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Upon this; That Man is obliged to doe all for God, and to direct all his Actions to him alone.

COncerning a Christian's Duty, S. Chrysostom discourseth thus in the 23d. Homily, against those that kept the Feasts of the New Moons.

S. Paul (saith he) commands us to doe all things to the Glory of God: For whether you eat, or whether you drink, or whatsoever ye doe, doe all to the Glory of God. You will ask what relation have these things to the Glory of God? In∣vite a poor Man to your Table; this is called to eat and drink to the Glory of God. You may also work for God by shutting up your selves in your own Houses: How, and by what means, will you say? When you hear the Disorders and Insolencies committed in the Streets, by lewd Men, then shut your doors, have nothing to doe with that hellish Crew, and you shall keep your Houses for the Glory of God. You may also glorifie the Lord both by your Praises and by your Contempt: As for example; When you see a wicked Man gorgeously apparell'd, and sumptuously adorned with the spoil of the Countries, which he hath brought to desolation, and attended with a great number of Servants; and some weak Soul is blinded with that vain lustre, discover to him his errour, and make him see the vanity of that insignificant Pomp, and pity the happiness of that unhappy Man. Thus may Men despise things for the Glory of God. This contempt is an instruction for those that are witnesses thereof. We prove God to be pre∣sent at all the actions of our lives, even in our purchases and sales, when we are contented with

an honest gain, and when we take no advantage of other Men's necessities to advance the rates of our Commodities.

In your Fasts and Prayers, in your Contempt and Praise, in your Silence and Discourses, in Selling and Buying, think always on the Glory of God.

See upon the same Subject the 6th. Homily upon S. Matthew, the 79th. upon the same, the 9th. and 14th. upon the Acts, and the 18th. upon the Romans.