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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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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.
Thirdly. Tis a Judgment that goes not alone. If the Clouds distil no Rains on the Souls of the People, GOD has taken away the Signs of His Gracious Presence from among them; They may bemoan themselves, We see not our Signs, when there is no more any Prophet among them. The Lord Himself comes, where the Showers of His Word come. Hence, when the Showers of the Gospel are departed from a People, the Lord Himself is departed from them. This is the Burden from the Lord, upon them, I will even forsake you, saith the Lord. But, Oh! What a Word is That! Hos. IX. 12. Woe to them when I depart from them! And now, What ensues? All manner of Evil; And this Account of it, The Lord is not with us, and therefore all this is befallen us. A People so forsaken of GOD, must needs grow an Ungodly People. Satan has his Throne among them. From that Throne of Iniquity there issue out most venomous Operations. The People are all of them Captives to the Powers of Darkness, and the Prey of the Terrible Ones. GOD now makes Darkness, and it is Night, and the Beasts of the Pit creep forth, and the old Lions roar after their Prey, and the famished People become a Prey unto them. Their Character is That; Foolish, ⟨p. 106⟩Disobedient, Deceived, serving diverse Lusts and Pleasures, living in Malice and Envy, hateful and hating one another. O Rueful Condition! What Suburbs of Hell are we falling into! The People destitute of the Desirable Showers, are as Unloving as they are Ungodly, and are a continual Dropping to one another. The People make themselves to one another like the Bitter Waters, which the Star called Wormwood, fell into; and become Grievous Judgments upon one another. At the same time, they Ripen for all the Judgments of GOD, and Open the Floodgates for them, and have no Methods of escaping them. Tis with them according to that Report, 2 Chron. XV. 3, 5, 6. They were without a Teaching Priest, and without Law; And in those times, there was no Peace, for GOD vexed them with all Adversity. Ah, Forlorn People; Sitting in Darkness, and in the Region of the shadow of Death;
Thirdly. Tis a Judgment that goes not alone. If the Clouds distil no Rains on the Souls of the People, GOD has taken away the Signs of His Gracious Presence from among them; They may bemoan themselves, We see not our Signs, when there is no more any Prophet among them. The Lord Himself comes, where the Showers of His Word come. Hence, when the Showers of the Gospel are departed from a People, the Lord Himself is departed from them. This is the Burden from the Lord, upon them, I will even forsake you, saith the Lord. But, Oh! What a Word is That!