Chap. 3r. Expofrtion tapon ;kt Book of J o s. yeri 33 691 ,'nd thereforelure!, Çsd is anja. ft, andthou ara afär, brcatfe un- lefft he loadplaced the f arresfo, alloy badFt notfinned fo. Thus man blafphemóutly turnes his finupon God ; and while he will not accule himfelfe for th:t which he bath donevery ill, he accufes God who made him and all things very good. Thirdly Others accufe the times and places in which they live ; I( tayd one that was ftarke nought) live in Rome, where as man can be better ;I live in times fo univerfally infee'ied, that no man can efcape the inferion, nor be innocent. Is not this to ac- cafe God allo? who was it that cart thy lot to liveat inch a time., and in filch a place in the world ? did not God ? bath not he (as the Apoftie fpeakes, e,14// 17.26. )wade ofone blood all nations of men, for to dwel on all thefaceof the earth, and bath determined tke times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitations therefore he that chargeth the place where he lives with his fin, chargeth God with his fin, who difpofethof all men both as ro time and place, or who bath both their times and places in his hand, or difpofe. Fourthly , Not a few charge their fin upon their callings ; as ifthey could not doe or live honeftly in them ; I know there are fome finfull or difhoneft callings ; Therefore as the Apoftle ex- horts ( Tit: 3. 14.) Let all learnt to maintaine good Werkes (or as we put in the Margin, profefe honefI trades) for neceff,ry afes, and avoyd thofe that arc ufeleffe, and unneceffary. As for law.. full cailings,God bath appointedman to tide and labour in them. Now for any man ( when he bath done amiffe) to fay, my cal- ling put me upon it , or was the caufe of my mifcarriage, is as much asto fay, God put him upon it. The Apoflegives thisrule to the converted Corinthians ( r Cor: 7.20.) Let every man a- bide in the fame calling wherein he was called. Some, it feemes,be ing called to the knowledgeofChrift , thought they muff leave their worldly callings, and imployments, as ifthey were finfull fnares to them, or unneceffary diverfions from better things. Nay,faith Patsl,abide in the calling whereinye were called,that is, looke in what honeft civil! calling the fpirituall call of God bath found you, keepe to that calling Rill ; God doth not call us off from our imployments andbufinefe,but he calls us to be juli and holy in them.The grace of God doth not fetus above commerce with men, nor dothour entrance into Gods fervice; anyway ac- Tett2 quit
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