The trades-man's calling being a discourse concerning the nature, necessity, choice, &c. of a…

(3.) You must carry with you a Capacity for the Calling you undertake. Then you will go on smoothly with it, and what ever Difficulty is therein, will be compensated with the Delight that will attend it. He that attempts a Calling without a Capacity for it, loses his Time, frets his Instructors, and blunts those Spirits which might be sufficient for another Employment. Tutors and Mast••s therefore should very carefully observe the Capacities of Candidates during their time of Probation, and faithfully represent them to those who have entrusted them; otherwise they will injure both the Parents, the Children, and themselves.

(3.) You must carry with you a Capacity for the Calling you undertake. Then you will go on smoothly with it, and what ever Difficulty is therein, will be compensated with the Delight that will attend it. He that attempts a Calling without a Capacity for it, loses his Time, frets his Instructors, and blunts those Spirits which might be sufficient for another Imployment. Tutors and Mast••s therefore should very carefully observe the Capacities of Candidates during their time of Probation, and faithfully represent them to those who have intrusted them; otherwise they will injure both the Parents, the Children, and themselves.

2. The other necessary Qualification for a good Entrance into a Calling, is Grace in the Heart. When the Heart is sanctified, and sincerely devoted unto God, then he will preserve you, teach you, and bless you; he will interess himself in all your Concerns, supply the Absence of Parents, support you under any Difficulties, or Severities you may meet with, and crown your Endeavours with a prosperous Success, so far as it is good for you. O Sirs, it is as much a Man's Interest, as his Duty, to be holy; yea, and to begin betimes; otherwise you may fall into such Snares and Temptations in your Youth, of which you may never be cured while you live. And indeed it is scarce possible for a young Man or Woman, in this wicked World, and in that slippery ⟨p. 43⟩