Upon the threshing out of corn,
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Haveyoubeheld,when, with perfumedwings, Out of the balmy east brightPhoebus ſprings.
Mounting the Olympic hill,with what a grace Heviewsthe throneofdarkness,and doth chaſe
The ſhades ofnightbefore him ; having hurl'd •His goldenbeams about this lower world,
How from fadgroves,and folitarycells, Wherehorriddarkneſs, and confufiondwells, Batts, owls, and doleful creatures, flyaway,
Refigning to the chearful birds ofday :
Who inthoſeplacesnowdofit andchant, Wherelatelyſuch direcreatures kept their haunt.
Thusgrief reſigns tojoy; fighs, groans and tears To fongs triumphant, whenthe Lord appears.
Omatchleſs joy ! O countenancedivine!
What are thoſe trifles to theſe ſmiles ofthine ?
May I, with poor Mephibofheth, be bleft With theſe ſweet ſmiles ; let Ziba take the reſt.
My life! mytreaſure ! thou ſhalt ne'er be fold For filverhills, or rivers pav'd with gold.
Wer't thoubutknown toworldlings,theywouldſcorn To ſtoop their hearts to ſuch poor things as corn :
For ſotheydo, becauſe thou art above That ſpherewhereintheirlowconceptions move.
CHAP.
Uponthe Threſhing out ofCorn.
Morefolidgrain withgreatertrengthyou threfb, The ableft Chriſtians have the hardest lash.
OBSERVATIO Ν.
Uſbandmen having todo with divers forts ofgrain, ſome more tough and ſtubborn, others more free and tender, do not beat all alikeon the threshing-floor; but as theyhave threfhals ofſeveral ſizes, ſothey beſtow on ſomegrainmore, onothers fewer ſtrokes, according to the different qualities of thegrainto be threſhed.
This obſervation the prophet Ifaiah hath, chap. xxviii. ver. 27. "The fitches are not threſhed
" with a threshing-inſtrument, neither is the cart-wheel tur- " nedabout upon the cummin, but the fitches are beaten out i " with a staff, and the cummin with arod."
The manner of beatingoutthecorninformertimes,was fardifferentfromthat
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Husbandry Spiritualized; or, whichisnowinuſe among us theyhadthe cart-wheel,which was full of iron ſpokes or teeth, andthe hoofs ofbeasts for the harder foat ofgrain, as wheat, rye, and barley; a ſtaff or flail for the fitches, anda rod or twig for the cummin ; allwhich inſtruments were proportioned according to the nature ofthe grain.
APPLICATIO Ν.
OD having todo, inaway wayofcorrection,withdivers forts ofoffenders,doth not use the like ſeveritywiththem all, but proportions his correction to their abilities and ſtrength,
G Jer. xxx. 11. " I will not make a fullendofthee, [but will cor- " rect thee in meaſure]andwillnot leavethee altogether unpu- " niſhed:" (q.d.) Afff Ctedthoumustbe ;myreſpectto my own glory, and thy good, puts a neceffity upon that ,butyet I will do itmoderately: Iwill not lay onwithout meaſure or mercy, as I intend to do, upon the enemies ; butwill mete out your fufferings in adue proportion, evenas a careful phyſician, in prefcribing pills, orpotions tohis patient, hath regard as well to the abilityof the patient, as to the nature and quality ofthe diſeaſe ; even ſo thy God, O Ifrael, will not afflict thee according to the greatneſs ofhis power, and his wrath, anſwerable thereunto, Pfal. xe. 11.that would breakthee to pieces, Pfal.. lxxviii. 38.
Nor yet will he afflict thee according to the demerit of thy fin: as it shallbe much less than what I could inflict, ſo it ſhall be less than thine iniquities deſerve, Ezra ix. 13. Neither mypower, nor thy defers, ſhallbe the rule of my proceedings ; but I willdo it with moderation and mercy, as thou art able to bear.
I that have inſtructed the husbandman to proportion his inſtrument tothe quality of the grain before him, will exerciſe the like wiſdoin and mildneſs towards thee. Andthe ſimilitude betwixt the husbandman's threshing his corn, and the Lord's afflicting his people, ſtands in theſe particulars.
1. Thehuſbandman's end in threfningthe corn is, to feparate itfrom the husks and chaff; and God's end in afflicting his people is, to ſeparate them from their fins, Wa. xxvii. 9.
