76+ rd'Treatife of[allings. herein twopoi1,ts mull be confid.erc:d. Firtl, A that God will nor haue knowne before rh;,. wl>ar beehe works ofour callings which mull come eo patfc:.In aword,euc:ry one char d0th1 be done, & of what norcahefc:cond, in what noc rh~ duties ofhis o~ne callinf diligently, rnann:errhey muft be done. For rhe firft, the and With good confc1cnto, is ereby conworkcs of our e>llings muil bee qualified by dc:mned. ' 01 three notes. Firtl:, they mufi be rhe proper The fecond properrie is,rhar rhe workcs of workcs of our catlings: fecondly, rhey muft ourcallings be profirnb!e, not only ro rhe dobe profitable: and thirdly·, necctfsry. The en 1 bUt to the common·vvcalch. This the law firllisSaim PAuls rule, J, The/[. 4.1 I. LiHt in of nature tea.chc:rh. By this fecond propercie p.au,fairh he: bur how !ball char be donel he fun drymen arc to be blarncd.Firll,rhe tradesanfwererh,bJ doi11g hisowne hHfimffi.And Saint man,that gerteth hisliuing bymakingforrdn Ptter giucth the fame rule: requiring that no and fond fafbion~ofartirc)which fcrue.for no man Jujfer lt4 a bHjie.bedJ in other men; m.ntten 1 vfe, bur to be di(plaied Hagges, and banners, J, Pet. 4· 1 5· In borh which places, the holy cttherof folly,or pride,or wanronne{fe:for all Ghofl: r<ached1 vs, t!m we mull firll qfall fuch fafhions arc condemned by the word of fc.arch, what be the proper works ofour own God, yea by the very light ofnature. And callings, and then afterwards do them. The B therefore fuch as liuc by felling & making of husband-man mufl:arrcndon husbandry:and rhem, cannot be free fron offence: nay their the Minillcr on preaching, &c:. By this one offence is the greater.For jf rhpe were no in· poim fundry faulu arc openedJrhat commonuenters ofvaine noucicies, they fhouldnot be lyfall our in rhe liues ofmen, asfirll, when fo commonly vfed as they are.Second!y, here. men looke at the things ofothers, not rcgarthe Alchymiilis robe reprooued,rh•t {pends ding their owne matters. We hauc example hiS time and fUbftanceiolabouring eo d1ang ofthis,/oh·ll.verf. '21 ,t z. OurSauiour Chri11 bafer metals inro gold,a thing in truth vnoof- £3.id to Ptter,PeterfoUow thou me : nowP(ttr fible:for it is a kinde ofnew crcation,to cUrnc little regarding his ownc durie, mull needes one kind ofcreature inro acre.aturt: ofanother in a kind ofcuriofity aslee what lohnmuft do: kinde,- as cuery meteall is. And that which is but our Sauiour Chrift giurs him a checke, (aid, or rather dreamed of, rhe Philofophen and faich, If1will thAt he tlfrry tilt I come, wh~at ftone,is bat ac6ccitl& nowhere to be found; i$ it to thee? And this is the common fault of but inYtopi•: & there is no qudlion, but one rhe world:mcn char lightly regard, & flackly day an acco!llpt mull bee made ofrhe good performe the duties of their ownecallings,are timevnpro6rably fpenr in fcckiug forir. neuerthclclfc very ready ro ralkc of and enThe thud condition of our altions is,that quireinto the ftate & liues of other men:and C they mull benecelfary. We mull confider the Jt is meacc and drinke vnto them. Let agood nature and qualitie of the workes of our calreport be giuen out ofa tn:1n, it is nor regarlings, In cuerycalling there be rwo kinds of ded, but cui!! reports ate taken vp ar the firil workes. Some be principall, without which rebound: they run like wild·fire, and all rhis the calling cannot be: maintained. And fame arifeth from vaine curiofity, which is here kiTe princip•ll, which giueno c!Tcnce to the conCfemned,as che bane ofall fociecies.Thefe calling. Now men mu!l:cfpecially giucrbcmbufy·bodies are like to fuch as reade bookes, {clueHo pratlife the principall works oftheir with incent onely to fpy out the faulcs therof: cailir:Igs:as for cxample,rhe aaion of a Miniand they are like to the fpider,that cre.cpes oHer in his calling isto readC',and eo preach the uer all the garden only to gather poyfon. But word of God:now reading is a work leiTe ne· men that fcare God mu11lcarnero know their ceJTary 1 & preaching the moft principa1l: and own eo bufinetTe, and to fuifer their ralke and for this cau(c he mull giue himfelfee{pecially medication eo be imployed thar way. eo che prallifc thereof. On this manner wee Againe, here is condemned the curiolirie might go through the callings of a!I men, & ofrhofe, chat enter vpon che dllties of orher D note many wants thtrin.Magiflrars in towns mens callings. 1r is adanguoU!i finnc, as I and corporations carry& draw the (\\Ord for (hewed heretofore) by the example ot l'i:t.•h, the maintenance ofpeace and ciuill ordr:.r:ic is wJ1owas flainc for touching the Ark; though well donc,for it is aworke oftheir calling;ycr his intent v.•asonely ro keepe irfrorn falling: not the principall, and they doe comm~nly for he had no !uch calltng. And ofthe men of faile in this, rhat they vfe not the fword for Beth·fht>mcfll, of whomc there dyed fifcie this end, covrgc: men m the keeping of rh_c thou(:md, for looking into the faid Arke of commandemcnn ofthe firft tablc,to apraChfe God,when they had no calling fo to do. And ofpure religion,& ro thekeeping of rhe S:~.b- .ofCorab, DtHh4t:, and .AbirAm, who would barh day. This is rhe maine duty of rhe Manecdes challengevnto them the calling and ' gillrarc,who bean the fword lpecially for rhc office ofMofts. · good of mens {ouls,A mafier of afamily>i' to Thirdly, hereby is condemned the iludie care noc onely for the bodi~s,, but :llf~ fo~ the and praQi(e offigure-cafling and judiciall A· fouls of his houfl10!d, for thJS '' rhe pmlClpall I ilrologie, for thereby many. ana tharvpon duty:& moft houlholders •re faulcy hereindor ' talfe grounds, goe abourro fearch whar thall commonly they becakc rhemfelues ro rhe Id~ befall other men,eithcrin life or death,things fa duties,& leauo the principall:rhey care for ----;hc
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