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The saints guide, in three treatises
The saints guide, in three treatises; I. The mirror of mercy, on Gen. 6.13. II. The carnal mans condition, on Rom. 1.18. III. The plantation of the righteous, on Psa. l.3 / By Thomas Hooker minister in New-England.The saints guide, in three treatises; I. The mirror of mercie, on Gen. 6.13. II. The carnall mans condition, on Rom. 1.18. III. The plantation of the righteous, on Psa. l.3 / By Thomas Hooker minister in New-England.
London: printed for John Stafford over against Brids Church, 1645
THE PLANTATION OF The RIGHTEOUS.THE PLANTATION OF The RIGHTEOVS.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now in the third verse, here is first a familiar Similitude of a Tree, and this tree is further discovered, 1. By the nature of it, it is a planted tree, not a wild tree. 2. By the place where it groweth, and that is, by the rivers of waters. 3. By the property of it, it bringeth forth his fruit in due season. 4. By some effects. 1. A perpetual flourishing, his leaf shall not fade. 2. A good issue to every undertaking, what soever he doth shall prosper. As it is with a Tree digged out of a barren land, and transplanted ⟨p. 146⟩into a fruitful Soil, and set by a river of water, it bringeth forth much fruit, and remaineth in a flourishing estate; So it is with those who having bin rooted out of the dry wilderness of sin, and are by the great Husbandman God the Father, transported into the true Vine Jesus Christ, and set by the Rivers of his word and Ordinances, they grow fruitful in grace and goodness, bringing forth flourishing fruit, and that in due season, when it may make most for the Glory of God, and the good of his people, and their fruit shall neither fade, nor perish, until they attain unto perfection, and a full fruition of Happiness with Christ in Glory.
Now in the third verse, here is first a familiar Similitude of a Tree, and this tree is further discovered, 1. By the nature of it, it is a planted tree, not a wild tree. 2. By the place where it groweth, and that is, by the rivers of waters. 3. By the property of it, it bringeth forth his fruite in due season. 4. By some effects. 1. A perpetuall flourishing, his leafe shall not fade. 2. A good issue to every undertaking, what soever he doth shall prosper. As it is with a Tree digged out of a barren land, and transplanted ⟨p. 146⟩into a fruitfull Soyle, and set by a river of water, it bringeth forth much fruite, and remaineth in a flourishing estate; So it is with those who having bin rooted out of the drie wildernesse of sin, and are by the great Husbandman God the Father, transported into the true Vine Jesus Christ, and set by the Rivers of his word and Ordinances, they grow fruitfull in grace and goodnesse, bringing forth flourishing fruite, and that in due season, when it may make most for the Glorie of God, and the good of his people, and their fruit shall neither fade, nor perish, untill they attaine unto perfection, and a full fruition of Happinesse with Christ in Glorie.