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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.
Again; Under Injuries from the Hand of Man; Take no Personal Revenge; Be Full of Goodness; and even overcome Evil with Good: Seek not that which Flesh and Blood may call Satisfaction. There will be this Harvest of it. Upon thy readily Forgiving the Wrongs which others have done unto thee, th• Sealing SPIRIT of GOD will powerfully say unto thee, Be of good Comfort, thy Sins are forgiven thee. The Tranquility of Soul, which thou shalt enjoy in the sense of thy own Pardon from GOD, while thou dost generously Pardon the Worm that has wronged thee; This, This will be the truest Satisfaction.
Finally; A Furious and Fiery Assault of Temptations, 'tis no easy thing to Resist it. To gratify a Temptation, appears the most agreeable thing in the World unto a Man, who has the Blinding ⟨p. 198⟩Force of it upon him. There is no little Difficulty, in saying, How shall I do this Wickedness, and Sin against GOD? But now, the Harvest will be this. There is a marvellous Peace and Joy of Soul, wherewith a Victory over Temptation uses to be accompanied. O Blessed Overcomer, thou shalt find a thousand times more Delight in Conquering of a Temptation, than thou couldest have had in Consenting to it. Thus is there accomplished, that Word concerning the Maxims of PIETY; Psal. XIX. 11. In keeping them there is great Reward.
Yea, Secondly; The Work of PIETY may Reap some Harvest, even in the Temporal Enjoyments of this World. In the Work of PIETY, we are called often to part with such Things, as appear, and we count our Interest: But the Work is often Rewarded in those very Things. Our GOD will not suffer us to be Losers, in those very Points wherein we offer to be so.