_Penitens_ was here going on, but had his mouth stopped by a _convulsion_, which never suffered him to speak any more. He lay convulsed for about twelve hours, and then gave up the ghost. CHAP. IV. _We can please |God| in no state or employment, but by |intending| and |devoting| it all to his glory_. 1. HAVING already stated the general nature of devotion, and shewn, that it implies not any _form of prayer_, but a certain form of life, that is offered to God, not at any particular _times_ or _places_, but every where and in every thing; I shall now descend to some particulars, and shew how we are to devote our _labour_ and _employment_, our _time_ and _fortunes_, to God. As a Christian should consider every place as holy, because God is there; so he should look upon every part of his life as a matter of holiness, because it is to be offered to God. The profession of a _clergyman_ is an holy profession, because it is a ministration in _holy things_. But worldly business is to be made holy, by being done as a service to God, and in conformity to his will. For as all men, and all things in the world, as truly belong unto God, as any _places_, _things_, or _persons_, that are devoted to divine service; so all things are to be _used_, and all persons are to _act_ in their several states for the glory of God. Men of business therefore must not look upon themselves as at liberty to live to themselves, to sacrifice to their own _humours_ and _tempers_, because their employment is of a worldly nature: but they must consider, that as the world, and all worldly professions, as truly belong to God as _persons_ and _things_ that are devoted to the _altar_; so it is as much the duty of men in worldly business to live wholly unto God, as ’tis the duty of those who are devoted to divine service. 2. As the whole world is God’s; so the whole world is to act for God. As all men have the same _relation_ to God, as all men have all their _powers_ and _faculties_ from God; so all men are obliged to act for God with all their _powers_ and _faculties_. *As all things are God’s; so all things are to be used and regarded as the things of God. For _men_ to abuse things on _earth_, and live to themselves, is the same rebellion against God as for _angels_ to abuse things in _heaven_; because God is just the same Lord of all on earth, as he is of all in heaven. _Things_ may, and must differ in their _use_: but yet they are all to be used according to the will of God. _Men_ may, and must differ in their _employments_; but yet they must all act for the same ends, as dutiful servants of God, in the right and pious performance of their several callings. 3. _Clergymen_ must live wholly to God in one _particular_ way; that is, in the exercise of _holy offices_, in the ministration of _prayers_ and _sacraments_, and a zealous distribution of spiritual goods.