Agricola. Or, The religious husbandman: the main intentions of religion, served in the business…

Name: Agricola. Or, The religious husbandman: the main intentions of religion, served in the business…
Author: Cotton Mather

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]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed by T. Fleet for D. Henchman, 1727

[6], 221, [1] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo) · 63k words · Evans 2905

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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.

[ Earlier:391–406 of 601

:391p. 155

But the main Thing that I am to do, is, To Enquire what are the Seasons for our Fruits, and what are the Fruits, with which the several Seasons are to be accommodated. I hope, it will be a Word in Season. And how Good will such a Word be, if it be well-hearkened to?

:392p. 155–156

We read, Eccl. III. 1. To every thing there is a Season, and a Time to every purpose under Heaven. ⟨p. 156⟩Truly, To every Fruit there is a Season; and a Time for every thing that is to be done in our way to Heaven, and in pursuance of our Purpose to come to Heaven.

:393p. 156–157¶1

I. There are the Fruits of PIETY, for which we have a Season every Day, at the Hour of our Daily Sacrifices. The Devotions wherein we hear GOD speak to us, and GOD hears us also speak to Him; The Devotions wherein we Read the Word of GOD, and seek the Face of GOD, and Commune with our own Hearts; What are these, but so many Fruits of Piety? First, there is the Religion of the Closet; So prescribed, Mat. VI. 6. Enter into thy Closet, and when thou hast shut thy Door, Pray to thy Father who is in secret. And then, there is the Religion of the Household; So prescribed, Col. IV. 2

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