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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 2: Of the Necessity of a Particular Calling.
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 Safety from Danger: For as he that is without a Calling, is liable to Satan's Temptation, so also is he from under God's Protection. His Angels have a Charge to keep us, but it is only in those ways which the Lord appoints to us. Psal. 91. 11. Every thing is safest in its place. If a Cross do befall a Man in his Place and Calling, he hath▪ Comfort in it; whereas those Disasters which meet with a Person that is not employed, or ill employed, have a double weight. Famous is that Instance of Jonah; he had a noble Calling tendered him, but he had no Mind on't, and away he flees: but a dreadful Tempest meets him, the Ship could not bear such a sinful Weight, and you know that never Man had such a fair escape ⟨p. 20⟩as he had. Whereas Elijah and other Prophets were wonderfully saved from Dangers in their Calling, but no body is safe out of theirs. If Satan find a Man on his Ground, without God's great Mercy, he will do him a Mischief. And this you see is evident from the Light of Nature, of Scripture, and of Reason, that every Man should employ himself in a Calling.
(2.) There is Safety from Danger: For as he that is without a Calling, is liable to Satan's Temptation, so also is he from under God's Protection. His Angels have a Charge to keep us, but it is only in those ways which the Lord appoints to us. Psal. 91. 11. Every thing is safest in its place. If a Cross do befall a Man in his Place and Calling, he hath▪ Comfort in it; whereas those Disasters which meet with a Person that is not imployed, or ill imployed, have a double weight. Famous is that Instance of Jonah; he had a noble Calling tendred him, but he had no Mind on't, and away he flees: but a dreadful Tempest meets him, the Ship could not bear such a sinful Weight, and you know that never Man had such a fair escape ⟨p. 20⟩as he had. Whereas Elijah and other Prophets were wonderfully saved from Dangers in their Calling, but no body is safe out of theirs. If Satan find a Man on his Ground, without God's great Mercy, he will do him a Mischief. And this you see is evident from the Light of Nature, of Scripture, and of Reason, that every Man should imploy himself in a Calling.