▁Re formation ▁prof ound ly ▁affected ▁the ▁view ▁of ▁work , ▁dign ifying ▁even ▁the ▁most ▁m und ane ▁prof essions ▁as ▁adding ▁to ▁the ▁common ▁good ▁and ▁thus ▁bl essed ▁by ▁God , ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁any ▁" s ac red " ▁calling ▁( G erman : ▁R uf ). ▁A ▁common ▁illustr ation ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁c obb ler , ▁h unch ed ▁over ▁his ▁work , ▁who ▁dev otes ▁his ▁entire ▁effort ▁to ▁the ▁pra ise ▁of ▁God . ▁ ▁To ▁emphas ize ▁the ▁work ▁eth ic ▁in ▁Protest ant ism ▁relative ▁to ▁C athol ics , ▁he ▁notes ▁a ▁common ▁problem ▁that ▁industrial ists ▁face ▁when ▁employ ing ▁pre cap ital ist ▁labor ers : ▁Agricult ural ▁entrepr ene urs ▁will ▁try ▁to ▁encou rage ▁time ▁spent ▁har vest ing ▁by ▁offering ▁a ▁higher ▁w age , ▁with ▁the ▁expectation ▁that ▁labor ers ▁will ▁see ▁time ▁spent ▁working ▁as ▁more ▁valuable ▁and ▁so ▁eng age ▁it ▁longer . ▁However , ▁in ▁pre cap ital ist ▁soci eties ▁this ▁often ▁results ▁in ▁labor ers ▁sp ending ▁less ▁time ▁har vest ing . ▁Labor ers ▁judge ▁that ▁they ▁can ▁ear n ▁the ▁same , ▁while ▁sp ending ▁less ▁time ▁working ▁and ▁having ▁more ▁le is ure . ▁He ▁also ▁notes ▁that ▁soci eties ▁having ▁more ▁Protest ants ▁are ▁those ▁that ▁have ▁a ▁more ▁developed ▁capital ist ▁economy . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁particularly ▁advantage ous ▁in ▁technical ▁occup ations ▁for ▁workers ▁to ▁be ▁extremely ▁devoted ▁to ▁their ▁craft . ▁ ▁To