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The trades-man's calling being a discourse concerning the nature, necessity, choice, &c. of a…
The trades-man's calling being a discourse concerning the nature, necessity, choice, &c. of a calling in general : and directions for the right managing of the tradesman's calling in particular / by Richard Steele ...
London: printed by J.D. for Samuel Sprint, 1684
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THE Tradesman's Calling. › Chapter 4: Concerning the right Entrance into a Calling.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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⟩Age, to escape the Contagion of evil Company, without a Principle of saving Grace.
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 cur'd 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⟩Age, to escape the Contagion of evil Company, without a Principle of saving Grace.
More particularly, I commend to you these two: