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The Experienced Butcher [By J. Plumptre Assisted by T. Lantaffe].
The Experienced Butcher - By J. Plumptre Assisted by T. Lantaffe Author:James Plumptre, Thomas Lantaffe General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1816 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. Religious considerations suggested by slaying animals: 1. The Lamb. -- 2. Sheep. -- 3. The Goat. -- 1 Deer. 5. Oxen. -- The Golden Calf. -- 6. Swine. -- 7. The Feeding of Fat Cattle. -- Religious Reflections from considering the make of Animals: 1. The Spine. -- 2. The Chest 3. The Shoulder-blade -- the ' Joints -- Mortice and Tenon -- Batt and Socket -- Gristle -- Knee-pan -- Joint-oil. -- 4. The Head -- Teeth -- Horns. 5. Correspondence of Parts -- and Variations -- Package -- Beauty. -- 6. Chewing the Cud -- the Teeth -- the Stomach -- Conclusion, . H. AVING shewn, in the first chapter, that it is lawful to kill animals as food; and, in the second, that the profession of a butcher does not necessarily imply cruelty of disposition, or a want of tenderness and humanity, the reader, perhaps, will not be indisposed to accompany the writer in a farther inquiry, Whether the slaying of animals may not be made subservient to considerations of an important and religious nature. There are many excellent books already written, to assist the souls of those engaged in other employments, in their ascent from earth to heaven, -- as, Flavel's " Husbandry Spiritualized/' " Christian Husbandry," " The Husbandman's Manual," Flavel's " Navigation Spiritualized," Gurnal's "Christian's Armour," Faw- cett's " Religious Weaver," " Angling Spiritualized," by Mr. Boyle, and many other works. The employment of Cardinal Bellarmine, on " The Ascent of the Soul to God by Meditation on the Works of the Creation." 'the butcher, if duly considered on scripture grounds, will afford materials no less valuable ...« less