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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.
As the Wife therefore is sometimes angry with what the Servant is doing, till he tell her, that his Master appointed him; then she says no more: So when cross Accidents fret thee, and second Causes walk contrary to thee, remember the First Cause hath bidden them, and rest content. If the Bottles of Heaven be stopped knock at Gods door, and he will open them, Jer. 14. 22. Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles, that can cause rain, or can the Heavens give Showers? Art not thou He, O Lord our God? Therefore we will wait upon thee, for thou hast made all these things. Three Keys the Jewish Rabbins often give him; The Key of the Womb, the Key of the Grave, and the Key of the Clouds; implying, that none but He can unlock these.
As the Wife therefore is somtimes angry with what the Servant is doing, till he tell her, that his Master appoynted him; then she sayes no more: So when cross Accidents fret thee, and second Causes walk contrary to thee, remember the First Cause hath bidden them, and rest content. If the Bottles of Heaven be stopped knock at Gods door, and he will open them, Jer. 14. 22. Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles, that can cause rain, or can the Heavens give Showers? Art not thou He, O Lord our God? Therefore we will wait upon thee, for thou hast made all these things. Three Keyes the Jewish Rabbins often give him; The Key of the W•mb, the Key of the Grave, and the Key of the Clouds; implying, that none but He can unlock these.
Learn then to see God, to seek God in all things. Satan cannot enter into an Hog without divine appointment. What can one think more casual and independent on God, than the Sabeans and Chaldeans taking away Job's Cattle! and yet he looks beyond them at God. The Lord hath taken away; and this contents him. This opens our mouths to praise him for mercies, and strikes us dumb from repining against him in crosses. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou d•dst it. Look through all Creatures and Providences as through a Glass, and behold God disposing thee and them with infinite