A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the dutiesA guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties

The sixth reason to move us to this daily exercise, is taken from our calling and profession; for we are Citizens of heaven, and pilgrims on ¹earth, and therefore though our bodies are here beneath, yet our conversation should be in heaven, and our minds and affections should be on things above; our speeches should be of those things that concern our own country, and in all our actions we must endeavour to further our journey towards our heavenly home; neither must we one while go forward, and another while backward, or idly sit still; we must not one part of the day go in the right way, and in another part err and wander in the by-ways of sin, but we must be still going forward and holding the right road, never turning out of it, till we come to our heavenly home. We are called to be Gods servants, and therefore we must not divide our service between him and the world, seeing it is fit we do only his work from whom we receive so liberal wages; neither can we serve God and Mammon which are of so contrary a disposition: but whilst we incline to the ²one, we must of necessity neglect the other, as our Saviour hath taught us. We are called to be his Soldiers, and therefore we must only fight his battles, and not spend some part of our life and strength in his service, and some part in fighting on the devils side, by quenching the good motions of Gods Spirit, and contrary to the light of our own knowledge and consciences, neglect holy duties, and run on in such courses as are displeasing unto God. We are called to be Gods labourers; and therefore we must intend our business, that it may prosper in our hand, and not undo in one day, that which we have done in another. We must not, like unskilful husbandmen, sometimes plant, and soon after pluck them up, one