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1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 838 The grete werkman aboue he ded race Alle þis werk.

1560 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodyake of Lyfe iii. sig. Gi That workman first, that made y^e skies the earth, and seas also.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 72 This Speech [= Logos] being the workman of God the Lord of the whole World.

1616 T. Scot Philomythie sig. C2^v Darknesse was not created, tis as old As that great workeman which the whole doth mould.

1700 D. Irish Levamen Infirmi 75 This glorious Universe..adorn'd with wonderful objects, Proclaming the Wisdom and Omnipotence of its great Workman or Creator.

1780 J. O'Keeffe Tony Lumpkin in Town ii. 37 Well, I know the points of a horse, and that's made by a better workman.

1874 Literary World 14 Aug. 100/2 In the midst of our miseries and fruitless conflicts, the Divine Workman who prepares our destinies goes on with His work.

1906 E. Philpotts Portreeve (1909) iii. iv. 243 Granted the great Workman up aloft, then surely we be all useful tools to His hand and all fit for some piece of work.

1988 R. N. D. Martin & S. Brown tr. G. W. Leibniz Disc. Metaphysics 65 Both are good and both can be useful, not only for admiring the artifice of the great Workman, but also in discovering something useful in physics and medicine.