Sentence:  ... how does God admonish us of the value of time, by so constructing things, as that opportunities once let slip, "i.e." time wasted, are never to be redeemed, do what we will to repair our folly! A <WSD>seedness</WSD> suffered to escape, and the harvest for the year irrecoverable ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Seedtime.