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Presentesto the iv ofMichigan bly Hewry. Co.Granger Collase 08-74-1
GENERAL LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
PRESENTED BY
Rev.HenryC.Granger.
Class of1871 Jan 25 1900.....
F58
THE WHOLE
WORKS OF
THE REVEREND90356
MR. JOHN FLAVEL,
Late MINISTER of the GOSPEL at Dartmouth in Devon.
IN EIGHT VOLUMES.
TO WHICH IS ADDED,
An Alphabetical TABLE of the principal Matters contained in the Whole.
THE EIGHT EDITION.
VOL.
VI.
PAISLEY Printed by A. WEIR and A. M'LEAN.
And fold at the Shop of A. WEIR, near the Cross.
MDCCLXX.
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CONTENTS.
HUSBANDRY SPIRITUALIZED.
The Epistle Dedicatory, Page 1 Mr. Caryl to the Christian Reader,
Mr. Watts to Mr Flavel, on his SpiritualNavigationand Husbandry,
In Author is Opera, by Mr. Condy,
Mr. Jeffery to Mr. Flavel, upon his Husbandry Spiritualized,
An Epistle to the intelligentCountryReader,
The Author to the Reader,
The PROEM.
Cor. iii. 9. Ye are God's husbandry, i bid.
PART I.
Chap. 1. Upon the industry of the husbandman,
Chap. 2. Upon the thriftiness of the husbandman,
Chap. 3. Upon the chearfulness of the husbandman,
Chap. 4. Upon the due quality of arable land,
Chap. 5. Upon the improvement of bad ground,
Chap. 6. Upon the incurableness of some bad ground,
Chap. 7. Upon the plowing of corn-land,
Chap. 8. Upon the feed-corn,
Chap. 9. Upon springing-weather after feed-time,
Chap. 10. Upon a dearth through want of rain,
Chap. 11. Upon the corruption of the feed before it springs, 97 Chap. 12. Upon the resemblance of wheat and tares,
Chap. 13. Upon the dangers incident to the corn from feed-time to harvest,
Chap. 14. Upon the patience of the husbandman for the harvest,
Chap. 15. Upon the harvest-season, Chap. 16. Upon the care of husbandmen to provide for
winter,
Chap. 17. Upon reaping the fame we sow,
Chap. 18. Upon the joy of harvest-men,
CONTENTS.
Pag Chap. 19. Upon the threshing out of corn,
Chap. 20. Upon the winnowing of corn, PART II.
The Introduction,
Chap. 1. Upon the ingraffing of fruit-trees, Chap. 2. Upon the union of the grass with the stock,
Chap. 3. Upon the gathering in of fruits in autumn, Chap. 4. Upon the cutting down of dead trees,
PART III.
The Introduction,
Chap. 1. Upon the husbandman's care for his cattle, i bid.
Chap. 2. Upon the hard labour and cruel usage of beasts,
Chap. 3. Upon the seeking of loft cattle,
Chap. 4. Upon the feeding off at cattle,
Chap. 5. Upon the husbandman's care for posterity,
Chap. 6. Upon the husbandman's care to prove and prefervebis deeds,
OCCASIONAL MEDITATONS.
MEDITATIONS
ON BIRDS.
Med. 1. Upon the singing of a nightingale,
Med. 2. Upon the fight of many small birds chirping about a deadhawk,
Med. 3. Upon the fight ofa blackbird taking sanctuary in a bush from a pursuinghawk,
Med. 4. Upon the fight of divers goldfinches intermingling with a flock of Sparrows,
Med. 5. Upon the fight of a robin-red-breast picking up a worm from a mole-hill, then rising,
Med. 6. Upon the shooting of two finchesfighting in the air,
Med. 7. Upon the singing of a blind finch by night, Med. 8. Upon the comparing of two birds nests,
i bid.
Med. 9. Upon the early singing of birds, Med. 10. Upon the haltering of birds, with a grain of
hair i bid.
CONTENTS.
MEDITATIONS upon BEASTS .
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Med. 1. Upon the clogging of a straying beast,
Med. 2. Upon the love ofa dog to his master,
Med. 3. Upon the fighting of two rams,
Med. 4. Upon the catching of a horse in a fat pasture, i bid.
Med. 5. Upon the hunting of a deer,
MEDITATIONS upon TREE S.
Med. 1. Upon the fall of blossoms, nipt by a frosty morning,
Med. 2. Upon the knitting or setting of fruit,
Med. 3. Upon the fight of a fair spreading oak,
Med. 4. Upon the fight of many sticks lodged in the branches of a choice fruit-tree, i bid.
Med. 5. Upon the gathering of choice fruit from afcrubbed, unpromising tree,
Med. 6. Upon an excellent, but irregular tree, i bid.
MEDITATIONS upon a GARDEN.
Med. 1. Upon the new-modelling of a gardan,
Med. 2. Upon the pulling up of a leek, i bid.
Med. 3. Upon a heedless tread in a curious garden,
Med. 4. Upon a witheredpofy taken up in the way,
Med. 5. Upon the sudden withering of a rose,
Med. 6. Upon the sudden withering of beautiful flowers, i bid.
Med. 7. Upon the tenderness of some choice flowers, Med. 8. Upon thestrangemeans of preserving the life of
vegetables,
NAVIGATION SPIRITUALIZED .
