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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 6: Of Religiousness 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.) There is the highest Equity in it: And that upon the account of all the Favours and Blessings which you have received from God, and which you now possess. Did not that God (whose Fear and Service we are now persuading) place you in these your Callings? Did not he preserve you in your Apprenticeships from many Dangers, Diseases, and Temptations? Hath not he supported you in your Trades, when many that had better Foundations have bin ruined? Hath not he given you all that Estate ye have? and if that be too little, is not he ready to give you such and such things? Hath not he plucked you out of divers Dangers, Pains, Diseases, and kept you alive, when some of your Neighbours round about you are hid in the Grave? Besides the great things which he hath done for your Souls and for your Families. Now for all this, what doth the Lord your God require of you? Only fear the Lord, and serve him in Truth with all your Heart, considering what great things he hath done for you: 1 Sam. 12. 24. So that in point of Gratitude, it behoves the Tradesman to be truly Religious.
(2.) There is the highest Equity in it: And that upon the account of all the Favours and Blessings which you have receiv'd from God, and which you now possess. Did not that God (whose Fear and Service we are now persuading) place you in these your Callings? Did not he preserve you in your Apprentiships from many Dangers, Diseases, and Temptations? Hath not he supported you in your Trades, when many that had better Foundations have bin ruin'd? Hath not he given you all that Estate ye have? and if that be too little, is not he ready to give you such and such things? Hath not he pluck'd you out of divers Dangers, Pains, Diseases, and kept you alive, when some of your Neighbours round about you are hid in the Grave? Besides the great things which he hath done for your Souls and for your Families. Now for all this, what doth the Lord your God require of you? Only fear the Lord, and serve him in Truth with all your Heart, considering what great things he hath done for you: 1 Sam. 12. 24. So that in point of Gratitude, it behoves the Tradesman to be truly Religious.