2. Opera Vocationis, Every Man must labour in the Work to which he is called. God is pleased to appoint and accept the Duties of our Callings as a good Work. Are they never so mean, yet Servants may Honour God by diligence in their Duties. Tit. 2. 9, 10. Exhort Servants to be obedient to their Masters, &c. That they may adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. To be profitable to Humane Society in your place is good; the new Nature helpeth us so to be. Phil. 11. Onesimus in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee, and me. All have their work, from the Mediator, to the poorest Creature in the World. John 17. 4. I have glorified thee on Earth, I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. So Tit. 3. 14. Let ours also learn to maintain good Works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. When John's Hearers came to know what they should do, he referreth every one to their Callings. Luke 3. 10, 11, 12. Walk conscionably therein, glorify God, Soldiers, Publicans, &c. Without these good Works, we are Drones in the ⟨p. 397⟩common Hives, yea, Burdens upon the Earth.
2. Opera Vocationis, Every Man must labour in the Work to which he is called. God is pleased to appoint and accept the Duties of our Callings as a good Work. Are they never so mean, yet Servants may Honour God by diligence in their Duties. Tit. 2. 9, 10. Exhort Servants to be obedient to their Masters, &c. That they may adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. To be profitable to Humane Society in your place is good; the new Nature helpeth us so to be. Phil. 11. Onesimus in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee, and me. All have their work, from the Mediator, to the poorest Creature in the World. John 17. 4. I have glorified thee on Earth, I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. So Tit. 3. 14. Let ours also learn to maintain good Works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. When Iohn's Hearers came to know what they should do, he referreth every one to their Callings. Luke 3. 10, 11, 12. Walk conscionably therein, glorify God, Souldiers, Publicans, &c. Without these good Works, we are Drones in the ⟨p. 397⟩common Hives, yea, Burdens upon the Earth.
