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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.
VI. There are Fruits of PIETY, for which we have a Season, when our GOD inflicts Calamitous Things upon us. There are some Strokes in learning the Statutes of GOD, which are to be the peculiar care of them, who would be able to say, Tis good for me that I am afflicted: Things peculiarly calculated for a Day of Adversity. When we are Chastened of GOD what are the Things to be looked for? Those Things; Heb. XII. 11 The peaceable Fruits of Righteousness. O you that have an Heart stooping with Heaviness; Now tis a Season for you, to pour out your Souls unto the Lord, that so you may be no more sad. You have been so taught of GOD; Is any among you Afflicted? Let him pray. Now tis a Season for you, To Search and to Try your Ways, and to Turn unto the Lord; and not be Fools brayed in a Mortar. You are to find out the Errand which your Troubles come upon, and see that it be well complied withal; Reform what ⟨p. 165⟩your Affliction comes to Rebuke you for; Perform what your Affliction comes to Excite you to; And say, I have born Chastisement; I will not offend any more. Now tis a Season for Patience to have its perfect Work; And when Killing Things befall you, 'tis the Season for you to make a mighty Progress in Dying unto Creatures; in patiently submitting to be stripped of every Thing, and have a CHRIST the only Thing lest Alive unto you, and find in a CHRIST alone every Thing that you have a Relish for. But what shall we do, if there be the Hand or Tongue of Man, in what we suffer? If Men rise up against us, Revile us, Injure us; Yea, Floods of Ungodly Men keep Dashing and Roaring upon us? Now tis a Season for us, with Meekness of Wisdom, to take the True Way of dealing with, and shaking off, a Viper. If Works of Iniquity are prevailing against us, Now tis a Season for us to use the best Methods, that our Transgressions may be purged away. Now tis a Season for us to be but the more zealous of Good Works, and to be Barked into a greater Speed in Running the way before us. Now tis a Season for us, Generously to Forgive Injuries, and Overcome Evil with Good.
VI. There are Fruits of PIETY, for which we have a Season, when our GOD inflicts Calamitous Things upon us. There are some Strokes in learning the Statutes of GOD, which are to be the peculiar care of them, who would be able to say, Tis good for me that I am afflicted: Things peculiarly calculated for a Day of Adversity. When we are Chastened of GOD what are the Things to be look'd for? Those Things;