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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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The Second Corollary.
The Second Corrolary.
Hence it follows, That spiritual barrenness is a great reproach and shame to Christians. Shall God's Husbandry, which is so planted, watered, fenced, filled with favours and mercies, be like the barren heath in the desert? Surely it should be said of every soul that grows here, as the Historian saith of Spain, that there is nihil infructuosum, nihil sterile; nothing barren or unfruitful in it. God's vineyard is planted in a very fruitful hill, Isa. 5. 1. And surely they that are planted in the house of the Lord, should flourish in the Court of our God; they should bring forth fruit, even in old age, to show that God is upright, Psal. 92. 13, 14. They are created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath ordained they should walk in, Eph. 2. 10. They are married unto Christ, that they might ⟨p. 13⟩bring forth fruit to God, Rom. 7. 4. An empty branch is a dishonour to the root that bears it, a barren field to the Husbandman that owns it; God cannot endure that in his fields, which he suffers in the wilderness.
Hence it follows, That spiritual barrenness is a great reproach and shame to Christians. Shall God's Husbandry, which is so planted, watered, fenced, filled with favours and mercies, be like the barren heath in the desert? Surely it should be said of every soul that grows here, as the Historian saith of Spain, that there is nihil infructuosum, nihil sterile; nothing barren or unfruitful in it. God's vineyard is planted in a very fruitful hill,