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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39665	Husbandry spiritualized, or, The heavenly use of earthly things consisting of many pleasant observations, pertinent applications, and serious reflections and each chapter concluded with a divine and suitable poem : directing husband-men to the most excellent improvements of their common imployments : whereunto is added ... several choice occasional meditations / by John Flavell.	Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.	1674 (1674)	Wing F1166; ESTC R26136	198,385	305

How much soever others are elated by the light of their knowledge I have cause with humility to adore thee for the heavenly heat with which thou hast warmed my affections Pause a while my soul opon this point With what seed is my heart sown and of what kind are those things wherein I excel others are they indeed speciall seeds of grace or common gifts and naturall excellencies If the latter little cause have I to pride my self in them were they ten thousand times more then they are If these things be indeed the things that accompany salvation the seed of God the true and real work of grace Then 1 how comes it to pass that I never found any throws or travelling pangs in the production of them It s affirmed and generally acknowledged that the new creature is never brought forth without such pains and compunctions of heart Act. 2. 37. I have indeed often felt an aking head whilst I have read and studied to increase my knowledge but when did I feel an aking heart for Sin Oh I begin to suspect that it is not right Yea 2 and my suspition increases whiles I consider that grace is of an humbling nature 1 Cor. 15. 10. Lord how have I been elated by my gifts and valued my self above what was meet O how have I delighted in the noise of the Pharisees trumpet Mat. 6. 2. No musick so sweet as that Say O my consicience have I not delighted more in the Theater than the closet in the praise of men than the approbation of God Oh how many evidences dost thou produce against me Indeed these are sad symptoms that I have shewed thee but there is yet another which renders thy case more suspitious yet yea that which thou canst make no rational defence against even the ineffectualness of all thy gifts and knowledge to mortifie any one of all thy lusts It 's beyond all dispute that gifts may but grace cannot consist without mortification of sin G●l 5. 24. Now what lust hath fallen before these excellent parts of mine Doth not pride passion covetousness and indeed the whole body of ●in live and thrive in me as much as ever Lord I yield the cause I can defend it no longer against my conscience which ca●ts and condemns me by full proof to be but in a wretched cursed lamentable state notwithstanding all my knowledg and flourishing gifts O shew me a more excellent way Lord That I had the sincerity of the poorest Saint though I should lose the applause of all may parts with these I see I may go to hell but without some better thing no hope Of heave● The Poem GReat difference betwixt that seed is found With which you sow your several plots of ground Seed-wheat doth far excel in dignity The cheper Barley and the cour●er Rye Though in themselves they good and wholsome are Yet these with choicest wheat may not compare Mens hearts like fields are sowed with different grain Some baser some more noble some again Excelling both the former more than wheat Excels that grain your swine and horses eat For principles of meer morality Like Cummin Barley Fitches Pease or Rye In those mens hearts are often to be ●ound Whom yet the Scripture calleth cursed ground And nobler principles than these sometime Cal'd common grace and spiritual gifts which shine In some mens heads where is their habitation Yet they are no companions of Salvation These purchase honour both from great and small But I must tell thee that if this be all Though like an Angel in these gifts thou shine Amongst blind mortals for a little time The days's at hand when such as thou must take Thy lot with devils in th' infernal lake But principles of special saving grace Whose seat is in the heart not head or face Like sollid wheat sown in a fruitful field Shall spring and flourish and at last will yield A glorious harvest of eternal rest To him that nourish'd them within his breast O grace how orient art thou how divine What is the glory of all gifts to thine Disseminate this seed within my heart My God I pray thee though thou shouldst impart The less of gifts then I may truly say That thou hast shew'd me the more excellent way CHAP. IX By heavens influence Corn and plants do spring Gods showers of grace do make his valleys sing OBSERVATION THe earth after that it is plowed and sowed must be watered and warm'd with the dews and ifluences of heaven or no fruit can be expected If God do not open to you his good treasure the heavens to give rain unto the Land in its season and bless all the work of your hands as it is Deut. 28. 