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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. › Corollary 3: Corollary. III.
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.
Corollary. III.
Then, Faint not! Oh! For unfainting PIETY! The Thing to be now endeavoured is, that the Labour of the Husbandman may not fail. Wherefore, To work, All Hands! And, Oh, Do with your ⟨p. 211⟩might what your Hands find to do; Because there will be an Harvest, beyond the Grave, whither you are going.
With an unfainting PIETY, Labour to Acquaint your selves with your admirable SAVIOUR, and live by the Faith of the Son of GOD. Labour to Acknowledge GOD in all your ways. Labour to Mortify the Sin that easily besets you. Labour — whether you Pray, or whatever else you do in the service of GOD, Labour fervently in it. Of all this Labour, there will be profit; You will see an Harvest. Behold, I bring that Advice from Heaven unto you; 1. Cor. XV. 58. Be always abounding in the work of the Lord; forasmuch as you know, that your labour shall not be in Vain in the Lord. I do not propound a Faultily Mercenary Obedience, when I say, Have Respect unto the Recompense of Reward. Let the prospect of the Harvest, Encourage you, Animate you. Go on patiently, and vigorously, from the View of the Joy set before you! All the Tears, with which your Labour may be accompanied, GOD your SAVIOUR has a Lacrymatory for them; They are every one of them in His Bottle; The Tears of Repentance well pursued, and the Tears of Affliction well endured; These also are a precious Seed; and there will be a glad Harvest of them, in the Day, when our GOD shall wipe away all Tears from our Eyes.
With an unfainting PIETY, Labour to Acquaint your selves with your admirable SAVIOUR, and live by the Faith of the Son of GOD. Labour to Acknowledge GOD in all your ways. Labour to Mortify the Sin that easily besets you. Labour — whether you Pray, or whatever else you do in the service of GOD, Labour servently in it. Of all this Labour, there will be profit; You will see an Harvest. Behold, I bring that Advice from Heaven unto you;