be quite shut; or to run so lazily, that they be shut before thou get within them.6 What, to be shut out! what, out of heaven! Sinner, rather than lose it, run for it; yea, and ‘so run that thou mayst obtain.’ Seventh, Lastly, Because if thou lose, thou losest all, thou losest soul, God, Christ, heaven, ease, peace, &c. Besides, thou layest thyself open to all the shame, contempt, and reproach, that either God, Christ, saints, the world, sin, the devil, and all, can lay upon thee. As Christ saith