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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.
Behold, The Harvest! O Candid Soul, Don't Repine, but Rejoice, at the Prosperity of other People: Thou shalt be no loser by thy Candour. We read, Jam. IV. 5. The Spirit who dwells in us, vehemently wishes against Envy. They who from the Dispositions of the Holy SPIRIT in them, keep under their Envy at the Mercy of GOD unto other Men, & are full of Good Wishes to them, find GOD showing of Mercy unto them, it may be, more than unto other Men. Their Good Wishes do return into their own Bosoms at the last. Be Glad, when thou seest thy Neighbour Prosperous. This Ingenuity will make all the Prosperity of thy Neighbour to become Thy own. It will also bespeak an Accession to thy own Prosperity. GOD will say; Art thou glad of my Goodness to thy Neighbour? Thou shalt have more cause of Gladness: I will be as Good unto thee, as ever I have been unto thy Neighbour.
As an Appendix to This; Take pleasure in Speaking well of other People. With pleasure lay hold on all Opportunities, to Mention and celebrate what is Laudable in them. See whether it now does not fall out unto thee, according to that Word; With what Measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you again.
Behold, The Harvest! Be willing to lie Low, lay thy self Low, O Humble Soul; Thou shalt be no loser by thy Humility. Oh! The charming Invitation to Lowliness! Luk. XVIII. 14. He that Humbleth himself shall be Exalted. So then, Let us lie much in the Dust before the Lord. Let us do all we can to Glorify GOD; But let us be willing to be Little, to be Nothing after all. Be even afraid, left Men do unduly Magnify us, and render unto us the Respect which is due to GOD alone. Be not at all Disturbed, tho' never so much Despised and Rejected of Men. I dare not Say, and we should hardly care to Think, what will be the Issue of Continual, Real, Sincere Self-Annihilation. It may too much interfere with the proposed Self-Annihilation! But This may be told; Before Honour is Humility. Self-Abasement, Self-Abasement, is the way to be made, how serviceable.