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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
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Therefore those that have no other calling but only of a family, ought not to be discomforted and troubled in conscience, as if they had no calling at all, because they have no public calling; but they ought to know that such callings are warranted by the Word of God, wherein they may have business enough to employ themselves, if they be conscionable in performance of it: •nd the more free they are from pub•ike callings, the more care and diligence in governing and instructing their families ought they to have.
Therefore those that haue no other calling but onely of a family, ought not to be discomforted and troubled in conscience, as if they had no calling at all, because they haue no publike calling; but they ought to k•ow that such callings are warranted by the Word of God, wherein they may haue busines enough to imploy themselues, if they be conscionable in performance of it: •nd the more free they are from pub•ike callings, the more care and diligence in gouerning and instructing their families ought they to haue.
2 For those that have another public calling, to tell them, that by this, they are not exempted from the calling of the family: for the duties of the one do not cross the other: as Joshua was a captain of the host ⟨p. 4⟩of the Lord: yet what said he? I and my house will serve the Lord, Josh. 24.15. E•i a good man otherwise, was unconscionable herein: so was David in bringing up his children: and we know what issue was of both families, 1 Tim. 3.9. […], he that cannot rule and order his family well, cannot rule the Common-wealth well: so a stubborn chide will never prove a good subject. These doctrines sere as prparatives to the ensuing duties in our particular vocations.