44S Tl:>e ljjenefits 'ef Lof>o11r. ~tft. 4• §. 4• Quell. 4• WiU n01 RicbtJ eKCJ<ji ont from labouring in a CaUing? Anfw. No: but rather 'bind w ul no< , ~hem to it t!.e more : For he that hath moll wag" from God, !hould do him moll work. Though Riches exturc tbey have no outward want to urge them, they have as gtear a neceffity of obeying God, and doin good to others, as ant 6ther men have that are ·poor. • , -. - g ~·ft·~ ~ hy Labour isneccAiry. Ji· 5• (l!!ell.)• Why i~ labour thll< ~ectjf'ary to aU that are able? An[w. r. Goct hath ftrialy com– m~anded 1t .to all: An? hts Command IS Reafon enough to us, . 2 The'ff. 3· 10, 11, 12. For even whe~ JJ~t wert w:th you, thu we commanded you, that if any WoHld not worl{., neither jhould he eat. For JJ~e hear that there 4rt {ome whicb wall{ among you di{orderly, worl<f.ng not at aU, but 4rt bufie~bo. l:'l.tk. 46 . t. dies: Now them that ~re foc!J, we comtt'l4nd and exhort by ·9ur Lord Jefus Chrift, that with qztietmfi IX:m.r6.r 5. they wor/t and eat thetr own bread. See verf. 6. 14. I Tpeff. 4· II• We befeech you brethren-– Deut. '·1· that ye ftuily to be quje:, and to do your own bufinlfl, ttnd wor~ with your hands 111 we command· lhod. 3ot· :.I. ed you, that ye may walJt hont!ftly ( or decrntly ) toward! them that are without, and that ye may have lacJt of >tothing. Gen. 3· Ill· In the fweqt of tby face fh•lt thilft eat bread, till thoi. return unto the ground. An:d in the foitrth Commandmmt; Six dayes jhfllt thou labour. So Ephet: 4• 28. Prov. 5r. 3Id3• · 9· 6. 2. Natttrally atlion is the end of all our Powers; and the Pm'tr were v1i11, hut in refpect to the all! To be able to underjland, to read, to write, to go, &c. were littl.e wouh, if it were not that we mayDo the thing.s that we are tltab/eJ to. 9· 7· 3· le i-3 for AlUott that God maint~ineth ut and our abilitiu: wor/t is the m/Jf'11l as well as the natural End of power. It is the all by the power that is commanded us. ~· 8. 4· It is allion that God is moll fwred and honoured by : not fo much by our being able to do good, but by our doing it ~ who will keop a fervant that is able to work, and will not! Will his meer ability anfwer your expeCtation~ . . J 1· 51• 5· The publick wtlfarc, orthe good of many, is to be valued above our own. Every man therefore is bound to do all the good he can to others, efpecially for the Church and Commonwealth: And this is not done by Id!tnefr, but by Labour ! As the Bm labour to repleni01 their hive, fo man being a fociable creature, mull labour for the good of the fociety which he belongs to, in which hi• own is: containe~ as ~ 1part. ;~ . . ~ ~ . , , 9· 1 o. 6. Labor<r IS nece1fary fer the pn[m!alionof the faculms ofthe mmd: r. The labour of the ·mind is neccffary hereto, becaufe une:xeicifed Abilities wjll decay; as Iron not ufed, will confume with rufl. ldlenefs makes men fools and dullards, and fpoileth that little ability which they have. 2. And the ei<erdfe of the Body is ordinarily neceirary, becaufe of the minds dependance on the body, and acting according to its temperature and difpolitioh: lt is exceedingly helped or hindered by the body. ~""'" '"' 9. u. 7. Labour i• needful to our health and life: TheBody it G:lf will quickly faU into mortal migtlt 1 ly ad- difeafes with<:ut it : ( except in fame very few perf?ns of extraordinary foundnefs•. ). Next ~o abfti~ ditt~~ to the. nence, labour 1s the ch1ef prefervcr of health. le fhrreth up the natural heat and fpmts, wh1ch pcr.– txewfe of hJS form the chief offices for the lifeof man : It is the proper bellowsfor this viral tire : It helpcrh all,rbe bo~y, as n~- Concoctions of nature: le attenUatetb that whiih is too grofs: it purifiech that which beginncth td b:1~? 0;~o~ye corrupt : it openeth o~Ciru6tion~ : .it ~eepet~ the mafs o~· ~lood ~nd ~thcr nutritio~ humot~rs in theii– ;.nd mind. proper temperament, he for motion, cuculauon and nutrmon ; It helpcch them all m the difcharge of Laert. out of their natural offi.ces :· Jt hel_pe~h t.he parts to ~ttract each on.e i~s proper nUtriment, a~d promoteth Pltltar~J. h every fermentatiOn and afitm1lauon by whtch nature mamtameth rhe tranfitory fhll confuming !i:::fou3(:11~d Oylc and mafs : It excelleth art in the preparation, alteration and expulfion of all the excrc... body (hould mentitious matter, which being retained would be the matter of manifold difeafes: and power• be e<]ually fully fighteth againfl all the enemies of health: In a word, it doth incomparably eKcell the help ofthe exf'~c~fed ~· mo!lskitful Phyficions and excellent Medicines in the world, for the preventing of mofi difeatCs inci– ~~fv;~' 0 a; a~ dent to man : (and confequently to the benefit of the foul it fclf, which cheerfully ufeth a cheerfui two Ho'f" in and well tempered body; and ufeth a langui!hing fickly body, as the Rider ufeth a tired Horfe, or ao aCoach, and we ufe a fick or Iazie fervant, or a blunted Knife, or a Clock, .or Watch that is out of order. ) I fpeak ~~;n~n~~~~f<l all this, of Bedily_labour, which is neceiTary to the Body, and c~nfequently to the mind.: For want of the osher. & which abundance grow mrlanchoUy, and abundance grow 1lugg1fh and good for nothmg ; and abun• Prcc. of dance cherifh filthy lufis, and millions yearly turn to earth before their time: For want of bodily bH<al<h. hour a multitude of the idle Gentry, and rich people, and young people that are !lothful, do heap up in the fecret receptacles of the body a dunghill ofunconco&ed excrementitious filth, and vitiate all the ma!S of humours which !hould be the fewel and oyle of life, and dye by thoufands of untimely deaths ( of Feavors, Palfies, Convulfions, Apoplexies, Dropfies, Confurnprions, Gout , &~.) more miferably than if Thieves had murdered them by the High-way, becaufe it is their own doing, and by their !loth they kill themfelves. For want of bodily 'exrrcife and /abo11r interpofed, abundance of Students and fedentary perfons !ill themfelves with dileafes, and haflen their death, and caufele!ly blame their l>ardjludiu for that which was caufed by their bodily foth : The h.rdcjl jl11diu will do . little harm to moll men, if they do but by convenient interpofed bodily labour, keep all the hu– mours in thd:r jull temperament: when by a fluggifh walJt now and then, .inUead of lo~bou,. and {weat, they d~fraud themfelves. If the world knew but the benefit of TEMPER AN C E and L AB0 U R to the maiutaining of mans health and life, and the mifchiefs of E XC E SS of meai and drink, and· ID Lli N E SS, the love of health aod life would do that with them, whiGh Gods aurll<lrity will not do.
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