12. The earth cannot yield her increase The order and dependance of natural causes in the productions of fruit is excellently described Hos. 2. 21. 22. I will hear the heavens and they shall hear the earth and the earth shall hear the corn and wine and Oyl and they shall hear Iezreel Iezreel must have corn and wine and Oyl or they cannot live they cannot have it unless the earth bring it forth the earth cannot bring it forth without the heavens the heavens cannot yield a drop unless God hear them that is unlock and open them Nature and natural causes are nothing else b●t the order in which God works This some Heathe●s by the light of nature acknowledged and therefore when they went to plow in the morning they did lay one hand upon the plow to speak their own part to be painfulness and hold up the other hand to Ceres the Goddess of Corn to shew that their expectation of plen●y was from their supposed Deity I fear many Christians lay both hands to the plow and seldom lift up heart or hand to God when about that work There was an husbandman saith Mr. Smith that alwayes sowed good Seed but never had good Corn at last a neighbour came to him and said I will tell you what probably may be the cuse of it It may be said he you do not steep your Seed no truly said the other nor ever did I hear that Seed must be steeped yes surely said his neighbour and I will tell you how it must be steeped in prayer When the party heard this he thanked him for his counsel reformed his fault and had as good Corn as any man whatsoever Surely it is not the Husbandmans but God steps that drop fatness Alma Mater terra the earth indeed is a fruitful mother but the rain which ●ecundates and fertilizes it hath no other father but God Iob 38. 28. APPLICATION As impossible it is in an ordinary way for souls to be made fruitful in grace and holiness without the dews and influences of Ordinances and the blessing of God upon them as for the earth to yield her fruit without the natural influences of heaven for look what

Husbandry Spiritualized OR The HEAVENLY USE OF Earthly Things Consisting of many Pleasant OBSERVATIONS Pertinent APPLICATIONS and serious REFLECTIONS and each Chapter concluded with a Divine and suitable POEM Directing HUSBAND-MEN to the most Excellent Improvements of their common Imployments Whereunto are added by way of Appendix several choice OCCASIONAL MEDITATIONS upon Birds Beasts Trees Flowers Rivers and several other Objects fitted for the help of such as desire to walk with God in all their Solitudes and Recesses from the World Hos. 12. v. 10. I have used Similitudes by the Ministry of the Prophets Gen. 24 v. 63. And Issac went out to meditate in the Fields Experto crede aliquid amplius invenires in sylvis quam in angulis linga lapides decebunt te quod à Magistris audire non possis Bernard Simul jucunda idonea dicere vitae Lectorem delectando pariterque monendo Horace By IOHN FLAVELL Minister of the Gospel in Devon THE THIRD EDITION London Printed and are to be sold by Robert Boulter at the Turks-Head over against the Royal Exchange in Cornhil MDCLXXIV THE Epistle Dedicatory To the Worshipful Robert Savery and William Savery of Slade Esquires Honoured Friends IT hath been long since observ'd That the world below is a Glass to discover the World above Seculum est speculum And although I am not of their opinion the say The Heathens may spell Christ out of the Sun Moon and Stars yet this I know That the irratoinal and inanimate as well as rational creatures have a Language and though not by Articulate speech yet in a Metaphorical sense they preach unto man the wisdom Power and goodness of God Rom. 1. 20. There is saith the Psalmist Psal. 19. 3. No speech nor Language where their voice is not heard Or as Iunius renders there is no Speech nor Words yet without these their voice is understood and their Line i. e. saith Deodate their writing in gross and plain draughts is gone out through all the earth As man is compounded of a fleshly and spiritual substance so God hath endowed the creatures with a spiritual as well as fleshly usefulness they have not only a natural use in Alimental and Physical respects but also a spiritual use as they bear the figures and similitudes of many sublime and heavenly mysteries Believe me saith contemplative Bernard thou shalt find more in the Woods than in a corner Stones and Trees will teach thee what thou shalt not hear from learned Doctors By a skilful and industrious improvement of the creatures saith Mr. Baxter excellently we might have a fuller taste of Christ and Heaven in every bit of Bread that we eat and in every draught of Beer that we drink than most men have in the use of the Sacrament And as the Creatures teach divine and excellent things so they teach them in a perspicuous and taking manner Duo illa nos maximè movent similitudo exemplum saith the Orator These two things similitude and example do especially move us Notions are more easily conveyed to the understanding by being first cloathed in some apt Similitude and so represented to the sense And therefore Iesus Christ the great Prophet delighted much in teaching by Parables and the Prophets were much in this way also Hos. 12. 