.• Of the Miniflerial Funtliorz. 33 I ~mployed in the exercirc of devotion, for the intercfi of adv3ncing piety, and tl1e honour of our n1aker. l\1y beloved, ye are deputed, as it were, by the ·whol-e crt?tion, at lcafl: by the inferior wor·ld, to prcfent their homage and fcrvice to God, and to . praife hin1 for all his v-rorks Ye ought to n1aintain a correfpondcnce betwixt heaven ~nd earth, to deprecate the wrath of God, and avert his vengeance and pbgues from mankind. Your bufinefs is the Gmc vvith that of the holy . aBgels: you dwell' in the houfe of God, and fhould be contit1ually , praifing hin1. And this is an employn1ent fo holy, that, were our fouls as pure as cherubs, as zealous and aCtive as the blcf– fed fpirits that are above, we fhould yet have reafon to co\er our face~, and to be [wallowed up in a deep fenfe of our own infufficicncy for thefe things. And what is finful duLl: and afhes, that he ihould fiand in fo near a relation unto the Lord of glory! What is man, 0 bldfed God, t.hat thou fhoulde!l: chufe hin1, and caufe hin1 to approach unto thee! that he foould dwell in thy courts, andbe fatisfied with the goodn'efs of thy hotife, even of thine holy tem– ple*! The priefl:hood under the law was a .~· Pfal. Ixv. -4.-
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