follow Christ, frequent their company:  even Saul amongst the Prophets, will prophesie.  No bangling hawke, but with a high flyer will mend her pitch:  the poorest good companion, will doe thee some good; when Silas came, Paul burnt in the spirit:  a lesser sticke may fire a billet; If thou findest none, let the coldnesse of the times heat thee, as frosts doe the fire; Let every indignation make thee zealous, as the dunstery of the Monkes, made Erasmus studious:  one way to bee rich in times of dearth, is to engrosse a rare commodity, such as zeale is:  now, if ever, they have destroyed thy Law; It is now high time to be zealous.

Consider and emulate the children of this generation, to see how eager every Demas is for worldly promotion.  How did that worthy Bishop disdaine to see an harlot, more curiously to adorne her body unto sinne and death, then hee could his soule unto life everlasting.  It angred Demosthenes to see a Smith earlier at his anvile, then he was at his deske.

When thou hast thus heat thy selfe, take heede of catching colde againe, as many have done, and brought their zeale to deaths doore.

[Sidenote:  Zeales extinguishers.]

This fire may goe out divers wayes:  first by subtraction of fewell; if a man forbeare his accustomed meales, will not his naturall heat decay?  The Levites that kept Gods watch in the Temple, were charged expressely, morning & evening, if not oftner, to looke to the lights and the fire.  Hee that shall forget (at the least) with the Curfeau-bell in the evening to rake uppe his zeale by prayer, and with the day-bell in the morning to stirre up & kindle the same, if not oftner with Daniel; I cannot conceive how hee can possibly keepe fire in his heart.  Will God blesse such, as bid him not so much as good-morrow and good-even?

Hee that shall despise or neglect prophesie, must hee not needes quench the spirit? have I not marked glorious professors, who for some farme sake, or other commodities, have flitted from Jerusalem to Jericho; where the situation was good, but the waters nought; and their zeale hath perished, because vision hath failed?

Such as reade the Bible by fits upon rainy dayes, not eating the booke with John, but tasting onely with the tippe of the tongue:  Such as meditate by snatches, never chewing the cud and digesting their meat, they may happily get a smackering, for discourse and table-talke; but not enough to keepe soule & life together, much lesse for strength and vigour.  Such as forsake the best fellowship, and wax strange to holy assemblies, (as now the manner of many is) how can they but take colde?  Can one coale alone keepe it selfe glowing?

Though it goe not out for want of matter, yet may it bee put out by sundry accidents; when it is newly kindled, it may be put out with scoffes and reproaches, if Peter take not heede, and fence himselfe well against them; but if once throughly growne, such breath will but spred and encrease it.