. . ~ . . ~ . . ';,.; . ' filth~e.flffP. Efo~cpuldtake paines>~nd tl~aeea.gerly'ti 1he~ Gen,:a1_.32e .. was alm~Adead w.ith labour, ·but itwas in hunting, in fol-· ·i )owingh}s vaine fport; in this he would fpend himfelfc. For hefaith,Iam almofl dead: and he was fo faint,that he would fell his birth-right for a m.e{fe ofpottag~ r:o refi·e{h him. All this while he was no !,etter than an idle .pelfon, becaufehee was .iH occupied: and this was tohrm (as he vf.cd it) a.curfed· labour. For, God would haue one labour in fuch acalling~ · as {hould humble his ftefhJ pull downe and tame his pr ide~ and bring fome increafe vnto his outward eHate, fo that bee 01ay haue a~1ercifull affecHon,and alfo.abi,icy to lhewmet- . cie. This God bath appointed, and thefe will bee theeffetls The effeds . ofgodly labour. But other wearing ones felfe in flauery :.ro· ?:~o~~~; his lolles, ~nd feruing finne, humbles him not a vvhit, nay it makes hiin more proud,rnore furly,and more vnfociable,fo·-. ~she neither knowesGodnor hi~felfe. It dotb not prepare· pi mto die,b~t it.makes him forget his lattei:':end,neuer thin– kingofdeath dll deathdeuoure him. It makes not the heart , pitifull and merctfull : but it hardens th~ heart, and infetls – it with c~ueltie. And fuch aone is not made by his labour a~ ~le~~~ w~lling togtue more, but v-nahle-and vnwilling· to·. :giueany ~thinga.t alL So.tnateuery man rnufl hbout\nomart bathany warrant or priuiledge to ·hee.idle, for that :makes . him g.uiltie of~he finnes and iudgements of the S6dfJmites·. Ezcch. ~~ - · And fu_rthermor~; euery man ,ntulllooke that ·hi$ vocation 4·9• ~~e. ~~ne~l an,~; lawHJlh orelfeh~eLhall doe hitnfel~e ~or~ l:iaf..tp,e ~l\en. g()p:dhy,hi-s labour. ) . · .· . i i ~: . ~ <; ~ ;~.). ~- . :f)le:f~·~ohd :pp1ntoffrugalitieis,inkecp~ng that prude't:U:• Jy a-nd . g~fcree-t;eJ,y, 'V'Jhich was.honeHlygotieo. Por if1abouf iogettifJg l?e· net ioyned .wit~ w1fedome in preferuing ·an.d : faui lg, ,that i~ Qil:good t-h~ifr. Neit~er. mu(l thiS. bee - an~ gg~tdly _and. mifertable fparing, zbut a,norderly-and·'?"ife. dif 7 JF>fing aqd ·)1_J;Js.b.atlQiiJ,g oli that which God ~bath pmr!i'ntb– our hands,that we maybc,betterahle to·do .good,-and ~~·.re~~jeue oth~r~ ~ lo thisNm.~1.1yJaile :and hy fa~ling init, are faul- .. ~,~.·-I ~i.<;}Jl ~- .~Q.d ~utie$s. neceffary as- the .form.e-r : they labour· ~pth;e9~-~ ~~d thutt~·idi. gr.ciatdiligcnce, and carefulhcffe,~ till; thc.y,b:aue g:OttC.rt-fomethin§;-.;but thenth~y lee it goas t'"a'lf, ?. ·. ·; 1 either~· ·
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