330 Of tbe Importance attdDi.fficu.7 ty I !Je called by his name. At Salem was his tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion *. The Lord loved the g·ates ifZ ion n;or'i: thaJt . all the dwellings of Jacob. And the church .in all ag~s bath thought it fit, to feparate fon1e places fron1 vulgar and con1n16n 11fc, and to appropriate then1 to the fervice of God. Again, Though all tin1es and feafons ' do belong unto God, yet hath he fet apart a day for his ~orihip, and fanetified af!b– batb for hitnfelf. All 1nen were created for the honour of God, and are infinitely obliged to ferve him; yet, becaufe the greatefi part of mankind arc too 1nuch en-:– gaged in worldly affairs, and have their fouls fettered in the difiracring cares of this life, Jand almofl: buries) in their bodies, it l1ath pleafed the divine wifdon1, to call forth a feletl: nutnber of ni.en, who, being deli- . vered fron1 thofG intanglement's, and hav– ing their n1inds n1ore highly purified, and .n1ore peculiarly fitted for the offices of re– ligion, n1ay attend continually on that very thing. Religion is every man's general calling, but it is our particular calling too. And while the labourer is at his pl9ugh, the craftfn1an at his forge, and the n1erch– ant in his fhop, the n1inificr ought to be employed * Pial lxx_vi. 2•.
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