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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
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3. Pray hard for them, yea, when you are feeding and dressing them, cry, Gen. 17.18. O that Ishmael may live before thee. A child of prayers (said good Mr. Dod) will hardly miscarry: by these Monica won Augustine, and by these you may win yours. Observe their inclinations to good or evil betimes, and accordingly encourage or discourage them; discern their haunts timeously, and remember preventive Physic is the best, and that encouragement is as due as frowns when occasion serves.
3. Pray hard for them, yea, when you are feeding and dressing them, cry, Gen. 17.18. O that Ishmael may live before thee. A child of prayers (said good Mr. Dod) will hardly miscarry: by these Monica won Augustine, and by these you may win yours. Observe their inclinations to good or evil betimes, and accordingly incourage or discourage them; discern their haunts timously, and remember preventive Physick is the best, and that incouragement is as due as frowns when occasion serves.
4. Bring them under the power of Gods Ordinances betimes, Deut. 31.12. young and old, saith God, must come. Samuel was young, but he had not waited long, but he was called; use them to reading, and to tell a verse when you have read; use them to Sermons, and to remember something that was preached; encourage them to get choice Scriptures; fill the vessel, something will stick: Engage them to a course of serious prayer; let them first use the Lords prayer, which he understands, ⟨p. 261⟩though they do not, and will accept, because they do the best they can; but be sure to train them further by showing them their needs, by begging and teaching them to beg the Spirit of Prayer: And then your example, and their practise will make them perfect. You are glad to hear them speak, and Almighty God is glad to hear them pray.