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

Study you therefore the Conveniences of your Calling, and not the inconvenienc• thereof altogether; and consider that you know the evils in your own calling, but you know not the evils in another's. They have ease and honour, and you have health and ⟨p. 199⟩safety. Even Crowns are lined with tears; and yet he that hath most, doth but live. Think not therefore of forsaking thy calling without good warrant. If King Uzziah, 2 Chron. 26.10. had kept himself to the care of his Kingdom, and the love of Husbandry, he might have lived with comfort, and died with honour; but he must encroach on the calling of the Priest, and paid dear for it. Let his example be thy caution. Let the Priests follow their Calling, and do thou follow thine.

Study you therefore the Conveniencies of your Calling, and not the inconvenienc• thereof altogether; and consider that you know the evils in your own calling, but you know not the evils in anothers. They have ease and honour, and you have health and ⟨p. 199⟩safety. Even Crowns are lin'd with tears; and yet he that hath most, doth but live. Think not therefore of forfaking thy calling without good warrant. If King Vzziah, 2 Chron. 26.10. had kept himself to the care of his Kingdom, and the love of Husbandry, he might have liv'd with comfort, and died with honour; but he must incroach on the calling of the Priest, and paid dear for it. Let his example be thy caution. Let the Priests follow their Calling, and do thou follow thine.

And 2. Contentment with thy Portion in thy calling. It often falls out, that Poverty in comparison, is the portion of the Husbandman; as it is,