Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

2 Whosoever hath no Calling whereby he may be profitable to Human society,¹ is said to live disorderly, and walk inordinately.

2 Whosoever hath no Calling whereby hee may bee profitable to Human society,¹ is said to live disorderly, and walk inordinately.

1. 12 Thes. 3. 11

3 Manifold mischiefs and evils are avoided by following a lawful Calling. For idleness is the cause of many evils, he that giveth himself up to slothfulness is a fit subject for the Devil to work upon; yea an idle person is the Devils Shop, there he works, ever busy when men are most idle.

3 Manifold mischiefs and evils are avoyded by following a lawful Calling. For idleness is the cause of many evils, hee that giveth himself up to sloathfulness is a fit subject for the Devil to work upon; yea an idle person is the Devils Shop, there he works, ever busie when men are most idle.

II. That our Calling ought to be honest and lawful; that is, such an one as our labour in it may tend to the glory of God, the good of our neighbour, and the furthering not only of our own temporal, but also of our spiritual welfare.