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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 as we read, As many as came to the place where Aschel fell down and died, stood still, so coming to such a vast Heap of Mown Grass, and seeing so ⟨p. 138⟩many lie dead. at this place, I can't but stand still, and make a Pause. I can go no further, till I have tendered a Counsel, that will carry a Satyr in it. The very Tender of such a Counsel, is a Satyr upon the Spires of Grass, that seem to have as little Sense as the Turfs of Earth, and the Clods of the Valley, which the Grass grows upon. Tis this; O Man, Believe thine own Death, and expect the Reach of the Sith unto thee. Oh! That we were come once to Realize this thing; I am one of those whom the Sith of Death will cut down as the Grass. This is a very strange thing! The most Mysterious Point in all the Glorious Gospel of the Blessed GOD, has not more cause, than this Truth which lies every Day before our Eyes, to complain, Lord, who hath believed it! Tho' we see that Word every Day fulfilled before our Eves; Heb. IX. 27. It is appointed unto Men once to die: Yet how many do live, as if they were never to die! The Epidemical Neglect of making due Provision for a Good State after Death, tis a Transgression that saith in my Heart, There is no fear of the Sith before their Eyes. Men will grant it in the general Assertion, All Men are to die. But many things •ook, as if many of us did not grant it in the particular Application; I am the Man that am quickly to die. Certainly, it becomes us to say; Job XXX. 23. I know that thou wilt bring me to Death, and to the House appointed for all the living. Oh! Let us bring this Consi•tion home to our selves. Yea, Die daily; And, let us do those things, which will be sound the Things of our Peace in the Day of our Death! Verily. There is no Wisdom equal unto This!
But as we read, As many as came to the place where Aschel fell down and died, stood still, so coming to such a vast Heap of Mown Grass, and seeing so ⟨p. 138⟩many lie dead. at this place, I can't but stand still, and make a Pause. I can go no further, till I have tendered a Counsil, that will carry a Satyr in it. The very Tender of such a Counsil, is a Satyr upon the Spires of Grass, that seem to have as little Sense as the Turfs of Earth, and the Clods of the Valley, which the Grass grows upon. Tis this; O Man, Believe thine own Death, and expect the Reach of the Sithe unto thee. Oh! That we were come once to Realize this thing; I am one of those whom the Sithe of Death will cut down as the Grass. This is a very strange thing! The most Mysterious Point in all the Glorious Gospel of the Blessed GOD, has not more cause, than this Truth which lies every Day before our Eyes, to complain, Lord, who hath believed it! Tho' we see that Word every Day fulfilled before our Eves;