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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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And tho upon that holy Day you may be innocently cheerful, and rejoice in the Blessings of God; yet you should not only abstain from any vile Thoughts or Words, but even from vain and fruitless ones: Isa. 58. 13. Thou shalt call the Sabbath a Delight, the Holy of the Lord, Honourable, and shalt honour him, not doing thine own Ways, nor finding thine own Pleasure, nor speaking thine own Words. Yea, your Hearts must rise against all unfit Discourse, and with a Christian Dexterity, endeavour to carry the Stream of such Discourse another way. Be not ashamed to speak of God and Heaven, since ungodly Men have the Impudence to speak of Wickedness. See that ye rise early, and work hard that day in your heavenly Trade; that so you may be able all night to give as clear an account of what you have gotten, as you can on other days.
And tho upon that holy Day you may be innocently chearful, and rejoyce in the Blessings of God; yet you should not only abstain from any vile Thoughts or Words, but even from vain and fruitless ones: Isa. 58. 13. Thou shalt call the Sabbath a Delight, the Holy of the Lord, Honourable, and shalt honour him, not doing thine own Wayes, nor finding thine own Pleasure, nor speaking thine own Words. Yea, your Hearts must rise against all unfit Discourse, and with a Christian Dexterity, endeavour to carry the Stream of such Discourse another way. Be not ashamed to speak of God and Heaven, since ungodly Men have the Impudence to speak of Wickedness. See that ye rise early, and work hard that day in your heavenly Trade; that so you may be able all night to give as clear an account of what you have gotten, as you can on other days.
Let no worldly Business be contrived or mentioned or done that Day, which might have been done before, or may be done after without plain Prejudice. It was the Men of Tyre that sold their Wares on the Sabbath, whom Nehemiah repressed, Neh. 13. 16, 20, 21. and command your Families from straggling, or foolish Sports that day: