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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.
SECT. V.1
- 1§. 5.
V. The Fifth Rule for the Husbandman in 1his Calling, is, Whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do ye also to them, Mat. 7.12. A principle of that weight and reason, that Alexander Severus, an Heathen Emperor of Rome, caused that sentence to be written in each room of his Palace; […] then to be transcribed into every Christian heart. Judge, is there not equity in this Rule? To do as you would be done by. Are not they wretched creatures that transgress it? Why, ⟨p. 253⟩it is the Divinity of Heathens. Apply this practically: you would borrow in your need, lend then to others in their need; you would be welcomed by your friends, saluted by your acquaintance; see then you welcome your friends, and salute your acquaintance: you would be saluted first, strive then to be first in your salutations: you would not be slandered, mis-interpreted, scorned, jeered, or envied; O then slander not others, nor misinterpret them, nor scorn them, nor jeer them, nor envy them. Here is my poor neighbour, I could now make advantage of his necessity, and make him pay high for his commodity […] but if I were in his case, I would not be so used: you would not have others forward to give offence, nor quick to take offence; see then that you be unwilling to give, and backward to take offence.