The works of George Swinnock, M.A

2. Is not that worthy to be made thy business, in which thou hast to do with an infinite, glorious, and jealous Majesty? If men are serious about the concernments of a Father, or Master, or Noble-man, or King, how serious should they be about the concernments of a God? I must tell thee Reader, that thou hast every moment of thy life to do with the great God. Whether thou art eating, or drinking, or walking, or buying, or selling, or ploughing, or sowing, or reaping (as well as when thou art praying or hearing, or reading, or meditating) thou haste still to do with God. In all companies, in all thy relations, in all natural actions, in all civil transactions, at all seasons, thou haste more to do with God then with any creature, then with all the creatures; And is his work to be slighted or dallied with, or slubbered over? Is it good playing or toying with his interest and concerns, in ⟨image 9⟩whose hand is thy breath, and life, and all that thou hast? Dost thou not know that his eyes is ever upon thee, that his arm is able to reach and revenge him on thee when he pleaseth; that he looks on himself as worthy to be observed and pleased, in all thy thoughts, and words, and deeds? and wilt thou dare him to his face, and provoke him before his eyes, and cast him behind thy back, as not deserving to be minded or regarded? Is his fury so light a burden, or his favour so little a blessing, that thou art so indifferent unto either? Ah didst thou but know what a God thou hast to deal with, in every part, and passage, and moment of thy life; how sweet his love is, far better then life; how bitter his wrath is, more dreadful then death; didst thou know how great a good, how blessed a friend, how high an honour, how choice an happiness, how rich a cordial, how vast a treasure he is to them that make his service their business; didst thou know how powerful an enemy, how intolerable his anger is, what a Lion greedy of his prey, what a consuming fire he is to them that do his work by halves and negligently; didst thou know him as the saved in heaven know him, to be an hive of sweetness, a river of pleasure; or as the damned in hell know him, to be a sea of wormwood, meeting thee as a Bear robbed of her whelps: O what wouldst thou then think of making religion thy business! speak Friend in thy conscience;

2. Is not that worthy to be made thy business, in which thou hast to do with an insinite, glorious, and jealous Majesty? If men are serious about the concernments of a Father, or Master, or Noble-man, or King, how serious should they be about the concernments of a God? I must tell thee Reader, that thou hast every moment of thy life to do with the great God. Whether thou art eating, or drinking, or walking, or buying, or selling, or ploughing, or sowing, or reaping (as well as when thou art praying or hearing, or reading, or meditating) thou haste still to do with God. In all companies, in all thy relations, in all natural actions, in all civil transactions, at all seasons, thou haste more to do with God then with any creature, then with all the creatures; And is his work to be slighted or dallied with, or slubbered over? Is it good playing or toying with his interest and concerns, in