How to live, and that well in all estates and times, specially when helps…How to liue, and that well in all estates and times, specially when helps…

To the Reader.

Good Reader, if thou wouldest be saved by thy faith in Christ, after death: thou must here live by it before death. And faith for the time of this life, hath two great uses. The first is to cut off worldly sorrows and cares. It is the common fashion of men, to multiply their cares out of measure, and thereby to make their lives most miserable. For first of all, beside necessary labours, they take upon them many needless and superfluous businesses. Secondly their manner is, to care not only for the labours to be done, but also for the event and success of their labours, that they may always prosper and never be crossed: but this care belongs to ⟨image 3⟩God alone. Thirdly they content not themselves; with their lot and condition, but seek by all means to increase their estate, and to make themselves rich. Lastly they exercise themselves not only in disposing of things present, but they forecast many matters in their heads, and plot the success of things to come. Now faith, when we have done the works of our callings according to the prescript of the word of God, saith (I say) makes us commend to God the blessing, success, & event thereof by prayer and affiance in his promises, not doubting but he will give us all things necessary. And if we want the blessing and success we look for, yet faith makes us to renounce our own desires, and in silence to quiet ⟨image 3⟩our hearts in the good pleasure of God. And thus many worldly cares are cut off.

GOod Reader, if thou wouldest be saued by thy faith in Christ, after death: thou must here liue by it before death. And faith for the time of this life, hath two great vses. The first is to cut off worldly sorrowes and cares. It is the common fashion of men, to multiplie their cares out of measure, and thereby to make their liues most miserable. For first of all, beside necessarie labours, they take vpon them many needelesse and superfluous businesses. Secondly their manner is, to care not onely for the labours to be done, but also for the euent and successe of their labours, that they may alwaies prosper and neuer be crossed: but this care belongs to