And who wou'd lightly endure all this, that from their Vows went on to reflect of what they were made? I suppose they wou'd find as they often complain, that they are Weak and Infirm, that while this _Flesh and Blood_ is about them, their _Souls_ are heavy, apt to decline, and seldom continue long in one posture and stay; that the World is upon them where ever they go, and the Devil busily marking their steps in every Path. That their _Faith_ wavers upon many Surprises, their _Hopes_ languish, and their _Fervour_ decays; that in such cold seasons as these, their Spirits move but stiffly about, and seldom rise into any earnest petitions for Grace, but sink under the burden of _Prayer_, or steal away to some Trifle, or other for a little Relief. That in such cases they have no _Heart_ to go on with the rest of their Duties, all the Commandments of God growing grievous upon them, and _Repentance_ beginning to have a discouraging face: That they know not how to follow their Master, wheresoever he goeth with all this Oppression, the _Cross_ being now too much for them to take up, and they feeling now no _Ease_ in his _Yoke_. And when they often find it thus to their grief, even where they think they take care to prevent it, wou'd one ever believe they shou'd act, as if they desir'd these Gloomy Returns, or thought the present Light they enjoy'd cou'd never be obscured again? How shall we do to think them sincere in their daily bewailings of _Human Infirmities_, while they continue to lay new weights on their Nature, as if the common Occasions of Life afforded not tryal enough for their faith, unless they call'd in _Temptations_ to prove how much they coul'd bear? Wou'd they that desired to be _fervent in Prayer_, and _attend_ on the Lord with as little _Distraction_ as their State would admit, fill their Heads with a crowd of extravagant thoughts, and run to see _Devotion_ it self ridiculed, as if nothing was in it but Solemn _Pretences_? Or wou'd they that proposed to have their _Affections_ in order, and their Appetites calm, chuse to thrust in themselves, where _Moving the Passions_ is the business in hand, and such things are rendred inviting, to which the Heart is but too much inclined? It cannot sure be safe for any to let _Errours_ come often before them in such shapes, as may make them wish they were true. It must needs enfeeble their Minds, to have those Spirits divided that want to be fixed; and to converse with _loose Manners_ brought down into fashion, and dress'd up with intent to deceive, is much too great a hazard to run in that little ground that is left to hope for the grace and assistance of God, where his _Spirit is griev'd_, and his _Being_ deny'd.