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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.
1. You must but Use the world. It is the 1School-mens distinction, Uti & Frui, and Augustine's, before them. The chief good that's to be enjoyed, all other things are only to be used. And this must the Husbandman learn, if God do graciously give him much, that he is not only a treasurer to lay up, but a Steward to lay out for God. You must know, that the world is a place that you must lodge ⟨p. 250⟩in for a night, not live in for ever. And when you are on the road, you respect your lodging only for your journey, not on the contrary. Alas Sirs, Your being here is only a Lease, not a Free-hold. This is not your Best, for it is defiled; yonder above the stars, is your everlasting Rest: There you shall sit down and enjoy, and drink your heart-fulls of endless joys. And then,
1. You must but Vse the world. It is the 1School-mens distinction, Vti & Frui, and Augustines, before them. The chief good that's to be injoyed, all other things are onely to be used. And this must the Husbandman learn, if God do graciously give him much, that he is not onely a treasurer to lay up, but a Steward to lay out for God. You must know, that the world is a place that you must lodge ⟨p. 250⟩in for a night, not live in for ever. And when you are on the road, you respect your lodgeing only for your journey, not on the contrary. Alas Sirs, Your being here is only a Lease, not a Free-hold. This is not your Best, for it is defiled; yonder above the stars, is your everlasting Rest: There you shall sit down and injoy, and drink your heart-fulls of endless joyes. And then,
- 1Res aliae sunt quibus fruendum est, aliae quibus utendum illae quibus fruendum est, beatus nos faciunt; istis quibus utendum est, adjuvamur, Aug. de Doct. Christ. lib. 1.