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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.
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.
Now, if we Enquire, What are the Characters of a Good Heart under the Word of GOD our SAVIOUR, Behold, our SAVIOUR himself will soon satisfy that Enquiry.
First. A Good Heart hearing the Word of GOD, hears it with Understanding. So our SAVIOUR explains it; Mat. XIII. 23. He that received Seed into the good Ground, is he that heareth the Word, and understandeth it. When the Disciples of our Lord, heard his Word with a Good Heart, He said unto them, Have ye understood all those things? They say unto Him, Yea, Lord. We are truly told; Prov. XIX. 2. That the Soul be without Knowledge, it is not good. Be sure, It is not a good Heart, that is without the Knowledge of those Things, which to know, is Life Eternal. When you hear, who your SAVIOUR is; What are your Wants of Him; What He has done for us; What He will do for us; And, what ⟨p. 77⟩He will have to be done by us; Then, as Philip asked the Ethiopian Treasurer, Understandest thou what thou Readest? Thus we are to ask ourselves, Do I understand what I hear? If we don't understand something of those points, our Ignorance will prove the Mother of Destruction unto us. Yea, Being a People of no understanding, He that made us will not have Mercy on us.
But then, Secondly; A Good Heart hearing the Word of GOD, hears it with Affection. So our SAVIOUR explains it; Mat. IV. 20. They Hear the Word and Receive it. We then hear the Word of GOD with a Good Heart, when we give a good Reception to it. A good Reception to it, implies a good Affection to it. It is the mark of a Good Heart, when the Word of GOD is a Good Word unto it. Such a Good Heart will say;