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Agricola. Or, The religious husbandman: the main intentions of religion, served in the business…
Agricola. Or, The religious husbandman: the main intentions of religion, served in the business and language of husbandry. A work adapted unto the grand purposes of piety; and commended therefore by a number of ministers, to be entertained in the families of the country. : [One line from I Corinthians]Agricola. Or, The religious husbandman: the main intentions of religion, served in the business and language of husbandry. A work adapted unto the grand purposes of piety; and commended therefore by a number of ministers, to be entertained in the families of the countrey. : [One line from I Corinthians]
Boston: printed by T. Fleet for D. Henchman, 1727
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Georgica Sacra. The SOWING Of the Field. › The Thorny Ground.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly. Many an one has a Soul undone, by the Thorns of the worldly Lusts, that little suspects his own must undoing Circumstances. Deluded and Enslaved Soul, If the Bramble reign over thee, a Fire shall come out of the Bramble, and shall devour thee, tho' thou appear ever so much as one among the Cedars of Lebanon. Verily, a worldly Hear• will as infallibly keep a Man out from the Kingdom of GOD, as any grosser and more scandalous Wickedness. For we are taught, Idolaters shall not inherit the Kingdom of GOD; And we are also taught, A Covetous Man is an Idolater. But now, Here is the Danger. Worldliness is a close kind of a Sin. 'Tis a Sin that is not easily seen; and so 'tis ⟨p. 71⟩not easily scap'd. It is usually a subtle Sin, and so a secret one. If a Man should fall into Drunkenness, or Uncleanness, or, Dishonesty, his Conscience would fly in his Face. But a Man may have a Soul choking with worldliness, and perish among the worldly-minded Enemies of GOD, while he little imagines, what he is, and what he acts, and whither he's a going. How many even great Professors do so! The worst that shall be said of a Man, is. That he is a good Husband. But this good Husband is one who sells a Soul for a Song; one who squanders away Substantial and Eternal Glories for a little shining bit of Clay; One who barters away GOD and CHRIST and Heaven, for a little of the Dust of the Earth, and the Serpents Food. Ah, wretched Husbandry!
Secondly. Many an one has a Soul undone, by the Thorns of the worldly Lusts, that little suspects his own must undoing Circumstances. Deluded and Enslaved Soul, If the Bramble reign over thee, a Fire shall come out of the Bramble, and shall devour thee, tho' thou appear ever so much as one among the Cedars of Lebanon. Verily, a worldly Hear• will as infallibly keep a Man out from the Kingdom of GOD, as any grosser and more scandalous Wickedness. For we are taught, Idolaters shall not inherit the Kingdom of GOD; And we are also taught, A Covetous Man is an Idolater. But now, Here is the Danger. Worldliness is a close kind of a Sin. 'Tis a Sin that is not easily seen; and so 'tis ⟨p. 71⟩not easily scap'd. It is usually a subtil Sin, and so a secret one. If a Man should fall into Drunkenness, or Uncleanness, or, Dishonesty, his Conscience would fly in his Face. But a Man may have a Soul choaking with worldliness, and perish among the worldly-minded Enemies of GOD, while he little imagines, what he is, and what he acts, and whither he's a going. How many even great Professors do so! The worst that shall be said of a Man, is. That he is a good Husband. But this good Husband is one who sells a Soul for a Song; one who squanders away Substantial and Eternal Glories for a little shining bit of Clay; One who barters away GOD and CHRIST and Heaven, for a little of the Dust of the Earth, and the Serpents Food. Ah, wretched Husbandry!