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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE Tradesman's Calling. › Chapter 5 › Section 5: Of Contentedness in a Trade.
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. Be exhorted then to rest content in your Calling. Three things will further you herein.
(1.) Faith, whereby to believe God's Word, which hath said, All things work together for good, to them that love God: Rom. 8. 28. To believe his Providence, so that all Events in the World are wisely governed; and that, All the Paths of the Lord are Mercy and Truth (mark it, Mercy and Truth) to them that keep his Covenant: Psal. 25. 10. So that as he can do a Sinner no wrong, so he cannot do his Child any harm. Faith, I say, to appropriate God, and then you have all things, when you have Him that hath all things. They that have not God, patch a sort of Content out of the Creature; one Creature contributes one thing towards it, and another Creature contributes another; now if any one part be away, any one String out of Tune, the Music is spoiled; all the rest cannot fill up that Defect, ⟨p. 185⟩and therefore it is a vain attempt to seek Satisfaction in them: But as Jacob said to Esau, I have all; and having God, so he had. And then Faith, whereby to believe Eternity, that there is another endless World, where there will be no Defect, no Grievance, no Cares nor Fears for ever.
(1.) Faith, whereby to believe God's Word, which hath said, All things work together for good, to them that love God: Rom. 8. 28. To believe his Providence, so that all Events in the World are wisely govern'd; and that, All the Paths of the Lord are Mercy and Truth (mark it, Mercy and Truth) to them that keep his Covenant: Psal. 25. 10. So that as he can do a Sinner no wrong, so he cannot do his Child any harm. Faith, I say, to appropriate God, and then you have all things, when you have Him that hath all things. They that have not God, patch a sort of Content out of the Creature; one Creature contributes one thing towards it, and another Creature contributes another; now if any one part be away, any one String out of Tune, the Musick is spoiled; all the rest cannot fill up that Defect,