Containing certain motives to persuade men to the prac-
tice of these duties of perseverance, which are all deduced
from the consideration of the urgent necessity of our final
perseverance; as first, unless we immediately recover when
we have wilfully relapsed, we shall go much faster back than
ever we went forward, 356. secondly, if after we have made
some progress in religion, we totally relapse, we shall thereby
forfeit the fruit of all our past labour, 359. thirdly, we shall
forfeit the fruit of it, after we have undergone the greatest
difficulty of it, 362. fourthly, we shall not only forfeit the
fruit of our past labour, but render our recovery more ha-
zardous, 364. fifthly, we shall not only render our recovery
more difficult for the future, but plunge ourselves for the