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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.
But none saith, ⟨p. 71⟩where is God my Maker? And so, because we cannot discern his finger, he is constrained next time to lay on his hand, and awaken us to feel and see him.
Thus the Honour also which is due to God, is often laid at the feet of second Causes, and men bless the hand that reaches, and not the Hand that sends it. If Grace be not predominant in our Husbandmans heart, you shall more commonly hear him, when he is reaping his Corn, commend the goodness of his ground, than the Goodness of his God, and declare to his neighbours his own skill, with great freedom and frequency, but speak of Gods blessing, which was All in All, seldom, and with much straitness.
Thus the Honour also which is due to God, is often laid at the feet of second Causes, and men blesse the hand that reaches, and not the Hand that sends it. If Grace be not predominant in our Husbandmans heart, you shall more commonly hear him, when he is reaping his Corn, commend the goodness of his ground, than the Goodness of his God, and declare to his neighbours his own skill, with great freedome and frequency, but speak of Gods blessing, which was All in All, seldome, and with much straitnesse.
The Antidotes against this Temptation are,
The Autidotes against this Temptation are,