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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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Much more is God delighted,1 in beholding the flourishing graces of his people; it pleases him to see his plants laden with fruit, and his valleys sing with corn, Cant. 6. 2. My beloved is gone down into his garden, into his beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. These beds of spices (say Expositors) are the particular Churches, the companies of Believers;2 he goes to feed in these gardens, like as men go to their gardens to make merry, or to gather fruit, Cant. 4. 16. He eats his pleasant fruit, viz. His peoples holy performances, sweeter to him than any Ambrosia; thus he feeds in the gardens, and he gathers lilies when he translates good souls into his Kingdom above; For the Lord taketh pleasure in his Saints, and will beautify the meek with salvation.
Much more is God delighted,1 in beholding the flourishing graces of his people; it pleases him to see his plants laden with fruit, and his valleys sing with corn, Cant. 6. 2. My beloved is gone down into his garden, into his beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lillies. These beds of spices (say Expositors) are the particular Churches, the companies of Believers;2 he goes to feed in these gardens, like as men go to their gardens to make merry, or to gather fruit, Cant. 4. 16. He eats his pleasant fruit, viz. His peoples holy performances, sweeter to him than any Ambrosia; thus he feeds in the gardens, and he gathers lillies when he translates good souls into his Kingdom above; For the Lord taketh pleasure in his Saints, and will beautifie the meek with salvation.
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