eA 'Treatije of('al/ings. ;ith gifts fu.fficic:~r,nc~enl.tclc!fc: do .imploy A cra~ition. And in this cafeS. 'P6u/wa~ by one: rhefeluc:s whoiJy m thetr prtuatc il:udtc:s: not calJ1ng an Apofilc; . and at the fame timeby fhc:wingany wiWngnesto cakevponthe~ to anorherca11ing a Tenr-makcr, becaufCqf the difch:trge any minill:eri:dl calling, for ~lu:h poucrcic: of chc C!mrch of Corinth:as alfo bethey arc fir.For how(oeuc:r eo fc:ck acalhng In eaU le he would hereby fioppe the tilo".lt.~s of the Church ofGod forlucres fako, isvnlawialfc Apotllcs,which woul~ haue:lccufed him full,ycr to feeke a calling isnodimply vn!aw· for making aduantagc ofthe Gofpcli.And in full,ifchc:rc be an honc:fr mind,good mec:ncs, like cafe of nc:celliry,l doubt not but rhe miand the glory ofGod betruc:lyincended. niltcrs of chcGofpell now may cakevnr~ the ~~ft. J1'. Fourthly, it maybe demandt>d, other callings: this. alw;ics remcmbit"C), dur whether aman may enter into two callings at they be no hindcnrrc~ tO their printipallcaloncccfr no2lanfwer bydiflinguilhing,in IOme ling~, nor offence ro men. rcfpcCh he m~y,and in fome he may n_or. A:n Now 1come: to the fccond parr ofn1y di.. entrance may be made into cwo callmgs m frinll:i6 1tO fl1ew rhat mcrt may not emer into 1 three cJ.fcs: Fidl,when God hach combined two dillinCt ca~lings aconcc:a:Jd rhat in three rwocallingstogirhcr by his own appoinrmcr. lB cafes. Firll, if God harh disjoyned th& caiThus Mtlcbi~tdrch, that he might be :1 huely lings by his word and commandemcnr. Sefigure t)fChnfl: our Sauiour, was ak~ng and 1 condly, ifrhe pralhfe of the one hinder the .a pricll,:md d1d rhc office both ofa~1ng and 1 practifC ofrhe orher. Thirdly, if the combiPrictl,Htb 7.1.And the high prictlsthatwcrc ning of chen.1together, hinder the common :he fuccl."tfors of A4r~n, by Gods 3ppoinr~ gooO.On chcfe groundsour Sallior Chrift be· menr,wcre noc only PrieHs;bur ciuill Iudges mg the Doc&lor of chc: Church, refu(ed eo be • :lJCo. •lthoi~Jc rhc high P~ietl: was protcd:out judgeofinhrrirance berwixc the cwo brcthre. ef luda,in rhe non:1gc:oflehot~fo, &by vercue L~tk..,; Il. 13, 14. And h~rcupon the Apoil:ks ofhis prorellorOJip flew Athat;~b th<rt v~urpbeing ro do the duties of their owne callings, 1n.g Q.!!an~,J.King.t r. 1,. And there ts no refulcd eo perfcrmc tl1c office' of Deacons, maruell.of chis, bec:tufe the Leuices were the AE1.6.J.Hcncel gathcr,th:u in towns,co~pocommon lawycrs,and the ScripturesWere rhe rations,& fociecies, care(as much as may be)is poCiriue lawesofrhe fewes:a?d therfore n~n~ eo be h1d,rhac fundry offices & charges being were fo fie eo be ludges as pr1efl:sand Len1td. ofthcmrelues wcigluy,:tndof diuerfe kindes, Euen as in this land,thc 6rtdl: J\1dges in C<t\1~ be nor laid on the 01ouldcrs of one man: for tesboth ciuill and crimina11,are Lawycrs,thae the execution ofthem all breedeth difl:rathO, are expert in the !awes ofthe land, In rhiHe- C and dit!rallion difab!cth the moll able man gard, it was not fo great a burden among the in the difcharge of one office. He that c~me$ l C:WC'S eomanage the office of a PricH, and eo to the corne he3p~, the more he openerh his executeciuill iudgmenr. Secondly, rwo calhand ro rcceiue, rhe leife he holdC'rh : fo he lings may be combined,whC the enrring ineo that doch as it were enlarge himff l(e to beare them at once is not againtlrhe wcrd 1 and for the:: moll: offi.ces,che fewer !hall 11e di!Charg. the common good. Thus Cliin the kingd:'lm .fl...tteP. P. iunhermore, it may here be'deof lfra('J, was a Priefl: by onecal1ing, and by rntnded, whether it be lawfull ro enter inro another calling a I udgc. Thus Sa.,su/ ~A-as a rwo erades at once,ot no! Anf.Ir is nor vnl'aw~ p,opherand aIudge. Thus M•fe1 was aProfull, iffo bethey hinder noreach other,. nor phet and a ciui!l gouernour,yea a Prince: for the combining ofchcm, hinderthecemmon in rhofc time:s,borh ihreswcrero corrupr,thac good of mcn,and rhe partie intend not_fi'Irhy ehere could nor be found ordinary men fuffi. luw:,butthe cOmmon good,NeuerthclcJfeit cient eo difcharge cirher calling feuerally. i5 inconuemcnc in :1 peopled cOmon wea.lrh, Thirdly, cwo callings rn:ty be indured, when forth en one man ihall hardly Iiue by anorher: bd11g ioyncd,rhcy hinder,not each orhcr,nor yet ifone be not fufficient to maintline rhe the common good.Thus aman may lawfully D ch,ge ofaf•mily,a fecond calling may beadbe a M:tfter of afamily, and a Merchant, oradcdvpon rhe former conditions. ny other erade: whacfocucr. Examples hcrecf Againr; ir may be dC:manded, whether one we hauc in rhc::word of God. tA/Jr4h4m, be· m3y haue two farmes at once or no? An[wer. fides rh:uhe was l Mallrr of agreacfamily, ~< Some hauc thought it not conucnienr; bur in hisfamily altO a prophet & a priefl:in offe.. the cruth is,it may a1 well be demanded~whe... ring facrificc,wasbyan other calling amighty rher it be lawfull ro h.aue rwo eoarcs ar onc:e prina, and a grearwarricur. And the fame or no? for in a cOmon·wcalrh atl mufinot be may be faid ot the Parriarkes; they were goequall; bur fome aboue,fOme vndcrothrrs in uernours in rhcir familie~, & alfo prinets bearegard ofwe.a.hh. And therefore fuch as h3ue ring rhe ciuiiiJWord, as tnay appear in the ex1 fundry farmcs, wherhrr it be by inhcriu.nce, ample of lud,_,. Now there were rvro caufes or by honell: purchafe, may h\\'fully inioy why they might beare borh thcfe offices:firll, the. And thus much of good et:)trana. be,;tufe chc Church ofGod was rhen very The third maine poinc to be·conGdcred,is, fmall, & comprifed in one f~mily:& fecond... th6'go6d contimu~nc( ilia tAiling; which eo~tr;,u. ly, rhe doll:rine cfreligion was cornprifed in "'"~ c.:onfiite[h in the conll:ant pratlifeof the few head1,and del.1ucred from man to man by duties and workes ofthe fame calling. And --------------,_--------------------------.T~-----~n '
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