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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.
Georgica Sacra. The SOWING Of the Field. › The High-way Ground.
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.
Finally; The most mischievous Fowls, are therein an Emblem of the Devils, who delight in Mischief. What are the Devils but Birds of prey? The Bible calls them, Foul Spirits, and, filthy and hateful Birds. When we read, Mat. XIII. 19. of, The Wicked One catcheth away, what is sown in the Heart, there is a Greek word used, which implies, that the wicked One is an horrid Harpy to the Souls of Men.
Finally; The most mischievous Fowls, are therein an Emblem of the Devils, who delight in Mischief. What are the Devils but Birds of prey? The Bible calls them, Foul Spirits, and, filthy and hateful Birds. When we read, Mat. XIII. 19. of, The Wicked One catcheth away, what is sown in the Heart, there is a Greek word used, which implies, that the wicked One is an horrid Harpye to the Souls of Men.
But, O ye Souls in peril; since you have such perilous Fowls of the Air continually fluttering about you; Hearken, Hearken to the kind Calls of ⟨p. 32⟩your SAVIOUR; Hear the kind Cloques of such a gracious Protector; Mat. XXIII. 37. How often would I have gathered thy Children, […] an Hen gathereth her Chickens under her Wings! Oh! Get under this protection, by the flights of a lively Faith unto it!
But, O ye Souls in peril; since you have such perillous Fowls of the Air continually fluttering about you; Hearken, Hearken to the kind Calls of ⟨p. 32⟩your SAVIOUR; Hear the kind Cloques of such a gracious Protector; Mat. XXIII. 37. How often would I have gathered thy Children, an Hen gathereth her Chickens under her Wings! Oh! Get under this protection, by the flights of a lively Faith unto it!