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

Pray consider, though you hold your Land of man, yet you hold your Life of God: though you have your house of some Great man, yet you have the body and soul that inhabits it, of the Great God; you have your health of ⟨p. 267⟩God, your strength of God; You hold the Gospel by a tenure in Capite of God, through Jesus Christ: now what Rent do you pay unto him? flinch not, nor start away, but say, what Rent have you ever paid unto God? Must every one have their due but God? canst thou please him only with fair words, or content him with naked promises? Can you pay unto men their Pounds, and cannot you pay unto God his Pepper-corn? what? deny your Maker his pepper-corn? why, what is this pepper-corn? I answer; It's contained in one verse, Psal. 50. last. He that offereth praise, glorifieth me, and he that ordereth his conversation aright, to him will I show the Salvation of God.

Pray consider, though you hold your Land of man, yet you hold your Life of God: though you have your house of some Great man, yet you have the body and soul that inhabits it, of the Great God; you have your health of ⟨p. 267⟩God, your strength of God; You hold the Gospel by a tenure in Capite of God, through Jesus Christ: now what Rent do you pay unto him? flinch not, nor start away, but say, what Rent have you ever paid unto God? Must every one have their due but God? canst thou please him only with fair words, or content him with naked promises? Can you pay unto men their Pounds, and cannot you pay unto God his Pepper-corn? what? deny your Maker his pepper-corn? why, what is this pepper-corn? I answer; It's contained in one verse, Psal. 50. last. He that offereth praise, glorifieth me, and he that ordereth his conversation aright, to him will I shew the Salvation of God.

Your Rent then consists in Holy Worship, and Holy Walking. When you sit down to meal and rise; my Rent, says God. Be sure he have cordial praises, that you adore him in your hearts; See your tongue be the faithful Messenger of your very heart: so when you lie down and rise up, when you go out and come in again; in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy steps: but this is not all your Rent, you live by him, you must live for him, if you ever mean to live with him. Go to then, speak, and act for God to the utmost of your Capacity. The little you can do for God, do it with all your might; If God will take his rent in thoughts, in words, and in deeds, that cost you nothing, O grudge it not, delay it not. Cry out, Lord,