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A18014	The plaine ma[ns] spirituall plough Containing the godly and spirituall husbandrie. Wherein euery Christian ought to be exercised, for the happie encrease of fruite, to eternall life. By I.C. preacher of the word.	Carpenter, John, d. 1621.	1607 (1607)	STC 4663; ESTC S118755	136,138	254

of himselfe or his brother The end of our tillages but he may not make a sword to this end to kill men sauing by the Iudgement of publique authoritie as in warres or in the execution of Iustice on the malefactors So it is right lawfull yea and commanded to men to till plough vp their fieldes for the better sustentation of mans life but not of avarice couetousnes as Cain did whose mind and studies were fixed wholie on the earth And this did he expresse by two simboles first that he challēged for his own the thing vnmoueable as the earth and then did build a citie which hee called after his sonnes name Enoch that is taught or dedicated as to this trade or labour So the end of this labour and the manner therof maketh it either good or euill which yet in it owne nature is good Therefore although that wicked Cain abused this noble exercise of the ground who therefore was cursed from off the ground Gen. 4. which should not yeelde him the fruites of his labours therein and that the Lord had couered the earth with a floud and destroyed the fruits and fashion of all the husbandrie and labours thereon for mans great sinne Gen. 8.22 yet after his wrath was appeased willing that this benefit should be renewed and prospered vnto man made this mercifull promise vnto Noah that yet Sowing time and Haruest should not ceasse all the dayes of the earth Ezek. 36. And so he commanded to the Israelites that after their returne from Babylon they should till and sowe their fields to the which he also promised a blessing Therefore besides many others Hosiah the good king of Iudah loued husbandry Elisha was found by Eliah in the fields plowing with twelue yoak of oxen himselfe with the twelfth Iob was an husband man had may oxen to that purpose so was Abraham as his seruant Eleazer witnesseth and Booz the grandfather of Dauid was a tiller of the field and into his fielde Ruth Ruth 2.3 the Moabitesse first came to gleane eares of corne Finallie our Sauiour compareth God our heauenlie Father to an Husbandman in whose fielde is sowen the good corne yea he compareth sometimes his disciples or beleeuers to the good field From hence Paul taketh a Metaphor Yee are Gods husbandry Wee are the labourers liking the worke of the Lorde by the Minister to the labour of the husbandman in the fielde And surely I haue not found howe plainer to expresse the loue regard of the Lord to his people nor how better to display the duty This kinde of labour fitty expresseth mans dutie not onely of a minister in the church but of euery true christian in his place calling then by kinde husbandry and especially that which appertaineth to the Plough Sowing Reaping c. Wherin besides the ioile and labour of the body is required seuen seueral vertues that is to say First Wisedome next Fortitude 3. Prayer 4. Diligence 5. Perseuerance 6. Expectation 7. 7. Vertuos Thankfulnes And the which are surely in right request with all true Christians in their seuerall callings as without the which and euery of them no man is of abilitie to holde and enioy his place comfortable to himselfe or profitable to others Thus therefore the good husband man doeth not only labour but also by Wisedome 1. Wisdom doth know and consider the state of his land and soyle the manner of vsage the nature of his feede the times and seasons of his Sowing 2. Fortitude Reaping Tilling and manuring Next as the labours of husbandrie are very gainefull and profitable so require they the more industrie and paines of body therefore the husband men are commonlie strong both of minde and bodie of minde therby willing and ready to labour without disdaine in these thinges of the earth of body as wherby they endure the labour For weake and feeble persons are not fit for this work nor are they meet which contemne or disdaine it They be strong of bodie whom euen nature hath framed to sustaine labours Hugo de saen Victo h 1. ca. 14 de Claustr of the which there be 3. sorts some though they are able yet will not performe thinges profitable others are both able and willing and others are willing to doe more then their power extendeth though the first is to be blamed the third commended yet the second maketh a meet husbandman 3. Because wee must first seeke the kingdome of God his Righteousnes it is not conuenient nor safe that the husbandman should attempt anie thing on the presumption of that his wisdome or abilitie of bodie without Prayer and the deuout seruice of God perswading that this is the way to obtaine a blessing vnto his labours and a prosperitie from the Lord from whose goodnes euerie good gift perfect gift commeth and that in the name of Christ without whom as hee saith we can doe nothing Fourthly adde to the former Christian Diligence 4. Diligēce for this kinde of labour is not an idle negligent or easie endeuour but such as must be compassed and effected as by an able so by a diligent hand especiallie in those times seasons of the yeare when men plough sow and reape else as little or nothing is performed to effect and as delayes bring dangers men may be preuented of their expectation by contrarie weather by the springing of tares the devouring of byrds blastings and other such inconueniences which commonlie ensue the wante of timely diligence 5. 5. Perseuerance Neither may we think that this labour lasteth but for a day or a week or a moneth but that the labour of the husbandman continueth for vnto him euery day bringeth his worke and euery day in the yeare his appointed labour the wich if the idler once neglect hee can neuer or verie hardlie recouer it therfore he that taketh this in hand or goeth to the plough must proceed and not looke back or giue ouer for then all is lost neither gaineth the husbandman any thing but by Perseuerance After this the husbandman expecting the end of his labours must Patientlie abide and continue in Hope 6. Patiēce in hope Here we must depend by Faith on the Lord and waite his pleasure for the fruites of his labours at the appointed time And this is that which incourageth him both to labour to continue in his labour Lastly that he may not shew himselfe ingratefull to the Lorde hauing from his blessing receiued the fruites of his labour hee is bound to be thankfull to the Lord God to whom it is in deede a right good thing to be thankfull as the Psalmist saith In and by all these things wee are taught what is required in the spiritual husbandrie in the which Pieties Plough is taken in hand And therein is required not onely labour but a good labour 7. Thankfulnes and that is well performed for the pleasure

