I .· Jl 'Treat!fe of failings. 755 man and man in euery fociety: to thew what A' lingto walkeiu. Thisappearethpl'ainly by the is the foundation and ground of all perfonal! whole word ofGod.AJam fo foone as he was callings. And it is a p(}int to bee_confidered cr<~ted, euen inhis-inte(;lrity ha~ a perfonall I ofvs,whichlthus explatne: God tn hiS word calhoga!SJgnedhJm by God: wh1chwas, to \ hath ordained the fodetie ofman withman, dretfc and kte(>e the garden.And after .Adams partly in the Common-wealth, part!¥ UJ the fall,the Lord gmeth a particular commandeChorch, and partly io the family • and it ment tohim and all his pollerity, whiCh binis not the will of ~od that man lhould liue deth all men to walke in fome calling, either and conuerfe alone by himfelfe. Now for the in the Church or Common-wealth, faying, maintaining of f~ciety, he hath ordained a Gen.3·'9· In thefwe.te <ifthybmf'esjhaltthoN cerraine bond to linke men together , which <ate thybread. Againe, in the renewing ofthe Phil,J.t+ Saint'Jia1tl calleth thebondofpeace, andthe hond la\v in mount Sinai , thefourth commaundeofpeifeEfion,namely,loue. Andhowfoeuer hee ment doth not onely permit labcur on fixe harh ordained focieties, and the bond ofthem daies,butalfo inioynes thefa~~>e(as I takeit)to all,yet harh he appointed that there lhould llil vsall.For Gods example is there propounded remaineadiCiincHon bctweene man and man, B for vs to follow, that as herellcdthe feuemh not onely in regard ofperfon, but alfo inorher day,fo mullalfo we: and confequentl~, as hee re.fpetts: for as the whole bodie is not the fperlt fixe dayes in the worke ofcreauon , fo hand, oorthe foote, nor the eye, but the haod Uwuld wee in our perfonall calliugs. And S. onepart, the foot another, aodtheeyeanoPaulgiuerhrhisrule, Eph+zS. Let him th"' ther: and howfoeuerin the bodie ooe parr is f/~le fleai<»omore, b•t let him ratherworkt with linked toanother,yetthere is adillin<'lion behw hands therhingthat i<g•od, that beemayhaM twixtthe members, whereby it commeth eo togiHe tohimth11t needeth. Chrill: the head o~ palfe, that the handisthehand, not the foot, men, liuedwirhlojiph in the<alling of a Car• "\"k.<3 and the foote, the foote, not the hand, nor the penter, till thetime ofhisbaptiflne, aBd l1erc:- Ju!lm. eye: foitisin fociecies; there isadifrind:ion upon it was thattl;e Iewes faid, Is not thU the co~tr3 inthe members thereof, and that in two re- \carpenter thefonne tiftYifar;.? and after he was Ttlph. fpe<'ls:firCI,in regardofme iaward gifts which ,baptized,and was as it were folemnly admit• God bellowed 011 euery mau, giuing to feuered into the office ofa Mediatour, the worke rail men feuerall gifts according to his good of 0111 rede1uption was then his calling, in pleafure. Of this dHHn<'lion in regard ofin. whichhebothliuedandditd. YeatheAogels ward gifis, PaNii11treatesat large, 1. Cor.r z, C ofGod haue their particular callings, in that through the whde chapter, where he ihewthey doe his'comm•ndermntJ inobeyirigth<v!JC< Pf~~· 1•1· eth tl>e dinerfity of gifts ~hat God bellowcs <ifhi< word. And therefore all that defcend of ' 6 '• on his Church, and fo proportionally in euery eAd•m mull needes haue fome calling to fociety. Now looke as the inward gifts of walke in, either publike, or priuate, whether men are feuered, fa an: the perfons dift:inguiit be iri the Church, or Common•wcaltb , or lhed in their focieties accordingly. Secondly, family. , perfons are dillioguifhedby order, whereby I He'nce we may learne fundry pointsof inGod bath appointed, that in euery fociety , ll:ru<'lidn;firll ofall, thatitisafoule diforder one perfoA fhould bee ahoue or vnder ano- I in any Common-wealth, thatthere fhould bee ther; not making all equal!, as though rhe fuffered rogues,beggars,vagabonds; forfuch bodietbould bee all head and nothing elfe: I kindofperfon.commonly areofnociuill follom , 3 buteuen indegree and or.der, hc:e hathfeta cieticorcorporation, no.r of any particuar 1 • • ' dillinCl:ion, that onelhould ~e aboueanQtber. Church: and are as rotten legges,and armes I.Pet>. And by reafon ofthls .d>ltmlhon of men, thatdropfromthebody. Againe,towand~r 'l•'•·; partly inrefpeCl: ofgifrs, partly, in refpeCl: of! vp and downe from·yeere to yeere to tl>is order, come perfonall callings. For ifall men D end,to feeke and procurebodilymaintenance had thefame gifts, and all. were in the fame 1 is no calling,butthe life ofabeall: and confe~ degree and order_, then ~ould all haue one J quemly aconditionod\ate oflife flatagainll a~d rhe fame calhng: b~tt m afmuch as _God the rule; Thateuery onemufthaueaparticu~ gmerh dtuerfirte ofg1ftSlnwardly, and dt(hn· larcalhng. And therefore the Statute made <'lion o_f order outwardly, hence proceede the !all: Parliamentfor the rellraining ofbeg- :;::~ 39 ' ' dtuerfine ofperfonall calhngs, and therefore gars and rogues, is an excellentStatute, and I added ,thatperfonallcallings arifefrom that being in fubllance the very law ofGod, is ne• dillin<'lion which God maketh betweeue uerto be repealed. ' man and man in cuery focierie. And thus Againe, he~by is ouerthrowen the condiwee fee what is aperfunall calling. Now betionof Monkes and Friau : who challenge to fore I come to inrreate of the parts thereof, th~mfelues that the~ liue in a !late of perferhere bee other g:nerall rules to bee learned , <'lton, becaufe they hue apart from the fpciewhich conceme all perfona!l callings whattie.sofmeninfallingandprayer:butcontrarifoeuer. · wife, thisMonkilh kind ofliuing is damnable; /, R•lt, Euery ~erfon ~f euery deg~ee, for _befides the genc~all duties of falling and (late, fexc, orcondmon without exception, pratcr,whlchappcrtame toa!Chriftians,euery' mufl haue fome perfonall and p...ticular calman-muttbane a particular&perfonal calling, , _______, Sff4 ---= _t~at ___ _
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