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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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(2) In a miry place, the earth and water is mixed together; this mixture makes mire. So when the truths of God do mix with the corruptions of men, that they either hold some truths, and yet live in their lusts, or else when men do make use of the truths of God to justify and plead for their •in•. Or,
(2) In a miry place, the earth and water is mixt together; this mixture makes mire. So when the truths of God do mix with the corruptions of men, that they either hold some truths, and yet live in their lusts, or else when men do make use of the truths of God to justifie and plead for their •in•. Or,
(3) When as in a miry place, the longer the water stands in it, the worse it grows; so the longer men abide under Ordinances, the more filthy and polluted they grow: These are the miry places that cannot be healed, their disease is incurable, desperate.
O this is a sad case, and yet very common! Many persons are thus given over; as incorrigible and hopeless, Rev. 22. 1•. Let him that is filthy, be filthy still. Jer. 6. 29. Reprobate silver shall men call them, for the Lord hath rejected them, Isa. 6. Go make the heart of this people fat, their ears dull, &c.