6. *Most of the employments of life are in their own nature lawful; and all those that are so, may be made a substantial part of our duty to God, if we engage in them only _so far_, and for such _ends_, as are suitable to _beings_, that are to live _above_ the world, all the time they live in the world. This is the _only measure_ of our application to any worldly business; let it be what it will, or where it will, it must have no more of our _hands_, our _hearts_, or our _time_, than is consistent with an hearty, daily, careful preparation of ourselves for another life. For as all Christians, as such, have renounced this world, to prepare themselves by _daily_ devotion, and _universal_ holiness, for an eternal state of quite another nature, they must look upon worldly employments as upon _worldly wants_, and _bodily infirmities_; things not to be desired, but only to be endured till death and the resurrection have carried us to an eternal state of real happiness. 7. Now he that does not look at the things of this life in this _degree_ of littleness, cannot be said either to feel or believe the greatest truths of Christianity. For, if he thinks any thing great or important in human business, can he be said to feel or believe those scriptures which represent this life, and the greatest things of life, as _bubbles_, _vapours_, _dreams_ and _shadows_? If he thinks _figure_, and _shew_, and worldly _glory_, to be any _proper_ happiness of a Christian, how can he be said to feel or believe this doctrine, _Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake?_ For surely, if there was any real happiness in _figure_, and _shew_, and _worldly glory_; if these things deserved our thoughts and care, it could not be matter of the _highest joy_, when we are torn from them by _persecution_ and _sufferings_. If therefore a man will so live, as to shew, that he believes the most _fundamental_ doctrines of Christianity, he must live above the world; he must do the business of life, and yet live _wholly_ unto God. And it is as necessary that people live in their employments with this _temper_, as it is necessary, that their employment itself be _lawful_. 8. *The _husbandman_ that tilleth the ground, is employed in an honest business, that is necessary in life, and very capable of being made an _acceptable service_ unto God: but if he labours and toils, not to serve any reasonable ends of life, but in order to have his _plough_ made of _silver_, and to have his _horses_ harnessed in _gold_, the honesty of his employment is lost as to him, and his labour becomes his _folly_.