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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 so in the morning, the World calls on so hard, that prayer is neglected in the Morning; and at night the Flesh calls for ease, that Prayer is neglected at Evening: or if something be done that way by reason of custom or conviction, alas the wife she is sleeping in one corner, the child in another, the servant in a third; when they should all of them be wrestling might and main with God for mercy for their souls.
And so in the morning, the VVorld calls on so hard, that prayer is neglected in the Morning; and at night the Flesh calls for ease, that Prayer is neglected at Evening: or if somthing be done that way by reason of custom or conviction, alas the wife she is sleeping in one corner, the child in another, the servant in a third; when they should all of them be wrestling might and main with God for mercy for their souls.
And then, when the Sabbath comes, the poor Husbandman lies under great Temptations, to make it a Play-day for his body, and yet no Work-day for his soul. He that can rise early every morning, takes his ease that morning, and the Bells do hardly raise him up: And then in the Assembly, the easier is his seat, the readier is he to sleep, while his weightiest affair is in hand: Or it the Church be far, or the weather frown, or his finger ache, a small matter shall keep him at home; though perhaps (as it was the case of Thomas the Apostle) that very day, he might have seen Jesus Christ to his eternal comfort.
And then, when the Sabbath comes, the poor Husbandman lyes under great Temptations, to make it a Play-day for his body, and yet no Work-day for his soul. He that can rise early every morning, takes his ease that morning, and the Bells do hardly raise him up: And then in the Assembly, the easier is his seat, the readier is he to sleep, while his weightiest affair is in hand: Or it the Church be far, or the weather frown, or his finger ake, a small matter shall keep him at home; though perhaps (as it was the case of Thomas the Apostle) that very day, he might have seen Jesus Christ to his eternal comfort.