c; '"""'j'naemmt. ture command avocation, and the recreation as an helpe t• further vs in it?Now ifonema} aske you that fland fo much for recreation,what is your occupation ?what fore trauaile is it thacwearethyour bodie? what earnefl fiuclie troubleth your braine,that youmufi haue fo much refi:dhing, and fo much recreation? It muH be fomevery painfulllabour, that needeth fo much reA~o makeyouable. to performe it. It is a fore laboure indeed 1 for it is the feruice ofluHand the diudi; two hardMa!lers. But this turning ofrecreation into avo– cation,,or avexation rather,is not allowableby Gods word. How dare(1 thou then be fo impudently audacious,as to rob God of his treafure, to maintaine thy filthy luH, and defile his holy wordJby defending thy vnholypratlife? So likewife come to acouetoU3 perfon, rebuke him for his crueltie and oppreffion)hewhim thar the loue ofthe world is cnmitie toGod,.and rhat couetoufnctfe is idolatrie, then– comes in this place ofScriprure>whichmufl falue all, What? hath net Godcommanded a man to labour in his calling·? doth not God fay, He iJ worft then 1111 lnfideH, th4t prouidcth· not for hi& fafl'Jilu ?·and fo, all mull goe vridcr the name of good husbandrie, and thrifr, and prouiding for the famii~e. But confider,thou that flandcH thus for thy labour,God will ·haue thee la!Your, but not to ferue the cliueJl in thy labour ; take paines in·thy calling, but hurt not thyneighbour by it; prouidc for thy children and lay vp, but withall, lay vp thy treafure inhcauen efpecially,and proui~e to bri~g themvp– in the feare of God, and in fome ChrHHan vocation: firfl,, prouide that theymaybe Chriflbns; and the1i thou hall wel , -prouided for them. Store vp merci full workes : for ifwe be n l!fal.J7· righrcous,mercifi.dl,.:.md lend)our feed fhall enioy the blef.. fing~ ThusGod will haue one labour wich godline flf',. and prouide fo for his childrcn,as that hec tnuH alio·prouide for · his ownc foule. - .: So, come to angric and pa ffionat~ perfons, they likewife canh ~ue foinething to fay for t heir fin,~nd that out o (Go~s. , I ' word. \Vhen theyhaue broken OUt into focrl ifh and vnadui·~ ~AAr ~cele.,..n . fed paffions, tell tHem, This is naughr,.vlnger reflefh ~nrlie: ! lames 1.:o. /Jo[ome 1[[fl1les,and ih-t wrAtliofmAnffilfi!.r tlst the lawofGod• . , Oh
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