9. Come; will _you_ begin? Will _you_, by the grace of God, amend _one_, and that without delay? First then, _own_ those sins which have long cried for vengeance in the ears of God. _Confess_, that we and all (and _you_ in particular) deserve for our inward and outward abominations, not only to be swept from the face of the earth, but to suffer the vengeance of eternal fire. Never aim at _excusing_ either yourself or others: Let your mouth be stopt. Plead guilty before God. Above all, _own_ that _impudence_ of wickedness, that utter ♦_carelessness_, that _pert_ stupidity, which is hardly to be found in any part of the earth, (at least, not in such a degree) except in _England_. Do you not know what I mean? You was not long since praying to God for “damnation upon your own soul.” One who has heard you, said, is that right? Does not God hear? “What if he takes you at your word?” You replied, with equal _impudence_ and _ignorance_, “What, Are _you a Methodist_?”――――What, if he is a _Turk_? Must thou therefore be a _Heathen_?――――God humble thy _brutish, devilish_ spirit. ♦ “carlessness” replaced with “carelessness” 10. Lay thee in the dust, for this and for all thy sins. Let thy laughter be turned into heaviness; thy joy into mourning; thy senseless jollity and mirth, into sorrow and brokenness of heart. This is no time to eat and drink and rise up to play; but to afflict thy soul before the Lord. Desire of God a deep piercing sense of the enormous sins of the nation, and of thy own. Remember that great example: how when the _king of Nineveh_ was warned of the near approaching vengeance of God, he _caused it to be proclaimed, Let none taste any thing, let them not feed nor drink water. But let them be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yea let them turn every one from his evil way; who can tell, if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger that we perish not._ Jonah iii. 11. Let them _turn_ every one from his evil way. Cease to do evil. Learn to do well. And see that this reformation be _universal_: for there is no serving God by halves. Avoid _all_ evil, and do _all_ good unto _all_ men; else you only deceive your own soul. See also, that it be from the _heart_: lay the axe to the root of the tree. Cut up, by the grace of God, evil desire, pride, anger, unbelief. Let this be your continual prayer to God, the prayer of your heart, (as well as lips) “Lord, I _would_ believe: help thou mine unbelief! Give me the faith that worketh by love. _The life which I now live_, let me _live by faith in the Son of God_. Let me _so believe_, that I may _love thee, with all my heart, and mind, and soul, and strength_! and that I may love every child of man, even _as thou hast loved us_! Let me daily _add to my faith courage, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, charity: that so an entrance may be ministered to me abundantly, into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ_.”