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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.
It is demanded, That you carry it well in your several Relations, and so treat your several Relatives as to Adorn the Doctrine of GOD your SAVIOUR. It is demanded, That you pay suitable Acknowledgements unto GOD under His various Dispensations unto you: And, finally, That you place not your Happiness in This World, but in the Enjoyments of that Heavenly World, where GOD shall be All in All. Verily, you are unfruitful, if such Things as these be not found upon you. Be sure; An Unregenerate Sinner is a Dead Thing; a Tree that has no Good Fruits at all upon it. A ⟨p. 177⟩Christian too, in whom the Grace of GOD is not very Conspicuous, and who does Little Good; a Feeble Christian, tis pity he should have the Honour to be called, A Fruitful One.
It is demanded, That you carry it well in your several Relations, and so treat your several Relatives as to Adorn the Doctrine of GOD your SAVIOUR. It is demanded, That you pay suitable Acknowledgements unto GOD under His various Dispensations unto you: And, finally, That you place not your Happiness in This World, but in the Enjoyments of that Heavenly World, where GOD shall be All in All. Verily, you are unfruitful, if such Things as these be not found upon you. Be sure; An Unregenerate Sinner is a Dead Thing; a Tree that has no Good Fruits at all upon it. A ⟨p. 177⟩Christian too, in whom the Grace of GOD is not very Conspicuous, and who does Little Good; a F•eble Christian, tis pity he should have the Honour to be called, A Fruitful One.
II. While Men continue Unfruitful there is from the patience of an Offended GOD, obtained for them, One Year after another, with an Opportunity for Good Fruits to be found upon them. Yea, After Three Years of looking for Good Fruit, there is often One Year more obtained, that it may be seen, what Good Fruit may be found upon us.