Husbandry Spiritualized · John Flavel
Husbandry Spiritualized, Index
A TABLE of the Contents of this Treatise, both Natural and Spiritual.
| Natural. | Spiritual. |
| A ABuse of Cattel Page 205, 206 Actions and seed resembled 147, 148 Accountableness of workmen to their Masters 8 Arable Land, how qualified 36, 37 Altitude of the clouds 87 B Barns when full, fill carnal hearts with joy 156. Some have no Barns, yet much joy 156 Beasts, their bondage by sin 205, 206 Blastings, incident to Corn 115 Buildings, where …rected 5 C Capacity of beasts how narrow 208 Cha… grows with Wheat, its usefulness to it… its worthlessness in it self, its separation from the Corn 167, 168 Corn cannot resist the Sickle 131. Received into the Reapers bosom, 131. Corn not to be reaped till ripe; signs when it is so 132, 133. Crop, the first usually best 10 D▪ Death of seeds, how to be understood 101 Deeds for estates, how carefully proved and preserved 226 Diligence, the thriving way 24 Diligence, a credit to men 25 Disappointments, grievous to Husbandman 6 Dressing of ground 4 Drought follows a glut of rain 85 E Ease, how little the beasts have 207 Enclosures, the end of them 3 End of all Husbandry 7 Estates increased and preserved, how 26 Expectation of Harvest, 122. the grounds and incouragements of it 124, 125 F Famine, occasioned by drought, 90. Its effects terrible 91, 92 Fowls, enemies to seed 155 Frosts conduce to a good Harvest, how 72 Fruits shaken, and when 186, 187 G Gathering in of fruit, the Emblem of the end of the world 186, 187 Graffing, the manner of it shewn 180 Graffs, their danger till they take hold of the stock, 181, All do not thrive alike in the stock. 183 H Harvest, the joy thereof described 158 159 Harvest when catching, what Husbandmen do 130 H…rrow, its use in Husbandry 72 H…dges, their use 4 H…alth preserved by labour 56 Horses how carefully fed and dressed 200 Husbandmen their work spending, 1… yet have some resting dayes 20 I Influences of heaven necessary to produce and ripen fruits 81, 82, …oy natural, four of it 152, 153 Ioy of Harvest; the causes and grounds of it 154, 155, 156, 157 Ioy of Harvest; but a gift of common providence 155 L Labourers, their bands sufficient for them and theirs 8 Land when spent, how recovered 45 Labours of Husbandmen ends at, and sometimes before death, 21. It sweetens their bed 26 Lost Cattel how recovered 210, 211 M Mowing when and what it represents 138 Multiplicity of work and work…men in Husbandry 7, 18 Miry places barren, 54. What causes Mire 55 N Natural, and natural causes, what 81 Negligence in Summer, upon presumption of fair weather, a folly 142 O Occasion to be eyed by Husbandmen 140 Opportunities of plowing, sowing, reaping once lost, irrecoverable for that year 140, 141 P Pleasure much in Husbandry 31 Plowing, requires judgement, 63. 'Tis hard work 84 Plow rends the earth, discovers things hid under the surface 65 Plowing a preparatory and respective work 66. It kills weeds, 67. best after rain 67 Plow-man must make no baulks in good ground 67 Posterity to be provided for 221 Poverty when extream, a snare 39 Providence in Husbandmen commendable 139 R Rain is from heaven, falls by divine appointment, great difference in it, warm rain most beneficial, former and latter both needful, obtained by prayer 82, 83, 84 85 Reaping the fit season thereof 129 S Seed-corn, how qualified and prepared, 71. Advantaged by early sowing, 72 much vigour in a small seed 73 Seeds produce their own kind 146 Springing of seeds and plants, whence 81, 82. cannot be hindred when the time comes, 102 Sowing done in hope, and in season 102 Stalk potentially in a small seed 73 Summer why appointed 141 T Tares, their resemblance to wheat 108 Threshing the ancient manner of it, 160 the use and end of it 161 Threshing corn, what is resembles, 162 Trees when dead, cut down 192 Trees how laden with fruit, 186, 187 as they leaned, so they fall 194 V Valleys most fruitful 10 Variable weather in Harvest 141 Ungraffed fruit harsh, 147. The cause thereof 176 Vexation to Husbandmen to be …indred in their business 9 Union with the graff and stock 180 W Weariness of labourers at night 7 Weeds pernicious to Corn 115 Winnowing, its use and end, 165, 166 Winter sweetned by Summers providence 142 | A ACtions eternal in their effects Page 147, 148 Account of Ministers great 8 Afflictions parallel'd with threshing, in five things 160, 161, &c. Afflicted Saints Reflections 163 Apostates Reflections 69, 118 B Barrenness, the Christians reproach, 12 Its causes 55. its danger 56, 57, 58 Beauty of glorified bodies 103 Body of man, its noble structure, commodious scituation, and excellent configuration 207 Business of a Christian, and of the Husbandman, parallel'd in four