• and other good fruice)3nd I come tomine,and find nothing but Hippes,andHawes,and Sloes: I prayyou;what did you plant there then? Did you not fet thorncs and brambles~ Andcan you looke for better commoditie of fuch Hockes and 6ences? Therefore euen thanke your .felfe, and yoUf owne foUie,that,couldmake .no better a choice at the firfl~. So thefe~1aHers, wH~ they take feruants at all adue·n.tures,· and thencrieout, tl:ey bee not ·fai-thfuJ.l .?-Le-c: :them blatnc themfel ues then,dnt wouldnot at the firfi fee.they were re.. ligious,before they entertained them.o It is then-a-great and common fault_ atnong moll_Mallers, .that they haueno re– gard of grace and Religion z.but ifit,beefuch ao~e.:aswill· take littlewages~ and .pleafe'hin1 in eucry tiling, · and f<me· · his lufl,theyt~ke him,what eiler hebe,Papifl,Atheiti,t~ecfe, dru.nkarq, or gamcfler) without any exception: that is the leaf\ part of their thought• :But no m~n fl1all haue Gods bleffing in his feruice,vnleffe he wiiHabour to llauc fudt ~ . bouc him aswill ferucG.o.cL , · . fDirtaioniamat-J Religion, . . - . t ters of · l. Calling. The ~ea:c1potntofthcmders .- - ~urie.is,invGac.· · . 1\ecoinpenc~:a~dthat ~ Together~ - · when they dwell l Apart. . . ~ l(a:~~ a For diieClion in mattersofReligion and Gods feruice~ , ::irre': theMaRer muA looke that theycome to the publikeaffem~ uaats.in r blies in due tinle,and that they tarrie it out,·and fit in a·con– :li~'b~~ uenientplace,whercthey may hcareai1d Jeatne; and nod? fuch by-corners asd obfcure places. where they fpend their time in prating,or fcoffing,or (uchlike. This is no dirc8ion in theMafler,when he.lets his feruant come into the Cflurcb to proclaime their owne lharne, and his difgrace. Therfore., firft he.muAdealewith them plainc~y, You mull ferue·God ifyou fe-r.ueme ; and be religious·in·God' houfe,:ifyou will ld R haue any countenance inmyhoufe. • · · .:a:;. Secondly,forthe w·orkcs and bufineffe oftheircalling; fcoinuhcir the mafiers direelion ·isneceffarie; and , he·niuJlappointi~e .:~~ts work,& fee euery onehis pla<:~ ·and dutvwhic:hhemufi do, -- . .- - · " elfc
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