Surely Love Is Both Work And Wages.

I Remember Myself, That When I Was Young, I Had Sometime The Company Of One Ancient Godly Minister, Who Was Of Weaker Parts Than Many Others, But Yet Did Profit Me More Than Most; Because He Would Never In Prayer Or Conference Speak Of God, Or The Life To Come, But With Such Marvelous Seriousness And Reverence, As If He Had Seen The Majesty And Glory Which He Talked Of.

And Though It Be Their Sin And Vanity That Is The Cause, It Is Nevertheless Your Sin To Be The Unnecessary Occasion: For You Must Consider That You Live Among Diseased Souls. And You Must Not Lay A Stumblingblock In Their Way, Nor Blow Up The Fire Of Their Lust, Nor Make Your Ornaments Their Snares; But You Must Walk Among Sinful Persons, As You Would Do With A Candle Among Straw Or Gunpowder; Or Else You May See The Flame Which You Would Not Foresee, When It Is Too Late To Quench It.

We Must Study As Hard How To Live Well As How To Preach Well.

It Is As Hard A Thing To Maintain A Sound Understanding, A Tender Conscience, A Lively, Gracious, Heavenly Spirit, And An Upright Life In The Midst Of Contention, As To Keep Your Candle Lighted In The Greatest Storms.

This Is The Sanctification Of Your Studies: When They Are Devoted To God, And When He Is The End, The Object, And The Life Of Them All.