C s AP.a} Eptflle to the'IhtffdlOFl1a91S. v E R. I I. I2 lings, conceiue to bee both honrfium and vtile; an honeff good thing ; a profitablegood thing. Honefi it mutt be,that there be no repugnancy betwixt the particular, and gen eral! calling, that binds to (triad+ obferuance of r vertuousgeodneffe.As damnable,as the molt flaggifh negligence, is double diligence ofmany in euill: toyling themfelues euen to r tnearineJèin the wages of wic- kedneffè. As how many callings are there, as they arc foo- lifhly rearmed, whore very matter Pubic& is finFull?Com- plexion-mak ers, they fay, there are for deformed Strum - pers ; that know how to varnifh ouer with Vermilion, the moll wain-!cot faces, and to fill vp the furrowes, that wrinkled age hath drawne in their cheeks ; there be that haue learned to make white hayres blacke, and blacke white; as if they meant to giue our Sauiour the lye, and to prone conclufìons with the Almighty. Many, that bu- fie their heads, and beat their braines, to deuife newfan- gled and anticke faflrions of apparel!, for braine - ficke Gal- lants. Sufficeth it fuch to fay, they are painful! intheir imployments ? So may a thiefe or Pirate fay, hee trauells and ventures fare for his pnrchafe. Truth is, many a man takes more paines to goc to Hell, then almoft the ho- lief} to goe to Heauen. As it mull be honeft, fo profitable alfb, wherein our labour is beflowed ; profitable,I m cane , to community, that it may haue place here, that Paul fpeakes çThe manifcffation of the Spirit is linen to eatery ene r to profit withal!. Not onely prophecy, and tongues, and gifts toxeach, are the operations of the Spirit : But u Bex,a- leels and e."lholiabs still tograue, Ow. is theworke of gods Spirit: And therefore are gifts, and faculties and offices feucrally dif}ributed in the body of Chrift ; that by con - fideration of mutuall neceffity, the members might haue the fame care each for other; and noman inelofe his abilities to his ptoper vtility. In which refpcfl, fault, Firit, our curious crafts, our vaine & vnnecefTary imployments, in Minftrelfie and the X4 like: r Phil.4.8. f atrijd. s 7. ;1 eyprian. de dir. r habit.V:rgin. t T Cor. 124. u Sxod.31.2.3. '4 4.4 1)
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