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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 1: Of the Nature and Kinds of Callings.
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.
Our General or Spiritual Calling then, is whereby a Person is called of God to believe and obey the Gospel; which, being revealed under the Notion of a Covenant of Grace, is named Vocatio ad Foedus. And this, when the Word is accompanied with the Spirit, is Effectual Calling, and leads to Salvation; according to that, 2 Tim. 1. 9. Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy Calling. But here I shall discourse no more of this, save only to note, wherefore it is termed our General Calling; namely, because this is common to All Christians, requires of All the same Duties, assures to All the same Promises, and obliges All to the same Conditions: So that, as no Man may undertake any Particular Calling that is inconsistent with his General; so in case of Competition in any Instance of present Duty, that must humbly give place to this; for every Man ought to manage his Temporal Calling in Subordination to his Spiritual, and must remember, that, in the throng of all his Business, he is a Christian.
Our General or Spiritual Calling then, is whereby a Person is called of God to believe and obey the Gospel; which, being revealed under the Notion of a Covenant of Grace, is named Vocatio ad Foedus. And this, when the Word is accompanied with the Spirit, is Effectual Calling, and leads to Salvation; according to that, 2 Tim. 1. 9. Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy Calling. But here I shall discourse no more of this, save only to note, wherefore it is term'd our General Calling; namely, because this is common to All Christians, requires of All the same Duties, assures to All the same Promises, and obliges All to the same Conditions: So that, as no Man may undertake any Particular Calling that is inconsistent with his General; so in case of Competition in any Instance of present Duty, that must humbly give place to this; for every Man ought to manage his Temporal Calling in Subordination to his Spiritual, and must remember, that, in the throng of all his Business, he is a Christian.
A Particular, or Temporal Calling is a settled Employment in some special Business of God's Appointment, for our own and others good: And this is term'd, Vocatio ad Vitae institutum, vel ad munus: The former and this latter are both elegantly mentioned in one Verse,