10. I have used Similitudes by the Ministry of the Prophets Those that can retain little of a Sermon yet ordinarily retain an apt Similitude I confess it is an humbling consideration That man who at first was led by the knowledge of God to the knowledge of the Creature must now by the Creatures learn to know God That the Creatures as one saith like Balaams Ass should teach their Master But though this be the unhappiness of poor man in his collapsed state yet it is now his wisdom to improve such Helps and whilst others by the abuse of Creatures are furthering their Perdition to be the spiritual improvement of them promoting our own Salvation It 's an excellent Art to discourse with Birds Beasts and Fishes about sublime and spiritual Subjects and make them answer to our Questions yet this may be done Iob 12. 7 8. Ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee and the Fowls of the Air and they shall tell thee or speak to the Earth and it shall teach thee and the Fishes of the Sea shall declare unto thee That is saith neat and accurate Caryl the creatures teach us when we think of them They teach us though not formally yet vertually the answer and resolve the question put to them though not explicitely to the ear yet convincingly to the conscience So then we ask the creatures when we diligently consider them when we search out the perfections and virtues that God hath put into or stampt upon them To set our mind thus upon the creature is to discourse with the creature the questions which man ask of a beast are only his own Meditations Again the creatures teach us when we in Meditation make out collections and draw down a demonstration of the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God in making them or of the frailty of man in needing them Such Conclusions and Inferences are the teachings of the creatures Common objects saith another may be improved two ways viz. In an argumentative and in a Representative way by reasoning from them and by viewing the resemblance that is betwixt them and spiritual matters First In Meditation argue thus as in the present case and Similitude of the Apostle If an Husbandman upon the ordinary principles of reason can wait for the Harvest shall not I wait for the Coming of the Lord The day of Refreshing the Corn is precious to him and so is the coming of Christ to me Shall he be so patient and endure so much for a little Corn and not I for the Kingdom of Heaven He is willing to stay till all causes have had their operations till he hath received the former and the latter rain and shall not I till the divine decrees be accomplished Secondly in Meditation make the resemblance and discourse thus within your selves This is my Seed-time Heaven is my Harvest here I must labour and toyl and there rest I see the Husbandmans life is a great toyl no excellent thing can be obtained without labour and an obstinate patience I see the Seed must be hidden in the furrows rotten and corrupted ●re it can bring forth with any increase Our hopes are hidden light is sown for the righteous all our comforts are buried under the clods and after all this there must be long waiting we cannot sow and reap in a day effects cannot follow till all necessary causes have first wrought T is not in the power of Husbandmen to ripen fruits at pleasure our times are in the hands of God therefore 't is good to wait a long-suffering patience will reap the desired fruit Thus you have some hints of this heavenly Art of improving the Creatures

awakening to consider the state of their souls whether in grace or in nature to others for their instruction consolation and encouragement in the wayes of grace as also of their proficiency and growth in those wayes That the blessing of the Lord and the breathings of his good Spirit may go out with it for all those gracious purposes is the hearts desire and prayer of him who is Christian Reader A sincere well-wisher to thy precious and immortal soul IOSEPH CARYL To his Reverend and learned Friend Mr. Iohn Flavell on his Spiritual Navigation and Husbandry LEtters of Mart of his dear Servant given By him that fists the ruffling winds of heaven To fight and take all such as would not daign T' acknowledge him the Seas great Soveraign He lanch'd his little Pinace and began T'attaque the vassals of Leviathan Auspicious gales swelling his winged Sails Searches all creeks and every Bark he hails That scarce a Ship our Western Coasts afford Which this brave Pinace hath not laid aboard And what among our riddles some might count Was seen at once at Barwick and the Mount Yea in more Ports hath in one lustre been Than Hawkins Drake or Cavendish have seen And Prizes of more worth brought home again Than all the Plate-Fleets of the Kings of Spain But that which makes the wonder swell the more Those whom he took were Beggars all before But rests he here No no our friend doth know 'T is good to have two strings unto his Bow Our rare Amphibion