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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. II.1
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1. In his affairs, Isa. 28.25. Doth the Ploughman Plough all day to sow? Doth he open and break the clods of his Ground? When he hath made plain the face thereof; doth he not cast abroad the Fitches, and scatter the Cummin, and and cast in the principal Wheat, and the appointed Barley & Rye in their place? Here you see the Holy Ghost himself, guiding the Husbandman in his Tillage; he should be wise to manage his business in due season and order. And then, vers. 27. The Fitches must he beaten out with a staff. Bread Corn must be bruised, &c. And even this Discretion must be taught of God, so saith this Scripture, vers. 29. This also cometh from the Lord of Hosts, which is wonderful in Counsel, and Excellent in working. He doth well therefore to be inquisitive of his elder neighbours, but he must not neglect to seek this skill of God, who is wonderful in counsel.