A94156:1070
The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature…
The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature and necessity of it is discovered. : As also the Christian directed how he may perform it in [brace] religious duties, natural actions, his particular vocation, his family directions, and his own recreations. / By George Swinnock ...
London: printed for T.P., 1662
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.
It was prophesied that in the days of the Gospel, the spirit should be poured down upon men, and they should see Christ, and mourn every family apart, Zac. 2.10. It was the advice of Hierom to a pious Matron; So take care of thine house as alway to allow liberty and time to thy soul; the Governor hath the cure of the ⟨p. 530⟩souls, as well as of the bodies in his family; and if he mind their outward man and neglecteth their inward, he is but a brute in humane shape, for beasts feed the bodies of their young.
It was prophesied that in the days of the Gospel, the spirit should be poured down upon men, and they should see Christ, and mourn every family apart, Zac. 2.10. It was the advice of Hierom to a pious Matron; So take care of thine house as alway to allow liberty and time to thy soul; the Governour hath the cure of the ⟨p. 530⟩souls, as well as of the bodies in his familie; and if he mind their outward man and neglecteth their inward, he is but a brute in humane shape, for beasts feed the bodies of their young.
As the School fitteth young men for the University; so holy performances in private, prepare servants and children for, and help them to profit by the Ordinances of God in public. A foundation well laid by the Master of a Family, is a great help to the Minister, when he goeth to rear and raise the building: Confident I am, our work would not have half that difficulty which now it hath, if Masters of Families would but do their duties; he that findeth his timber ready hewn to his hand, hath a great advantage in setting up an house, of him that must fell, bark, season and hew it himself. It is no wonder that an Apprentice is so backward to his work, and so bungling at it when he is wholly unacquainted with it, and a stranger to it; If Children and Servants were accustomed to religious exercises at home, Sermons would not be so tedious, nor Sabbaths so tiresome to them as they are.