Chip. 2z. CHAPA XXIII. Qxeflionr, and Cafes ofConfcience about our Callings, and Vocations. C i:eft. > ;,à light every man ro have aCalling ? Anfwe. Yea, as may appear by theft Scriptures, E'cclef. 1. r-3. Ephef. 4. 1S. Chrift himfelf had one , L?víark 6.3. 1 7 hef.4.r t. Quell. to it afufftcient callingfor a man to attend upon another, asferving men do? Anfw. To attend upon the perlons of Magiftrates and Nobles is a warrantable calling , efpecially having force particular em- ployment annexed to it as to be Cook, Butler, Clerk, Croome, &c. So had Cornelius fervants, to. 7. weft. How mutt we behave our felves in our particular callings ? Anfw. We muff be diligent , painful , and faithful therein , Genef. 3. 59. `Pfalm. IzS. z. Prow, to. 4. and 13. 4. and 22: 29. 2 Thef, 3. lo. Gen. 35. 40. uefi. Suppofe a man have enough to maintain him, and hie without a calling ? nfw. Yet if he be able , he mull employ himfelf in Come particular cal- ling, either in Church or State, and be diligent therein : He mull eat his bread either in the fweat ofhis brain, or ofhis brow. Adam himfelf muff work , gen. z. t 5. See Eltonon the Commandments. uefl. How elfe may we prove that all muff have callings ? !/Infw. From the Examples of Gods Saints in all ages : as of Abel, &c. before the flood: the Patriarchs after the flood, and many under the Gofpel. . Quertt. Why muff we ufefaithfulneffe and diligence therein ? -eltofu. . Fitft,becaufe he that is flothful, and negligent therein, or walks loofly, and carlefly, is Herea kin tohim that lives without a Calling : yea, he isbrother to him that is a great wafter,Prov.l8.9. Secondly, diligence in a calling, is the work of the Lord : and therefore he that doth it negligently is accerfed,,Jer.48: so. Thirdly , God of his rich mercy bath allowed us fix days,not to loiter , but to labour, and difpatch ourbuflnet i14, exod3o.9, E e Fourthly,
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