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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.
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, 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 Earthlie 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?