'('19) ·7vide it . and t;~kJ care for our families, and follow ourct~!ling.r? Muft 'we tfot by lawful/ mc.,ns at~oid re,roacb and poverty in ·theworld? . An[w. In the way of J?uty i.t is as neceffary that wela~our in our calling!i, and provtde d11ngs honefr, and fubferve Gods providence for ~he ~aintenanceof our felves.an~ others; And the things of thts ltfe are Needful fo far as Life 1S needf1'tl, tba~;; we may have Timeandfrrength to do our works, and be fup•. .ported while we icek the One thing needful. ~ut ~hac which is not Neceffary for it[elf, but for another thmg, IS not ftmply or primipally NeceJTary. So far as Heaven may be obtam.ed, and the work.. ofChrifhanity done widrout the accommodar10ns of the fl.efu, fo far thefe worldly things are necd!efs. There is no Necej]ity t~~lt you be Rich or Honourable, or that you live in Health or malth; or that you efcape the hatred, and re- ~ proach, and trouble of a malicious world: There is no Necer· 11ty that yo1:1 {bould fave your lives when Chr\i( requireth them : For he that fo faveth his life, ibali lofe it, Matth. 16. 25. And that Ufefulnefs- (which you may in a lower fenfe call Neceflity) that any of thde things are of, is but in their refpeEt to theOne thing Neceffary, as they are fancbfied means · to the fervice ofGod and our falvation: If your daily hreaJ. be to be called Neceffary, it is not for it [elf, or for your 'ftefhly pleafare , nor ultimately for your life it [elf ; but to ·fufiain your life while yon are fee~ing after life eternal, and f(rving him that is the Lord.of life: Your Credit, or Ho14our., or Plea/t-Ire in the world, are no further NeccfJary or Vfefull to you, then they promote this great End for your [elves o~ others: Nothing but qod is jimply _7Vec,tf{ary for himfelf, and Nothing elfe is any 'A'ay truly Necef{ary bur f~r him. And therefore as by Necejfity of precept you muft labour ia your Callings, and feek provtGon for your felves and famllies. you mm!l: mo1.1 carefully watch your Heart5 that your defirci and labours be not carnal, ~s tending only to carnal ends; ~ut tbat you fincerely fubjed: the things defired, to the Onr: thing necef[ary, for which you mltfl defire them; and there~ fore th~r; you defire but fuch meafures and prvpCJrtions as are 1noil fmtable to that End which is only for it felf deGreablc: ~ven life it fclf mufi not be defired [imply andd~ltirmttr!J for: u fdf. D ~ As •.::.. - .... ~ ...
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