Husbandry spiritualized, or, The heavenly use of earthly things consisting of many pleasant observations, pertinent applications, and serious reflections and each chapter concluded with a divine and suitable poem : directing husband-men to the most excellent improvements of their common imployments : whereunto is added ... several choice occasional meditations / by John Flavell.

The Poem.

THe winnowing wind first1 1.1 drives the chaff away, Next light, and hollow grains; those only stay Whose weight, and solid substance can endure This tryal, and such grains are counted pure. The corn for use2 1.2 is carefully preserv'd, The useless chaff3 1.3 for burning flames reserv'd. No wind but blows some good, a Proverb is; Glad shall I be, if it hold true in this. O, that the wind when you to winnowing go, This spiritual good unto your souls might blow! To make you pause, and sadly ruminate In what a doleful plight and wretched state

Their souls are in, who cannot4 1.4 hope to stand When he shall come, whose5 1.5 fan is in his hand. His6 1.6 piercing eyes infallibly disclose, The very reins, and7 1.7 inward parts of those Whose outside seeming grace so neatly paints, That with the8 1.8 best, they pass for real Saints. No hypocrite with God9 1.9 acceptance finds, But like the chaff dispers'd by furious winds: Their guilt shall not that searching day endure, Nor they approach1 1.10 th'assemblies of the pure. Have you observ'd in Autumn,2 1.11 thistle-down By howling Enrus scatter'd up and down About the fields? even so Gods ireful storm Shall chace the hypocrite, who now can scorn The breath of close reproofs; and like a rock Repel reproofs, and just reprovers mock. How many that in2 1.12 splendid garments walk Of high professions! and like Angels talk, Shall God devest; and openly proclaim Their secret guilt, to their eternal shame! This is the day, wherein the Lord will rid His Church of those false friends, which now lie hid. Among his people. There will not be one False heart remian, to lose our love upon. O, bless'd assembly! glorious state! when all In their uprightness walk, and ever shall. O make my heart sincere, that I may never Prove such light chaff as then thy wind will sever. From solid grain! O let my soul detest Unsoundness? and abide thy strictest test.

Notes

• 1 1.1

  Psal. 35. 5.
• 2 1.2

  Mat. 3. 12.
• 3 1.3

  Mat. 3. 12.
• 4 1.4

  Psal. 1. 5.
• 5 1.5

  Mat. 3. 12.
• 6 1.6

  Rev. 1. 14.
• 7 1.7

  1 Cor. 4. 5.
• 8 1.8

  Mat. 7. 22.
• 9 1.9

  Iob 13. 16.
• 1 1.10

  Psal. 1. 5.
• 2 1.11

  Isa. 17. 13.
• 2 1.12

  Mat. 25. 7.