Proposition 2

PROP. II.

Every man should engage HIMSELF in the service of the Almighty God.

The purpose and study of every man should be this, I will serve the Lord. We should all be able truly to say of God, as in Acts 27:23, His I am, and Him I serve. A servant of God, this was the title, not of Joshua alone, but of other worthies too; when Abraham is mentioned, it is, Abraham the servant of the Lord; when Moses is mentioned, it is, Moses the servant of the Lord; when God speaks of Job, he says, Job my servant. Thus was Jonah, thus was Elijah, thus was Zerubbabel also styled. And it is a style which we too should be ambitious of. If we would not be miserable for ever, we must be the mystical, the spiritual seed of Israel; but such are so saluted in (1 Chronicles 16:13), O you seed of Israel his servant. As our Father's friend, so our Father's Lord, we must not forsake. We must all be the servants of God, as our Father before us was. And this especially for the three ensuing causes.