The First Chapter

Testament, as the present world wanders so much in many a heart [or mightily]: No. It must be an upright earnestness, with upright working of repentance, that God (with the key of His love) unlocks and opens that which hears the true mouth (which shall receive such a Testament): The poor soul must have a hunger and thirst for it, and lead her desires (through the suffering, death, and resurrection of Christ) toward it; otherwise there is no right mouth for such enjoyment.

6. It must be a sincere, earnest intention to strip off the stained coat, and to desire to enter into a new life. Do, do, it must be, or else it is of no avail: This booty belongs only to the children of Christ, who hear and keep His word in their heart, and that it brings forth fruits.

7. There shall, and there must be a great earnestness, both by the listener and by the teacher: for whoever wants to