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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 5 › Section 6: Of Religiousness in a Trade.
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(2.) You must have your Heart set upon that which is good. Abhor that which is evil, but that's not enough, you must also cleave to that which is good; Rom. 12. 9. You must set your Affections on things above, not on things on the Earth; Coloss. 3. 2. When the Soul leans thus the right way, you will be ready to every good Work, it will be a marvellous Advantage to you upon every occasion. How often might you have opportunities to meditate or pray, or to reprove a Fault, which you will lose for want of an honest frame of Heart? And this is a thing too much neglected; People think it sufficient to observe their Words and Actions, but few do mind the Temper and Frame ⟨p. 199⟩of their Souls, as they ought. Our Conversation, saith the Apostle, is in Heaven. We are Citizens of another and better City, and we must be always driving a Trade there. No sight to such a Soul, like a Throne in the Clouds: No Music like the Arch-Angel's Trumpet; no Song like, Awake ye Dead, and come to Judgment.
(2.) You must have your Heart set upon that which is good. Abhor that which is evil, but that's not enough, you must also cleave to that which is good; Rom. 12. 9. You must set your Affections on things above, not on things on the Earth; Coloss. 3. 2. When the Soul leans thus the right way, you will be ready to every good Work, it will be a marvelous Advantage to you upon every occasion. How often might you have opportunities to meditate or pray, or to reprove a Fault, which you will lose for want of an honest frame of Heart? And this is a thing too much neglected; People think it sufficient to observe their Words and Actions, but few do mind the Temper and Frame ⟨p. 199⟩of their Souls, as they ought. Our Conversation, saith the Apostle, is in Heaven. We are Citizens of another and better City, and we must be always driving a Trade there. No sight to such a Soul, like a Throne in the Clouds: No Musick like the Arch-Angel's Trumpet; no Song like, Awake ye Dead, and come to Judgment.