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THe unjust Steward in the Gospel,* 1.1 having wasted his Master's goods, and by high dieting his own Lusts brought a plentifull estate to a Con∣sumption; and being thereup∣on accused and discharg'd his Stewardship, casteth about
The spiritual bee, or, A miscellany of scriptural, historical, natural observations and occasional occurencyes applyed in divine meditations by an university pen
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with himself what to doe, and findeth he was reduced to a great extremity, not knowing how to digge, and to beg he was asham'd; get a sustenance out of the sweat of his brow he could not, and turn beggar to crave it he would not. Lord, when I enter into a serious review with my self, and cast up my accounts, I find the endowments, gifts and ad∣vantages, the goods thou hast entrusted me with, to have been very carelesly Stewarded by me, and I have forfeited the benefits both of them and of thy service: Digge I cannot, I know not how to earn a re∣ward of glory by my own righteousnes; but I am not ashamed to begge; my spirit
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is not soe stiffe and incompli∣ant, but that I can come once and again to beg relief at thine hands for Christ's sake; yea, I am not ashamed to be a dayly beggar at this door; for I know, the more importunate I am in cravinge, the more bountifull thou wilt bee in giving.
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* 1.1
Luke 16.