§ Sect. 4 That the du∣ties of our cal∣lings must pro∣ceede from Loue.
Secondly, the duties of our callings must proceede out of vnfained loue towards God and our neighbours, which is the fountaine of all true obedience, and not principally from selfe-loue or loue of the world, which being poysonous rootes of all sinne, will taint all our workes and actions which spring from them. They must arise from the loue of God, which moueth those in whom it is, to consecrate wholy vnto him their liues and labours, in all things desiring to serue him, who so loueth vs, and whom we so loue, both in the immediate duties of his worship, and also in the or∣dinarie duties of our callings. And this is done, when as wee labour in them, not first and chiefly for worldly gaine and aduantage, thereby to please our selues; but in obedience to Gods Commandement, who re∣quireth these duties of vs, studying in all things to please him, and that our actions both for the matter and manner may be approued and ac∣cepted in his sight. Secondly, wee must performe the duties of our callings out of loue towards our neighbours, seeking in them their good * 1.1 as well as our owne, seeing true charity seeketh not her owne, but