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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. I.1
- 1§. 1. By Drunkenness […] and Gluttony.§. 1. By Drunkenness 〈…〉 and Gluttony.
The First Abuse of the Husbandmans Calling, is by Drunkenness and Gluttony. So ⟨p. 206⟩we find, Gen. 9.20, 21. And Noah began to be an Husbandman, and he planted a Vineyard, and he drank of the Wine, and was drunken. Here we have Noah's Employment, and his Infirmity. His employment, he began to be an Husbandman. Though all the world was his, and his heirs for ever; yet he chose to have a Calling, and he chose this Calling. And then here is his Infirmity; where there are two extremes in opinion; Some making it an unpardonable crime, that an aged, wise, and holy man should thus miscarry: not charitably considering, that it was not Intemperance, but Inexperience that caused his fall• And others, holding it was no sin at all, because Involuntary, and of Ignorance: but this annihilates it not, extenuate it may; it was ill done, but recorded purposely to warn us from the like. Patriarchae nos docent non solu• Docentes, sed Err•tes: The Patriarchs Errors teach us, as well as their Instructions.
THe First Abuse of the Husbandmans Calling, is by Drunkenness and Gluttony. So ⟨p. 206⟩