and other Duties, recommended. 287 we conftantly purfue the defign of reform - S E R M, ing our lives, ftrengthening good difpofi- XI. tions, correcting bad ones, and that we " v.-4 may abound more and more in the fruits of righteoufnefs, which are, by yefus Chr /, to the glory of God. 2dly, Our watching at the gates of wif dom, and waiting at the ports of her doors, that is, the regular performance of the in- ftrumental duties of religion, requireth a conftant care and folicitude that the benefit of them may not be loft ; and, particularly, a ftrift vigilance over our own fpirits and our whole behaviours They who wait at the doors of the great, are always ready to embrace every occafion of getting their bu- finefs done, their homage paid, or their pe- titions prefented; they will not amuie them - felves with trifles, neglefting their chief con- cern, that would be very indecent in fuch circumftances, and foolifh. When we go up to the houfe of God, to the folemnities of public worfhip, or ufe any other means appointed for our inftrution, we ought to confider ourfelves as fervants in waiting, and to be wholly taken up in the bufinefs of our prefent fervice, attending with carnal delire and a refolution of ready obedience, every fignification of our mailer's will. Be- hold,
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