l ' G 0 D ·-without all c au;__ ~--.:_ J 47 r ' that is made to warrne aman, ifit doe burne the boufe,wc put it out;aveffell made to kecpe wine orbeen~, ifit'doecorrupt it, wee lay it afide, and put the liquor into oric morewholcfome:fodoth Godappoint every man his ~everall end, and ther1 fore ..givcs them feverall gtfts, and fevcraii cal- l ~ lings : him.felf~, indeed, is the generall end bu't J befides the generall,hc appoints to eve'ry calling aparticular end; as to a Minifier he faith, Goe, and feed my tbeep;ifhe goes.and feeds himfelfe, and not the·people; ifhe feed them with fi:ubble and not witli hay, hee cloth not attaine his end: and fo m~y I fay ofevery thing elfe 5 ofa Schol1er, a Magifirate, a Husband,; .they have feveraH pl~ces, and divers gifts given them, and all for their feverall end, which if they aime not at, butworke for themfelves, they are worthy tobe defiroye~:as a mao,ifhc bath an infi:rument that is crooked,and unfit for ufe, then he cafi:s it away and raketh another; but ifit be fit, hewill lay it up for ufe, andwill fay,Ict it not be loft: fodoth the Lordwith men, if they be pliable to him, if ·, theywill worke for the end that he bath appointed them,then he.faves and preferves them·; but ifthey will doe things for their own end, it is the next way to defiruClion. For obferve this; every man that doth any thing for his owne end, .arrogates that to him– f~lfe whi_ch is the L o a os ; which is an high kmde of tdolatry ; and therefore worrhy to bee well conftdered of all fuch as labour that th'ey may be rich, that they tnig,ht haveoutwardexL 2 celle!!_c_y,. . .•
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