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

1. Observe the piercing eye of Almighty God always upon thee. When thy heart gives thy mouth the lye in dissimulation, he observes thee all the while, and marvels at thy folly. Wouldst thou speak so falsely, if he with whom thou dealest knew thy heart? Why wilt thou speak so, when God knows thy heart? Is he less formidable than a worm? wilt thou bear such awe of one that can only shame thee, and not bear much more of one ⟨p. 123⟩that can both shame and damn thee? Thou wilt not affirm a thing if thou knowest a stander by can disprove thee; Why, God is a stander by, and when thou art lying equivocating and swearing, he can disprove thee every word, can stop thy mouth with a thunder-bolt, strike thee dumb, yea, dead in the place, as he did Ananias and Sapphira, and many others since, with their lye in their mouths. Hearken what he hath said, 1 Thes. 4.6. Let no man go beyond, or defraud his brother in any matter, because that the Lord is the avenger of all such. If an ingenious argument will win thee, He whom thou defraudis thy brother, wilt thou eat up thine own flesh? If a dreadful argument will work on thee, The Lord is the avenger of all such. God will sooner or later reckon surely with thee for it, and therefore as thou tenderest thy safety and happiness, go beyond no man in any matter. God will not see one man rise unjustly on another's ruin with any patience, nor behold thy cunning to make a prey of his simplicity without a sharp revenge.

1. Observe the piercing eye of Almighty God alwayes upon thee. When thy heart gives thy mouth the lye in dissimulation, he observes thee all the while, and marvels at thy folly. Would'st thou speak so falsely, if he with whom thou dealest knew thy heart? Why wilt thou speak so, when God knows thy heart? Is he less formidable than a worm? wilt thou bear such awe of one that can only shame thee, and not bear much more of one ⟨p. 123⟩that can both shame and damn thee? Thou wilt not affirme a thing if thou knowest a stander by can disprove thee; Why, God is a stander by, and when thou art lying equivocating and swearing, he can disprove thee every word, can stop thy mouth with a thunder-bolt, strike thee dumb, yea, dead in the place, as he did Ananius and Saphira, and many others since, with their lye in their mouths. Hearken what he hath said,