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

1. It is matter of Duty. Those places mentioned in Prov. 27. 23. and Eccles. 9. 10. put it out of doubt. Yea the Holy Ghost doth link it together with the holiest Actions: Not slothful in Business, fervent in Spirit, serving the Lord; Rom. 12. 11. Ye are as truly bound to be diligent in your Business, as to be fervent in Prayer; and it's intimated there, that you serve the Lord in both, and consequently it is a real Sin, both to be bewailed and amended, to be negligent in your Callings, as to be lukewarm in your Prayers. And in the Fourth Commandment God doth as well command Diligence in your Work on the six days, as Seriousness on the Sabbath, and propounds his own Example to the same purpose; For in six days the Lord made Heaven and Earth. And tho he ceased creating, yet he is working still: Joh. 5. 17. My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. His Eyes are continually running to and fro throughout the whole Earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them, whose Heart is perfect towards him: 2 Chron. 16. 9. So that here's the Command and Example of God himself for Diligence.

1. It is matter of Duty. Those places mention'd in Prov. 27. 23. and Eccles. 9. 10. put it out of doubt. Yea the Holy Ghost doth link it together with the holiest Actions: Not slothful in Business, fervent in Spirit, serving the Lord; Rom. 12. 11. Ye are as truly bound to be diligent in your Business, as to be servent in Prayer; and it's intimated there, that you serve the Lord in both, and consequently it is a real Sin, both to be bewailed and amended, to be negligent in your Callings, as to be lukewarm in your Prayers. And in the Fourth Commandment God doth as well command Diligence in your Work on the six days, as Seriousness on the Sabbath, and propounds his own Example to the same purpose; For in six days the Lord made Heaven and Earth. And tho he ceas'd creating, yet he is working still: