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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.
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APPLICATION.
Translate this into spirituals, and the proposition shadowed forth by it, is fully expressed by the Apostle, Gal. 6. 7. What a man sows, that shall be reap; they that sow to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; and they that sow to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap life everlasting. And as sure as the harvest follows the seed-time, so sure shall such fruits and effects result from the seeds of such actions. He that soweth iniquity, shall reap vanity, Prov. 22. 8. And they that now go forth weeping, and bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again rejoicing bringing their sheaves with them, Psal. 126. 5. The sum of all is this, That our present actions have the same respect and relation to future rewards and punishments, as the seed we sow in our fields, hath to the harvest we reap from it. Every gracious action is the seed of joy, and every sinful action the seed of anguish and sorrow, to the soul that sowed it. Two things are sensibly presented to us in this similitude.
TRanslate this into spirituals, and the proposition shadowed forth by it, is fully expressed by the Apostle, Gal. 6. 7. What a man sows, that shall be reap; they that sow to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; and they that sow to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap life everlasting. And as sure as the harvest follows the seed-time, so sure shall such fruits and effects result from the seeds of such actions. He that soweth iniquity, shall reap vanity,