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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.
Secondly. When the Clouds distil Rains, the Fruits ought to be answerable. Shall I tell you, who the People are, that are in hazard of having the Clouds commanded, that they should convey no Rains unto them? Tis the Vineyard, that brings forth no Fruits, but Sour Grapss. The Sour Grapes of Ungodliness and Unrighteousness, abounding among a People that have the Gospel, these procure the Salutiferous Clouds and Rains to be withheld from them. We are so warned of GOD; Heb. VI. 7, 8. The Earth which drinketh in the Rain that cometh oft upon it, and bears Thorns and Briars, is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. People hear the Word of GOD from time to time; and they get no Good by it; They are nothing the better for what they hear; The Word is not Embraced, not Obeyed, not Complied withal. If People won't Hearken to the Word of GOD, they shall not have the Hearing of it. The Word of GOD is preached among a a People; But, Few Sinners are Converted from the Error of their ways. And, if any are Converted, they show but very Dull Marks of their Conversion; ⟨p. 115⟩they continue Barren and Lifeless Christians; there is little Power of Godliness among them; they make little Improvement in Piety. Alas, What will this Unfruitfulness bring them to? As our Lord said unto His Apostle; Act. XXII. 18. Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy Testimony concerning me. Thus does the Great GOD now say to the Clouds, which distil His Rains with so little profit upon the People; Make haste, and come away from a People that hates to be Reformed. O my Word, Thou shalt stay no longer, where they will not receive thy Testimony.
Secondly. When the Clouds distil Rains, the Fruits ought to be answerable. Shall I tell you, who the People are, that are in hazard of having the Clouds commanded, that they should convey no Rains unto them? Tis the Vineyard, that brings forth no Fruits, but Sowre Grapss. The Sowre Grapes of Ungodliness and Unrighteousness, abounding among a People that have the Gospel, these procure the Salutiferous Clouds and Rains to be withheld from them. We are so warned of GOD; Heb. VI. 7, 8. The Earth which drinketh in the Rain that cometh oft upon it, and bears Thorns and Briars, is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. People hear the Word of GOD from time to time; and they get no Good by it; They are nothing the better for what they hear; The Word is not Embraced, not Obeyed, not Complied withal. If People won't Hearken to the Word of GOD, they shall not have the Hearing of it. The Word of GOD is preached among a a People; But, Few Sinners are Converted from the Error of their ways. And, if any are Converted, they show but very Dull Marks of their Conversion;