2. Their Folly is here taxed, that neglect either of their Callings. Perhaps they are very diligent in Reading and Hearing, in Prayer and Fasting, and do run from one Sermon to another all the Week long; but do nothing in any Particular Calling; they serve God, but serve not their Generation by the Will of God, as David did, Acts 13. 36. and as they ought to do: But these People live, as if they were all Soul, and no Body; or as if they were born only for themselves, and for no body else. And if some of their Ancestors had taken no more care of them, than they do for Posterity, they must have fasted out of necessity, instead of fasting out of choice. Against such as these, holy Augustin wrote a whole Book of old; who are but a sort of Secular Monks and Nuns, that forget the old Canon, 2 Thess. 3. 10. That if any (let them be who, or what they will) will not work, (being capable of it) they should not eat. On the other hand, there are a far greater number, that are very diligent in their worldly Employments, that rise early, sit up late, and eat the Bread of Care, Labour, and Sorrow, but apparently neglect the Welfare of their Souls, and the Care of the World to come. No labouring to get Knowledge, Faith, or Holiness; ⟨p. 9⟩no reading or hearing of God's Word, or Prayer, but only such as is merely superficial and customary; busy at the Exchange at Noon, but sleepy in their Prayers at Night; exhausting all their Strength and Spirits in their Shops, and quite heartless in their Closets and Families; that live as if they were all Body, and no Soul; or, as if after this short Life, there were not a far longer to come: yea, the very Sabbath, that Sacred Day of Rest, which should be a Delight, is a Grief to them; and in their Hearts they cry, When will it be over, that we may to our worldly Business again? yea, in that very Day, tho the Law doth bind their Hands from Labour, yet their Souls are filled with Cares and Contrivances about temporal things. But why do ye separate those Callings, which God hath joined? what Blessing can you expect upon an Estate that is gained without Godliness? or, What will it profit you to gain the whole World, and lose your own Souls? You might work hard, and pray hard also: you may gain enough of both Worlds, if you would mind each in its place:
2. Their Folly is here taxed, that neglect either of their Callings. Perhaps they are very diligent in Reading and Hearing, in Prayer and Fasting, and do run from one Sermon to another all the Week long; but do nothing in any Particular Calling; they serve God, but serve not their Generation by the Will of God, as David did, Acts 13. 36. and as they ought to do: But these People live, as if they were all Soul, and no Body; or as if they were born only for themselves, and for no body else. And if some of their Ancestors had taken no more care of them, than they do for Posterity, they must have fasted out of necessity, instead of fasting out of choice. Against such as these, holy Augustin wrote a whole Book of old; who are but a sort of Secular Monks and Nuns, that forget the old Canon, 2 Thess. 3. 10. That if any (let them be who, or what they will) will not work, (being capable of it) they should not eat. On the other hand, there are a far greater number, that are very diligent in their worldly Imployments, that rise early, sit up late, and eat the Bread of Care, Labour, and Sorrow, but apparently neglect the Welfare of their Souls, and the Care of the World to come. No labouring to get Knowledg, Faith, or Holiness; ⟨p. 9⟩no reading or hearing of God's Word, or Prayer, but only such as is meerly superficial and customary; busy at the Exchange at Noon, but sleepy in their Prayers at Night; exhausting all their Strength and Spirits in their Shops, and quite heartless in their Closets and Families; that live as if they were all Body, and no Soul; or, as if after this short Life, there were not a far longer to come: yea, the very Sabbath, that Sacred Day of Rest, which should be a Delight, is a Grief to them; and in their Hearts they cry, When will it be over, that we may to our worldly Business again? yea, in that very Day, tho the Law doth bind their Hands from Labour, yet their Souls are filled with Cares and Contrivances about temporal things. But why do ye separate those Callings, which God hath joined? what Blessing can you expect upon an Estate that is gain'd without Godliness? or, What will it profit you to gain the whole World, and lose your own Souls? You might work hard, and pray hard also: you may gain enough of both Worlds, if you would mind each in its place:
