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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.
For thy direction, I shall here set down the conditions upon which God giveth thee thy food. That thou use it sacredly, soberly, and seasonably.
First, Thy duty is to eat and drink sacredly. Piety must be mingled with all thy provision, or else twill be poison. Grace must spice every cup, and be sauce to every dish, or nothing will relish well: Water taken from the fountain quickly corrupts, and becomes unsavoury, but in the fountain its sweet indeed. Godliness will cause thee to enjoy the creatures in God, the fountain of them, and thereby they will be pleasant to thee.
First, Thy duty is to eat and drink sacredly. Piety must be mingled with all thy provision, or else twill be poison. Grace must spice every cup, and be sauce to every dish, or nothing will rellish well: Water taken from the fountain quickly corrupts, and becomes unsavoury, but in the fountain its sweet indeed. Godliness will cause thee to enjoy the creatures in God, the fountain of them, and thereby they will be pleasant to thee.
The daily bread which the Israelites did eat was made of the same corn with the show bread which was always before the Lord; to teach us, 1that we should be holy as in Gods sight when we are eating our ordinary bread, Exod. 25.30. Therefore Saints are said to eat to the Lord, Rom. 14.6. As they eat by him, so they eat to him.
The daily bread which the Israelites did eat was made of the same corn with the shew bread which was always before the Lord; to teach us,