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This is the End of our Being. We are told that We have our Being in God. Of all things whatever this is then most Reasonable, that We should have our Being for God; and our ⟨p. 109⟩Being for Him, is not expressed without our praising of Him. The blessed God looks from on high upon mankind, and saith, as in Isa. 43. 21. This people have I formed for my self, they should show forth my Praise. Now that which is the End of our Being, is the End of our Living too. Two things are to be affirmed of it,

First, The Law of God doth Appoint this as as the End of our Lives. Unto every man living, this is the Voice of God, I spare thy life, that so thou mayst live my praise. It is said in Rom. 14. 7. If we live, we are to live unto the Lord. What the Apostle saith of Eating and Drinking, may much more be said of Living; as in 1. Cor. 10. 30. It must be unto the Glory of God. God gives our Lives, God keeps our Lives, and this is His revealed, His Preceptive Will concerning our Lives; Man, I suffer thy life, yea, I support thy life, that I may be praised, loved, admired by thee as long as thou livest. It was an heavy dismal Charge against Belshazzar, in Dan. 5. 23. God in whose Hand thy breath is, thou hast not glorified. The Almighty God gives us notice of this, Thy Breath is in my hand; at the same time He also requires this of us, Let thy life be to my pr•ise. That man makes a sacrilegious Encroachment and Invasion upon Gods Right, who makes not Gods Praise, the End of his living upon God`s Earth.

First, The Law of God doth Appoint this as as the End of our Lives. Unto every man living, this is the Voice of God, I spare thy life, that so thou mayst live my praise. It is said in