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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
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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.
A little Seed will go a great way: A few Sowers may soon cover an huge Tract of Land. Who can say, how much a few Hands may do in spreading the Word of GOD? A Paul did it for Thousands of Miles: From Jerusalem to Spain, was near Three Thousand Miles. What a few Men did, as we find in Col. I. 6. It brought forth Fruit in all the World. Yea, One Sermon has converted Thousands. And Hundreds of Thousands have been brought into the Life of GOD, by one little Book; such as Arndt's, of True Christianity. What a Dispersion of Truth, has been made by Two such small Catechisms; as that of Heidelberg, and that of our Assembly?
A little Seed will go a great way: A few Sowers may soon cover an huge Tract of Land. Who can say, how much a few Hands may do in spreading the Word of GOD? A Paul did it for Thousands of Miles: From Jerusalem to Spain, was near Three Thousand Miles. What a few Men did, as we find in Col. I. 6. It brought forth Fruit in all the World. Yea, One Sermon has converted Thousands. And Hundreds of Thousands have been brought into the Life of GOD, by one little Book; such as Arndts, of True Christianity. What a Dispersion of Truth, has been made by Two such small Catechisms; as that of Heidelbergh, and that of our Assembly?
The Labour of the Sower will have no Success, without the Blessing of the Lord, upon the Seed. It is Thou, O Lord, that preparest the Corn. The Husbandman is an Atheist, if he do not Think so, and own it. The Ministry of the Word, will be Unsuccessful, except it receive a Blessing from GOD. We are informed; 1 Cor. III. 7. Neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but GOD ⟨p. 26⟩that giveth the Increase. The Success of the Word proceeds not from him that brings it, or from the skill with which he brings it; but from the SPIRIT of GOD working in it. Let Isaac sow his Land, and if the Lord Bless him, he will receive an hundred fold.