AMMON 256 V ireElionlsfor (getting and keeping, work.f.] What a multitude of fuch pafages may you find in Scripture ? You fee then howgreat a part ofyour Calling and Religion confïfteth in Doing Good. Now it is not enough to make this your care now and then, or do Good when it fats inyour way : but you muR ffudy it, or it will not be done well. You muff Rudy which are Good Works ; and which are they that you are called to : and which are thebelt Works, and to be preferred, that you choofe not a lefs in- ieadof a greater. God looks to be fervedWith the beg. You muff Rudy for oppartunitìei of Doing Good, and of the means offucceeding and accom- plifhing it ; and for the removing of Impediments and for the overcoming of diífwafives , and with- drawing Temptations. You muff know what Ta- lents God hath entruaed you with, and thofe you mull Rudy to doGoodwith : Whether it be Time, or Intereft in men, or Opportunity, or Riches, or Credit, or Authority, ofGifts of mind, or of body : If you have not one , you have another and fome have all. This therefore is the thingthat I would perfwade you to : Take your felffor Gods Steward : Remem- ber the time when it will be Paid to you[Give account o fty Steward/hip ; thoujhalt be no longer Steward.] Let it be your every daies contrivance, how to lay out your Gifts, Time, Strength, Riches or Intereft, toyour Maftersufe. Thinkwhich wayyou may do molt, firft , to Promote the Gofpel, and the Pub- liqueGood of the Church : and then, which way you may help towards the faving of particular mens fouls; and then which way you may better the Com-
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