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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.
Arbours Frugiferae. The ORCHARD flourishing.Arbores Frugiferae. The ORCHARD flourishing.
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.
The Fruits of PIETY brought forth in the season thereof, are the Endeavour and the Character of a Godly Man; Yea, in such seasonable Fruits there very much lies the Blessedness of Real Godliness.
The first Thing that I am to do, is to tell you, what are the Fruits that are to be found in the Endeavour and the Character of a Godly Man. But ⟨p. 155⟩have I not already said, The Fruits of PIETY? You are to be told in one Word, The Acts of PIETY are the Fruits to be expected from us. When the Glorious One says, Luk. XIII. 7. I come seeking Fruit: The Things which He seeks are the Acts of PIETY, wherewith GOD is to be acknowledged in all our ways. When we are directed, Exercise thy self unto Piety, tis a Direction unto Fruitfulness. To yield Obedience unto GOD, is to bring forth Fruit unto Him. There are Fruits in all Acts of Obedience to that Rule, which GOD has given us, That we may Glorify Him, and Enjoy Him for ever. It is prescribed unto us, Prov. XXIII. 17 Be thou in the Fear of the Lord all the Day long. This will be to bring forth Fruits unto the Lord, all the Day long. The Fruits required of us, are all those Points, wherein the Fear of God is to be exercised. The Acts wherein we live unto GOD, and mak• it our Design to serve and please Him; are the Fruits required of us. The Acts wherein we prove that we Love the Lord our GOD with all our Hearts, and Love our Neighbours as ourselves; are the Fruits required of us. The Acts wherein we render Glory to GOD in the highest, and express Good Will towards Men, are the Fruits which our GOD has required of us.