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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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among Men. HVSBANDMAN We see the same thing amongst men and Women There is a very great Antipathy and contrariety in their Natures one against another an utter enmity in their Natures Therefore it is necessary in order to Communion fellowship and agreement of persons and societies that they be of one or alike Nature But the highest and greatest Antipathy in the world is that betweene the Holy Nature of God and the corrupt nature of Man No attayning Communion with God without a New Nature There is no possibility of attaining Communion and Fellowship with God or to have any enjoyment of God here in this world or hereafter in the life to come without a change of Nature The corrupt Nature of Man is quite contrary to the Holy Nature of God Therefore there must of necessity be a renewing in the spirit of our minds a new Nature by ingrafting into Christ that so there may be apertaking of the Image or Nature of the second Adam in righteousness and true holinesse as there is of the first Adam in sin and corruption No fellowship betweene Regenerate and unregenerate Persons So neither can there be any cordial fellowship complacency or delight betweene Regenerate and unregenerate persons because of this Antipathy and contrariety in Nature what fellowship hath Christ with Beliall or he that beleeveth with an infidell Therefore persons in their Marriage choice had best consider and make sure of this in the first place and make other considerations subservient and subordinate thereunto Quest But how is this among Fruittrees seeing yee are not sensible Creatures but are in a rank and degree below them Perception in Fruittrees instead of sence FRVITTREES It is true we are not sensible Creatures But yet we are living Creatures And we have a Nature in us some what analogous to sence we have Perception which is to us insteed of sence whereby we know what is good for us and what is hurtfull to us and thereby we chuse the one and reject the other in some warme fertile soyles wee thrive much better than wee do in some cold wett barren grounds And so in respect of situation either towards the Sun or from it in shady places Four Distinct rancks of Creatures each Genus including many species HVSBANDMAN I perceive then hereby That there is a vast difference among the Visible Creatures here upon earth in their distinct and specisick Natures which may be distinguished into foure ranks or degrees every Genus including divers perticuler and distinct species The first and lowest of all are those which are but only bare and simple substances without life as Earth water Stones Mineralls and such like the second sort are a degree above these not only substances but they have life also as Trees Flowers Herbs and all Vegetables the third sort are a degree above them which have not only life but have also sence as Beasts Foules Fishes The fourth rank and degree of Creatures are above all these which are not only substances and have life and sence but also Reason as Mankind in all Nations All Creatures are subservient one to another And now as these Creatures are thus distinct in their degrees one Genus higher then another so by the Wisdome providence and appointment of God they are usefull and subservient one to another each kind in their distinct degrees the first to the second the second to the third and the third to the fourth The simple substances Earth water c. feed and nourish the flowers herbs and all Vegetables and these nourish the Beasts Foules Fishes c. And these feed and nourish the highest Rank of visibles Creatures all Mankind that so he may serve and glorifie God in and by all these Section 3. Culture of Fruittrees necessary HVSBANDMAN Here are some Fruit-trees which I have bestowed much labour and cost upon in ordering of them by diging about your Rootes in manuring of them with good soyle and the Branches by Pruning off the one halfe of them being too close and too many And also I have cut off the one halfe of your high● for yee were growen and aspired up so high into the Aire that the winds and Frosts in the spring time especially had more power upon you then upon low spread trees so that I hope my labour hath not beene in vaine How do yee find your selves do yee perceive your selves any whit better for all this labour and time bestowed upon you The benefit of due ordering Fruittrees FRVIT-TREES We have a preception that we grow more vigorously and strongly then we did formerly for we wer● back bound before a thick hard bark● incompassing us did very much obstruct and hinder the assention of our sap which now by thy ordering of us is loosed and we receive a more plentiful nourishmen● by sap from the Earth which feeds all ou● branches which before cutting aspired up into the Aire but now spread round in a comly forme and are full of good fruitts as thou seest And so we are every way much the better for all thy labours God chastneth all his People some more some lesse for their Profitt HVSBANDMAN I see it is as yee say And as these things are to be observed for our temporall profitt among fruittrees so also they serve as a very apposite similitude to shaddow out a spirituall truth by way of analogie and resemblance of Gods dealing with his people his Misticall Fruittrees who as a most wise and carefull Husbandman seeing his Fruittrees beare good fruitts he Prunes and orders them some perticulars more especially and that in some extraordinary manner that they may bring forth more fruitts and better then before For some Christians after that they have attayned some good measures of Gifts and Graces of the Spiritt through the want of the exercise and improvement of them and Christian watchfulnesse they grow negligent and Proud and abate of that vigour of spiritt zeale and love that formerly they had And therefore the Husbandman takes them in hand and deales with them according as the case requireth He cuts off many of their branches Ther exuberant Vaine carnall imaginations thoughts desires intentions and contrivances which rise up and extend beyond due bounds and brings them low and humbles them greatly Not only by many afflictions troubles and Distresses of Body and spiritt but also sometimes by withdrawing his spirit and permitting them to fall into some sinnes so as to shame and dishonour them which workes more effectually for the cure of Pride and selfelove then any other meanes can do St. Austen hath a faying to this purpose I dare affirme it saith he that it is profitable for a proud man to fall in to some scandalous sin that by the shame of ●… he may be humbled his meaning is not that it should be any mans choice to sin that he may be humbled but that it is sometimes Gods way of cure to permitt it as t● some men A wise