servants wear it yea he adopts them and makes them not only his servants but his children 1 John 12.2 2 Cor. 6.18 I will be a Father to you and you shall be my Sons and Daughters saith the Lord Almighty he makes them not only Sons but Heirs Heirs of God and joint Heirs with Christ Rom. 8.17 Gives them the Wedding Garment Mat. 22.12 Yea marries them to his Son Cant. 6.3 Thus we see there is good wages if there were no more but they have much more in Reversion a Kingdom a Kingdom of glory they shall enter into their Masters joy Mat. 25.24 Yea into a Kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the World yea into life eternal Mat. 25.34.46 See now if thou canst meet with a Master that gives better wages the Devil indeed promiseth much but performeth little all this saith he will I give thee when he can give just nothing but suppose he had the World at his dispose what good would it do thee it cannot give coâ—tent and make thee happy Indeed there was one dream't of happiness in a prosperous Estate but when he wak't it was but a Dream Luk. 12.16 c. Content grows not in the Worlds Garden these outward things bear no proportion to an immortal Soul they are of too base a birth and breeding to give it content but if it could satisfie at present what wilt thou do at Death then they must down to the Chambers of Death to Hell it self there to remain for ever and ever this is the Devils wages which he will certainly give all those that serve him 6. Motive To serve God in the sincerity of our Hearts is the only way to true happiness and to serve any other Master but him or to serve him Superstitiously or Hypocritically is the certain way to Ruine and Destruction all those that have served God in sincerity not one of them have miscarried and of all other there is not one that ever attained Heaven and Happiness the way of Holiness is the only Road to true Happiness and how can the end be attained if the means be not used 't is Godliness that hath the Promise of this Life and that to come Happiness is that which all men seek but few men find because few sought it in a way of Holyness The Covetuous man thinks if he could get Riches he should attain Happiness and this makes him Moil and Toil and Cark and Care yea make himself miserable that he may be happy and yet never attains so much as content and wounds his Conscience to get an Estate and is but like a Sumpter Horse that goes loaden all the day with as much Treasure as he can carry and at night stript of all and turned into a dirty stable with his gall'd back so after Death they shall be turned into Hell with their gall'd Consciences The Voluptuous man that placeth his happiness in pleasure thinks if he can but obtain his desire he shall be happy but how little satisfaction can he find here all his pleasure ends in a snuff and the end of his Mirth is Sadness and all this while he deprives himself of true pleasure The Ambitious man thinks to ascend the steps of Honor is to attain Happiness when alas this is the emptiest of all Bubbles and how oft do we see men break their necks from the top of Promotion These men build the Fabrick of their Hopes and Happiness upon a Sandy foundation where one dashing shower or stormy tempest throws down their Babel but a Christian laies a sure foundation in Holyness and in the fear and service of God they build upon the Rock which never fails them they seek Happiness in Gods way Psal 128.1 Blessed is every one that serveth the Lord and walketh in his way not every one that is Rich or Honorable this is the Worlds language and not Gods Deut. 7.14 If thou walk in his way thou shalt be blessed above all People that is if thou serve him according to his will Psal 33.12 Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord that is they chose God for their God and serve him as God Mat. 5.3,4 c. We may see who it be that in Christs account are blessed not those that are Rich and Potent Honorable or Mighty but the poor in Spirit those that mourn for their sins the Meek the Merciful the Pure in heart those that hunger and thirst after Righteousness those that are reviled and persecuted for righteousness sake c. that is those that live holily towards God and righteously towards Men that make the word of God the rule of their Lives that servant that did his Masters will in sincerity shall be blessed by him at his coming Mat. 24.46 He that in his Masters abscence improved his Talents well shall be made Ruler over much and enter into his Masters joy Mat. 25.21 He that refreshed the People of God according to the Will and Covenant of God shall receive a Kingdom prepared for him by God Mat. 25.34.46 Read Deut. 28. through out And see there the Promises made to the obedient and the Curses denounced against the disobedient and see which are in the most hopeful way to happiness yet there are many that are apt to say with those Job 21.15 Who is the Almighty that we should serve him or what profit is it to pray unto him or as Pharaoh in the like words Exod. 5.2 Who is the Lord that I should obey him I know not the Lord neither will I obey him but the Lord after made himself known in his destruction There are many that have business they tell us to follow and cannot live by the Scriptures or hearing Sermons neither have they time to pray in their Families c. But let these prayerless Families beware of the Curse Jer. 10.25 Psal 79.6 Hast any greater business to do than to serve thy God and secure thy Soul as thou makest the world thy business so 't is like to be thy Portion but it will leave thee short of happiness the best of Saints and the wisest of Men have taken another course and have sailed in a course of Holiness to the Port of Happiness for no other Wind blows thither Enoch walked with God and God took him Gen. 5.24 That is he walked in the waies of God and obeyed the command of God the like we read of Noah He was perfect in his Generation and walked with God Gen. 6.9 This course of life Abraham Isaac and Jacob followed David also and Hezekiah Johosophat and Josiah and many more 't is said of these they served God with a perfect heart Job was a just man and one that feared God Job 1.8 So was good Obadiah 1 King 18.3 thus Daniel and his fellows Dan. 3.17 and 6.2 thus Paul Cornelius Zachary and Elizabeth Act. 27.23 and 10.22 Luk. 1.6 and thus was Christ himself no guile was found in his mouth 1 Pet. 2.22 All these walked in the way of