An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…

First, That the Actions of men they are Seeds; such seeds as will certainly come up:¹ other seeds may die in the ground & rot and never come up; but there is never an Action that thou performest, but it will come up one way or other, it will come up to something.

First, That the Actions of men they are Seeds; such seeds as wil certainly come up:¹ other seeds may die in the ground & rot and never come up; but there is never an Action that thou performest, but it will come up one way or other, it will come up to something.

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And secondly,¹ It will come up in the same kind; the seeds of Tares will not come up to Wheat; but it will be a Tare; and so the Wheat a Wheat: all our actions will come up in the same kind. Men neglect their actions, and think that when they have done, it's over, they forget what they did yesterday or the day before; but though you may forget it, yet it will come up in the same kind, though you think not of it:² I remember Pliny reports of some parts in Africa, that when they sow their seeds, they go away and never look after it for many months together: So •t is in many men they sow but they never mind what they have done, and quite forget what they have done till they must come to reap. But certainly thy actions there they lie and will grow up to something.

And secondly,¹