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

4. Their Sin and Folly is no less, that mistake the Ends of their Calling: Aiming therein only at their Wealth, Ease, and Honour; and not at the Glory of God and the Public Good, as well as their own Subsistence. The End is that which ennobles or embases any Action. A right Principle, Rule and End sanctifies every Step and ⟨p. 11⟩Passage of a Man's Life; but if any of these be wanting, the thing is spoiled. Grant the Calling to be never so lawful, yet if ye embark in it with an eye only to Self, ye may get Wealth and Honour, but therein you have your Reward. You proceed herein but like prudent Pagans, who may be as Industrious, as Rich, as Just as You; but ye do no way show forth the Praises of him that hath called you out of Darkness into his marvellous Light. The Motto of Christians is, Rom. 14. 7, 8. None of us liveth to himself, and no Man dieth to himself; but whether we live, we live unto the Lord, &c. He that liveth only to himself, lives like a Beast; he that lives to the Public, lives like a Man; but he that lives also to the Lord, lives like a Christian; and that Man shall die to the Fruition of that Lord, to whom, and for whom he hath lived.

4. Their Sin and Folly is no less, that mistake the Ends of their Calling: Aiming therein only at their Wealth, Ease, and Honour; and not at the Glory of God and the Publick Good, as well as their own Subsistence. The End is that which enobles or imbases any Action. A right Principle, Rule and End sanctifies every Step and ⟨p. 11⟩Passage of a Man's Life; but if any of these be wanting, the thing is spoiled. Grant the Calling to be never so lawful, yet if ye imbark in it with an eye only to Self, ye may get Wealth and Honour, but therein you have your Reward. You proceed herein but like prudent Pagans, who may be as Industrious, as Rich, as Just as You; but ye do no way shew forth the Praises of him that hath called you out of Darkness into his marvellous Light. The Motto of Christians is, Rom. 14. 7, 8. None of us liveth to himself, and no Man dieth to himself; but whether we live, we live unto the Lord, &c. He that liveth only to himself, lives like a Beast; he that lives to the Publick, lives like a Man; but he that lives also to the Lord, lives like a Christian; and that Man shall die to the Fruition of that Lord, to whom, and for whom he hath lived.