N02451:370
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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 an abatement of the Curse unto them, and they run speedily and easily through' the Shadow of Death, so that indeed it proves but a Shadow of Death unto them. There may be also the Tremendous Vengeance of a Righteous GOD in such a Dispensation, to them that walk in the Crooked Ways. It is with them according to that Commination, The Anger of the Lord shall be hindled against you, and shall destroy thee suddenly. They are so Destroyed, that all Space to Repent is at once for ever taken from them; and they are stripped of their slighted Opportunity to do what must be done, by all that would be saved from the Devouring Fire, and the Everlasting Burnings. Of an Ungodly Wretch, we read, The Lord will come upon him, in a Day when he looked not for him, and in an Hour that he shall not be aware of. 'Tis to Ascertain a dreadful Portion for them; that they are brought unto Desolation us in a Moment. This is a thing which GOD often puts into the Portion of the wicked. Their Desolation must come as a Whirlwind: It comes with the Rapidity of a Whirlwind; but it is in His Wrath. Antichrist is not the only Son of Perdition that must see the Fulfilment of that Prediction; When they say, Peace and Safety, then sudden Destruction cometh upon them.
There is an abatement of the Curse unto them, and they run speedily and easily thro' the Shadow of Death, so that indeed it proves but a Shadow of Death unto them. There may be also the Tremendous Vengeance of a Righteous GOD in such a Dispensation, to them that walk in the Crooked Ways. It is with them according to that Commination, The Anger of the Lord shall be hindled against you, and shall destroy thee suddenly. They are so Destroyed, that all Space to Repent is at once for ever taken from them; and they are stript of their sleighted Opportunity to do what must be done, by all that would be saved from the Devouring Fire, and the Everlasting Burnings. Of an Ungodly Wretch, we read, The Lord will come upon him, in a Day when he looked not for him, and in an Hour that he shall not be aware of. 'Tis to Ascertain a dreadful Portion for them; that they are brought unto Desolation us in a Moment. This is a thing which GOD often puts into the Portion of the wicked. Their Desolation must come as a Whirlwind: It comes with the Rapidity of a Whirlwind; but it is in His Wrath. Antichrist is not the only Son of Perdition that must see the Fulfilment of that Prediction; When they say, Peace and Safety, then sudden Destruction cometh upon them.