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Husbandry spiritualized, or, The heavenly use of earthly things consisting of many pleasant observations,…
Husbandry spiritualized, or, The heavenly use of earthly things consisting of many pleasant observations, pertinent applications, and serious reflections and each chapter concluded with a divine and suitable poem : directing husband-men to the most excellent improvements of their common employments : whereunto is added ... several choice occasional meditations / by John Flavell.Husbandry spiritualized, or, The heavenly use of earthly things consisting of many pleasant observations, pertinent applications, and serious reflections and each chapter concluded with a divine and suitable poem : directing husband-men to the most excellent improvements of their common imployments : whereunto is added ... several choice occasional meditations / by John Flavell.
London : Printed and are to be sold by Robert Boulter, l674
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When men give themselves over to the satisfaction of their lusts, to commit sin with greediness, then are they grown to a maturity of sin; when men have slipped the reins of conscience and rush headlong into all impiety, then the last sands of Gods patience are running down. Thus Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Cities about them in like manner gave themselves over to wickedness and strange sins; and then justice quickly trussed them up for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
When men give themselves over to the satisfaction of their lusts, to commit sin with greediness, then are they grown to a maturity of sin; when men have slipt the reins of conscience and rush headlong into all impiety, then the last sands of Gods patience are running down. Thus Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Cities about them in like manner gave themselves over to wickedness and strange sins; and then justice quickly truss'd them up for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
That man is even ripe for hell, that is become a contriver ⟨p. 135⟩of •in, a designer, a student in wickedness; one would think it strange, that any man should set his invention on work, upon such a subject as sin is; that any should study to become a dexterous artist this way, and yet the Scripture frequently speaks of such, whose bellies prepare deceit, Job 15. 35. who travel in pain to bring forth, this deformed birth, ver. 20. who wink with their eyes, whilst plodding wickedness, as men use to do when they are most intent upon the study of any knotty problem, Prov. 6. 13. These have so much of hell already in them, that they are more than half in hell already.
That man is even ripe for hell, that is become a contriver