The Prophet _Isaiah_ spake of the gathered Church, in the Similitude of a City, where many being employed were all preserved in Purity; _They shall call them the Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord, and thou shalt be called sought out, a City not forsaken_, Isa. lxiii. 10. And the Apostle, after mentioning the Mystery of Christ's Sufferings, exhorts, _Be ye Holy in all Manner of Conversation_, 1 Pet. i. 15. There is a Conversation necessary in Trade; and there is a Conversation so foreign from the Nature of Christ's Kingdom, that it is represented in the Similitude of one Man pushing another with a warlike Weapon; _There is that speaketh like the Piercings of a Sword_, Prov. xii. 18. Now in all our Concerns it is necessary that the Leading of the Spirit of Christ be humbly waited for, and faithfully followed, as the only Means of being preserved chaste as an Holy People, who _in all Things are circumspect_, Exod. xxiii. 13, that nothing we do may carry the Appearance of Approbation of the Works of Wickedness, make the Unrighteous more at Ease in Unrighteousness, or occasion the Injuries committed against the Oppressed to be more lightly looked over. Where Morality is kept to, and supported by the Inhabitants of a Country, there is a certain Reproach attends those Individuals amongst them, who manifestly deviate therefrom. But where Iniquity is committed openly, and the Authors of it are not brought to Justice, nor put to Shame, their Hands grow strong. Thus the general Corruption of the _Jews_ shortly before their State was broke up by the _Chaldeans_, is described by their Boldness in Impiety; for as their Leaders were connected together in Wickedness they strengthened one another, and grew confident; _Were they ashamed when they had committed Abominations? Nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush_, Jer. vi. 15, on which Account the Lord thus expostulates with them, _What hath my Beloved to do in my House, seeing she hath wrought Lewdness with many, and the Holy Flesh is passed from thee; when thou doest Evil, then thou rejoicest_, Jer. xi. 15.