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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.
Answ. 1. It is most sad in outward respects, if it be so, that so excellent a Creature as man should be forced to w•ar out his spirits to […] a living, and spend all his days in extreme labour for food and raiment. And […] to such […] hearted Land-lords, and •ch of their […] conscionable P•liffs also, that ⟨p. 112⟩impose such heavy Rents for poor men, their fellow Christians to live on. As the Emperor said of evil Herod, it were better to be his Swine, than his Son: so one may truly say, it were better to be their horses or dogs, than their Tenants; for they have more expressions of love and kindness from them, and easier service imposed on them, than their Tenants have. What a woeful thing is it, that one man, nay, one Christian, should so ride upon, and oppress another? That the Landlord should surfeit with plenty, and the Tenant starve with want; the Land-lord sing, the Tenant suffer; the one swim in the others sweat and tears, and live in the others death. This is horrible injustice, which the great Land-lord of you all will revenge.
Answ. 1. It is most sad in outward respects, if it be so, that so excellent a Creature as man should be forced to w•ar out his spirits to 〈…〉 a living, and spend all his dayes in extream labour for food and rayment. And 〈…〉 to such 〈…〉 hearted Land-lords, and •ch of their 〈…〉 conscionable P•liffs also, that ⟨p. 112⟩impose such heavy Rents for poor men, their fellow Christians to live on. As the Emperour said of evil Herod, it were better to be his Swine, than his Son: so one may truly say, it were better to be their horses or dogs, than their Tenants; for they have more expressions of love and kindness from them, and easier service imposed on them, than their Tenants have. What a wofull thing is it, that one man, nay, one Christian, should so ride upon, and oppress another? That the Landlord should surfet with plenty, and the Tenant starve with want; the Land-lord sing, the Tenant suffer; the one swim in the others sweat and tears, and live in the others death. This is horrible injustice, which the great Land-lord of you all will revenge.