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The husbandmans calling showing the excellencies, temptations, graces, duties &c. of the Christian husbandmanThe husbandmans calling shewing the excellencies, temptations, graces, duties &c. of the Christian husbandman
The husbandmans calling showing the excellencies, temptations, graces, duties &c. of the Christian husbandman : being the substance of XII sermons preached to a country congregation / by Richard Steele.The husbandmans calling shewing the excellencies, temptations, graces, duties &c. of the Christian husbandman : being the substance of XII sermons preached to a country congregation / by Richard Steele.
London: printed by M.S., 1668
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And then, the injuries, calu•ies and trespasses he meets with from his unjust neighbours, these grate again upon his angry humour, and inflame him again; never man had such neighbours; one trespasses on him on this side, another sues him for trespass on the other side. A Thief goes away with a sheep or an horse this way, the Fowls and Mice they purloin away his corn another way. His Landlord exacts upon him, every one wrongs him, and he must be a Stock or a Stoic that were insensible. But these things meeting with a weak Christian, weary with labour, tempt him sometimes to say, My soul is weary of my life—I will speak in the bitterness of my soul, Job 10. 1. and alas! so he does, if Grace prevent not: his wife she is chidden, his children beaten, his servants turned out of doors, his neighbours reviled; and then after all he ⟨p. 65⟩[…] at himself, grieves and mourns for his folly, and opening his eyes, sees Gods hand in all, and blesseth the Name of the Lord.
And then, the injuries, calu•ies and trespasses he meets with from his unjust neighbours, these grate again upon his angry humour, and inflame him again; never man had such neighbours; one trespasses on him on this side, another sues him for trespass on the other side. A Thief goes away with a sheep or an horse this way, the Fowls and Mice they purloine away his corn another way. His Landlord exacts upon him, every one wrongs him, and he must be a Stock or a Stoick that were insensible. But these things meeting with a weak Christian, weary with labour, tempt him sometimes to say, My soul is weary of my life—I will speak in the bitterness of my soul, Job 10. 1. and alas! so he does, if Grace prevent not: his wife she is chidden, his children beaten, his servants turned out of doors, his neighbours reviled; and then after all he ⟨p. 65⟩〈…〉 at himself, grieves and mourns for his folly, and opening his eyes, sees Gods hand in all, and blesseth the Name of the Lord.