If a _glutton_ was to say, in excuse of his gluttony, that he only eats such things as it is _lawful_ to eat, he would make as good an excuse for himself as the greedy, covetous, ambitious tradesman, that should say, he only deals in lawful business. For as a Christian is not only required to be honest, but to be of a Christian _spirit_, and make his life an exercise of _humility_, _repentance_, and _heavenly_ affection; so all tempers contrary to these, are as contrary to Christianity, as _cheating_ is contrary to _honesty_. 14. All this is only to shew us the absolute necessity of such uniform piety, as extends to all the actions of our common life. That we must _eat_, and _drink_, and _dress_, and _discourse_ according to the sobriety of the Christian spirit; engage in no employments but such as we can truly devote unto God; nor pursue them any farther, than conduces to the reasonable ends of a holy life. That we must be _honest_, not only on particular occasions, and in _such_ instances as are _applauded_ in the world, easy to be performed, and free from _danger_ or _loss_, but from such a _living principle_ of justice, as makes us love truth and integrity in _all its instances_, follow it thro’ all dangers, and against all opposition; as knowing that the more we pay for any truth, the better is our _bargain_, and that then our integrity becomes a _pearl_, when we have parted with _all_ to keep it. That we must be _humble_, not only in such instances as are _expected_ in the world, or _suitable_ to our tempers, or confined to particular occasions, but in such a spirit, as renders us meek and holy in the _whole course_ of our lives, as shews itself in our _dress_, our _person_, our _conversation_, our _enjoyment_ of the world, _patience_ under injuries, _submission_ to superiors, and condescension to those that are below us, and in all the outward actions of our lives. That we must not only devote _times_ and _places_ to prayer, but be every where in the _spirit_ of devotion, with hearts always set towards heaven, looking up to God in all our actions, and doing every thing as servants living in the world, as in an holy temple of God; always worshipping him, tho’ not with our lips, yet with the _thankfulness_ of our hearts, the _holiness_ of our actions, and the pious and charitable use of his gifts. That we must not only send up petitions and thoughts now and then to heaven; but must go thro’ all our worldly business, with an heavenly spirit, as members of Christ’s mystical body, that, with new _hearts_ and new _minds_, we are to turn an earthly life into a preparation for a life of greatness and glory in the kingdom of heaven. 15. Enough, I hope, has been said, to shew you the necessity of thus introducing religion into _all the actions_ of our _common life_, and of living and acting with the same regard to God in all that you do, as in your prayers and alms.