Of acknowledging God in all our Ways. : 3 i t be, whatever the concerns we are immediately SERM. employed about, not merely thofe of reli- XII. gion, but which relate to our interefts in this wy life, our commerce with our fellow- creatures, the exchange of offices with our relatives of mankind ; or fchemes for advancing our - felves ; í1i11, our counfels fhould be taken, our defigns carried on, with a regard to God, to his authority and laws. Nay, St. Paul teaches chriftians to govern themfelves by this rule, even in matters which Teem to be the moll remote from religion, * Whether ye eat or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glory of _God. Thefe, and others like them, the moll ordinary aaions in life, which feem to be the funftions of animal nature rather than the works of a Chriftian, yet the prin- ciples of piety interpofe in the regulation of them ; 1E11 we fhould takecare to keep with- in the bounds of virtue, which is glorifying God; for it is the great end of his moral government in order to promote a rational happinefs ; ftill we fhould endeavour by tern- perance to preferve the freedom of our minds, and a juff dominion over our appetites and paffions ; we fhould Rudy to avoid whatever may give offence to our fellow- fervants of + t Cory .x. 3 1. X f God,
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