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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 ⟨p. 150⟩resist his providence, but willing to be guided by him, it is a sign that he seeks the Lord, and not himself.

3 If thou doest resist the providence of God, that when thou hast a calling, and art put in it, and thou puttest thy selfe out again for thy advantage, then thine end is thine owne selfe. Paul when he went to Macedonia, hee found but bad entertainment there, yet he went, because he was sent. So Iohn, he went to Pathmos, where the people were but few, and barbarous, yet he obeyed God, and went. Eliah, when he was sent to Ahab, and to prophesie to the Israelites, among whom, for all that hee knew, there was not one soule, 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 doe his owne worke, he doth it as his master will have him to doe it; if he doth the things that his master bids him, and saith, I am his servant; and if he bid me to goe, I will goe, or if he bid me come, I will come; if he bid me to keepe within doore, and to doe the meanest works, I will doe them; this is an argument that he doth not seeke himselfe. When a man is thus dependent upon God, willing to take imployment, not above him, nor below him, nor