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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.
SECTION. I.
WE are arrived now at the […] 1general Head of this Subject which is the Designs which […] good Husbandman ought […] have in his Calling. It is a […] end that crowns or shames his work. […] Husbandmans ends do ennoble his Calling And they are these:
WE are arrived now at the 〈…〉 1general Head of this Subject which is the Designs which 〈…〉 good Husbandman ought 〈…〉 have in his Calling. It is a 〈…〉 end that crowns or shames his work. 〈…〉 Husbandmans ends do ennoble his Calling And they are these:
- 1The Husbandmans Designs.
I. The chief end of the Husbandman […] 1his Calling is, To Please and Glorify God. […] he can but attain this, he is rich enough. Th• is mans greatest duty, and highest privilege. 'Tis the Christians character and Motto, Ro 14.8, 9. For none of us liveth to himself, […] no man dieth to himself, for whether we live we live unto the Lord, &c. Mark, it's said none of us, of what sort or degree soever, live to himself, but to the Lord. It's true the more noble, wise and learned, the more they should contribute to these ends; but even the poor Husbandman must add his Mite: even a Dwarf may shoot at the Zenith,