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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.
There is yet one thing more to be said. The present Time is of all the most proper Time. We must be so persuaded; 2 Cor. VI. 2. Behold, Now is the Acceptable Time. Languishing Soul, Thy SAVIOUR stands ready with His Righteousness. He makes a Tender of His Righteousness. He says, Ask and it shall be given thee. Thou hast no Assurance of any but the present Time, to accept the Tender: 'Tis thy only Time. Alas, What Multitudes fall short of Righteousness and Salvation, because they let slip their only Time. Losing the present Time, they lose all their Time, and lose their Souls. They would not seasonably Worship the King, the Lord of Hosts; Even upon them there shall be no Rain; This shall be their Punishment, saith the Lord of Hosts.
There is yet one thing more to be said. The present Time is of all the most proper Time. We must be so perswaded; 2 Cor. VI. 2. Behold, Now is the Acceptable Time. Languishing Soul, Thy SAVIOUR stands ready with His Righteousness. He makes a Tender of His Righteousness. He says, Ask and it shall be given thee. Thou hast no Assurance of any but the present Time, to accept the Tender: 'Tis thy only Time. Alas, What Multitudes fall short of Righteousness and Salvation, because they let slip their only Time. Losing the present Time, they lose all their Time, and lose their Souls. They would not seasonably Worship the King, the Lord of Hosts; Even upon them there shall be no Rain; This shall be their Punishment, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Was it possible for me to say this, without annexing a most solemn Admonition unto our Young People? Children, Be you admonished of This. The Time of Youth, is the most proper Time in the World, for you to seek unto your SAVIOUR, for a Rain of His Righteousness upon you. You will never see such another Time. You Read, [For, I hope, you every Day Read in the Book, which tells you of him, even, the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make Children wise unto Salvation!] of one, of whom it is related, While he was yet Young, he began to seek after GOD. GOD brought that Young Man into His Righteousness, and made him one of the Best Men in the World. I advise you to think on those two Passages, in the Holy Scriptures. First, a pious Father laid that Charge upon a Son;