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A01448
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Profitable insructions [sic] for the manuring, sowing, and planting of kitchin gardens Very profitable for the common wealth and greatly for the helpe and comfort of poore people. Gathered by Richard Gardiner of Shrewsberie.
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Gardiner, Richard, of Shrewsbury.
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1603
(1603)
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STC 11571; ESTC S114902
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thing This loue required of vs doth consist in few words that is Loue God aboue all things thy neighbour as thy selfe To loue God aboue all thinges is humbly to giue him most hearty thankes for our creation our redemption in the merits of our onely sauiour Iesus Christ and also to loue him in a heartie desire to obey him in the precepts conteined in his most holy worde and also to loue him for all his benefits both spirituall temporall to loue him for his wonderfull prouidence of heauen earth and all that is therin for the helpe comfort of mankinde and to loue thy neighbor as thy selfe is to cherish him and courteously to admonish and intreate him to auoid sinne and to comfort him with those blessings which the Lorde hath made thee steward of for that purpose and when the Lord calleth thâ—e to make accompt of thy Stewardship if thou willingly doe endeuour thy selfe to performe the loue aforesaid then true faith and true repentance will bring thee as it were hand in haÌ„d to the presence of the Lord where thou shalt make a ioyfull accompte onely accepted in the merrites of Christ Iesus This is the totall summe of thy Stewardship whatsoeuer thou bee and if thou careleslye omit to doe thy office heerein thou makest a hard accompt for thy selfe which God forbid if it bee his good pleasure therein And therefore loue God aboue all thinges and thy neighbour as thy selfe And then I shal surely and effectuallye haue my desire heerein and greatly for the profit of the common wealtâ— And thus I desire thee good Reader to take in good parte this my last farewell to my natiâ—e soyle of Shrewsburie except I be urged in conscience further to procéede as cause and time dooth require therein and for the better â—xpelling of sinne which is the onely hindrance of all good workes let vs humbly end with hartie prayer to our heauenly Father as followeth O Heauenly Father haue mercie vpon this common-wealth and congregation graunt that we doe not resist nor quench thy holy spirit any longer but that we may vtterly aboâ—ish and â—orsake contâ—nt oÌ„ ambition â—aine glory and al manner of crueltie periuerie smâ—oth disâ—eÌ„bling ipocrisie all other greeuoâ—s sinnes daylyeÌ„ committed against â—ay deuine Maieâ—tie Graunt alâ—o O heauenly Father that the Pâ—eaâ—â—erâ— distributers of thy holy word gospel haue not cause any loÌ„ger to mourne lament and greeâ—e in that they cannot preuaile against these notorious sinnes aforesaid many otherâ— daily committed not in the space of â—ortie yeares past to any good purpose wheâ—eby sinne is growne to be rotten ripe dayly vrging the presence of thy iudgemeÌ„ts against vsâ— and graunt likewise if it be thy good pleasureâ— that our owne great number of bookes wherin thy holâ— word is conteined by thy great mercie we doe possâ—sse thâ—m in peace many yeares past that they be notwitnes against vs in the day of thy feareful visitâ—â—ion Graunt also for thy mercies sake that all thâ—se which do seeme to professe thy holy worde and Gospel may also truely effectually practise tâ—e same in their liues and conuersatioÌ„ without shameleâ— ipoâ—â—sie or blinde selfe louâ— O Lord behoulde and reforme the grâ—at mâ—ltitude of seditious persons that haue presumed into the place of auncient peâ—ceâ—makers whereby thy holy word and Gospell hath taken sâ—all effect in â—his commâ—â— wealth for maâ—y yeares past by reason thereof O Lorde reâ—orme their abuses shorten theiâ— contentious proceediâ—gs for thâ—ne elect sake Graunt also O heauenly fathâ—r that vâ—fained loue charitie may possesse the hearts of all men that sedition and bâ—inde selfe loue may be vâ—terlye vanquished vnto Sathan from whence it dooth proceede into the hearts of tâ—e vngodly against the true peace of thy holy worde and Gospel Grace mercy and peace from God our heauenly Father bee with vâ— all now and euermoâ—e Amen FINIS