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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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Secondly, The seed is cast into the earth in hope, 1 Cor. 9. 10. Were there not a resurrection of it expected, the Husbandman would never be willing to cast away his Corn. The bodies of Saints are also committed to the grave in hope, I Thes. 4. 13, 14. But I would not have you to be ignorant brethren, concerning those which are asleep, as them which have no hope; for if we believe that Jesus dyed and rose again, even so also them which sleep in Jesus shall the Lord bring with him. This blessed hope of a resurrection, sweetens, not only the troubles of life, but the pangs of death.
Secondly, The seed is cast into the earth in hope, 1 Cor. 9. 10. Were there not a resurrection of it expected, the Husbandman would never be willing to cast away his Corn. The bodies of Saints are also committed to the grave in hope, I Thes. 4. 13, 14. But I would not have you to be ignorant brethren, concerning those which are asleep, as them which have no hope; for if we believe that Iesus dyed and rose again, even so also them which sleep in Iesus shall the Lord bring with him. This blessed hope of a resurrection, sweetens, not only the troubles of life, but the pangs of death.
Thirdly, the seed is cast into the earth seasonably, in its proper season. So are the bodies of the Saints, Joh. 5. 26. Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, as a shock of corn cometh in, in its season. They always dye in the fittest time, though sometimes they seem to dye immaturely. The time of their death was from all eternity prefixed by God, beyond which they cannot go, and short of which they cannot come.