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

SECT. II.¹

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II. The second design of the Christian ¹Husbandman, is, The Salvation of his Soul. This he studies upon night and day. He knows that estate is ill got that beggars the Soul; That Rent sorrily paid, that makes him run in arrears with God: And therefore ⟨p. 228⟩saving stakes in the world is his by-business, but saving his soul is his main business: For what will it profit a man to gain the whole world, and to lose his own soul? Mat. 16.26. what is he better, if he discharge all his debts, and die in Gods debt, and be cast into the prison of hell for ever? What welcome can he have to God, that hath done every thing but what was chiefly given him in charge? That is good counsel then for the Husbandman, Mat. 6.19, 20. Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where Thieves break through and steal, but lay up for your selves treasure in Heaven. Nothing you can get in this world, that can be laid up safe; but if your soul be saved, that will be safe for ever.

II. THe second design of the Christian ¹Husbandman, is, The Salvation of his Soul. This he studies upon night and day. He knows that estate is ill got that beggars the Soul; That Rent sorrily paid, that makes him run in arrears with God: And therefore ⟨p. 228⟩