" In meaſure when it ſhooteth forth, he will debate with it,"
(i. e.)he willmoderately correctthem ; and what the ends of thoſecorrections are,the nextwords inform us, " By this there- " fore ſhall the iniquity ofJacobbe purged, and this is allthe
" fruit totakeawayhis fin." God uſes afflictions, aswe uſe. foap, to cleanſe awayfilthineſs, and fetch out ſpots, Dan. xi..
35. He aims not at the deftruction of their perfons, but of their luks.
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2. Ifthehusbandmanhavecockle, darnel, orpernicious tares beforehim on the floor among his corn,he little regards whether it be bruiſed, or battered topieces by the threſher or no ; it is a worthless thing, and he ſpares it not.
Such cockle and tares are the enen.ies ofGod; andwhen theſe come under his flail, he ſtrikes them without mercy; for theſethe Lord prepares a new ſharp threshing inſtrument, having teeth, which ſhall beatthem toduſt, Iſa. xli. 15. " The daughter ofBabylon
" is like a threshing-floor; 'tis time to threſh her," Jer. li.
33. And whenthat time is come,then(in alluſion tothe beaft that was to tread out the corn) " Sion's horn ſhall be
" of iron, and her hoofs braſs," Mic. iv. 13.
He ſmites not his people according to the ſtroke ofthem that ſmote them, the meaning is, his ſtrokes on them ſhallbe deadly ſtrokes : they ſhewedno mercy to Sion ; andGodwill shew nomercy to them.
3. When the huſks and chaff are perfectly ſeparated from the grain, then the husbandman beats it no more. When
Godhath perfectly purged andſeparatedthe ſins ofhis people, then afflictions ſhall cometo a perpetual end; he will never ſmite them again : there is no noiſe ofthe threſhing inſtrument inheaven; he that beatthem with his flail on earth, will put them into his boſom in heaven.
4. Though the husbandman lays on, and beats his corn, as if he were angry with it, yet he loves and highly prizes it ; andthoughGod ſtrike and afflict his people, yet he fets a great valueupon them ; and it is equally abſurd to inferGod's hatredto his people from his afflicting ofthem, as the husbandman's hatred of his corn, becauſe he threſhes and beats it ;
Heb . xii. 6. " Whom the Lord loveth he correcteth, and chaf- " tenethevery fon whom he receiveth."
5. Though the husbandman thresh and beat the corn, yet hewill not bruiſe or hurt it, ifhecan help it ; though fome require more and harder ſtrokes than others, yet none ſhall havemore than itcanendure. Andthough the Lord afflict his ſervants, yet he willdo them no hurt, Jer. xxv. 6. Some need more rods than others, but none ſhall have more than they can bear ; the Lordknows the meaſures and degrees of hisſervants faithand patience, and accordingly ſhall their trials be, Pfal. ciii. 13, 14. " Like as a father pities his children, fo
" the Lord pitieth them that fear him ; for he knows their " frame, he remembers they are but dust ; he makes a way to " eſcape, that they may be able to bear it," I Cor.x. 13.
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Husbandry Spiritualized ; or, This care andtenderneſs over his afflicted, iseminently difcovered inthreeparticulars.
(1.) In not expoſing them to, 'till he hath prepared thera for, their trials, Lukexxiv. 49. " Tarry ye at Jerufalem,until
" ye be endued with power from on high." He gives them ſometimes eminent diſcoveries ofhis love immediately before, andas a preparativeto their fufferings, inthe ſtrength whereof theyare carriedthrough all.
(2.) Or if not fo, thenhe intermixeth ſupporting comfort with their troubles ; as you ſometimes ſee the fun shine out while the rain falls.
It was ſo with Paul,Acts xxvii, 23 " This night (and itwas a fad nightindeed) there ſtoodbyme
" the angel oftheLord,whoſe I am."
(3.) In taking offthe affliction, when theycan bear it no longer, 1 Cor. x. 13. " He makes away to eſcape, thatthey
" may be ableto bear it," Pfal. cxxv. 3. The rod istakenoff, " when the righteous is even ready toput forth his hand to " iniquity."
It is a Jewish proverb, When the bricks are doubled,thencomesMoſes . And itis a Chriſtian's experience,
When the fpirit is readyto fail,thencomesJeſus,according to thatpromiſe, Ifa. Ivii. 16.
REFLECTIONS.
