---~-7-5;6---------~~Tl~re-at~lfe~e-if~C~a7.~~ng-s-. -------------- that he may bee_a good and ptOfirable mem- A I Zebedew not contenting themfdues with /ber offome fomty and body. And the aun- ' th~calhng of Dtfciples, but being inflamed • I ctent Church condemned all ~onkes for wt_th defire ofho~our a~~d d_tgmty,touglll two theeaes and robbers, th~t befides rne_generall pnnctpal offices m Chnil hts kmgdom,which duttcsofprayer and failmg,dtd not wnhaltm- (as they deemed)fhould be aciuill and worldploy themfeluesm fome othercalling for their ly kingdome. Hence arofe enuy and heart· becte~ rnamrenance. . . . burning among the defciplts, and further enils Thtrdly, wtlearne by thts, that mtferable would haue mfued, vnle!fe the wifedome of anddamnable is the elbte ofthofe that beeing our Sauiour Chriil had cut them eff. TheBi- <mnched with greatliuings and reuenewes,do fhops ofthe Church ofRome, not contented fpend their daies in eating and drinking, in with their Ecclefiafiicall cilate, affe8:edthe fporrs and pailimes, not imploying themfelues honour ofthe Empire : and by this meanes m ferutce for Church or Common-wealth. It brought hauocke and ruine vpon the whole may be haply thought, that fuch gentlemen Church : yea, the very firfi famiLy that euer haue happy liues; but it is farre otherwife: wasinthc world, fcltthe fmart of this euill. 'COnfideri~g cuery one, rich or poore, '~!an '?r B (ain, becaufe he feared the lo!fe ofhis primawoman, ts bound tohaue a perfonall_callmg,m cy,w~ereby he wasto be a Pricil, Prophet, & Gen.H . whiC~ they muil performe fome dut1es for the ruler m.Adamshoufe,aftcrhis deceafe,flew his 8. common goo~ according to the meafure of brother .Abel.And this may well bee gathered the g1fts that 1.>0d hath btfiowcd vpon them. by the words ofrl.e text,where whenCainbe· Fourthly,hereby alfo itisreqnired that fuch gan to beangry,the Lord faid; if thoudoft.,eU, as we commonly call feruing men, fhould thereuremijfwn;ifnot,[mlieutth<doore. Now haue, befide the office ofwaiting, fome other C•inmight haply reply& C1y ; this~s well but particular calling, vnkffi: they tend on men of my l\'i~fe remaines,thar I muft lcofe my ;ight great place and ft.re: for ondy to wattr., and & dtgmty. To thtsGod anfwer<ththus,in the giue artendancc, is nota fufficient calling, as next words; Andhid 11ppetjteflutO be tothe6~""d common experience telleth : for waiting ferthcuJhalt rule oHer him; namely, ifthoH doe.,elJ. uams, by reafon they fpend the moil oftheir And from time w time, the greatefi difcords time in eating and drinking, flecping and gathat haue fallew out in the Church of God, ming afterdinner and after fupper, do procue haue i!fued fro this fountaine. And the fame is rhe moft vnprofitable members both in alfo true in the Common-wealth: hence come Church and Common-wealth. For when ei- C tteacheries,treafons,andfcditions,whenmcn ther theirgood maftersdie , orrhey be turned notcontent with theirown eilate and honors: out of their office for fome mifdemcanour, feeke higherplaces: and being difappointed, they are fit for no calling, b:ing vnable to lagrowtodifcontentments, & fo forwardto all bour; and thus they giue rhemfdues either to mifchiefe.Therfore in a word,che gooddlate All. to 7 . begge or fieal<. The waiting man of Corneli"' ofthe Church and comlll<ln·w<ahh, is when that Centurion, was alfo by calling a fouldier: cuery perfon keepes himfelfeto his owne caland it :w~r.etobe wiil1ed now adai<S,that genling.And this wil vndoubtedly come to paffe, tlemen would make choice of fuch feruants tfwe confider what be our callings; and that that might not onely tend on their perfoss, weare placed in them of God; and theref<>re but alfo tend vpon fomc oth<r conuenient of· iudge them to bethebeficallingsof all farvs. fice. It is good for euery man tohaue two lll. Rult. Euery man muil ioyne the prailrings to his bow. difeofhis perfonall calling, with the pra8:ife IJ. Rult. Euery man muil iudge that parti· ofthe generall calling ot Chriilianity, before cular calling, inwhich God bath pl~cedhim, defcribed.Moreplainely:Eueryparticularcalto be the beil ofall callingsfor him : I lay not ling muil be pra8:ifed ia , & wi.rh the generall fimplybeil, butbeil for him. This rulei&fet D callingofaChnllian: It isno~ fufficientfora. forth vnro vs in the example of Paul, 1haue manm thccoagrcgauon, andtncommonconlearmd(faith he)inwhatfoeuerf/•tel am, to bee uerfation, to bee a Chriilian, but in his very . contentand.,eR pleafed. The pra8:ifc ofthisduperfonall calling, he muil fhew himfelfe robe Phtl.4,n tie is thc!hy& feundation ofthe good eilate fo. A~ for <xample. A Magtftrate mufi not both of Church and Common-wealth: for it onelymgenerall be a Chniltan, as cuery man maketh euery man to kecpe his owne!landing, is, but.he muil be a Chrillian Ma~iftrate,. in and to imploy bimfelfe painefully within his execuungthe officeofaMagtilrate mbearmg calling; but when we begin to miOike the wife the fword.~ maller ofafamily, muft not ooedifpofition ofGod, and~othinke other mens ly bea Chnil10nab~oad m the towne, and m callings better for vs then our owne, then folthe congrcgauon, m the fight offtrangers, but lowesconfufion and difqrdcr in euery fociety. alfom the adnnm!lrauon and regtmenrofh!s When eAbfot.ma child, and fubied ofking particular famtly,towards wtfc, chtldren, and Dtll4id 11 was notcontent with his dl:ate, but feruants. It 1snot enoughfor awoman to be {ought his fathers kiogdome, and faid, 0 that venuous openly to il~angers; but her ._ver~ue l,.,ere iHdge am<~ngyoH : many contentiGns and muil pnua.'ely fhew 1t felfe m her fubt~410n >,Sam, hurliburhes followed in the Common-wealth and obedtence to her owne hu.~b~ml. .A 'H• 5 ' ofthe Iewes all his daies. And the fonnes of SchoolemAftcr muftnot one}r ~!(,~ Chnfllau in
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