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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.
SECT. VII.1
- 1§. 7.
VII. The Seventh Temptation of the Husbandman 1is, Distracting Care. He hath so much to do, and so little to do it on, much Brick to make, and little straw to make it with, that he is apt to be overfull of cares. What shall we eat? and what shall we drink? and wherewithal shall we be clothed? Martha ⟨p. 99⟩and he are sick of the same disease, to whom Christ thus, Luke 10.40. Martha, 2Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things. Thy care divides thy heart, it divides it from me, it divides it from its self, it is a care that troubles thee, & that's naught.
VII. THe Seventh Temptation of the Husbandman 1is, Distracting Care. He hath so much to do, and so little to do it on, much Brick to make, and little straw to make it with, that he is apt to be overful of cares. What shall we eat? and what shall we drink? and wherewithall shall we be cloathed? Martha ⟨p. 99⟩and he are sick of the same disease, to whom Christ thus,