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Of the choyce of Callings and Affaires.
MAn is not borne to liue his armes a crosse, but ra∣ther, as one of the fairest mem∣bers of this faire frame, he must confer, and contribute his whole trauell and paine to the condu∣ction and conseruation of that ciuill societie and condition wherein hee is placed. But be∣cause
that of the choyce which men make of a calling, their rest and quietnesse doth principally depend, and that nothing doth so much auaile to the leading of a contented life, as when they find themselues fit for the same: they ought, me thinketh, before all o∣ther things, to take a tryall of their owne strength, and serious∣ly bethinke themselues of that charge which they are about to embrace. Because vsually wee presume too much vpon our owne power, and attempt more then our ability is fit to atchieue. And this error we see is incident almost to all our actions: hence it is, that some will dispend more then their meanes may well beare: Others in labouring and toyling goe beyond their abili∣ties; some are not maisters of their owne anger; others there
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