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

(2.) For the Body: A robust and healthy Constitution, where Gifts of the Mind are more sparing, is fittest for a laborious Calling; as a heavy Burden sits best on Strong Shoulders: whereas those of weaker Complexions, must be fitted with more easy Employments. As we see the wise God doth usually call forth his strongest and hardiest Servants to the most difficult Services and Sufferings; and on the other side, he gently leads those that are with young. And his Providence hath so ordered it, that there is as great a Variety of Callings, as there are of Dispositions, that every one might have an Employment proper and suitable for him. Parents therefore and Schoolmasters should consult together, who jointly may fully discover the Abilities of such as are to be disposed, that they may not be engaged in Matters either too high or too low for them.

(2.) For the Body: A robust and healthy Constitution, where Gifts of the Mind are more sparing, is fittest for a laborious Calling; as a heavy Burden sits best on Strong Shoulders: whereas those of weaker Complexions, must be fitted with more easy Imployments. As we see the wise God doth usually call forth his strongest and hardiest Servants to the most difficult Services and Sufferings; and on the other side, he gently leads those that are with young. And his Providence hath so ordered it, that there is as great a Variety of Callings, as there are of Dispositions, that every one might have an Imployment proper and sutable for him. Parents therefore and Schoolmasters should consult together, who joyntly may fully discover the Abilities of such as are to be disposed, that they may not be ingaged in Matters either too high or too low for them.

3. You must consult their Inclinations; which if they be vehement, and especially well-grounded, are a great Indication, (if other Requisites do concur) to the Disposers of Youth, of their fitness for an Employment. For sometimes the Constitution doth strongly bias Persons to this or that sort of Business, and accordingly doth greatly dispose them thereunto. So that one that is unwillingly fixed in a Calling, seldom thrives well in it; whether it be from that natural Abhorrence of any Force offered to the Will; or that the Inclination doth also facilitate and greatly