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The husbandmans calling showing the excellencies, temptations, graces, duties &c. of the Christian husbandmanThe husbandmans calling shewing the excellencies, temptations, graces, duties &c. of the Christian husbandman
The husbandmans calling showing the excellencies, temptations, graces, duties &c. of the Christian husbandman : being the substance of XII sermons preached to a country congregation / by Richard Steele.The husbandmans calling shewing the excellencies, temptations, graces, duties &c. of the Christian husbandman : being the substance of XII sermons preached to a country congregation / by Richard Steele.
London: printed by M.S., 1668
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And from the In-gathering of his corn he learns this Lesson, That when his Soul is ripe and ready, God will leave him no longer in the field below, but will house him in heaven above, and will bring him into his grave in a full age, like as a shock of Corn cometh in in his season. And if he see a storm coming, he will make some haste to secure him before it falls; as the Husbandman hurries in his corn, when he sees danger of the rain. Thou longest till thy corn be in the barn; And Christ longs till thou be in heaven. He is not complete without thee, John 17.24. Father, I will that they whom thou hast given me, be with me, where I am: haste home my Children unto me. And at last, welcome O Sons of God, you have been long in coming in, but out ye shall never go again.
And from the In-gathering of his corn he learns this Lesson, That when his Soul is ripe and ready, God will leave him no longer in the field below, but will house him in heaven above, and will bring him into his grave in a full age, like as a shock of Corn cometh in in his season. And if he see a storm coming, he will make some haste to secure him before it falls; as the Husbandman hurries in his corn, when he sees danger of the rain. Thou long'st till thy corn be in the barn; And Christ longs till thou be in heaven. He is not compleat without thee, John 17.24. Father, I will that they whom thou hast given me, be with me, where I am: haste home my Children unto me. And at last, welcome O Sons of God, you have been long in coming in, but out ye shall never go again.
5. The Fifth Lesson the Husbandman learns from his Corn, is, From the Threshing of his Corn. And this teaches him the necessity of affliction. He sees that Corn in the Ear will do him no good, it must be beaten out by the Flail; though this work be painful, yet it is needful: Threshing must be had. Grace is in the husk, while prosperity lasts, appears little, ⟨p. 154⟩