...ends of their life ; then they are weak, and their devotions often intermitted, and their breaks are frequent, and they seek excuses, and labour for dispensations,...wind can play with it and abuse it, but no man can make it useful.' ' If we consider the price that the Son of God paid for the redemption of a soul,...

...ends of their life ; then they are weak, and their devotions often intermitted, and their breaks are frequent, and they seek excuses, and labour for dispensations, and love God and religion less and less, till then- old age, instead of a crown of their virtue and perseverance, ends in levity and unprofitable...