5.  The  folly  of  not  doing  our  business.     To  get  bodily  supports  is
but  our  errand  by-the-by.     These  souls  were  not  given  us  to  scrape  up
wealth,  and  only  to  provide  and  purvey  for  the  body  ;     Let  us  use  them
to  the  end  that  God  gave  them,  to  think  of  eternity:  Luke  x.  41,  42,
c  Martha,  Martha,  thou  art  careful  and  troubled  about  many  things ;
but  one  thing  is  needful ;  and  Mary  hath  chosen  that  good  part'  which
shall  not  be  taken  away  from  her.'     Martha  was  careful  to  entertain
Christ  in  her  house,  but  Mary  to  entertain  him  in  her  heart.     The  one
thing  ^needf ul  is  the  care  which  every  one  ought  to  have  of  his  own
salvation.  ^  Everything  is  best  that  helpeth  us  on  towards  heaven,  and
that  is  evil  that  hindereth  us  in  our  pursuit  of  heaven.      This  will


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appear  to  be  the  greatest  wisdom  at  length,  and  not  to  spend  your  lives
in  getting  honours  or  pleasures,  or  screwing  yourselves  into  the  favour
of  great  personages.  It  is  commonly  said  of  a  man  that  hath  gotten
an  estate,  that  he  hath  spent  his  time  well ;  but  the  apostle  commands,
Eph.  v.  15,  16,  '  See  that  ye  walk  circumspectly,  not  as  fools,  but  as
wise,  redeeming  the  time,  because  the  days  are  evil.'  Those  other  are
the  worst  fools,  who  make  no  provision  for  the  future ;  they  part  with
jewels  for  trifles.
SERMON  XII.
Looking  for  that  blessed  hope,  &c. — TITUS  ii.  13.
