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and judge, knowing that he is present, and observes him with detestation if he so do?

Seventhly, To set the Lord always before you, Psa. cxix. 168, is an excellent remedy against spiritual sloth and negligence in duties, and it is a sharp spur to quicken, and make you diligent and abundant in the work of the Lord. What servant can be slothful and careless in his master's sight? And what master will keep a servant that will not observe him, and do his commands, while he himself looketh on?

Eighthly, Walking with God in manner aforesaid, doth exceedingly please God, Heb. xi. 5. It also pleases God's holy angels, 1 Cor. xi. 10. It pleases God's faithful ministers, 3 John 3, and doth please and strengthen all the good people of God, Psa. cxix. 74, with whom you do converse. It is to walk worthy of God in all well pleasing, Colos. i. 9, 10.

Ninthly, Thus walking with God, you shall be assured of God's mercy and gracious favour. He keepeth covenant and mercy with all his servants, that walk before him with all their heart, 1 Kings viii. 23. When you do thus walk in the light, you have a gracious fellowship with God, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth you from all sin, 1 John i. 7. There is no condemnation to you who thus walk, Rom. viii. 1. Your flesh, when you die, shall rest in hope. For to them that set God before them, he doth show the path of life, which will bring them into his glorious presence, where are fulness of joys, and pleasures for evermore, Psa. xvi. 11.

Any one of these motives, seriously thought upon by an humble Christian, is enough to persuade him to this holy walking with God.

Notwithstanding, it is sad to consider, how few there are who walk thus. For most men seek not after God, God is not in all their thoughts, Psa. x. 4; they walk in the vanity of their minds, Eph. iv. 17, after their own lusts, 2 Peter iii. 3; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life, 1 John ii. 16; walking according to the course of this world, according to the