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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.
'Tis owing, O my SAVIOUR, to Thy Intercession still, That I am saved and standing so, And not thrown down to Hell.
'Tis owing, O my SAVIOUR, to Thy Intercession still, That I am sav'd and standing so, And not thrown down to Hell.
But from this Time, Oh, let me be A Tree of Righteousness: Filled with the Fruits of it; A Tree Which thou wilt own and Bless.
But from this Time, Oh, let me be A Tree of Righteousness: Fill'd with the Fruits of it; A Tree Which thou wilt own and Bless.
A Tree planted and pruned by GOD; Fixed by His Water-side: The Fruits thereof Rich, Sweet, and Good; And Thou thence Glorified.
A Tree planted and prun'd by GOD; Fix'd by His Water-side: The Fruits thereof Rich, Sweet, and Good; And Thou thence Glorified.
From the Forbidden Tree I am, How Poisoned and Undone! From thence, how dismal Mischiefs came, And Deaths, in which I groan!
From the Forbidden Tree I am, How Poison'd and Undone! From thence, how dismal Mischiefs came, And Deaths, in which I groan!
But, O my SAVIOUR, By thy Death Upon a Tree, thou art The Tree of Life, to which my Faith Flies with a Joyful Heart.
On Thee, O Tree of Life, I must Rejoicing Feed and Live; Thou'lt me, when felled and laid in Dust, A Resurrection give.
On Thee, O Tree of Life, I must Rejoicing Feed and Live; Thou'lt me, when fell'd and laid in Dust, A Resurrection give.
Yea, When below to Mortal Eyes I must no more appear, Transplanted to thy Paradise, I shall still flourish there.
Gal. VI. 9. In due Season we shall Reap, if we Faint not.
THE Joy of Harvest is now before us! Here is an Husbandry, that never will, never can, miss of a Glorious Harvest! The Husbandry prosecuted in the Fields of Nature, often misses of the Harvest expected by the Husbandman. Our Apostasy from GOD, has brought a Curse upon the Earth, and a Failing of the Harvest which we have Laboured for. After much Labour, the Issue often is That; Joel I. 11, 12. Be ye ashamed, O ye Husbandmen; Because •e Harvest of the Field is perished. Joy is withered away from the Sons of Men. But in the Husbandry of PIETY, a Blessed and a Joyful Harvest is never missed of. We are advised from Heaven of it; It shall have a Sure Reward. The Reward of PIETY is the Harvest of it. Of this, the Holy SPIRIT of GOD has here given us this Assurance; Let us not be weary in well-doing; for in due season we shall Reap, if we faint not. It seems, ⟨p. 193⟩The Work of PIETY may not be without its Wearisome Difficulties: Things which our Carnal Minds may dispose us to be too soon weary of. But, Hold on, Hold out, O Unwearied PIETY. There will be an Harvest, wherein thou shalt Reap, what will be a Great Reward, yea, a Full Reward of all: The Oracles of our GOD have expressly called it so. But it is a Season that must be waited for.
THE Joy of Harvest is now before us! Here is an Husbandry, that never will, never can, miss of a Glorious Harvest! The Husbandry prosecuted in the Fields of Nature, often misses of the Harvest expected by the Husbandman. Our Apostasy from GOD, has brought a Curse upon the Earth, and a Failing of the Harvest which we have Laboured for. After much Labour, the Issue often is That; Joel I. 11, 12. Be ye ashamed, O ye Husbandmen; Because •e Harvest of the Field is perished. Joy is withered away from the Sons of Men. But in the Husbandry of PIETY, a Blessed and a Joyful Harvest is never missed of. We are advssed from Heaven of it; It shall have a Sure Reward. The Reward of PIETY is the Harvest of it. Of this, the Holy SPIRIT of GOD has here given us this Assurance; Let us not be weary in well-doing; for in due season we shall Reap, if we faint not. It seems, ⟨p. 193⟩
Our Apostle is exhorting of the Faithful to shake off, yea, cut off. (with a just Excommunication) the False Teachers from whom they suffered more than a little Trouble. But at the same time, he exhorts them to advance a Liberal Maintenance for the Orthodox, Diligent, Vigilant Ministers of the Gospel. He would have them to beware, lest they mocked GOD in their Parsimony on this Occasion; but asserts unto them, that their Liberality in this Matter, would not fail of a Recompense. There would be a Desirable Harvest of it. But it is asserted in such Terms, as to extend unto the whole Work of PIETY. And now, having that Commission; Isa. III. 10. Say ye to the Righteous, that it shall be well; For they shall eat the Fruit of their Doings: I will now execute it, saying what I am thus led unto. What I have to say, is in this Admonition of GOD our SAVIOUR.
