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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. IX.1
- 1§. 9.
IX. The Ninth Rule for the Husbandman in 1his Calling, is, Pay your Great Land-lord his Rent. The Lord of Heaven and Earth is Lord of the Soil, and Lord of the Soul also, and a Chief belongs to him. This is that great Householder, Mat. 21.33. that planted a Vineyard, and hedged it about, and let it out to Husbandmen, and went into a far Country. And he hath charged a Rent over and beside your earthly Land-lords upon your estate, and it concerns you to enquire what it is, what Arrears there are, and what course to take for the constant discharge thereof; least the Lord turn you out of doors: Your petty Land-lord can but turn you into the wide World, but your Chief Land-lord can turn you out into Hell. The former indeed may imprison you, but the latter can damn you: Alas! how little have you thought of this? one Year returns after another; your Earthly Land-lord calls for Rent, and you make hard shift to pay him: but your Heavenly Land-lord calls, and calls again, and no Rent is paid to him: What will ye do in the end thereof?
IX. THe Ninth Rule for the Husbandman in 1his Calling, is, Pay your Great Land-lord his Rent. The Lord of Heaven and Earth is Lord of the Soil, and Lord of the Soul also, and a Chief belongs to him. This is that great Housholder,