things 18, 19, 20 C Carelesness reproved by the worldlings deligence 143 Caius Mar…us Victorius his strange conversion 144 Duke of Condy his rare saying 123 Censorious persons reproved 111 Church▪ Gods …ee, 5. how purchased 3. how dressed, 4. what expected from it, 6. its dignities 11 Christ a sufficient portion to the poor 156 Childrens souls neglected, how sinful 201, 202 Comforts for declining Christians 48, 49 Competency best for Christians 37, 38, 39, 40 Conviction parallel'd with plowing, in nine particulars 64 65, 66 67 Conversion in old age a wonder 144 D Declining of grace, how far 46, 47 Deceived souls, their reflections 78 Death and reaping parallel'd, in five things 131, 132 Decayes in grace lamented 137 Diligence in religion, honourable, safe, beneficial and comfortable 25, 26 Delight spiritual, whence it flows 32, 33 Discouragement should not seize on Ministers, though they see no present fruit 46 47 Disobedient Children, their sin aggravated 203 E Earthly employments suit earthly hearts 33 Elezarius his excellent saying to his wife 122 Elect souls Reflection 190 Examination of our selves needful 166 Example of the multitude no plea 189 Evidences for heaven, and Land compared, in seven things 24 F Famine spiritual▪ the sorest of judgements 91, 92. 93. 94▪ 95, Few saved, and their Emblem in nature 188, 189 Feeding beasts, their plenty and liberty 216 Formalists Reflections 60, 196 G Gifts, how excelled by grace 74, 75, 76 Gospel, its first entertainment best 10 Removed by reason of barrenness 11 Grace carried through many dangers 116, 117, 118, Gracious principles parallel'd with seed 71, 72, 73 Gracious and growing souls Reflections 42, 77, 136 H Harvest of glory, what, and when 125 Healthful Christians Reflection 104 Humble hearers profit most 10 Hypocrisie parallel'd with chaff 166, 167. It acts like grace 109, 110, 111, 112 Hypocrites their Reflections 34, 41, 169 Hypocrites inside opened at death 195 I Ignorance inexcusable in Husbandmen 14 15 Ioy spiritual, how excellent, 153▪ 154. 'Tis perfected when natural joy is finished, 154. Peculiar mercies, the grounds of it, 155. God its object, 155 Ingratitude for the mercy of our creation, how great at sin 206, 207▪ 208 L Learning no plea before God 177 Lingring Saints Reflection 127 Longing for heaven, what, and by whom 126 Lost sinners parallel'd with Straying Cattel; in five particulars 211, 212 Lycurgus his Law for Parents, what 203 M Maintenance due to Ministers 8 Maturity of grace, three signs of it 133 Maturity of sin, six signs of it 134, 135 Ministers must be judicious, 14. Compared with clouds, in three particulars, 86, 87. Their Reflections 61, 86, 87 Ministry its scope and end, what 8 Moral persons reflections 150 N Names, what vain things in Religion 22 Neglecting soul seasons dangerous 142, 143 O Obedience must be free and chearful 50 Ordinances, their influences, what, and whence 81, 82, 97 Original sin compared with sop 175 P Parents convinced of their sin 203 Pains of Ministers visible, sometimes in the peoples lives 9 Patience of Saintsits, grounds 122, 123 124, 125, Poor, if godly, incouraged greatly 219 Presumptuous persons Reflections 112, 113, 144, Presence of God singular in his Church 13 Pro…ane persons Reflection 149 Persecutors Reflections 163 Prayer▪ the golden key to open mystical clouds 8 Professors barren, fewel for hell 193, 194 Prosperous sinners, and feeding beasts parallel'd in five particulars 217 218 Prudence in Christians commended and urged 14, 141 R Regenerate souls their reflections 183 184 Recovery of lost sinners by Christ opened and parallel'd with seeking of lost Cattel 210, 211, 212 Resurrection parallel'd with springing Corn 101, 102 Resurrection the glory of that state 107 108 S Seed-corn how to be steeped before it be sown 81 Sickly Christians their comfort 105 Sincere souls Reflection 59, 170 77 Sloth inexcusable in Christians 22, 23 26 Straying from God its emblem 211 Stock advantaged to be removed from our natural stock 176 Support for declining souls 51 T Tree, the emblem of the world 188 Toad, how the sight of a Toad affected a shepherd 206 Thief on the cross, no president to careless ones 143 To morrow a new day, the first ground of that proverb in Greece 141, 142 V Unregenerate persons cannot bring forth good fruit 174, 175 Ungodly persons Reflections 106 Voluptuous sinners Reflections 218 Upright ones, Reflections 34 Union with Christ, in eight resemblances 181, 182, 283 W Wages, what offered by Christ and the world 28, 29 Weak gifts sanctified, yield strong consolation 178 Winnowing of souls by judgment 166, 167 Worldlings Reflections 27, 41 |
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End of the text · John Flavel, Husbandry Spiritualized (1674)