, but in private.
On the week-day, when thou risest in the morning, consider, 1. Thou must
die; 2. Thou mayst die that minute; 3. What will become of thy soul.
Pray often. At night consider, 1. What sins thou hast committed; 2.
How often thou hast prayed; 3. What hath thy mind been bent upon; 4.
What hath been thy dealing; 5. What thy conversation; 6. If thou
callest to mind the errors of the day, sleep not without a confession to
God, and a hope of pardon. Thus, every morning and evening make up thy
account with Almighty God, and thy reckoning will be the less at last.