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

But especially the Husbandman in his Orchard thinks of Christ and his sweetness, Cant. 2.3. As the Apple Tree among the Trees of the ⟨p. 166⟩Wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. All the Trees of the Wood must give place to the Apple: And all creatures must stand aloof from Christ. His shade and fruit are both sweet. O what a treasure, thinks the Husbandman, have I of my Saviour! and thereupon he tastes this Apple of Paradise; and as by an Apple, death came into the world, so by this Celestial Apple, he recovers life again. O the solace the poor Husbandman hath under Christ's shadow in an Ordinance! O the sweetness he tastes from his spirit! And so he returns into his house full of Christ, and earnestly pressing him upon others.

But especially the Husbandman in his Orchard thinkes of Christ and his sweetness, Cant. 2.3. As the Apple Tree among the Trees of the ⟨p. 166⟩Wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my tast. All the Trees of the Wood must give place to the Apple: And all creatures must stand aloof from Christ. His shade and fruit are both sweet. O what a treasure, thinks the Husbandman, have I of my Saviour! and thereupon he tasts this Apple of Paradise; and as by an Apple, death came into the world, so by this Celestial Apple, he recovers life again. O the solace the poor Husbandman hath under Christ's shadow in an Ordinance! O the sweetness he tastes from his spirit! And so he returns into his house full of Christ, and earnestly pressing him upon others.

2. The second lesson the Husbandman learns in his Orchard, is from the Planting of his Trees, and hereby he understands the Nature of regeneration,