[ 792] Gods spiritual blessing upon a mans employment in his Calling.
AS the Sonnes of the Husbandman in the Fable,* 1.1 who being told by their Fa∣ther lying on his Death-bed, that he left much Gold buried under the ground in his Vineyard, fell a delving and digging all about the Vines; and though they found no gold, yet by stirring the mould about the roots of the trees, gained a great Vintage that year. Even so it falleth out in in the labour of our Calling, though by them we reap not alwaies that which we expect, and the world so much looks af∣ter, Riches, Preferment, &c. yet thereby we may manure (if I may so say) the ground of our hearts, and gain great store of those fruits, peace of Conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, the blessing of God, such as the branches that are grafted in the true Vine, Christ Iesus, bear.