Nazhnt inep.ad Eudoxii. ATreatife ofCallings. 759 they tend with oneconfent, hee may fay, that A ruent,butvety hardly ofit (elf. And eueryone, is his calling;becaufe he liketh it bell,and is eboth old andyong, haue ooe of thefe kindes ueryway thelittell ea it.Asfor example : one of vnderllanding. Now all thofechildren that broughcvp in the Schooles of learning, defiexaell in this aaiue vnderll~nding, are to bee reth eo knowwhacoughttobe hiscallingrwel, fee apart, for the greatell callings in the he examines his affi:aionsor defire,and lindes Church and common-wealth. Dem...,.itsu the it moll ofall inclined to the minillerie of the Philafopher, chofe ProtagoriU to be his fcholGofpell : be examines his gifts alfo, and finler,becaufehe fhewed wit in theartiliciall bindeth both knowledge and vtcerance litte for ding ofa bundleofllirkes. Athanajim that fathe fame. Now fuch aone may fafely fay; that mous Bifhop,was firll potto learning, becaufe the minillery isthe calling, to whichheisfec he was found by thefea fide doing the part of apart. And the like may any other man in any aMinillrr, among thecompany oflittle cllilochercallingfay for himfelfe. Y<t, becaufe dren like himfelfe, examining and baptizing many men are partial! in iudging oftheir inthem according to the folemne order vfed in dination and gifts, the belt way for them is, the congregation. Or\gen,that famous clearke; to vfe theaduife and helpeof others, that are B when he was a child, vf~d to quefrion with his able to giue dire<'iion herein; and to difcerne father Lronit!M :about the fenfe of the Scripbetter then themfdues. ture, and todcmaodoftrades-men, thecaufcs Now touching children, it is the dutie of of things, and the vfe of their teoles and inparents, to make choice of litre callings for llruments. Andthus we fee in fome fort, how them, before they apply them to any partiparents may iudgetowhat callingeuerycbild cularconditionoflife. And that they may the is lit. better iudge aright, for what callings their And here all parents muft be warned, that children are tit, they muft obferue twothlngs the neglea ofrhis duty, isagreat and common in them: tirit, their inclination: fecondly; fin: forthecareofthemoftis, thattheirchiltheir narurall gifts. Touching inclination; dren may liue,norhingregardingwhetherrlley eucry child, eaen in bis firll:yeares dothaffea liue well,& do feruice to Godin a fit calling or fome one particular calling, more then anono. And the truth is, parentscannot do greather; as fomeare affe<'ied more with muficke, ter wrong to their children,imd the focietie of then others, fome with merchandife, fome men,then to apply them vnto vnfit callings:as with a more liberal! kinde of learning: fome C when achild is litfor learning, to apply him to with thls,fome with that. And by this may the a trade,orother bodily feruice; ciitrariwifr,to parents fomerhing iudge of their inclination apply him ro learning, when he is littell for a and iowardnel!C:. This was prattifed among trade: for this is as much, as ifa ma11 fho11ld tile Athenians , who before they placed their apply his toes to feeling, and not his fingers; children in any calling,did firft bring them in- & to goon his hands, and not on his feet, ar:d to a publike place, where inllruments of all to fer the members of the body out of their forts were laid: and they obferued with what proper place•-And this is the fecond rule. kinde of inftrument they tooke delight, and Ill. Rule. He that is fit for fundry callings, to the like Artdid they afterwards apply them mull make choife of the bell; Thus much S. with good fucoelfe. And it will not be amilfo, P4ulreacheth plainely in the next verfeofthis for Chrillians tobe followers of the heathen chapter: Artthou (faith he) c.Oed, beei•g,.fn-- in this, or any other commendable pra<'iife. ltant 1 c•re•otforit; b~tt ifthou maiejllwfru, Secondly,the naturall gifts which parems are ch•oftitrathn-. Wherehe giues thiscoufel,that toobferue intheir children, are ei:her in their a bondman hauing liberty in his choice, mull bodi~s,orin their rnindes. Ana thofe children accept ofit, rather then continue a bondman which excellinthe gifts ofthe body, are to be llill. Againe,P4ul bids the Corimhians to eobrought vp 10 callings, performed by the D uetfpiricualgifts,but<ffucia~tharr/iry,...ypro. Eu(eb. hifi.l,J. labour of the body: as in Mechanieall Art~. phme: wher he giusthis rule,that in the choice Andfuchasexcell in thegiftsofminde, are to ofgifts, wemulllabo9r for the bell gifts: &if i.Cor.r,f be applied to thofe fciences that are perfor- 'Ye are to feek after the bell gifts,then proper- '• med by wit and learning. The (a) notes ofa t:onally we mull feeke forrhe bell callingsl , Pbr 0 .1. childe thatis fit for learning, are thefe: a Jouc Here is a fpeciall rule fer all yeng lludents ?.de Rep. oflearning, aloueoflabour, aloue of praife, in the Vniuerfitics. Suchas arebronght vpin' Nnbn. and a wit neither too quicke, nor too duii ..A the fchoolesofthe Prophets, defire to know ~•. ~.~:; finewitinachild, is like a pen-knife that will wllat particular calling is bell for them , benot fhme a great loafe, bnt onely ferue to cut caufe they haue libertie to be either Schoolea quill. Againe, in the gifrs of the minde, mafters, or Phyfitians, or Lawyers, or Minimarkea fpecialldifferece. There be two ki•d• ll~rsofthe word efGod.S.'l'Anl according to ofvnderllanding, Aaiue,and PafSiue. The a· thiSgenerall rule, fheweth that a choice mull <Hue vnderftanding i<rhat, whichn<>tondy be made of the be!! calling., And in thelirll !=i>nceiueth of thing inueated by others, ~ut place,ifgifts will ferue, a choice moll be made · alfocan inuentthiogs of it felfe. The pafSiue ofthe calling ofa Prophetorteacher,and rhat vnderlhndiugisthat, whichonelyconceiueth aboue all other~ Academicall callings mull: of things deuifed by others, and cannotinhauerlle lirft place. Thus muchofchoice. 11. 'Poi1fi'
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