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heret(»far€ was tbepn^P perty of the lower crcaluri'T; fwr browzinj^ upoii, ^^ which they were created, prone and bowed do Now he IB truly of the earth eanhy ; bis o: ' dust, his food gathered from the dust, his ca5t upon the du«t, and his bed at lengftb made llic lap of dust i his life ii circle from dui^t lo d a Tteriefi of sensations, of animal impulsea, of sni- mal gratif^cacions, of animal actions, until, '^'^1 the aniniaUr be yield up the animal life, whie^' with sore toil and labour he hath beea endcaTOu^ ing to maintain. Perhap>) in thene declarations I may oAimd pridiT uf Mime i^ifl<xl men, who, having fort and ease, contemn this base cooditjoii of labour whereof I *:peak, and may fancy sometbing very intellectual ar>d tasteful, and spiritual, in the bi^h pursuits wrth which their life is con^emnL But our preaching ift not to represeol the coo- dition of the polished few, hut of the unpolisW many, whove condition, if it be better than 1 describod, God be praised, that it is J VJ THJC CI:K4£ as TO BOHILV LABOUR. 1053 better than 1 bare generally found it. But 1 would ask this day at you who know, how many men ar>d women in this city there arc to whom their Sabbath's dinner is Dot a higher conaidera* tion than their Maker's service^ Co whom their little |>urty of |ile;&9ttir<? \% nol n higher treat than the hcly vacrunitMit would be, which la»t Sabbath was dispensed amongu you. And if seru;e so prevail in thi»capitalof ihe most enlightened land* bow prcvaileih it, think ycu, against spirit, ia those more darkened territories over which the sons of Adam are scattered. And if I Imd llnic to take thow sentimental scruples to task, as I hope yet to have, I would ask them, by how much toil of immortal meD their state of eaae is maintained. How many labourers of the eorth every where, from Nova Zembla to New Zealand, have to sweat for it ; how many carriers by sea and land have to endure peril for it; how manj- arlizans have to grow pale over it; how mauj kitchen servants have to sweat for it in ftultry toil, and how many servants id halU and outward places have to fthiver in ihe cold or bow thoir spirits be- fore tnsolcncc and mUtrcatmcnt. Their ease, their style, their tasteful hfc, is the be&t proof of what I say, being purchased by thousands of men reek- ing like the nuimals, or tortured with care and vexation of epirit. Oh, if I were wanting a pal- pable demon^tralion of the degraded ttate into which the Fall hath brough: mankind, I would taken monarc