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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.
Gaudentius. The Joyful HARVEST. › Proposition 1: The first Proposition.
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.
First. If we lose any Temporal Enjoyments, in and for the work of PIETY, we shall even in This World, Reap an Harvest of Spiritual Enjoyments, wherein our Work will be Well-Rewarded. The Spiritual Enjoyments, of a Soul improving in PIETY; growing in the Grace and Knowledge of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST; having the Unsearchable Riches of CHRIST, more sensibly communicated unto it; The Spiritual Enjoyments of GOD bringing Home His Electing, and Redeeming, and Pardoning Love, in the precious Tokens thereof unto the Soul; The Spiritual Enjoyments of a SAVIOUR saying to the Soul, I am thy Salvation: These will be enough to make a Rich Amends, for all that can be undergone in the Work of PIETY. Soul, Thou are yet in thy Sins, if thou art not persuaded ⟨p. 196⟩so; Yet Unregenerate, if these Things, are not better to thee, than the Merchandise of Silver, and the Gain of the finest Gold! Now, Hearken to some Remarkable Things.
First. If we lose any Temporal Enjoyments, in and for the work of PIETY, we shall even in This World, Reap an Harvest of Spiritual Enjoyments, wherein our Work will be Well-Rewarded. The Spiritual Enjoyments, of a Soul improving in PIETY; growing in the Grace and Knowledge of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST; having the Unsearchable Riches of CHRIST, more sensibly communicated unto it; The Spiritual Enjoyments of GOD bringing Home His Electing, and Redeeming, and Pardoning Love, in the precious Tokens thereof unto the Soul; The Spiritual Enjoyments of a SAVIOUR saying to the Soul, I am thy Salvation: These will be enough to make a Rich Amends, for all that can be undergone in the Work of PIETY. Soul, Thou are yet in thy Sins, if thou art not perswaded ⟨p. 196⟩so; Yet Unregenerate, if these Things, are not better to thee, than the Merchandise of Silver, and the Gain of the finest Gold! Now, Hearken to some Remarkable Things.
It is observable; The People of GOD are put unto Considerable Expenses, that the Ordinances of Heaven may be supported in the Churches of the Lord. In these Expenses there is, what our Inspired Apostle here calls, A sowing to the Spirit. There follows, Of the Spirit a Reaping of Life Everlasting. This will be some Harvest of it. The Spirit of the Godly Man, who is Righteous and Bountiful in these Expenses, will be most likely to profit under the Means of Grace; most likely to flourish with such Fruits of the Spirit, as will bring on Everlasting Life. The Good of the Word; verily, 'Tis more to be valued than the Good of the World. GOD will bless thee with a Profitable Ministry.