...reference whereto St. Paul doth prescribe, " Every man as the Lord hath called him, so let him walk. Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called ;" let him so abide, as faithfully to prosecute the work, and discharge the duty of it; the doing which...

...urging it as a duty. Agreeable hereto is the direction which the same St Paul giveth unto servants, ' Let every man abide in the same calling wherein '...care not for it ; but if thou mayest be made free, ' chuse it rather "V It is true, that Christian religion hath procured liberty unto many ; not only...

...concerned in it. 'Tis better for thee to change thy master, than to neglect thy duty. i. Cor. 7. 21. " Art thou called being a servant ? care not for it ; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather." We lost our liberty by sin, and we affect nothing more than liberty by nature. The Rabbins say of liberty,...

...the honour of his Gospel ; Tit. ii. 10.; 1 Tim. vi. 1.; and elsewhere he says, 1 Cor. •vii. 21., " Art thou called, being a servant? care " not for it , but if thou mayst be made free, use « it rather." If Divine Providence offers you a manumission, accept it with...

...industrious, and trustworthy servant will not go long unnoticed or unrewarded. " Let every man," says Paul, " abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art...called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's free man: likewise, also, he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant." And let masters learn...

...every man abide in the " same calling in which he was called. Wast thou called, ** being a bondsman ? Care not for it; but if thou mayest * be made free, use it rather," are to be taken in their literal sense ; and they are easily applicable to the subjects of his Britannic...

...The Head of every man is Christ. Christ is the Head of the church. The church is subject unto Christ. He that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's free man : likewise also, he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. * Q. 141. How do you...

...fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. I Cor. vii. 20. Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Ephes. iv. 28. Let him that stole, steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands...

...employment in which Providence hath placed you, and do not so much as wish yourselves in another, " Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called," 1 Cor. vii. 20. Providence is wiser than you, and has suited all things better to your eternal good...

...turn to the directions given by the Apostles, for their government. " Let every man," says St. Paul, " abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art...called, being a servant ? Care not for it : but if thou jmayest be made free, use it rather," te be not solicitous to be made free." " For he that is called...