The way to the highest honour a funeral sermon, on John XII, 26, preached…The way to the highest honour a funeral sermon, on John XII, 26, preach'd…

To conclude the Argument, Let us be persuaded to dedicate our selves wholly to the Service of Christ, and to live according to our Dedication. This should be the early act of the reasonable Creature; for is it equal to put him off with the Relics of the World to whom the First-Fruits, the best of all we are and have is due? But if we have been careless ⟨p. 114⟩of our Duty, let us not any longer defer to make a voluntary Consecration of our Lives to his Glory: Remember that Life is but a Spans breadth, our opportunity of serving Christ is short, and the omission of it is irreparable. What is there to recommend a Service to us, but is to be found in the Service of Christ? 'Tis the most honourable Service, whether we consider the Divine Majesty of our Master, who is King of Kings, and Lord of Lords: The Quality of our Fellow-Servants, the Angels of Light, and the Glorified Saints, who are the Princes of his Court, and the Heavenly Nobility: And the nature of the Work that is sublime and excellent, becoming an Intellectual Soul, that is Spiritual by Nature, and Divine by Grace.

To conclude the Argument, Let us be persuaded to dedicate our selves wholly to the Service of Christ, and to live according to our Dedication. This should be the early act of the reasonable Creature; for is it equal to put him off with the Reliques of the World to whom the First-Fruits, the best of all we are and have is due? But if we have been careless ⟨p. 114⟩of our Duty, let us not any longer defer to make a voluntary Consecration of our Lives to his Glory: Remember that Life is but a Spans breadth, our opportunity of serving Christ is short, and the omission of it is irreparable. What is there to recommend a Service to us, but is to be found in the Service of Christ? 'Tis the most honourable Service, whether we consider the Divine Majesty of our Master, who is King of Kings, and Lord of Lords: The Quality of our Fellow-Servants, the Angels of Light, and the Glorified Saints, who are the Princes of his Court, and the Heavenly Nobility: And the nature of the Work that is sublime and excellent, becoming an Intellectual Soul, that is Spiritual by Nature, and Divine by Grace.