1.HowunlikeamItoGod,inthe afflicting A reflection ofhis people ? The Lord is pitiful when he forperfecutors. ſmites them; but I have been cruel: he is kind tothem,when moſt ſevere ; butthe beſt ofmykindneſſes to them, may fitly enough be called feverity;
God ſmites them in love ; I have ſmittenthem inhatred. Ah ! what have I done ? God hath uſed me as his hand, Pfal. xvii.
14. or as his rod, to afflict them, Jer. x. 7. but his end and mine have widely differed inthat action, Iſa. x. 7. Iam but the fcullion, or rather the whiſp to ſcourand cleanfe the veffels ofglory ; and when I havedonethat dirty work; thoſe bright fouls ſhall be ſetup inheaven, andI caſt into the fire.
Ifhe ſhallhavejudgment without mercy, that thewed no mercy, how can I expect mercy from the Lord, whoſe people I have perfecutedmercilefly for his fake ?
2. Is the Lord's wheat thus threſhed on A reflection for thefloor of afflictions; whatthen ſhallIthink
Suchasmeetwith no affliction. ofmycondition,who proſper and am let alone in the way of fin ? Surely, the Lord looks on me as on aweed, and not as his corn; and it is too probable, that Iam rather refervedforburning,than for threshing.
Some there arewhomGod loves notſo well as to ſpend
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a rodupon them, but faith, " Let them alone," Hof. iv. 17. butmiferable istheir condition, notwithstanding their impunity! Forwhat is the interpretation butthis: Iwillcome toa reckoning with them altogether in hell. Lord, how much better is thy afflicting mercy, thanthyſparing ſeverity! Better isthe conditionof an afflicted child,than ofa rejected bastard,
Heb. xii. 7. Oh, letmeratherfeel thy rod now, as the rodofa loving Father, than feel thy wrath hereafter,as thewrath ofan omnipotent avenger 1 3. Well then, deſpond not,O my foul ! A reflection for Thou hearest thehusbandman loves his corn, anafflictedfaint. though he threſheth it ; and, ſurely, the Lord loves thee not the lefs, because he afflicts thee ſo much.
Ifaffliction, then, be the way to heaven, bleſſed beGod for affliction! The threshing-ftrokes ofGod have come thick upon me ; by which I may fee what a tough and ſtubborn heart I have: ifone ſtroke would have done the work,he would not have lifted up his hand the ſecondtime.
Ihave not had a ſtroke morethan Ihad need of, Pet. i. 6. andby thismeans he will purge my fins: bleffedbe God for that! thedamned have infinitelymore and harder fſtrokes thanI, andyet their fin ſhall never be ſeparated by their fufferings, Ah fin ! curſed fin! Iam ſo much out oflove with thee, that I am willing to enduremorethanallthis,tobe well ridofthee: allthis I fuffer for thy fake , but the time is coming when I shall be rid offin and fuffering together : meanwhile Iamundermyown father'shand: fmite me he may, but hate mehe cannot.
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HE facred records tell us, heretofore Godhad an altar on a threshing-floor, Wherethreſhing inſtruments devotedwere To facred ſervice ; ſoyou find them here.
Inowwould teach the threſher, tobeat forth Anotion from his threshold, much more worth
Than allhis corn; and make him underſtand That foul-inſtructing engine inhis hand.
With fewer ſtrokes, andlighter will you beat The oats and barley, than the ſtubborn wheat,
Whichwill require and enduremore blows Than freergrain.
Thus deals the Lordbythoſe Whom he afflicts : he doth not use to strike Offending childrenwithhis rodalike; Buton the ableſtſhoulders dothimpoſe
Husbandry Spiritualized; or, Theheaviest burthens, and the leſs on thoſe Ofweakergrace: he ſhews himselfaGod Ofjudgments inhis handling ofthe rod.
Godhath arate-book by him, whereinhe Keepsjuſt accountshowrich his peoplebe ; What faith, experience, patience, more or leſs
Each one poſſeſſeth,anddoth them afſeſs Accordingto their ſtock.
Such ashave not Amartyr's faith,ſhall haveno martyr's lot.
The kinds, degrees, andthe continuance Ofalltheir fuff'rings, to acircumſtance Preſcribed arebyhim,who wiſelyſways Theworld, andmore than's rightonno man lays.
Beman or devil the apothecary, God's the phyfician : whocanthen miſcarry In fuch a hand? He neverdid or will Suffer the least addition tohis bill.
