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The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatisesThe marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises
The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatises containing directions about six of the weightiest things can concern a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises containing directions about sixe of the waightiest things can concerne a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by John Legatt, 1630
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thus of the rules that concern 1thy general calling: In thy particular calling there are seven things to be avoided.
THus of the rules that concerne 1thy generall calling: In thy particular calling there are seuen things to bee auoided.
- 17. Things to be avoi dead in our particular calling.7. Things to be auoi ded in our particular calling.
The first is slothfulness, and thou art guilty of this sin, both when thou doest not the labours of thy calling, and when thou observest not the reasons, and opportunities of thy calling, Prou. 10. 4, 5. And that thou mayest be free from this sin, thou must avoid together with it the occasions of it: And so thou must avoid, 1. The love of sleep, Prou. 20. 13. 2. Good fellowship, and haunting of Alehouses, and Taverns, and keeping company with dissolute persons, Prou. 21. 17. 3. Wandering from thine own house, even that unnecessary going from house to house, though it be not to places of ill fame. Fourthly, thou must take heed of pertinacious ⟨p. 632⟩entertainment of doubts and objections about thy calling: thou shouldest be afraid of excuses for idleness, especially to be so self-willed, as to be glad of any thing may seem to patronize thy slothfulness, Pro. 20. 4