A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…

as intimating that it was a more honourable work to catch souls by the Gospel, and win them to God and to salvation, then to catch fishes. To please God and save our souls, and further others in obeying him to their salvation, is the Highest work that the sons of men are capable of while they live in flesh.

as intimating that it was a more honourable work to catch souls by the Gospel, and win them to God and to salva•ion, then to catch fishes. To please God and save our souls, and further others in obeying him to their salvation, is the Highest work that the sons of men are capable of while they live in flesh.

As the Priests were sanctified to draw nearer unto God, then the common people, and to be employed in his most Holy service, ⟨p. 250⟩so are the godly separated by grace from the ungodly world, and brought nearer God, and used by him in the noblest works. [In a great house there are not only vessels of Gold and of Silver, but also of wood, and of earth, and some to honour, and some to dishonour.] 1 Tim. 2. 20. [If a man therefore purge himself from sin, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the masters use, and prepared unto every▪ good work.] Ver. 21. The Vessel that Swine are fed in, is not so Honourable as that which is used at a Princes table. If you would know what use the Godly are employed in, read 1 Pet. 2. 5, 9. [As lively stones they are built up a spiritual house: they are a holy Priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices unto God, which shall be acceptable by Jesus Christ. They are a chosen generation, a royal Priesthood an holy Nation, a peculiar people that they should show forth the praises of him who hath called them out of darkness into his marvellous light:]▪ The holy Scriptures tell you the work of Saints: Compare them with the work of the drunkard, the glutton, the gamester, the fornicator, or the covetous or ambitious worldling, and let your reason tell you which is the more Honourable,