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

Let the Temptations you hear of in your Calling arm you. Put on your spiritual armour, wind up your spiritual watch: for the first Husbandman that ever was, fell by temptation, and the second too, and you must stand by watchfulness. If you go out without your weapons, you will come in without your Garments, 1 Pet. 5.8. Be sober, be vigilant, for your adversary the Devil goes about roaring, seeking whom he may devour. The greatest part of men live, as if there were no Devil to tempt at all: gird about you the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, so shall you not be led into temptation, but delivered from evil.

Let the Lessons you have heard exercise you; You'll make the best of every thing, do ⟨p. 276⟩so in this. That's a good Chymic that can extract Gold out of Sand: but that's a good Husbandman that can get Heaven out of Earth. Thou hast had a wicked habit to suck poison out of flowers, O get a gracious habit to suck honey out of weeds: speak no more of the difficulty or impossibility thereof; if you were hired with Gold for every Celestial thought, you would study for more of them: you have fed too long upon the shell, feast now upon the kernel. A good hearing, when you come home at night, and say, Wife I have learned one lesson from my Ground, Cattle, &c. this day.

Let the Lessons you have heard exercise you; You'l make the best of every thing, do ⟨p. 276⟩so in this. That's a good Chymick that can extract Gold out of Sand: but that's a good Husbandman that can get Heaven out of Earth. Thou hast had a wicked habit to suck poyson out of flowers, O get a gracious habit to suck honey out of weeds: speak no more of the difficulty or impossibility thereof; if you were hired with Gold for every Coelestial thought, you would study for more of them: you have fed too long upon the shell, feast now upon the kernel. A good hearing, when you come home at night, and say, Wife I have learned one lesson from my Ground, Cattel, &c. this day.