· Whymen feeketbem– feluesovcr. much in tbeit calli"Ks· Note. inablea man to beare any croffe,to paffe through all va1jetie ofconditions,andnGt to divert from ·. all:raight way, but to go through the fiorme when hemeets with it. · . Andfowe may fay ofevery otherdutie, toex– ercife the duties ofourparticularcallings,notfor ourowRe good,but for the goodofothers :Belo– ved,this is a fpeciall thing men loofe their liues, they loofe that b1effcd opportunitiethey haue to growrichingoodworkts, that whereas everyday they might 'adde much to their tre-afure, t~ thei,r reckoningagainfi the day ofiudgemenr, W·hilefl: they feruethemfdues,and feeke themfelues alto– gether,itis but time lofi.Now,I fay, what is the .rea font-hat men in the exercife oftheir callings, haue fucban eyetotheir own profit,¬ t0 the profit ofothers,whomtheydeale with,thatthey haue fuch an eyeto theirowncr_edit,and advan– tage,and not to others good~ It is becaufe they · thinkethey mufr-be carefull to providefor their own eilate,toJooketo theW1felues, they haue no body elfeto do it: Now let a ruanhe perfivaded · that Godtakes care for him, that riches areas the ~adow tha."tfollowsthefubfianceofa mansper. feet walkingw~th God,thatitisG61dthatgiues the ' it is he rhatdifpenfeth rhem,it is he that giues the reward,the wages belongs to him>the careofthe · ~orkeonely belongs to us; Ifaman woulddeny I:Ji»''.{elft,&bealoofer many times inhiscalling, a'nd becontent,todo many things fo r the profir ofothers,to vfe thofetalents that Godbath gi· ven him,not for .his owne, but for his Mafl:ers advantage;
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