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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.
In the prosecution of this EXHORTATION, there are three Counsels from GOD, yea, Charges, to be in the Name of GOD, earnestly pressed upon you.
In the prosecution of this EXHORTATION, there are three Counsils from GOD, yea, Charges, to be in the Name of GGD, earnestly press'd upon you.
First. Examine your selves, O all you that are our Hearers, Examine your selves, what Fruit the Gospel has had with you; What Fruit you have heard the Word of GOD withal. The GOD of Heaven, who does require Fruit from the Soil, and the Soul, on which He has bestowed the Seed of His Word, He does also Enquire, what is the Fruit of all His Tillage. He says; Luk. XIII. 7. Behold, I come, seeking Fruit. But now, Enquire of thy self, O Hearer of the Gospel; Enquire Seriously, Thoroughly, Impartially; What Fruit has the Word of GOD my SAVIOUR produced in me; and what am I the Better, under and after my Enjoyment of the Glorious Gospel? The Word wherein the Wrath of GOD has been Revealed from Heaven, against all Ungodliness and Unrighteousness of Men, Enquire, whether the Fruit of it has been seen, in your being Reclaimed from all Ungodliness and Unrighteousness. The Word, which Converts the Soul, and makes wise the Simple, and Rejoices the Heart, and Enlightens the Eyes, Enquire, whether the Fruit of it has been seen, in your having a Soul Converted, and made Wise, and Rejoiced, and Enlightened by it.
There are especially Four Questions which I vehemently urge you to Retire and ponder on.