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

CHAP. XXIII. How a Christian may exercise himself to Godliness in natural actions. And first in eating and drinking.

AS thy duty is to make religion thy business in religious, ¹so also in natural actions. A good Scrivener is not only careful how he makes his first and great letters, his flourishes, but also the smallest letters, nay his very stops and comma's. A Scribe instructed for the Kingdom of heaven, is heedful not only that the weightest actions of Gods immediate worship, but also that the meaner passages of his life be conformable to Gods law. A wise builder will make his Kitchen as well as his Parlour, according to rule. A holy person turns his natural actions into spiritual, and whilst he is serving his body, he is serving his God. It is said of a Scotch Divine, That he did eat, ²drink and sleep eternal life. Luther tells us, that though he did not always pray and meditate, but did sometimes eat, and sometimes drink, and sometimes sleep, yet all should further his account; the latter as truly, though not so abundantly, as the former: And indeed it is our privilege that natural actions may be adopted into the family of religion, and we may worship God as really at our tables as in his temple.

AS thy duty is to make religion thy business in religious, ¹so also in natural actions. A good Scrivener is not onely careful how he makes his first and great letters, his flourishes, but also the smallest letters, nay his very stops and comma's. A Scribe instructed for the Kingdom of heaven, is heedfull not only that the weightest actions of Gods immediate worship, but also that the meaner passages of his life be conformable to Gods law. A wise builder will make his Kitchin as well as his Parlor, according to rule. A holy person turns his natural actions into spiritual, and whilst he is serving his body, he is serving his God. It is said of a Scotch Divine, That he did eat,