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A26231 A dialogue (or familiar discourse) and conference betweene the husbandman and fruit-trees in his nurseries, orchards, and gardens wherein are discovered many usefull and profitable observations and experriments [sic] in nature, in the ordering fruit-trees for temporall profitt ... / by Ra. Austen ... Austen, Ralph, d. 1676. 1676 (1676) Wing A4233; ESTC R5888 40,239 128

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be_v but_o babe_n and_o child_n in_o understanding_n and_o grace_n some_o christian_n have_v much_o love_n to_o christ_n and_o zeal_n for_o he_o as_o have_v the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o love_n more_o clear_a and_o evident_a to_o they_o than_o some_o other_o have_v some_o other_o love_v but_o little_a and_o all_o be_v weak_a in_o they_o and_o so_o they_o can_v do_v but_o little_a nor_o suffer_v for_o christ_n the_o move_a cause_n be_v but_o weak_a in_o they_o the_o effect_n be_v answerable_a section_n 13._o fruit_n ripen_v successive_o upon_o the_o same_o tree_n other_o altogether_o husbandman_n i_o observe_v that_o some_o kind_n of_o these_o fruit-tree_n do_v bring_v forth_o their_o ripe_a fruit_n gradual_o and_o successive_o upon_o the_o same_o tree_n some_o of_o the_o fruit_n be_v ripe_a and_o ready_a to_o be_v gather_v several_a week_n before_o the_o rest_n as_o among_o aprecott_n peach_n cherrys_n and_o plum_n and_o such_o like_a summer_n fruit_n we_o find_v some_o fruit_n 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