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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…
Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...
London: printed by R. Ibbitson and M. Wright, 1661
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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.
These things premised, come we now to the Directions.
I. Begin with God, by seeking unto him by Prayer, as for the pardon of thy sin•, and supply of all needful graces, so for his blessing upon thy lawful pains and endeavours, for as the Apostle speaketh, By the Word of God and Prayer all things are sanctified, 1and therefore it must needs be an unsanctified way and course to begin any thing without first seeking unto God by Prayer for a blessing; for indeed it is his blessing alone that maketh rich, and that causeth any thing we take in hand to thrive and prosper; which Moses acknowledgeth, where speaking to the people of Israel, 2he saith, It is the Lord that giveth thee power to get wealth.