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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
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.
Such a Quick Motion of the Sith, will render such an Admonition as This to be infinitely Reasonable. It is not to be said, That a Man should Live every Day, as if he knew it were to be the Day of his Death; But this must be said, We should Live every Day, as not knowing, but that it may be the Day of our Death. It was propounded among the Remarkables of the Christian Life; 2. Cor. VI. 9. As Dying, and behold we live. How Remarkably would it befriend and bespeak and strengthen a Religious Life; and how Remarkably would the Horrors of a sudden Death be taken off; if we lived always as Dying, and as having a sudden stroke of the Sith impending over us! When we Pray, Think, I may die suddenly, and this may be the last Time of my calling upon GOD. When we Hear, Think, I may die suddenly, and this may be the last Sermon that ever I shall be instructed from. When the Sabbath arrives, Think, I may die suddenly, and be gone before another Sabbath. And, when we Converse with our Friends, Think, I may die suddenly, and this may be my last Conversation with them. Christian, So Number thy Days, as to look for no Number of Days. This will apply thy Heart unto Wisdom.
Such a Quick Motion of the Sithe, will render such an Admonition as This to be infinitely Reasonable. It is not to be said, That a Man should Live every Day, as if he knew it were to be the Day of his Death; But this must be said, We should Live every Day, as not knowing, but that it may be the Day of our Death. It was propounded among the Remarkables of the Christian Life; 2. Cor. VI. 9. As Dying, and behold we live. How Remarkably would it befriend and bespeak and strengthen a Religious Life; and how Remarkably would the Horrors of a sudden Death be taken off; if we lived always as Dying, and as having a sudden stroke of the Sithe impending over us! When we Pray, Think, I may die suddenly, and this may be the last Time of my calling upon GOD. When we Hear, Think, I may die suddenly, and this may be the last Sermon that ever I spall be instructed from. When the Sabbath arrives, Think, I may die suddenly, and be gone before another Sabbath. And, when we Converse with our Friends, Think, I may die suddenly, and this may be my last Conversation with them. Christian, So Number thy Days, as to look for no Number of Days. This will apply thy Heart unto Wisdom.