Normeaſure, nor yet mercyhe obſerves InthreshingBabylon; for ſhedeſerves His heavieſt ſtrokes; and inhis floor ſhe must
Be beaten ſhortly with his flailtoduſt.
But Sion's God, in meaſure, will debate ; His children hemay ſmite,but cannot hate;
He beats them, true, tomake their chaff to fly, Thatthey, like purged golden grains, may lie
Inone fairheap, with thoſe bleſs'd fouls thathere Once in like manner thresh'd and winnow'd were,
CHAP.
XX.
Uponthewinnowing ofCorn.
Thefan doth cauſe light chaff toflyaway; Soshallthe ungodly in God's winnowing-day.
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OBSERVATION.
HEN the corn is threſhed out inthe floor where it lies mingledwith empty ears, and worthless chaff, the huſbandman carries it out altogether into fome open place ; where, having fpread his ſheet for thepreſervationofthegrain, heexpoſes itall tothe wind; thegood,byreaſon ofits folidity, remains uponthe ſheet, butthe chaff, being light andempty, is partly carriedquite awayby the wind, and allthereſt ſeparatedfrom thegoodgrain into adiſtinct heap, which is carried away, either tothe fire, ordung-hill, as a worthless thing.
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APPLICATION.
EN have their winnowing-days, andGod hathhis day to ſeparate the chafffrom the wheat, the godly from theungodly,who ſhall beheldup tothewind; but only thewicked ſhall be drivenawaybyit. Such adayGodhathin thisworld, wherein he winnows his wheat, andfeparates the chaff.
There is adouble fanning or winnowing ofmenhere in this world; one is doctrinally, inwhich ſenſe I understand that ſcripture, Matth. iii. 12. fpoken of Chriſt, whenhewas enteringuponhis miniſterialwork: " His fan isinhishand;
" andhe ſhallthoroughly purgehis floor,and gather hiswheat " into the garner ; but he willburnup the chaff with un- " quenchable fire."
The preaching ofthe gospel, isas a fan inChriſt'shand : and itis as much as ifJohn had thus told the Jews, thatthough therewere many hypocriticalones among them, that had now a place andname among the people of God, andgloried in their church-privileges ; yet there is a purging blaſt of truth coming, which ſhall make them fly outof the church, as chaff out of the floor.
Thus Chrift winnows orfans the world doctrinally :The other isjudicially, bybringing fore and grievous trials and ſufferings upon the churches, for this very end, that thoſe which are but chaff,
(i. e.)emptyand vainprofeffors, mayby ſuchwinds as theſe beſeparatedfrom his people.
The church increaſes twoways, andbytwo diverſemeans ; extensively, inbreadth and numbers ; and intensively, invigour and power ; peace andprofperitycauſe the firſt, ſafferings and adverſitythe laſt: Andwell may a day ofperfecution be calledawinnowingday, forthenarethepeople ofGodtoffed to purpoſe, as corn inthe fieve, though nothing but chaff belost thereby. Ofſuch awinnowing-daytheprophet ſpeaks,
Amos ix.9, 10. " I will fift thehouſe of Ifrael among allnati- " ons, like as corn is fifted in a fieve,yet ſhall not the leaft
"grainfallupontheearth; allthe finnersofmypeople ſhall "die." (q. d.) Iwill cauſegreatagitationsandtoffingsamong you,bythehands oftheAffyriansandBabylonians,intowhoſe countriesyou ſhallbediſperſedand ſcattered; yet I willfogovernthoſeyourdifperfionsby my providence, thatnotone good grain, oneupright foul, ſhall eternally perish, but the ſinners of mypeople, therefuſe ſtuff, that fhall perifh.
To the ſame purpoſe ſpeaks another prophet,Zeph. ii. 1, 2.
" Gatheryourſelves together, (or as fome read) fan yourſelves, " yea, fanyourſelves, before the decree bring forth, and the " daypaſs as the chaff." He doth notmeanthatthe timeſhall
Husbandry Spiritualized; or, paſs as the chaff, but there is aday of affliction and diſtreis coming, in whichthe wicked ſhall paſs as the chaffbefore the wind; and yet, notwithstanding all theſe winnowings upon earth, much chaff will still abide among thecorn ; therefore
Godhath appointed another day forthe winnowingofthe world, even thedayof judgment; in reference to which it is faid, Pfalm i. 4, 5. " The ungodly are not ſo,but are like the " chaff which thewind drives away; therefore the ungodly ſhallnotſtandinjudgment, nor finnersinthecongregation
" of the righteous ;" (i. e.) God hath adaywherein hewill fift the world, like cornina fieve, and then the wicked ſhall appear to be but chaff, whichGod willeternally feparate from hiswheat.
