Part IJ.' 'A S11lni ~;~Brute~ 249 unto them~ -Pial. 62. 8. & I o. 17. [ He will feed his flock.. lik..e ~ foepherd : he wiN gather the l11mbs with his arm, and cttrry them in his bofom,and /hall gently lead thofe th.tt are withyoung) Ifa. 40~ 1 I. And in the publ1ck Worlliip of God in_the l~oly Af– femblies his fervants alfo have communion w1th Inm : It is him th~t they hear whoever be the ·meffenger : It is /,im chat they adore, and praife and magnific [ Come ( fa~.y they ) an.d let t-U go up to the mountain of the Lord_: to the hou(e of the God of ]acob, And he will teaeh us of hu -wA-yer, and ~'e Will walk... in hupaths -Come, ttnd let us w&ik_ in thdight of the Lord J Ifaiah 2. 3, 5. [ We have theught of thy lo– vinJ. kjndnt[s, 0 G~d, in tht midft <if thy Temple] Pfa{m 48. 9· [ ln his Templ.e doth every man jpeak., of his glory.] ~falm 29.9. Yea,the common employments of the Godly are fanchfied, and thereby advanced above the highefi actions of the wicked. For it is God and Glory that is in all their ultimate End. [ Whether they eat or drink.,, or -what ever the) do, they do it to hu glory, I Cor. 10. 3 I. That is, They intend his Glory as ~heir end, and they do it in reverent obedience ro his Will, a~d 10 a holy manner behaving themfelves as may honour hl(n whofe work they do. · And he that bath the face to fay, that Prayer, Praife, Thanksgiving,Meditation, holy conference and other works of Holinefs and Righteoufnefs, are riot a more Honourable employment then the fordid drudgery of the world, mLlfi fay a1fo that the life of a worldling is more Honourabl~ then the life of the holy ~ngels and the heavenly bo!t. They are obeying and prai!ing God, and living in rhe fenfe of his dearefi love, .wbile you are finning and fcraping in this Earth~ ~nd can youbelieve lhat your life is more Honourable the.q theirs? 1f not; you mufi confets, th'S.t the Godly that wme ne~refl: the work of Angels, do live a more Honourable life then you. When Chrifi called Peter ro l~ave his fifuing an~ follow him :tnd be his fervant, he tells him that be will make him a fifher Gj men : as 'intimating that it was a more honourable work to catch frntls by the Gofpel,and win them to God and to falva· ion,then to c~tch fijhu:To pleafeGod and fave our fouh;,and further others in obeying him to their fal vat ion , i~ the Highef1: work that the fons of men are caplbk ofwhile they live in fldh. As the Priefis were fanctified to draw nea.rrr unto God, then t.he common people, an~ to be en:p1oyed in his mofi Holy fen·ice, ' K 1.\ · · · io
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