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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.
[…] as […] is the breeding Root, so Covetousness is […] nourishing Root of all •vil. Is […] […] heart with many sorrows, •Tim 6.10. Like Aqua fortis on Steel, if it take the heart, it will not leave it, till it have […] out all goodness; and like the Viper that […] out her Mothers belly, so doth it reward […] Master for its lo•ging. O the cares, the […], the sorrows of a Covetous Man! Though his Barn, House, Purse, […] full, yet his Heart is not full; like the Disease called the Wolf, that is always eating, yet keeps […] body lean. He lies by his money, as a sick man, by his meat, he hath no power to take it, but only to look upon it: He covets to covet, and labours […] labour, and careth to care, and […] himself as an Ass, that carries treasures all day on his back, and at night they be taken from him, they did him no good but load him.
〈…〉 as 〈…〉 is the breeding Root, so Covetousness is 〈…〉 nourishing Root of all •vil. Is 〈…〉 〈…〉 heart with many sorrows, •Tim 6.10. Like Aqua fortis on Steel, if it take the heart, it will not leave it, till it have 〈…〉 out all goodness; and like the Viper that 〈…〉 out her Mothers belly, so doth it reward 〈…〉 Master for its lo•ging. O the cares, the 〈…〉, the sorrows of a Covetous Man! Though his Barn, House, Purse, 〈…〉 full, yet his Heart is not full; like the Disease called the Wolf, that is alwayes eating, yet keeps 〈…〉 body lean. He lies by his money, as a sick man, by his meat, he hath no power to take it, but only to look upon it: He covets to covet, and labours 〈…〉 labour, and careth to care, and 〈…〉 himself as an Ass, that carries treasures all day on his back, and at night they be taken from him, they did him no good but load him.