I will not strain the fimilitude, but fairly diſplay it in theſe ſeven particulars.
1. The chaffandwheatgrow together inthe fame field, and upon the fame root and ſtalk. Inthis, wicked men are like chaff, who not only aſſociate with the people of God, but oftentimes ſpring up withthem inthefame family, and fromthe ſame root, or immediate parents, Mal. i. 2. " Was not Eſau
" Jacob's brother ?" Yet the onewas wheat, the other chaff.
Inſtances of this are infinite.
2. The husbandman would never endurethe huſks, chaff, anddry ſtalks to remainin the field; ifitwerenot forthegood corn's fake, he would quickly ſet fire to it, but that the corn isamong it, which he highly prizeth: And, be affured,God would never fuffer the wicked to abide long in this world, were it not for his own elect that are difperſedamong them:
Except the Lord hadfuch a remnant diſperſedintheworld, he wouldquickly ſet fire tothe four quarters, and make it like
Sodom, Ifa. i. 9.
3. The chaff is a veryworthless thing, the husbandmancares notwhatbecomes ofit ; andofas little worth are wicked men,
Prov. x. 20. " The heart ofthe wicked is little worth." The heart isthe principal part oftheman, and yet that's but chaff, no worth in it; hishands, his cloaths, &c. are worth ſomewhat, buthis heart isworth nothing.
4. Though chaffin itſelfbe nothingworth, yetitis offome uſe to thecornwhile itis ſtanding in the field; the ſtalk bears up theear, and thechaffcovers thegrain, anddefends it from the injury of the weather.
Thus God makeswicked men of ufe to his people, in outward ſociety; they help to fupport andprotect them in this world,Rev. xii. 16. "The earth help- " edthewoman," (i. e.) worldlymen for carnal ends helped thechurch,when a floodofperſecutionwas poured out. The
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churchoftenhelps the world, it receives manybenefits from the people of God; and fometimes Godover-rules the world tohelphis church.
5. Whenthe chaffand wheat are bothbrought forth and heldup tothewind inone ſieve, theyfall two ways; the wheat falls down uponthe floor or ſheet, the chaff is carried quite away: So that although for atime godly and ungodly abide together, yetwhen this winnowing-time comes, God's wheat ſhall begathered intohis garnerinheaven, the chaff ſhallgo theotherway, Matth. iii. 12.
6. Ifthere beany chaff amongthe corn, itwill appearwhen itisfifted in awindyday; it cannot poffibly eſcape, if it be well winnowed; much more impoſſible it is for any wicked mantoeſcapethe critical fearch ofGod inthat day; the clo. feft hypocrite ſhall thenbe detected, forGod willjudge the fecrets ofmen, 2 Cor. xvi. " He willthenbring tolightthe
" hiddenthings of darkness, and make manifeft the counſels " of the heart," 1 Cor. iv. 5.
7. Lastly, After corn and chaffare ſeparated by the winnowing wind, they ſhall never lie together in oneheap any more: The wicked ſhall fee Abraham, and Ifaac, and Jacob, andall theprophets inthekingdom of God, but themselves thruftout : There is no chaff inheaven.
REFLECTIONS.
1. Am I anempty vainprofeffor, that wants A reflection thepithandſubſtance ofreal godliness ? Then foraclofehyamI butchaff inGod's account, though Igrow pocrite. amonghis corn; the eye ofman cannotdifcern myhypocrify; butwhenhe comes,whoſe fan is inhis hand, thenhowplainly will it bedetected ? Angels andmen ſhall difcern it, and ſay, " Lo, this is the manthat made not Godhis
" hope;" How ſhall Iabidethe dayofhis coming ? Chrift is thegreatheart-anatomiſt:Things ſhall notbecarried thenby names and parties, as they are now; everyone ſhallbeweighed in ajuſtbalance, anda Mene Tekelwritten upon every falſe heart: Great will be the perfpicuity ofthat trial : Myown confcience ſhalljoinwithmyjudge, and ſhall then acknowledge, thatthere is not onedrop ofinjustice in all that feaof wrash; andthough I amdamned, yet Iam not wronged :The chaffcannot ſtandbefore the wind, nor Ibeforethejudgment ofChrift.
