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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.
Object. A man cannot live in the world without using his wits: Other men use it more than I: These shifts are common and •onest in comparison of others: I do but make the best of my own: Let them look better about them, and then there's no danger.
Answ. There is no necessity laid on any man to sin. It's better to be poor than sin. He would make such a bargain as would undo ⟨p. 124⟩do him, that would tell one lye to gain all the world. Others practise is no rule, and will prove no excuse for thy wickedness. God hath given thee to understand, that his Word is the Rule, that must guide and judge thee; and that thou art to imitate not the worst, but the best men, and them only in what is good. You are to know, that by beguiling others, you make the worst of your own, and hazard all to increase a little, and venture hell to gain a penny. That God hath not given all men the like measure of skill and perspicacity, but they are plain and simple, and think every one else is like them; but in that case God hath made thee thy Brothers Keeper, and put him into thy hands to deal mercifully and honestly with him.
Answ. There is no necessity laid on any man to sin. It's better to be poor than sin. He would make such a bargain as would undo ⟨p. 124⟩do him, that would tell one lye to gain all the world. Others practise is no rule, and will prove no excuse for thy wickedness. God hath given thee to understand, that his Word is the Rule, that must guide and judge thee; and that thou art to imitate not the worst, but the best men, and them onely in what is good. You are to know, that by beguiling others, you make the worst of your own, and hazzard all to increase a little, and venture hell to gain a peny. That God hath not given all men the like measure of skill and perspicacity, but they are plain and simple, and think every one else is like them; but in that case God hath made thee thy Brothers Keeper, and put him into thy hands to deal mercifully and honestly with him.