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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 now, What I would be at, is, To employ the Husbandry of Ashes, for the producing of a fruitful Soul. And it is to be managed by serious and frequent Meditations on Two Heaps of Ashes which we are all deeply concerned in. Such Meditations are the most Fertilizing Things that ⟨p. 95⟩can be imagined; It will be a fruitful Soil, that shall be impregnated with them.
But now, What I would be at, is, To employ the Husbandry of Ashes, for the producing of a fruitful Soul. And it is to be managed by serious and frequent Meditations on Two Heaps of Ashes which we are all deeply concerned in. Such Meditations are the most Fertilizing Things that ⟨p. 95⟩can be imagined; It will be a fruitful Soyl, that shall be impregnated with them.
First. Meditate, O Dying Man, on the Ashes, which thy Grave will shortly reduce thee to: Dust and Ashes! Often take a View of thy Flesh as Incinerated in the Grave. And Think, What will all this World be to me, when I am laid up in the dusty Chambers of the House appointed for all the Living! Think; What have I to do, that I may with Courage and Comfort go down unto the Chambers? The Fruits of such Thoughts will be Wonderful!
Secondly. Meditate very much on the Ashes which will cover the Face of the Earth, when the Flames that are now quickly to be looked for, have done their part upon it. If the coming of the Son of Man in the Clouds of Heaven, which cannot mean any other than His Personal and Visible Coming, must be at and for the Destruction of the Roman (Papal) Monarchy, which must be given up to Burning Flames! If the Second coming of our Lord, which will be in Flaming Fire, must be at and for the Perdition of the Man of Sin, who has now run through' his Period of Twelve hundred and sixty Years; If the promised Felicities for the Church upon Earth, take not place before the New Earth; And, if the New Earth arrive not before, but must be brought in by, the Conflagration which will make a dreadful Havoc on the Earth, and the Works that are in it; Then, we know not how soon the Earth must undergo the tremendous Revolution, which the XXIV. Chapter of Isaiah's Prophecies, and a thousand other Inspired Oracles, have described and foretold unto us. Were this awful Matter so Realized, as […] should be, what Fruits would there