2. Is there ſuch afanningtimecoming ?Whydonot I then fiftmyhearteverydaybyferious ſelf-examination ? Nowork
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Husbandry Spiritualized; or, Areflection for one more importantto me, and yet liow much have I neglected it? O my foul ! thou hadſt been better imployed, in that neglectsfelf-examination. ſearching thine own eſtate in reference tothatday, thau inprying finfully into the hearts, and cenfuring the conditions ofothermen: Judge thyſelf, andthou ſhaltnotbe condemned with the world ; the work indeed isdifficult, but the neglect dangerous : Were I within a few days to ſtand at man's bar, there to be tried for my life, how buſy ſhould I be every hour ofthe dayinwriting to any that I thought could befriend me, and ſtudying every advantage to myſelf? And yetwhat a vaſtdifference is there betwixt man's bar and God's ? Betwixt atrial for my life, and for my foul? Lord, rouſe up my fluggish heart, by awful and folicitous thoughts ofthatday, leſt Ibe found amongthat chaff which ſhallbeburntup with unquenchable fire..
5. Fear not, O my foul! thoughtherebe ablast coming which ſhalldrive allthechaff
Areflection for afincere foul. intohell,yet it ſhallblowthee noharm. "I " know thatwhen he hath tried me,I ſhall
" come forth as gold," Job xxiii. 10. I confefs I have toomuch chaff aboutme, butyet.Iam not altogether chaff,there is a folidwork ofgrace upon my foul that will abide the trial: Let thejudgment to come be as impartialand exact as it ispoffible tobe, yet a grain of finceritycannotbe lost in it; for " God
" will not caſt awaya perfect (i. e. an upright-hearted) man,"
Job viii. 20. Hethat is appointed tojudge the world is mine; andhis imputedrighteousness will make me fullweight inthe balance.
Bleſs the Lord, Omyfoul, for fincerity ! this will abide, when commongifts, and emptynames, will flee as the ehaff before the wind.
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HEwinnowingwind firſtdrivesthe chaff away, Next light and hollowgrains ; thoſe only ſtay
Whoſe weight and folid ſubſtance can endure This trial,and fuchgrains are counted pure.
The corn for ufe is carefully preſerv'd ; 'The uſeleſs chafffor burning flames referv'd..
Nowind but blowsfome good, a proverb is ; Glad ſhall I be ifithold true inthis..
Othatthewind, when you to winnowing go, This fpiritual goodunto yourfouis mightblow
To make you pauſe, and ſadly ruminate, In what a doleful plight, and wretched ſtate.
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Theirfouls are in,who cannot hope to ſtand When he shall come,whoſe fan is in hishand ;
His piercing eyes infallibly diſcloſe The very reins, and inward part of thoſe Whoſeout-fide ſeeminggrace ſo neatlypaints,
That, with the beſt, they paſs for real faints, No hypocrite with God acceptance finds, But, likethe chaff, diſpers'dbyfurious winds.
Their guilt ſhallnot that ſearching day endure, Nor they approach th' aſſemblies of the pure.
Have you obſerv'd in autumn,thiſtle-down, By howlingAeolus, ſcatter'dup and down About the fields ? Evenſo God's ireful ſtorm
Shallchaſethe hypocrite,who nowcan ſcorn The breath ofcloſe reproofs ; and like a rock,
Repel reproofs, and justreproversmock.
Howmanythatin ſplendid garmentswalk, Ofhigh profeſſions, and like angels talk, ShallGod diveſt, and openly proclaim 'Their ſecret guilt, to theireternal ſhame?
This is the daywherein the Lord will rid His church ofthoſe falſe friends, who now lie hid
Among his people; there willnot be one Falſe heart remain, to loſe our love upon.
Obleſs'd afſfembly! glorious ſtate ! when all Intheiruprightneſs walk,andever ſhall.
Omakemy heart ſincere, that Imay never Prove ſuch light chaffas then thywind ſhall ſever
From folidgrain ! O let my foul deteſt :
Unfoundneſs, and abidethy ſtrictest test !
INTRODUCTION
To the SECOND PART of
HUSBANDRY.
HOW is it, reader, have I tiredthee, Whilſtthro' theſe pleasant fields thouwalk'ſt with me?