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

Let all Persons then at their first starting out, be careful,

First; To have right Ends: for the End (as I said before) either ennobles or debases the Action. Tho a good End will not justify a bad Action, yet it will sanctify a good one: And on the contrary, a base, a worldly, a wicked End will ⟨p. 38⟩vilify the holiest Action in the World. Now the Ends you should aim at in every Particular Calling are, as you heard in the Description, these three.

First; To have right Ends: for the End (as I said before) either enobles or debases the Action. Tho a good End will not justify a bad Action, yet it will sanctify a good one: And on the contrary, a base, a wordly, a wicked End will ⟨p. 38⟩vilify the holiest Action in the World. Now the Ends you should aim at in every Particular Calling are, as you heard in the Description, these three.

First, and chiefly, the Glory of God. Reckon upon this, that you were made, redeemed, called, and kept merely to the end, that you might glorify your Maker. Now as every Pin and Nail in the Building, how obscure soever, concurs to the Beauty and Strength of the Work, and consequently to the Credit of the Workman; even so every Calling, how mean soever it is, contributes to the Honour of the great Householder, the Maker of Heaven and Earth. Keep therefore the Honour of God in your Eye; and then, tho you may be disappointed in your inferior Ends, as Riches and Splendour, yet you will attain your great and noble End, which is best of all. That is an undoubted comprehensive Rule,