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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.
But then, Oh! That Young People would be more concerned for the Fruits which ought in this their most proper Season to be sound upon ⟨p. 167⟩them! Children, Don't you hear your GOD saying Mic. VII. 1. My Soul has desired the First Ripe Fruits? The Fruits of Righteousness which are grateful to GOD from All People, are more eminently so from Young People. Oh! Be not so Unrighteous as to withhold them. You are in that Season whereof it may Emphatically be said, Behold, Now is the Acceptable Time. Now if Ever; Now is the Season, for you to Cleanse your Ways; Let the Young Man do so. He'll do it, if he take heed, according to the Word. Now is the Season for you to Remember your Creator; Tis to be done in Youth, before the Evil Days come. Now is the Season for you, to know the Holy Scriptures, that you may be made wise unto Salvation; and seek that Wisdom, which will be found by the early seekers of it. Now is the Season for you to make a Recognition of the Bonds which were in your Baptism laid upon you; and from this Time say unto GOD, Thou art my Father, and my Saviour, and the Guide of my Youth. Now is the Season for you to be Espoused unto your SAVIOUR; and upon His Astonishing Proposal to make you His own, Heartily to answer, Lord, I am Thine, save me! You, You are They, to whom your SAVIOUR says, O my Dove, Let me hear thy Voice; for sweet is thy Voice unto me. Will you Now, even in the Season of it, Let Him Hear the Voice of your Supplications? And therein that Voice, Lord, I am sorry for my Sin! That Voice, Lord, In the shadow of thy Wings I make my Refuge! That Voice; Lord, Thou art my Portion, I have said, That I will keep thy Word. Child, As young a Tree as thou art, such Fruits may and should be found upon thee; Oh! That they may be so! This, This ⟨p. 168⟩is the fittest Season for them. Such Rathe-ripes, what a Price would be set upon them!
But then, Oh! That Young People would be more concerned for the Fruits which ought in this their most proper Season to be sound upon ⟨p. 167⟩them! Children, Don't you hear your GOD saying Mic. VII. 1