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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.
CHAP. II. The main Doctrine delivered, an Husbandman described, and the Lawfulness of his Calling. 15 Sect. 1. The Doctrine. Husbandry is a most ancient and excellent Calling. Ibid. Sect. 2. An Husbandman described. 16 Sect. 3. The Lawfulness of his Calling. 17
CHAP. III. The Excellencies of the Husbandmans Calling. 19 Sect. 1. God himself was the immediate Author of it. 23 Sect. 2. The Holy Ghost brings most comparisons from it. 24 Sect. 3. He lives and depends most on God. 26 ⟨image 9⟩Sect. 4. It is an harmless and deceitless Calling. 27 Sect. 5. It was the first Calling in the world, and sustains all others. 29 Sect. 6. It is a Calling of less temptation than others. 31 Sect. 7. God may be most read in his Creatures in it. 33 Sect. 8. It makes a man neither too rich nor too poor. 35 Sect. 9. It is a Calling of greatest necessity. 37 Sect. 10 It is an healthful and cheerful Calling. 39 Sect. 11. It stands on safer grounds than most others. 41 Sect. 12. It is a greater friend to Piety than others. 42
CHAP. III. The Excellencies of the Husbandmans Calling. 19 Sect. 1. God himself was the immediate Author of it. 23 Sect. 2. The Holy Ghost brings most comparisons from it. 24 Sect. 3. He lives and depends most on God. 26 ⟨image 9⟩Sect. 4. It is an harmless and deceitless Calling. 27 Sect. 5. It was the first Calling in the world, and sustains all others. 29 Sect. 6. It is a Calling of less temptation than others. 31 Sect. 7. God may be most read in his Creatures in it. 33 Sect. 8. It makes a man neither too rich nor too poor. 35 Sect. 9. It is a Calling of greatest necessity. 37 Sect. 10 It is an healthful and chearful Calling. 39 Sect. 11. It stands on safer grounds than most others. 41 Sect. 12. It is a greater friend to Piety than others. 42