1.t2 TheMariage-Blefßing. The ground of0omgworrkilj, hDoing:So that theywith not.vntAtimbeing tiowtobemarried,a life ofidleneffe and eafe,and worldly pleafure,bur a life' of employment,a lifeofaaion,a lifeofDoing. Whence itfollowerh,Thatitxthe The6.Deli.Realms ofhimthat es warrted,to banefamecertain courfeandealting ,and condstion of lifewherein tederiving. And indeed this is the ordinanceof God, thatinthefweat g GcneC3.f9. ofhxface, euery man fhould easehis bread9,that none fhould wakemordee erely fGen,e i 3.6. To ratifie tins,Godappointed Adamwhat to doe,cuen in his innocency r: Our Markeóg. Saxionrhimfelfe during thedayesof his minority , was Denis , thoughina meanprofelfion, the trade ofa Carpenter , : Afterwhen hewasby baptifme inueled intothe officeofRedeemer, he wasin acontinual)aéliontotheend of uXe54 hisdales, yea,with fuch chcerefulneffe,that it was Meatsyaw him, to doe the, 34 will ofhim thatfenthint, endtofini/hhieworl¿eo Fitly is the lifeofman compared untoa pight battell, in which euery man is marfballed in his ranke,andaligned hisplace upon whichhe muff attend : forne commanders ofall degrees , forne fouldiersofall forts; none bath a fouldiers pay, but he whichhath a fouldiers place: fo itis inthe lifeofman I God is the grandcommander ofall, hebath allotted vetoeuery man hiscalling, bee bath fitted everymanto doe force.. thing. TimVfe. Thisdeferueth tobe commendedunto all,ofwhatdegree foeuer, but onto Gentlemen efpecïally, whore faultthisinordinate and idle liningchiefly is. It is the thought of the moil fuch,that becaufeof their birth,or becaufe they haue fufficieney otherwayes to maintaine themfelues; therefore they are exempted from theféfetled courfes ofdoing, whichothers ofbarer- blondd, and (mallet .lstsibil a. meanesaretied unto: Vpon thisopinion,we fee bywofullexperience, how gendo,anrwa. many fuch line, like vnprofitableburthensoftheearth,paffing away their time le agerda,ant either indefog nothing, or in doingculU,orindeingtbat whichistenopnrpofs. When aliadageMe. fómecome tobechallenged at the lal'cday, for lining inpleafurevpnsearth, and alameaf. f, wantenneffea; wherefhall fuch hide their heads, how (hall they efcape2 The fhptpe account of that day will force them to acknowledge,that it had been betterforthem to haue taken the byteand fpade intotheirhands,thentohaue made gaming,andhunting, andOnline, and foaling,to betheir chiefefk, bu- fìneffe:toyou all thereforeI heartily willa,that you may ferme to your{elues liltedhearein your caresthe words ofDaaidvntoSa lonoen, touchingthe. buil- dingoftheTemple; Vp, andbeedoing , and (nodoubt ) the Lord will be with ytChro.sa.sa7ex Tbs 7.1,,a. Now thisDeirs ,mull beamortbjDoixg,oradoing worthily. Tp dee worthily, is thefame thing (in mine opinion) with that which Paxlcalleth awalbln worthy %,Cololti.fo oftbeLordx,or, worthyofthecalingwberenntowearecalleda;thatis,toweihefoas sEph:s.a. becommetlr thofe whom the Lord bathcalled tobehis, and to whomhehath reuealed hiswill, byhis WordandSpirit. So thattoJae worthily, and todoere. ligieuflj, are all one, tomake Religionand the feare ofGod,tobe theruleand guide ofa mans aetions. This is a worthycourfe. Noa&ionistobetearmeda worthyallicn, butthatwhieh is tempered with wifdome; neitheris thereany bPfal, tudo, true wifdome, faue-that ofwhich thefoundation.is layed in thefesre efCodb, ThismadeDaaid tobecome a man fofare exceeding others inworth,beeaufe cPfn1sa9.gq the Tefbmotetetoftbe Lord were hie mednatione. Many things (notable in: their owne nature,)are reported to haue been doneby the heathen, but yetwanting theguidance ofReligion,they haue loft theirgrace,and thebet+name that can begiuenthem, isro call themGlorionefirma. Hence therefore followeth that dPfal.trgsq hewhich defirethto doeworthiy, muft make theWord ofGodhis Connee!(ora eloh.f..39. muftfearcbtbeSeriptmee, mull ls: itdwcllplosotiooe fly with him(. Therebee fhall fcol.3.r6. find thegroundsof trueworth, which is even this, to beefwort valiantcox. 1to814.7. rape, teahfernsanddaeacc srdingtoallthattbe Lordcommands Thereher Ihall reads
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