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The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…
The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb. 11, 1, formerly preached before His Majesty, and published by his command, with another added for the fuller application : the second is instructions for confirming believers in the Christian faith : the third is directions how to live by faith, or how to exercise it upon all occasions / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1670
Part 3 › Chapter 17: How to conquer sloth and idleness by the Life of Faith.
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7. Every man should choose that calling which is most agreeable to his mind and body: Some are strong, and some are weak: some are of quick wits, and some are dull: All should be designed to that which they are fittest for.
7. Every man should chuse that calling which is most agreeable to his mind and body: Some are strong, and some are weak: some are of quick wits, and some are dull: All should be designed to that which they are fittest for.
8. Every one should choose that calling (if he be fit for it) in which he may be most serviceable to God, for the doing of the greatest good in the world: and not that in which he may have most ease, or wealth, or honour: God and the public good must be our chiefest ends in the choice.
8. Every one should chuse that calling (if he be fit for it) in which he may be most serviceable to God, for the doing of the greatest good in the world: and not that in which he may have most ease, or wealth, or honour: God and the publick good must be our chiefest ends in the choice.
9. And in the labours of our calling, the getting of riches ⟨p. 476⟩must never be our principal end: But we must labour to do the most public good, and to please God by living in obedience to his commands.
9. And in the labours of our calling, the getting of riches ⟨p. 476⟩