CHAPTER III. DIRECTIONS FOR WALKING WITH GOD, IN THE PROGRESS OF THE DAY.

Section 1. - When you have thus begun the day in prayer by yourself, seeking peace with God through Jesus Christ, and craving his gracious presence to be with you, and for you, that day, you must then conscientiously, according to the nature of the day (be it one of the six days, or the Lord's day) apply yourself to the business of that day, whether it be in acts of religion, or of your personal calling, or in any other works belonging unto you, as you are superior or inferior in family, church, or commonwealth; doing all as in God's sight.

And because all lawful business is sanctified by the word and prayer, 1 Tim. iv. 5, and it is part of your calling (if you are master of a family) to govern your children and servants in the fear of God, and to teach them to live godly; therefore it is your duty to take the fittest time in the morning to call them together, and pray with them; before which prayer, it will be profitable to read the Scripture in order, with due reverence, taking all opportunities, in fit times, to instruct them in the principles of religion, often pressing the word upon them, Deut. vi. 7.

If it be a working day, with cheerfulness and diligence, attend to the work of your particular calling. For whosoever hath no calling whereby he may be profitable to the society of man in family, church, or commonwealth; or having a lawful calling doth not follow it, he lives inordinately, 2 Thess. iii. 10, 11. God never made any man for play or to do nothing. And whatever a man doth, he must do it by virtue of his Christian calling, receiving warrant from it, else he cannot do it in faith, without which no man can please God, Heb. xi. 6. Besides, whosoever is called