And from this first part of the Psalm, every estate of the world may learn wisdom and consolation. If the Lord feed and govern him, he shall have God too his master and teacher, that shall give him wholesome and commodious doctrine, mete for yt state of the life he hath chosen to live in this world. For all that shall be saved in time to come, ⟨image 13⟩follow not one kind of life. Some be magistrates and rulers, and appo•• ted too see both the laws of the re• alme, and the goods and commodities thereof to be used and applied to yt use and profit of such as be under them. Some give them selves to study and contemplation of heavenly and divine things, not busying them selves with travails of the body, but to know them selves the way of life & be teachers of the same to others: Some be given too apply the laws of the common wealth: some too exercise the trade and course of merchandise: some one kind of living and some another. But of what art, faculty, science or kind of living so ever he be, that is not contrary to Gods honour or honesty, he may use therein to serve God, to observe justice, to exercise truth, keep temperance & be acceptable to God, who hath given laws meet & convenient to publicans and soldiers, servants & masters, parents and children, husbands and wives, and so to all other: but all these sorts of people must assuredly ⟨image 13⟩know, that in every of thieves vocations be more dangers, then he that must live in them is able to bear. Therefore from the bottom of his hart he must be assured of this beginning of king Davids hymn: The Lord feedeth me and I shall lack nothing. And in deed the lord hath not only said, he will feed and defend him from all dangers, but also saith he will teach him how too live virtuously and reverently towards god, and honestly and quietly towards man, what state or vocation so ever he choose to live in, so it be not against Gods laws and the law of nature. So saith king David:1 God hath appointed a law to rule and teach the man that feareth him what so ever kind of living he appointeth him self to live in. What treasure is there to be compared unto this, that man is not only fed and maintained by God, but also taught and instructed in every craft & science that he appointeth him self to live in?
And frome thys fyrtie parte of the Psalme, euerye estate of the worlde maye learne wysedome and consolation. If the Lorde feede and gouerne him, he shall haue God too his mayster and teacher, that shall geue him holesome and commodious doctrine, mete for yt state of the life he hath chosen to liue in this world. For all that shal be saved in time to come, ⟨image 13⟩folow not one kinde of life. Some be magistrates and rulers, and appo•• ted too see bothe the lawes of the re• alme, and the gooddes and commodities therof to be vsed and applied to yt vse and profitte of suche as be vnder them. Some geue them selues to studye and contemplation of heauenlye and diuine things, not busying them selues wt trauayls of the body, but to know thē selues the waye of life & be teachers of the same to others: Some be geuen too applye the lawes of the common wealth: some too excercise the trade and course of marchandise: some one kinde of liuynge and some another. But of what arte, facultye, science or kinde of liuinge so euer he be, that is not contrarye to Gods honour or honestye, he may vse therin to serue God, to obserue iustice, to excercise truth, kepe temperaunce & be acceptable to God, who hath geuē lawes meete & conuenient to publycanes and soldiours, seruaunts & masters, parents and children, husbands and wiues, and so to all other: but al these sortes of people must assuredly ⟨image 13⟩knowe, that in euerye of theese vocations be more daungers, then he that must liue in thē is able to beare. Therfore frō the botome of his hart he must be assored of this beginning of kinge Dauids himne: The Lorde feedeth me and I shall lacke nothing. And in dede the lorde hath not onely said, he wyll feede and defende hym from all daungers, but also sayth he wyll teache him how too liue veriuouslye and reuerently towards god, and honestlye and quietlye towardes man, what state or vocation so euer he chuse to liue in, so it be not against Gods lawes and the lawe of nature. So saith kinge Dauid:1 God hath appointed a lawe to rule and teache the man yt feareth him what so euer kind of liuinge he appointeth him selfe to liue in. What treasure is there to be compared vnto this, that man is not only fed and maintained by God, but also taughte and instructed in euerye craft & science that he apointeth him selfe to liue in?
- 1psal. 25.
