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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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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.
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,