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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.
And besides all this, the Apostle lays down a golden rule 2 Thes. 3. 10. If any will not work, neither shall be e•t. God may justly say, ⟨p. 9⟩Look to your selves, you live under no promise or protection of mine.
And besides all this, the Apostle layes down a golden rule 2 Thes. 3. 10. If any will not work, neither shall be e•t. God may justly say, ⟨p. 9⟩Look to your selves, you live under no promise or protection of mine.
Let this Note stand to convince all idle and useless persons, cyphers that stand for nothing, but to eat, and talk, and dress, and laugh, and dye: that never spend a drop of sweat, unless to pursue their pleasures, nor a considering thought, unless to provide for them; that bestow the one half of the day to deck their bodies, and the other half to defile their souls. Alas Sirs, what do you think on, if indeed you dare think of any thing unseen? If you would not be Brutes, and love not to be Saints, refuse not to be Men and Women; refuse not to obey Reason, you that scorn […] submit to Religion. Can you imagine that such noble Souls were given you for such worthless lives? will such accounts as these pass before the Judge of Heaven and Earth? Item†, Spent each day from five of the Clock in the Morning to Three afternoon, in dressing, painting and perfuming, and three hours more at Night in unpainting and undressing again. Item, spent all one day in hunting, all the next in drinking, &c. How would Adam admire that such Sons, and Eve that such Daughters should proceed from them? How would Abraham and Sarah be ashamed of them? How will God and Christ be ashamed to own them, or glorify them in Heaven, that never considered to glorify him on Earth? They then shall know that unprofitable Servants and Prodigals shall be packed together, and he that