This is the _common business_ of all persons in this world. It is not left to any _women_ in the world to trifle away their time in the follies and impertinences of a _fashionable life_, nor to any _men_ to resign themselves up to worldly _cares_ and _concerns_; it is not left to the _rich_, to gratify their passions in the _indulgences_ and _pride_ of life, nor to the _poor_, to vex and torment their hearts with the _poverty_ of their state; but _men_ and women, rich and poor, must, with _bishops_ and _priests_, walk before God in the same wise and holy Spirit, in the same denial of all vain tempers, and in the same discipline and care of their souls; not only because they have all the same rational nature, and are servants of the same God, but because they all _want_ the same holiness to make them fit for the same happiness. It is therefore absolutely necessary for all Christians, whether _men_ or _women_, to consider themselves as persons that are _devoted_ to holiness, and to order their _common ways of life_ by such rules of reason and piety as may turn it into a _continual service_ to Almighty God. 5. As the glory of God is _one_ and the _same_ thing; so whatever we do, suitable to it, must be done with _one_ and the _same_ Spirit. That same temper of mind which makes our _alms_ and _devotions_ acceptable, must also make our _labour_, or _employment_, a proper offering to God. If a man pursues his business, that he may raise himself to _figure_ and _glory_ in the world, he is no longer serving God in his employment; he is acting under other _masters_, and has no more title to a reward from God, than he that gives _alms_ that he may be _seen_ of men. For vain and earthly desires are no more allowable in our _employments_, than in our _alms_ and _devotions_. For these tempers of worldly pride, and vain glory, are not only evil, when they mix with our good works; but they have the same evil nature, when they enter into our common business. If it were allowable to indulge _covetous_ or _vain_ passions in our worldly _employments_, it would be allowable to be vain-glorious in our _devotions_. But as our _alms_ and _devotions_ are not an acceptable service, but when they proceed from a heart _truly devoted_ to God; so our common employment cannot be reckoned a service to him, but when it is performed with the same piety of heart.