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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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You that joy with the joy of harvest, are glad, because ⟨p. 154⟩§1now you have food for your selves and families to live upon all the year; but the Christian rejoiceth, because he hath bread to eat, that the world knows not of, Rev. 2. 17. Christ is the food of his soul, and his flesh is meat indeed, and his blood drink indeed, John 5. 55. (i. e.) the most real and excellent food You read, Psal. 78. 25. that man did eat angels food (i. e.) Manna, which was such excellent bread, that if Angels did live upon material food, this would be chosen for them; and yet this is but a type and dark shadow of Jesus Christ, the food of believers.
You that joy with the joy of harvest, are glad, because ⟨p. 154⟩§1now you have food for your selves and families to live upon all the year; but the Christian rejoyceth, because he hath bread to eat, that the world knows not of, Rev. 2. 17. Christ is the food of his soul, and his flesh is meat indeed, and his blood drink indeed, Iohn 5. 55. (i. e.) the most real and excellent food You read, Psal. 78. 25. that man did eat angels food (i. e.) Manna, which was such excellent bread, that if Angels did live upon material food, this would be chosen for them; and yet this is but a type and dark shadow of Iesus Christ, the food of believers.
You rejoice when your harvest is in, because corn is virtually many other things besides food; you can turn it into clothes to keep you warm, and many other necessaries may be purchased by it: but yet it is not like Christ, the object of a Saints joy; though it answers many things it doth not answer all things as Christ doth; turn it into what you will, it hath but a limited and respective usefulness: but Jesus Christ is all in all to believers, and out of him their faith can fetch all supplies; he is their health in sickness, their strength in weakness, their ease in pain, their honour in reproach, their wealth in poverty, their friend in friendlessness, their habitation when harbourless, their enlargement in bonds, the strength of their hearts, and life of their life. O he is a full Christ, and what ever excellencies are scattered among all the creatures, do meet all in him, and much more.