The Epistle Dedicatory,
AnEpistle to every Seaman failing Heaven-ward,
The Author to the Reader,
CHAP.
The launching of a ship plainly sets forth Our double state, by first and second birth,
CHA P.
II.
In the vast ocean spiritual eyes desery God'sboundless mercy, and eternity,
CONTENTS.
CHAP .
III.
Within these smooth sac'dfeas strange creatures crawl ; Pag.
But in man's heart far stranger than them all, CHA P.
IV.
Seas purge themselves, and cast their filth ashore, Butgraceless fouls retain, and fuck in more,
CHAP.
Seamen foresee a danger, and prepare :
Yet few of greater dangers are aware, CHA P.
VI.
How small a matter turns a ship about ?
Yet we, against our conscience, stand it out, CHAP.
VII.
Thro' many fears and dangers seamen run, Yet all's forgottenwhentheydo return, CHAP.
VIII.
The navigator shifts his fails to take All winds,but that which for his soul doth make,
CHAP.
IX.
If seamen lose a gale, there they may lie ; 'The soul, when once becalm'd in fin, may die,
CHAP.
By navigation one place stores another, And by communion we must help each other,
CHAP.
The rocks abide,though seas against them rage ;
So thall the church,which is God's heritage,
CHA P.
XII .
What dangers run they for a little gains, Who, for theirfouls, would ne'er take half the pains !
CHAP.
XIII.
Millions of creatures in the seas are fed :
Why then are faints in doubt of daily bread ?
CHAP.
XIV.
Sea-waters drained through the earth, are sweet ; So are th' afflictions which God's people meet,
CHA P.
XV.
The seas within their bounds the Lord contains :
He also men and devils holds in chains, CHA P.
XVI.
To feawithoutacompass none darego:
Our course without the word is even fo, CHAP.
XVII.
Look as the sea, by turns,doth ebb and flow ;
So their estates, that use it, come and go.
CONTENTS.
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CHAP.
XVIII.
Like hungry lions,waves for sinners gape :
Pag.
Leavethenyour fins behind, if you'll escape, CHAP.
XIX.
To save the ship, rich lading's cast away:
Thy foul is shipwreck'd if thy lusts do stay.
CHAP.
XX.
Christ, with a word, can surging waves appease :
His voice a troubled foul can quickly ease,
CHAP.
XXI.
Our food out of the sea God doth command;
Yet few therein take notice of his hand,
CHAP.
XXII.
Whilst thou by art the filly fish dost kill, Perchance the devil's hook sticks in thy gill,
CHAP.
XXIII.
Doth trading fail, and voyages prove bad ?
If you cannotdifcern the cause, 'tis said,
CHAP.
XXIV.
In seas the greater fish the less devour :
So somemencrushall those within theirpow'r,
XXV.
CHAP.
In storms to spread much fail endangers all :
So carnal mirth, if God for mourning call,
CHAP XXVI .
A little leak neglected, dangerous proves :
One fin connived at, the soul undoes,
CHAP.
XXVII.
Ships make much way when they a trade-wind get ; With such a wind the saints have ever met,
CHAP.
XXVIII .
Storms make discov'ry of the pilot's skill :
CHAP .
XXIX.
God'swisdom in affliction triumphs still,
Things in the bottom are unseen : no eye CantraceGod'spaths, which in thedeeps do lie,
CHAP.
XXX.
Millions of men are funk into the main ; But it shall not those dead always retain,
CHAP.
XXXI.
The seaman's greatest danger's near the coast ; When we are nearest heav'nthe danger's most,
CHA P.
XXXII .
How glad are seamen when they make the shore ?
And faints,no less,when all their danger's o'er.
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CONTENTS .
ADissuafive from the SINS OfDrunkennefs, Swearing, Uncleanness, forgetfulness of Mercies,&c.
Pağ:
The Epistle Dedicatory,
Caution 1. Of the Sin of Drunkenness,
Caution 2. The Art of Preserving the Fruits of the Lips, 340 Caution3. The Harlot's Face, in the Scripture-Glass,
Caution 4. Of Mercies and Promises,
Gaution 5. The Seaman's Catechism,
The SEAMAN'S COMPANION.
The Epiftle Dedicatory, SERMON I.
The Seaman's Farewel .
Acts xxi, 5, 6. " And we kneeled down on the shore, and " prayed; and when we had taken our leave one of another,
" we took ship, and they returned home again,"
SERMON II.
The Seaman in a Storm.
Psal. cvii. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. " They that go down to
" the sea in ships, that do business ingreatwaters : these " fee the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep,"
c SERMON III.
The Seaman's Preservative in foreign Countries.
Psalm cxxxix. 9, 10. " If I take the wings of the morning, " and dwell in the uttermost part of the sea; even there
" shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me," 417
SERMONIV.
The successful Seaman.
Deut. viii. 17, 18. " And thou say in thine heart, My power, " and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth ;
" but thou shalt remember the Lord thy God ; for it is he *.
" that giveth thee power to get wealth,"
SERMON V.
The disappointed Seaman.
Lev. 5. " Master, we have toiled all the night, and have
taken nothing,"
SERMONVI.
The Seaman's Return.
De. xxxiii. 19. " They shall call the people unto the moun- 'tain, there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness : for 'they shall fuck of the abundance of the seas, and of the
Areasures hid in the sand,"