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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
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IV. If before the Year of Patience and Probation expires, People become Fruitful unto GOD, It is well; All shall be well. The Barren Tree have one Year more obtained for it, If it bear Fruit, it is well. Be sure, with the changed Sinner himself, it will be well. The Quickened Sinner becomes a Pardoned one. None of his former Unfruitfulness, nor of the Bad Fruits found upon him in his Unfruitful Days, will be charged upon him; He will ⟨p. 181⟩have the Pardon of them all! It shall be according to That; Ezek. XVIII. 22 All his Transgressions, that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him. The Threatenings of GOD against the Barren Tree, shall not now be executed on him. Tho' it is Threatened […] unto the Wicked; and it is Threatened, Evil pursueth Sinners; yet he is now safe, among the Just ones, to whom it must be said, It shall be well with them; and, who shall have no Evil happen to them. His Joy may be hat; Isa. XII 1. O Lord, I will praise thee; For tho' thou wast angry with me, thine Anger is turned away, and thou dost Comfort me. The Glorious GOD in His Promises now speaks comfortably to him. The very treat and precious Promises in the Covenant of GOD now belong unto him. All the Blessings purchased by the Blood of the Son of GOD now belong unto him. The Fruit which he brings forth unto GOD, what is it but a Fruit of the Everlasting Love in the Heart of the Glorious GOD unto him? In every Right Thing, which GOD enables the Fruitful Soul to do for him, He says unto that Soul, Behold, A roof of my Everlasting Love unto thee; Behold, a Sign that I will have thee to stand one Day among the Plants of Righteousness in my Garden, by which I will be Glorified Yea, And it shall be well also for them who wished well unto the Tree; and especially to them who have done any thing for the Tree; When they see the Fruit which they have wished for. The Angels of GOD themselves, The Angels of GOD among whom there is Joy over a Sinner that Repenteth! Even those Birds of Paradise, will come and hover with Delight about the Fruitful Tree, and sit in the Boughs of it, and ⟨p. 182⟩Sing together, and Shout for Joy. My Friend, so well will it be, from the Moment of thy becoming Fruitful unto GOD.
IV. If before the Year of Patience and Probation expires, People become Fruitful unto GOD, It is well; All shall be well. The Barren Tree havone Year more obtained for it, If it bear Fruit, it is well. Be sure, with the changed Sinner himself, it will be well. The Quickened Sinner becomes a Pardoned one. None of his former Unfruitfulness, nor of the Bad Fruits found upon him in his Unfruitful Days, will be charged upon him; He will