suddainely gone downe into hell and all his glory is defaced with him in his death for why the Lord hath spoken to him in his wrath and vexed him in his sore displeasure when he exalted the horne of his Annointed and placed his King on Sion his holy hill CHAP. XXXVI The second generall part containing the Reasons and motiues perswading all men to follow the godly husbandry wherein is seene the reward of Pietie with the conclusion THe Lord God Almighty as hee is the supreame King the highest Lord the Father eternall and the God of both heauen earth might iustly by such his powerfull authority haue commanded the Israelies An Argument of Gods great mercie as in their dutifull obedience to sow for righteousnes and to reape according to the measure of mercy without any other reason or respect And whereas hee might haue menaced and threatned the disobedient with the fiercenesse of his iudgements as he did the Iewes by the ministery of St. Iohn the Baptist as now the axe is laid to the roote of the tree and as Christ saith Except ye repent ye shall perish Howbeit * See what I haue said hereof in the Song of the beloued touching his vineyard in Isai 5. part 1. such is the Lords vnspeakeable mercie that applying himselfe to mans capacitie and weakenesse rather like a father then a King hee proposeth such reasons vseth such meanes as may rather gently allure and perswade them then in any sort terrifie force or compell them the which manner of inducement our Sauiour Christ imitating his good Father hath also vsed saying Come vnto me all yee that trauile and be heauie laden and I will refresh you learne of me for I am meek and lowly in heart and yee shall finde rest to your soules And of this kinde the Prophet Hoseah hath produced in number eight whereof as we wel obserue The first is taken frō the conuenience of the time The second from the fit opportunity thereof The third from the consideration of his fatherly loue affection The fourth frō the excellency of the things promised The fift from a comparison therof with the raine The sixt from the goodly maner of disposing therof The seuenth from the benefit of the same in such as receiue it The eight frō the consideration of his most gratious inclination and regard of his faithful children in that he commeth vnto them in his owne person either to performe or to see all things performed according to the purpose of his promise and their hearty desire The first reason as I said is taken from the conuenience of the Time The first Reason Time Iob. Ian. There was a time of deuiation a time of reuocation or reuouation a time of reconciliation and a time of peregrination of deuiation from Adam vnto Moses of reuoca●ion from Moses vntill the natiuity of Christ of reconciliation vnder the Gospell and of peregrination for all men in this worlde In and by euery which time there was also and is appointed vnto euery thing his season to be performed and effected vnder the Sun The which neuerthelesse is often and much neglected by worldly mem whereof Father Bernard could worthily complaine In sermon ●d colar Nil preciosius tempore heu nil bodie vilius inuentur nothing is more precious then time alas nothing in these daies is lesse regarded The Iewes in the daies of Heggaeus the Prophet being willing by him to set on and further the building of the Lords house answered him that the time thereof was not then come To whom the Prophet replied Is it time for your selues to dwell in your setled houses and the Lords house to lie waste Moreouer that they might consider that their present dearth of corne victualls and other necessary things fell on them as a iust plague for such their neglect of that house in the time appointed hee added Consider your owne waies in your hearts ye haue sowen much brought in little ye eate but ye haue not enough yt drinke but ye are not filled ye cloath your selues but ye be not warme and he that earneth wages puts the same into a broken bagge But now the Lord being gratious wills them to obserue the time as reason equity require the time for this businesse appointed by himselfe not after their wills saying It is time or the time is now come wherein ye should seeke the Lord. Such a thing entendeth Salomon in his Canticle Cant. 3. The winter is past saith he the summer it come the voice of the tirtle doue is heard in our Land the like hath S. Paul to the Romanes Rom. 13. It is now time that ye awake out of sleepe for the night is past the day is come neere and our redemption is neerer then when we first beleeued And the Prophet Hoseah seemes to say in effect thus O yee of the house of Israel and Iuda ye haue long enough and too long sought after vanitie in the errour of your minde ye haue ploughed iniquity too many daies and yeares ye haue beene as sheepe going a great whiles astray and as prodigall sonnes haue wandred farre from your good fathers house and the Lorde hath hither vnto in long suffering permitted you as the good father permits his young children to play the wantons for the which also he hath sometimes seuerely corrected you Again ye haue bin often called long scooled many times instructed in godlines now by this time ye should be no longer as children but such as are growen to the yeares of wisedome discretion It is therfore meete conuenient yee should know the time of your calling to walke in a new life as honestly worthily warily in a word putting away the former conuersatiō of your lusts ye should now serue the Lord in holines and righteousnes before him and so redeeme the time for the daies are euill and the enemie is malitious and subtile euer seeking to preuent hinder you with his mischiefes 2. The fit opportunitie But to this yee are the more excited when yee shall consider duly of the second argument which is taken from the fit opportunity of this time intimated by that perticle whiles or vntill that is whiles the Lord commeth or vntill hee commeth Wherein wee finde a fit allusion to the natures either of those birdes which obserue their fit times in the yeare as the Swallow the Nightingale the Storke or to the manner of those husbandmen which apprehend their seasons for sowing reaping and other workes of husbandry as the opportunitie is offered them or to those prisoners in bands who being guilty and trusting to the mercie and lenitie of their king for pardon and deliuerance wait the opportune time and then gladly accept the same Such a thing hath the Prophet where hee saith Isai 55. Seeke ye the Lord whiles hee may be found cal vpon him whiles he is neere the Psalmist Psal admonisheth To