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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.
Another Catalogue of Remarkable Things, is now to be hearkened to.
Another Catalogue of Remarkable Things, is now to be hearken'd to.
Behold, The Harvest! O Well-doer, Trust thy GOD in the way of Well-doing: Thou shalt be no loser by thy Trust in GOD. A wondrous Thing fell out, in the Land of Israel! The Israelites must go up Thrice a Year unto the stated Festivals. They ran a great Venture in what they did. They left their Families exposed unto the Enemies that surrounded them. Who should now protect their Families? They had a Glorious Protector. GOD undertook their Protection; and said, Exod. XXXIV. 24. No Man shall desire thy Land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy GOD. They were to Trust GOD with all they had; and ⟨p. 199⟩GOD kept all they had. When we have plain Duty lying before us, let us do our Duty, and let us trust GOD with the Event of it. The Event will be far better than if we had shunned the Duty, because we feared the Event. The GOD of Truth loves to be relied upon. We never fare so well, as in the way of Reliance upon GOD. The Faithful Reprover afterwards finds more Favour than the Fawning Flatterer. Sacrifice thy Friends, O Man of GOD, in thy Testimonies against Miscarriages. GOD will multiply thy Friends. It may be, He will make the Rebuked and Censured Offenders themselves to become thy Friends. Eminent Confessors of the Lord, often run desperate Risks in and for their brave Confessions. But how strangely have the Witnesses of GOD been often provided for! Turned out of their Livings, the Sixth Chapter of Matthew has made Provision for them; They have lived upon it.
Behold, The Harvest! O Well-doer, Trust thy GOD in the way of Well-doing: Thou shalt be no loser by thy Trust in GOD. A wondrous Thing fell out, in the Land of Israel! The Israelites must go up Thrice a Year unto the stated Festivals. They ran a great Venture in what they did. They left their Families exposed unto the Enemies that surrounded them. Who should now protect their Families? They had a Glorious Protector. GOD undertook their Protection; and said,