CHgk?,II. 2S4. hue ( as manyofour gentrie ) out ofa vocation , and calling, but mill 20 abideon that vocation whereto he was called. And eucn in paradire tee- ing the Lord inlfítuted no more Sabbaths then one in feaueu daies,what wouldhe elfe declare theft that innocent Adam was no lefle bound, then now weare to employ themot} part of the wecke about the things of his,callìng,flill in the midfl ofthem rcmembring to (hew forth the loue of his creator and the religious keepingofa good confcience ? 3. And lob S.7 how much more nowfence the fall may we thiuke it man borne to trauell at thefmoake topevpward? for teeing that by the carteof (inne the crea- Much more cures haue denied their former ferutceableneffe, but vpon condition of lince die fan. great indufirie, and trauell ; Godsordinance, and commandement is, that now in the fweate of our faces, we fhould cate ourowne bread, pro- uiding for our felues and ours ; which is ( betides the pleating of God, who delighteth that man (hould make his callingapart of Chriflii obe- dience) a fweete fruit ofour paynes, carrying vs more comfortably tho- 4 rough our way in theworld. 4. And yet looking nearer the matter we toliofal chd find this order , &ordinance ofGod more forceably fafinedvpon chofe p`°f`fli°°' that profeffe themfelues Chriflians ; euery oneof whom mull be fo far Li-lumps. front thatinordinatewalkrng, asthathemu l3withdrawhimfelfefromfuch. And if any man,be heneuer fuch a profefforofChrifl, will not werke he ought not to rate:let him flarue,his blood be vpon his owne head.For fuch as thefe in the profeffion, efpecially whole pride, whole cafe, whole tooth,whofe play bring in arrcareges vpon them vnawars, are the fpocs and blots ofreligion. Rearonsco Now therefore that fuch as profeffe the Lord Iefus may thebetter be moue to dill- contained in this order ofGod,both for the difcharge oftheir ownedu- genee in our callings. ty,and the good exampleofothers , thefereafons are to be confidered. . That God who bath fec vs inour callings, hath promifed alto to be withvs,to gluevs good fucceffe in them, to helpevs tobeare out the te_ dioufnes which finnehath brought vpon our labour, toglue vs hispro- teQion in thefe our waies,to feed and maintain vs by the bleffingofour Idle perlons labour, in thehoule, in the field, in our flock and in our l }ore, whereas ers cs inners. pouertie arrefleth the idle perfon : Prou. z8. the idlefball beefilled with '°n ' pouertie. And all this is to encourage vs to faithfulnes , and diligence in y the duties ofour callings.See lofhua,r.8. z. Whereas all other crea- tures liueveto themfelues, man was appointed to lime afwell to others as to himfelfe ; the Church,the country, the familie, the poore, euery A ro etem man challengeth a part in euery man. And therefore although tome o- blcámc of inch cher creatures beall abellie,as the crabfifh who walketh with her teeth, a perron a. o yet a Chriftian man mufl.be a hand toone,aneye to another a Foote to ned. mcnn° another,a fhoulier to fupport another;hemuffnot only confifl of bellie c.t Commetttarie vponthe and
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