HYMN 4. God a Husbandman.
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HYMN 4. God a Husbandman.
Joh. 15.1. God compared to a Husbandman.
1 Rich Husbandmen have House and Land Both moist and also dry, God o'er the Earth hath the Command, And true propriety.
1 RIch Husbandmen have House and Land Both moist and also dry, God o're the Earth hath the Command, And true propriety.
2 The beasts of th' field and fowls of th' Air, With Silver, and the Gold Is all the Lords, yea, and what else Our Eyes can here behold.
3 He may give it to whom he will, And then take it away: He makes men rich, and makes them poor, And none dare him gain-say.
4 Some ground he ploughs and sows it then With choice and precious seeds; Whilst other ground does barren lie, Eat up and spoiled with Weeds.