It is a Memorable Passage; Psal. CXXVI. 6. Concerning a Weeping Husband-man; one who goes about his work, with an Heavy Heart. Afraid what will come of the little Seed which he has to cast into the Earth; He carries forth the precious Seed, a little to be sown; He surely does Return with Joy; ⟨p. 205⟩he does bring back his Sheaves. The Christian having done the part, not only of a Working but also of a Weeping Husbandman, in a Life of PIETY, shall anon see a plenteous, yea, a Joyful Harvest, of all his pious Obedience. But when, when will be the Harvest? It is answered, Mat. XIII. 39. The Harvest is the End of the World. Indeed, we shall have some Hansel of our Harvest, in what shall be done for our Spirits at their Departure from our Bodies; which will be to us, in some sort, the End of the World. Our Spirits will at our Expiration, be comforted in the Paradise of GOD: So comforted, as to be Well-Rewarded, if we should Reap no more of all our Labour in the Husbandry of PIETY. But as the Barley-Harvest was the Passover, and fifty days after, even at Pentecost came the Wheat-Harvest; we shall Reap yet more, and have the Perfection of all, when GOD our SAVIOUR shall Judge the Quick and the Dead, at His Appearing and His Kingdom. THEN, Then will be that Word accomplished; Joh. IV. 36. He hat Reapeth, receiveth Wages, and gathers Fruits unto Life Eternal. Our Harvest in the Consummation of it will be at the Resurrection of the Just. It will be, when the Crown of Righteousness is to be dispensed by the Righteous Judge unto all that Love His Appearing. It will be, when the Time of the Dead shall come, that they shall be Judged, and the Lord will give a Reward unto them that Fear His Name. O Thou Obedient Servant of GOD; NOW is the Time that it shall be said unto thee, what is in Rev. XIV. 15. The Time is come for thee to Reap. Yea, Blessed are the Dead which Die in the Lord from Henceforth; For their Works will now follow them, in the Full Harvest of them. Husbandman, ⟨p. 206⟩Thou shalt thy self be thrown under the Clods of the Valley; thrown without a Metaphor, even where thou hast thrown the Seed of thy Expectation. Thou shalt be thy self sown in the Earth, and there lie Dead, and Buried and Covered, like the Corn which thou haste so often Interred there.
It is a Memorable Passage; Psal. CXXVI. 6. Concerning a Weeping Husband-man; one who goes about his work, with an Heavy Heart. Afraid what will come of the little Seed which he has to cast into the Earth; He carries forth the precious Seed, a little to be sown; He surely does Return with Joy; ⟨p. 205⟩he does bring back his Sheaves. The Christian having done the part, not only of a Working but also of a Weeping Husbandman, in a Life of PIETY, shall anon see a plenteous, yea, a Joyful Harvest, of all his pious Obedience. But when, when will be the Harvest? It is answered, Mat. XIII. 39. The Harvest is the End of the World. Indeed, we shall have some Hansel of our Harvest, in what shall be done for our Spirits at their Departure from our Bodies; which will be to us, in some sort, the End of the World. Our Spirits will at our Expiration, be comforted in the Paradise of GOD: So comforted, as to be Well-Rewarded, if we should Reap no more of all our Labour in the Husbandry of PIETY. But as the Barley-Harvest was the Passover, and fifty days after, even at Pentecost came the Wheat-Harvest; we shall Reap yet more, and have the Perfection of all, when GOD our SAVIOUR shall Judge the Quick and the Dead, at His Appearing and His Kingdom. THEN, Then will be that Word accomplished; Joh. IV. 36. He hat Reapeth, receiveth Wages, and gathers Fruits unto Life Eternal. Our Harvest in the Consummation of it will be at the Resurrection of the Just. It will be, when the Crown of Righteousness is to be dispensed by the Righteous Judge unto all that Love His Appearing. It will be, when the Time of the Dead shall come, that they shall be Judged, and the Lord will give a Reward unto them that Fear His Name. O Thou Obedient Servant of GOD; NOW is the Time that it shall be said unto thee, what is in Rev. XIV. 15. The Time is come for thee to Reap. Yea, Blessed are the Dead which Dy in the Lord from Henceforth; For their Works will now follow them, in the Full Harvest of them. Husbandman, ⟨p. 206⟩Thou shalt thy self be thrown under the Clods of the Valley; thrown without a Metaphor, even where thou hast thrown the Seed of thy Expectation. Thou shalt be thy self sown in the Earth, and there ly Dead, and Buried and Covered, like the Corn which thou haste so often Interred there.
