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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03445	A sermon preached before the antient company of Black-smiths in S. Marie Magdalens Church in London on Saint Iohn Baptist day last. 1611. By William Holbrook	Holbrooke, William.	1612 (1612)	STC 13566; ESTC S119075	22,697	48

euery pēny we lay out as for euerie penny we bring in wee must looke to this because we may spoyle all our diligence by this sinne many wayes either by spending too much not prouiding with the Ant for the winter and Ioseph for a deare yeare or els by spending too nigardly hauing riches and not a heart to vse them one of the euill sicknesses vnder the Sunne which Salomon speaketh of As many sinne this waye so many especially of you the Black-smiths trade and in the exesses for the most part working for a while and then loytering you sinfully spending vntill all be gone I know your trade is hott and fierye and so will require drinke but ye must the more pray and be circumspect ouer your selues that yee sinne not in drinking the deuill being reddy to take that occasiō to make you mispend your precious time and money for both which you must one day giue an accompt Whether ye eat or drinke gett or spend or whatsoeuer yee doe els remember yee should doe all to the glorye of God Thus haue wee finished the second thing in his calling namely that he himselfe did worke in it from whence we will proceede to the third and that in his perfection and skill in it laboring the perfection of it more then before any had whence we will obserue this point of doctrine That it is lawfull yea meete necessary and the dutie of euerye one to growe to a perfection in his calling wherin the Lord hath sett him as much as he can Which that Parrable of the tallēts put forth to seruants witnesseth he being most cōmended that had best vsed his talent and to the most aduantage of his maister That which S. Paul vrgeth vppon Timothie in his perticuler calling and function of the ministery prooueth this point 1. Timot. 4.15.16 saying These thing exercise and giue thy selfe vnto them that it may be seene how thou profitest among all men Marke what he saith he would haue him so to carrye himselfe in his ministery that it may be seene that he encreaseth in the guifts thereof and therefore in the next verse commaundeth him that he take heed vnto his selfe and vnto learning and to continue therein for in so donig he should saue himselfe and them that heare him and for this end that he may grow to perfection in his ministerye he aduiseth him ver 13 going before to giue attendance to reading to exhortation and to doctrine This which he vrgeth in one calling is true in an other though there be difference betwene the excellency of the one and the other the contrarye to this is condemned in the sluggard who alwayes pretendeth many obiections to hinder him from his calling and goeing on in the same Salomon speaketh Prouerbs 26.13.14.15.16 vers saying The slothfull man saith A Lion is in the way A Lyon is in the streetes As the dore turneth vpon the hindges so doth the slothfull man in his bed The slothfull hideth his hand in his bosome and it greeueth him to put it againe to his mouth The slaggard is wyser in his owne conceipt then seauen men that can render a reason Whence it is playne that seeing the slothfull man is condemned for that he will not diligently applye himselfe in his busines and calling and soe goe on in the same but pretend many dangers and excuses That it is commendable nay the duty of euery man to be diligent and to proceed to perfection in his calcalling what he can The reason of it is playne the greater perfection a man groweth and attaineth vnto in his calling the more good he shal be able to doe to him selfe his and others which is a thing wee lawfully may yea must as much as wee can aime at which being so this doctrine Vse 1 teacheth vs. First not to cōdemne men that we see to come and attaine to greater perfection in their calling then others so they labour lawfully nay on the contrary side it is a matter they be highly to Vse 2 be commended for Secondly it learneth euery man in his speciall calling to labour thus as much as a man can the minister to labour by reading prayer meditation and conference to be more and more furnished with the guiftes of the ministery that he may be the better able to lay downe the truth with foundnes of argument in the euidence of truth to reproue conuince exhort and instruct and so euery mechanical tradesman in his trade but because a man may fall into many euills in labouring this I will therefore for our direction lay downe and commend vnto vs a fewe rules to be obserued of vs in labouring for more more skill in our callings and professions The first whereof is this we must take heed that our desire and endeuours to be skillfull and perfect in these things doe not eat vp or surmount our desire and endeuour to be perfect in better things as most commonly it doth the deuill and desire of account and fame in the world so bewitching vs and ouer-ruling vs that we little care or studie for perfection in that great profession which is that one thing onely necessary any thing will serue our turne that way if wee come cerimoniously formally to pray it is good enough But in our callings we cannot be satisfied except we equalize the best and skilfullest of our professiō Oh it is a happy thing where both these meet togither as they may to be an excellent Christian and an excellent Tradesman or Artist or if both cānot be attained vnto to excel in the best things according to the Apostle his exhortation and counsell 1. Cor. 14. Followe after loue and couet spirituall guifts As if he should say if wee will couet for guifts be sure to couet spirituall guifts indeed it is a commendable yea a commaunded couetousnes Secondly wee labouring endeauoring to be cunning in our trades it must not bee to Cunni-catch others as most doe which is a cursed skill and cunning better were it to be without guifts then to abuse guifts obtained this is the end wherefore most I doe not say all I knowe the contrary both of this trade and others God be blessed doe labour for skill that they may blind and beguile the vnskilfull But alas poore fooles they most beguile themselues For first they endanger their soules and bodyes heaping vp by such Cununicatching curses vnto their soules against the day of wrath And for that they get they bring Gods curse in with it as a leprosie cleauing thereto and to all the purchase therewith Thirdly that it be not to be proude of it in disdaining of thy brethren or to hurt others by shewing of thy skill purposely to drawe customs from them that is a fearefull error and abuse of our skill for the more skill wee haue in any thing the more wee should be humbled What haue wee that wee haue not receiued and we should vse our