Our Apostle is exhorting of the Faithful to shake off, yea, cut off. (with a just Excommunication) the False Teachers from whom they suffered more than a little Trouble. But at the same time, he exhorts them to advance a Liberal Maintainance for the Orthodox, Diligent, Vigilant Ministers of the Gospel. He would have them to beware, lest they mocked GOD in their Parsimony on this Occasion; but asserts unto them, that their Liberality in this Matter, would not fail of a Recompence. There would be a Desireable Harvest of it. But it is asserted in such Terms, as to extend unto the whole Work of PIETY. And now, having that Commission; Isa. III. 10. Say ye to the Righteous, that it shall be well; For they shall eat the Fruit of their Doings: I will now execute it, saying what I am thus led unto. What I have to say, is in this Admonition of GOD our SAVIOUR.
Whatever Difficulties the Work of PIETY may be encumbered withal, yet, Thy Work shall be Rewarded, saith the Lord: There will be a Joyful Harvest of it.
Whatever Difficulties the Work of PIETY may be encumbred withal, yet, Thy Work shall be Rewarded, saith the Lord: There will be a Joyful Harvest of it.
The Work of PIETY is, that Whole Duty of Man, which has been summed up in that Wedge ⟨p. 194⟩of Gold; Eccl. XII. 13. Fear GOD, and keep H• Commandments; A Mass of Gold, capable of being Beaten out, into how large Dimensions! Exceeding Broad.
The Work of PIETY is, that Whole Duty of Man, which has been summ'd up in that Wedge ⟨p. 194⟩of Gold; Eccl. XII. 13. Fear GOD, and keep H• Commandments; A Mass of Gold, capable of being Beaten out, into how large Dimensions! Exceeding Broad.
Of this Work, it is ordered by the Wisdom of a Sovereign GOD, that it shall be attended with Difficulties; even such as may render a Toilsome Husbandry a Resemblance of it. That which creates the Difficulties of this Work, is principally the Self-denial, which our Carnal Mind, makes necessary to be exercised, in our doing of it. Our Flesh must be crossed, and our Appetites must be mortified; yea, there are Enemies to be Encountered, that are not easily to be Conquered; or else the Work of PIETY can't be carried on.
Of this Work, it is ordered by the Wisdom of a Sovereign GOD, that it shall be attended with Difficulties; even such as may render a Toilsome Husbandry a Resemblance of it. That which creates the Difficulties of this Work, is principally the Self-denial, which our Carnal Mind, makes necessary to be exercised, in our doing of it. Our Flesh must be cross'd, and our Appetites must be mortified; yea, there are Enemies to be Encountred, that are not easily to be Conquered; or else the Work of PIETY can't be carried on.
But, GOD will not forget this Work and Labour of Love. O PATIENCE, Do thou persist, even to Long-suffering, in the work of PIETY; There will be a Joyful Harvest of it. Things must proceed according unto that Word; Jam. V. 7. Be Patient, Brethren;— Behold, The Husbandman waiteth for the precious Fruits of the Earth, and hath long Patience for it, until he receive the Early and Latter Rain. Be ye also Patient. —
We have Two Enquiries before us. The first is, What will be the Harvest of PIETY? What the Reward that shall be Reaped of it? The second is; When will be the due Season for it? When the Reaping Time? The Answer to both Enquiries, may best join them together. And it shall be given in Two Propositions. In general, We are taught, 1. Tim. IV. 8. Godliness has the Promise both of the Life which •w is, and of that which is to come. In this Promise, there is laid up the Harvest of Godliness; and what ⟨p. 195⟩shall in the due Season be Reaped of it. More particularly.
We have Two Enquiries before us. The first is, What will be the Harvest of PIETY? What the Reward that shall be Reap•d of it? The second is; When will be the due Season for it? When the Reaping Time? The Answer to both Enquiries, may best join them together. And it shall be given in Two Propositions. In general, We are taught, 1. Tim. IV. 8. Godliness has the Promise both of the Life which •w is, and of that which is to come. In this Promise, there is laid up the Harvest of Godliness; and what ⟨p. 195⟩shall in the due Season be Reaped of it. More particularly.
