Eptßleofs. PaultoTitles. and teeth. Aske thy (elfe then, what good dothmy life , to Church , to Commonwealth, to family, tomen ? and ifthy confcienceanfwer,truly little or none; thenmaift thou conclude, Purely I am rather a bellie then a man. But many fuch bellies want cares. ;. Anhoneft calling is a fchoole of Chriflianitie : that t. looke as little children are Pent to fchoole tokeep them out of hurts,and vnhappie turnes; fo diligence in the calling fenceth vs from taking harmesbySaraos temptations; we lie not fo open vnto his affalrs:again it is a bridle to reftraineour own lewd delires, abatingwicked lufts,abandoning lewd company,and fitting vs for theLords appearing whole feruice we are in. 2, In this fchoole of the calling, a manperforming duties for the Lords fake , hach daily pra- Etife, and encreafe of graces, fuchas faith, obedience , patience, meek_ nes, conflancie, cruth,inuocarion, thankfgiuing:and hence are daily en- abled to take out further leffons for time to come,from thedaily experi- ence of Gods goodnes for time pall. 3. In this fchoole we learneto be teachers of others, and in time come to be patternes vntoothers,of the right vfe ofthe world,while our ("clues vfe it euery dayas not vfing it at all : and while we fo play the goodhusbands,as that we keep our (clues from beeing worldlings, not laying by our heauenly minds in the midfl of our earthly bulines: whereas the idle perfon that entreth not into this fchoole, is out of Gods proteblion and neuer out of Satans fhares,his heart is like the field ofthe (laggard ouergrown with thiflles &weeds, his lulls fo farpreuaile with him,tharhe is rather a fpeciacle of reproch, then a parterne for imitation; and ifever he had any good thing in him, they areperrifhed for want of emploiment ; for as the ruff fretteth vn- ufed iron,& the moths gatevnworne garnscnts,fo good things are fha- ken out of the heart ofhim that negleóteth the vfìng of them. 4.Con lider the danger of thofe that Band idle all day long , paflïng their dales in all delights, one in one voluptuous luf,another in another: the Apo- file faith of them all,that lining inpleafare, they are dead while they llue: the fouleoffuch a one is but as a catkafe,hisbody as a coffin, bee rotteth a- way in vnprofitablenes whilehe liueth,and as a (landing poole putrifi- eth:che prouerb is true offuch a man , his foule is but as fait to keep his body from (linkingabout ground. And thinke we they (hall hue when they aredead,who are dead whiìe they liue?no furely,but feeing they did not fubiehl thetnfelues to the lawof all mankind,Gen.3. r 9.In thefrreate ofthy facefhalt thou get thy bread: they (hall neuer efcape that other fen- tence;tal¿e the vnprofitableferuant,bindehimhandandfeote: his hands and leere were boundwhen I called him towalke andworke, nowbind him hand and foote,and tali him into hell. o Now for the latter of there vices reprehended in the latter word; it is CHnr.I.12. 255 An hone} cal- ling a fchoole of Chri}ianitie 3.rcafons. 2 3 4 r.Tim.5.6. Haber animam pro tale. Mat,ls,3o.
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