Again, in all our cares, toils, annoyances, and other burdens, it will be no small alleviation to know that all these things are under the superintendence of God. The magistrate will more willingly perform his office, and the father of a family confine himself to his proper sphere. Every one in his particular mode of life will, without repining, suffer its inconveniences, cares, uneasiness, and anxiety, persuaded that God has laid on the burden. This too, will afford admirable consolation, that in following your proper calling, no work, will be so mean and sordid as not to have a splendour and value in the eye of God.
John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book III, Chapter 10, Paragraph 6.
