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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.
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.
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 Expences 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.
An Observation akin to This, may be made; The more Pains any Take, and the more Travel or Hardship, they pass through, that they may wait upon GOD in His Institutions; The more does our Gracious GOD often grant unto such Devout Souls, of Communion with Himself in them. They are well-paid for their Pains, in what of GOD they meet withal. There will be an Immediate Harvest! The Rain with which they have been Weather beaten, is requited in the Rain of the Heavenly Doctrine, falling sweetly on their Souls. The Cold which has pinched them, is requited in the Heavenly Warmth, with which they find their Souls invigorated. Or, If they leave any Pleasant Company, for the sake of secret Interviews with Heaven, they meet with such Pleasures in the ⟨p. 197⟩Company of GOD, that they can testify, An Hour in the Closet is better than a thousand elsewhere.