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1 If thou puttest thy self to things that are ⟨p. 149⟩above thee, it is a sign that thou doest it not for his sake, that hath appointed thee, but for thine own.

1 If thou puttest thy selfe to things that are ⟨p. 149⟩above thee, it is a signe that thou doest it not for his sake, that hath appointed thee, but for thine owne.

2 If thou art fit for an higher place, if thou restest in things that are beneath thee, for thy greater profit, thou seekest thy self, and not the Lord.

2 If thou art fit for an higher place, if thou restest in things that are beneath thee, for thy greater profit, thou seekest thy selfe, and not the Lord.

3 If thou doest resist the providence of God, that when thou hast a calling, and art put in it, and thou puttest thy self out again for thy advantage, then thine end is thine own self. Paul when he went to Macedonia, he found but bad entertainment there, yet he went, because he was sent. So John, he went to Patmos, where the people were but few, and barbarous, yet he obeyed God, and went. Elijah, when he was sent to Ahab, and to prophesy to the Israelites, among whom, for all that he knew, there was not one soul, that did not bow his knee to Baal. Ezekiel and Isaiah, when they went to harden the people to destruction, yet they went willingly, because the Lord sent them; it was an argument that they did it not for themselves. A servant is not to do his own work, he doth it as his master will have him to do it; if he doth the things that his master bids him, and saith, I am his servant; and if he bid me to go, I will go, or if he bid me come, I will come; if he bid me to keep within door, and to do the meanest works, I will do them; this is an argument that he doth not seek himself. When a man is thus dependent upon God, willing to take employment, not above him, nor below him, nor