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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. IV.1
- 1§. 4.
IV. The Fourth special Grace the Husbandman should get is, Uprightness. 1Uprightness toward God, and down uprightness towards men, to live a plain even Scripture course. To be a Jacob, a plain man, ⟨p. 191⟩though he dwell in Tents. Behold this is the Husbandmans motto, To be poor and honest. •t is a critical thing to be a Politician; but there are few criticisms in the sincerity of an Husbandman. He is one that will rather lose all he hath, then God and a good Conscience. And this he follows, not as an heathen •rtue, but as a Christian Grace. He walks in the uprightness of his heart for Conscience sake. This is his Argument with God, this is his Bond to men. Lord, remember how I have walked before thee in Truth—Isa. 38.3. He cannot boast of many works, but he can glory in an upright walk. And this pleads with God for him; even when many infirmities, •ccompany his actions, his heart is right. And the observation of this even and downright carriage of his, is as good as other mens bonds. If he verify it, no body doubts the truth of what he asserts: His motto is, Meniri non possum, Prodere nolo, I cannot frame to lye.