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the_o work_n and_o travel_n of_o the_o husbandman_n who_o have_v labour_v and_o manure_v his_o field_n with_o his_o utmost_a care_n and_o sow_v it_o with_o his_o choice_a seed_n betake_v himself_o unto_o his_o rest_n in_o expectation_n of_o a_o plentiful_a and_o joyful_a harvest_n yet_o so_o it_o happen_v many_o time_n that_o notwithstanding_o all_o his_o cost_n and_o travel_n it_o bring_v forth_o tare_n instead_o of_o wheat_n weed_n instead_o of_o flower_n longique_fw-la perit_fw-la labour_n irritus_fw-la anni_fw-la 1._o god_n field_n be_v many_o time_n too_o like_o his_o vineyard_n when_o he_o have_v dig_v it_o and_o dress_v it_o and_o that_o there_o can_v be_v nothing_o do_v unto_o it_o which_o he_o have_v not_o do_v yet_o when_o he_o come_v and_o look_v for_o grape_n it_o bring_v forth_o wild_a grape_n such_o as_o be_v only_o fit_v for_o the_o winepress_a of_o his_o indignation_n so_o that_o at_o last_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o text_n will_v be_v brief_o this_o that_o it_o so_o 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that_o do_v not_o all_o his_o work_n by_o himself_o immediate_o but_o use_v sometime_o the_o ministry_n of_o his_o servant_n as_o may_v appear_v out_o of_o the_o 25._o and_o the_o 27._o verse_n compare_v together_o then_o for_o the_o seed_n that_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v also_o first_o in_o the_o substance_n it_o be_v wheat_n the_o best_a kind_n of_o grain_n for_o the_o text_n tell_v we_o of_o the_o tare_n that_o they_o be_v sow_v in_o medio_fw-la tritici_fw-la in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o wheat_n and_o second_o it_o be_v bonum_fw-la semen_fw-mi a_o good_a sort_n of_o wheat_n last_o of_o all_o for_o the_o field_n we_o will_v look_v on_o that_o first_o in_o itself_o as_o it_o be_v agre_z a_o place_n fit_a for_o tillage_n and_o then_o in_o the_o proprietary_n it_o be_v ager_n suus_fw-la his_o own_o field_n a_o field_n not_o hire_v nor_o rent_v but_o his_o own_o possession_n of_o these_o etc._n etc._n prima_fw-la ceres_n ferro_fw-la mortales_fw-la verteret_fw-la erram_fw-la instituit_fw-la â—_o the_o art_n of_o husbandry_n be_v of_o such_o antiquity_n that_o it_o be_v attribute_v by_o the_o poet_n to_o the_o god_n themselves_o that_o and_o the_o call_n of_o the_o shepherd_n coeval_fw-fr in_o a_o sort_n with_o the_o very_a world_n 2._o we_o read_v it_o of_o the_o son_n of_o adam_n that_o abel_n be_v a_o keeper_n of_o sheep_n and_o cain_n a_o tiller_n of_o the_o ground_n both_o office_n unite_v in_o the_o first_o man_n adam_n till_o his_o son_n come_v to_o age_n to_o discharge_v they_o for_o he_o and_o both_o unite_a also_o in_o the_o second_o adam_n till_o he_o entrust_v they_o to_o his_o apostle_n &_o their_o successor_n in_o the_o evangelical_n presthood_n philo_n have_v note_v to_o our_o hand_n that_o the_o name_n of_o shepherd_n be_v ancient_o apply_v unto_o king_n and_o lawgiver_n yet_o not_o to_o king_n and_o statesman_n only_o agricultura_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o that_o it_o be_v as_o just_o attribute_v to_o the_o lord_n almighty_n but_o behold_v a_o great_a than_o philo_n be_v here_o for_o christ_n have_v tell_v we_o of_o himself_o that_o he_o be_v a_o shepherd_n ego_fw-la sum_fw-la pastor_n bone_fw-la 11._o i_o be_o the_o good_a shepherd_n joh._n 10._o and_o his_o apostle_n tell_v we_o of_o he_o that_o he_o be_v princeps_fw-la pastorum_fw-la the_o chief_a shepherd_n and_o pastor_n animarum_fw-la the_o shepherd_n of_o our_o soul_n 25._o even_o that_o good_a shepherd_n which_o do_v once_o lay_v down_o his_o life_n for_o his_o sheep_n and_o do_v still_o feed_v they_o in_o the_o pasture_n of_o eternal_a life_n but_o questionless_a the_o husbandman_n be_v of_o the_o two_o the_o better_a gentleman_n descend_v as_o we_o use_v to_o say_v of_o the_o elder_a house_n and_o therefore_o philo_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr sacrificiis_fw-la cain_n &_o abel_n conceive_v that_o in_o the_o distribution_n of_o their_o father_n business_n cain_n have_v choice_n of_o both_o as_o the_o elder_a brother_n make_v choice_n of_o husbandry_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o his_o word_n there_o be_v indeed_o it_o be_v the_o first_o employment_n of_o our_o father_n adam_n no_o soon_o be_v he_o fall_v &_o cast_v out_o of_o paradise_n but_o he_o be_v put_v to_o till_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o too_o in_o suâ—dore_n frontis_fw-la 4._o with_o great_a care_n and_o sorrow_n so_o that_o be_v in_o the_o infancy_n of_o the_o world_n the_o portion_n of_o the_o elder_a brother_n and_o before_o he_o the_o business_n of_o his_o father_n adam_n sole_a king_n and_o monarch_n of_o the_o world_n it_o come_v in_o fine_a to_o be_v the_o exercise_n and_o delight_n of_o the_o great_a potentate_n for_o it_o be_v write_v of_o uzziah_n king_n of_o judah_n that_o he_o love_v husbandry_n 11._o and_o florus_n write_v of_o quinctius_n the_o dictator_n in_o the_o state_n of_o rome_n that_o be_v take_v from_o the_o plough_n to_o manage_v the_o affair_n of_o that_o grow_a empire_n after_o the_o war_n be_v 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that_o christ_n be_v fain_o to_o mediate_v with_o the_o saint_n as_o if_o their_o passion_n and_o not_o he_o have_v be_v the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o redemption_n as_o in_o that_o prayer_n of_o the_o portuice_n touch_v thomas_n becket_n christ_n jesus_n per_fw-la thomae_fw-la vulnera_fw-la quae_fw-la nos_fw-la ligant_fw-la relaxa_fw-la scelera_fw-la nor_o stay_v they_o there_o but_o as_o they_o make_v their_o prayer_n unto_o they_o so_o do_v they_o come_v at_o last_o to_o make_v their_o vow_n not_o by_o but_o to_o the_o saint_n depart_v and_o final_o to_o dedicate_v unto_o their_o proper_a and_o immediate_a service_n temple_n and_o festival_n and_o altar_n and_o set_v form_n of_o worship_n which_o be_v all_o material_a part_n and_o circumstance_n of_o religious_a adoration_n and_o so_o confess_v to_o be_v even_o by_o those_o of_o rome_n have_v so_o plunge_v poor_a ignorant_a people_n into_o gross_a and_o palpable_a idolatry_n it_o have_v be_v the_o constant_a doctrine_n of_o 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