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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.
Moreover; High-ways are common Roads; They are ways that lie common and open and obvious for every Passenger. The Hearts of many that hear the Word, are not as Gardens enclosed; but they are ⟨p. 38⟩the Walk of Satan; the Print of his Cloven Foot is to be seen upon them: Nothing, tho' ever so Evil, is kept out of them. For this Cause, the Denomination of the Gentiles, who in Matth. XXII. 10. are called, The High-Way, may be put upon them.
Moreover; High-ways are common Roads; They are ways that ly common and open and obvious for every Passenger. The Hearts of many that hear the Word, are not as Gardens enclosed; but they are ⟨p. 38⟩the Walk of Satan; the Print of his Cloven Foot is to be seen upon them: Nothing, tho' ever so Evil, is kept out of them. For this Cause, the Denomination of the Gentiies, who in Matth. XXII. 10. are called, The High-Way, may be put upon them.
Lastly; In the Highways the Seed that is cast by Hand is cast under the Foot; It is Trampled on. Verily, There are Hearers of the Word, of whom we read; Heb. X. 29. They have trodden under Foot the Son of GFD. Be sure then, they Tread under Foot His Word; They Trample on the Commandments, the Promises, the Threatenings of it. There may this Account be given of them; They Despise His Word, until the Wrath of the Lord arise against them, and there is no Remedy.
Lastly; In the Highways the Seed that is cast by Hand is cast under the Foot; It is Trampled on. Verily, There are Hearers of the Word, of whom we read;