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Duties after fasting

First take heed of inward pride and resting in the
performance: Spiritual pride is that worm that will
breed in the best fruits of the spirit that poison which
the Devil (that hellish spider) will suck out of the best
flower in Gods Garden; and if he can but prevail
over us to be self-concieted with our enlargements,
or to trust to that Service we have done he hath
what he looks for and deprives us of all the comfort
of our humiliation: Labor therefore as much as we can
to humble ourselves with a thorough view of our
failings in the best of our performances; and of our
enlargements, consider the fountain of them
which is not any ability of our own, but the good
Spirit of our God breathing where and when it listeth
and [seting?] out our strait Hearts which otherwise
would be utterly closed and shut up; let Christ
have the glory of all our abilities who hath given
us his grace but will not give his glory to another
2. Hold the strength we have got that day as much as
we can keep we stil our interest and holy acquaintance
which we have gotten with God and with
the holy exercises of Religion unloose not the [bent?]
of our care and affections against sin and for God
It is a corruption of our nature and it is a policy
of Satan to help it forward that (like some unwise
warrior when they have gotten the day of their
enemies) we grow full of presumption and security by