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

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, Psalm 34. 9. [O fear the Lord ye his Saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.] Psal. 31. 23. [O Love the Lord all ye his Saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful.] Psal. 89. 5, 7. [The heavens shall praise thy wonders O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the Congregation of the Saints. God is greatly to be feared in the Assembly of the Saints: and to he had in reverence of all them that are about him.] These are the employments of the Saints.

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⟩