The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature…

This hath been the Saints practice, Our conversation is in heaven, Phil. 3.18. Though our habitations be on earth, yet our [Greek or Hebrew], our negotiation is in heaven. As a Merchant that lives in London drives a great trade in Turkey, or the remotest part of the Indies: So Paul and the Saints traded and trafficked afar off in the other world above, even when their abodes were here below. ⟨p. 12⟩Godliness was their business; Christianity was minded and followed as their principal trade and calling: It is the calling of some, to plough, and sow, and reap: The Christian makes and follows it as his calling, to plough up the fallow ground of his heart, to sow in righteousness, that he may reap in mercy, Hos. 10.12. The trade of others is to buy and sell; the godly man is the wise Merchant trading for goodly pearls, that sells all to buy the field where the pearl of great price is, Matth. 13.43.

This hath been the Saints practice, Our conversation is in heaven, Phil. 3.18. Though our habitations be on earth, yet our 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, our negotiation is in heaven. As a Merchant that lives in London drives a great trade in Turky, or the remotest part of the Indies: So Paul and the Saints traded and traffiqued afar off in the other world above, even when their abodes were here below. ⟨p. 12⟩Godliness was their business; Christianity was minded and followed as their principal trade and calling: It is the calling of some, to plough, and sow, and reap: The Christian makes and follows it as his calling, to plough up the fallow ground of his heart, to sow in righteousness, that he may reap in mercy, Hos. 10.12. The trade of others is to buy and sell; the godly man is the wise Merchant trading for goodly pearls, that sells all to buy the field where the pearl of great price is,