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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
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But, what is intended in this Patience?
First; There is no Fruitful Hearer of the Word, but what shall be Tried by some Affliction, whether he will continue to bring forth Fruit, or no; And ⟨p. 87⟩be Tried what Fruit it is, that he does bring forth unto GOD. There is no Disciple of the Lord who died on the Cross, but what has a Cross provided for him. The first Maxim that our Lord lays down for every Disciple, is, Mat. XVI. 24. Let him deny himself, and take up his Cross, and follow me. Patience is a Virtue disposing us to Love, and Serve, and Obey, our SAVIOUR under the Cross. There is no Fruitfulness without some Affliction: Indeed, with the Chosen of GOD, the more Affliction, the more Fruitfulness. The Name of the Believer, is Ephraim; Inasmuch as GOD makes him Fruitful in the Land of his Affliction. Wherefore, we are to Run with Patience, through' all that is before us. Look for it, O Believer; Look for Affliction to try thy Patience. And let this be taken, as one Intimation here doubtless given by our SAVIOUR; A Man may not be esteemed a Fruitful Man, until he be a Patient one. You must be People of Sorrows and acquainted with Griefs: You must meet with Bereavements, meet with Injuries, meet with Reproaches: As being under a Crucifixion, you must suffer one Dolorous Pang after another, and suffer such a Succession of them, that one shall no sooner be a little over, but another will come on; until the Mercy-stroke of Death open an Outgate for you. Now, How do you Bear these Things? If you Bear them with Patience, then you Bear Fruit with Patience. Man, If thou hast a Froward Soul, thou hast not a Fruitful one!
First; There is no Fruitful Hearer of the Word, but what shall be Tried by some Affliction, whether he will continue to bring forth Fruit, or no; And ⟨p. 87⟩be Tried what Fruit it is, that he does bring forth unto GOD. There is no Disciple of the Lord who died on the Cross, but what has a Cross provided for him. The first Maxim that our Lord lays down for every Disciple, is,