loves not to be pent Within the bounds of one poor Element Besides the learned Author understood That of an idle hand there comes no good The Law to him no Pulpit doth allow And now he cannot Preach he means to Plow Though Preaching were a crime yet the foresaw Against the Plowman there could be no Law Nor stayes he on resolves but out of hand He yoaks his Teem plows up the stubborn Land Sows it with precious Seed harrows again The tougher clods takes pleasure in his pain Whilst Orph'us like which doth his Art advance Rocks Fields and Woods after his pipe do dance Industrious spirit to what a rich account With thy blest Lord will all these labours mount That every nerve of thy blest soul dost ply To further heavens Spiritual Husbandry This kind of Tillage which thou teachest us Was never dreamt of by Triptolemus Go Reader turn the leaves and me allow To pray whilst at thy work God speed the Plow NICHOLAS WATTS In Authoris OPERA LEt Paracelsius and Van-Helmonts name No more ride triumph on the wings of fame Lo here 's a Chymist whose diviner skill Doth hallowed from unhallow'd things distil Spiritualizeth Sea affairs agen Makes the rude ground turn Tutor unto men Shews Mariners as by a Compass how They may unto the Port of Glory row Teacheth the Plowmen from their work to know What duties unto God and man they ow. Rare Artist who when many tongues are mute Mak'st things that are inanimate confute The Ages sins by preaching unto eyes Truths which in other modes their ears despise Prosper his pious Labours Lord howe'r Do not forget to crown the labourer Sic raptim canit DAN CONDY To his Reverend and Invaluable Friend Mr. I. F. upon his Husbandry Spiritualized INgenious Sir what do I see what now Are you come from the Pulpit to the Plow If so then pardon me if I profess The Plow deserves to be sent to the Press 'T is not long since you went to Sea they say Compos'd a Compass which directs the way And steers the course to heaven O blest Art And bravely done that you did that impart To us who take it kindly at your hand And bless the Lord that you are come to Lord. To be an Husbandman wherein your skill With admiration doth your Readers fill One grain will yield increase it 's ten times ten When th' earth's manur'd by such Husbandmen We may expect rich harvests and full crops When heavenly dew descendeth in such drops Of spiritual rain to water every field That it full helps of grace to God may yield I must adore the wisdom of that God That makes men wise who even from a clod Of earth can raise such heavenly Meditation Unto a pitch of highest elevation Besides I mark the goodness of the Lord Performing unto us his faithful Word That all shall work for good unto the Saints Which in some measure lessens our complaints For though our Pulpit mercies be grown less We have some gracious helps yet from the Press And herein all the world may plainly see That faithful servants will not idle be We have some bricks although the straw be gone The Church at last shall be of polisht stone What ever men or Devils act or say Sion at last will have a glorious day The wretched muck-worm that from morn to night Labours as if 't were for an heavenly weight And when he hath got all he can the most Amounts to little more than a poor crust To feed his tired carkase if himself Have by his carking got a little pelf Leave it he must to one he knows not whom And then must come to eternal doom And hear his poor neglected wretched soul Tell him at last that he hath play'd the fool But here he 's taught how he before he dye May lay up treasure for eternity Wherein he may be rich yea much much more Than they that do possess whole mines of Oar. When earth 's more worth than heaven gold than grace Then let the worldling run his bruitish race But not before unless he do intend To meet with soul-destruction in the end But I must leave him and return again To gratulate the author for his pain And here I can't forbear to let my pen To tell the world of all the Husbandmen That er'e I met he he hath hit the vein To recompense the Labourers hard pain And taught him how to get the greatest gain Wherein he treads a path not trod before By which indeed his skill appears the more I might Encomiums give him great and true And yet come short of what 's his due But I must not walk in forbidden wayes For thereby I am sure I should displease His pious mind who doth and freely can Give all the praise to the great Husbandman Who will his graces in his servants own But doth expect himself to wear the Crown Farewel dear Sir In take my leave and now Will say no more but this God speed the plow EDWARD IEFFERY Reader this Emblem darkly represents The Books chief scope and principall contents Yet since these Birds Beasts Heart Stone String and Tree Doe more imply than at first glance you see Our courteous Muse which cannot be unkinde Intends more plainly to divulge her minde You see the Shadows would you see the Things She couches under them then view her Wings A gracious heart here learns the art Of soaring up on high Upon the Wings