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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.
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; 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 Threatnings 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.
I cannot go off this Highway Ground, without making at least these Two Remarks upon it.
First. Under whose Malignant Influence, do you think, must they be, that frequently and needlessly Absent themselves from the Word of GOD our SAVIOUR, when they might enjoy the Dispensations of it? If it be Satan that steals the Good Seed of the Word, from the Way on which it falls, doubtless, it must be Satan, who steals People from the Way of the Seed. He who does Catch the Word from us, is he who does Keep us from the Word. The Jews gave this as a Definition of a Bad Neighbour, Tis, One who don't come to the Synagogue. If there be such a Bad Neighbour in the Town, we see, what is the Bad Spirit that makes him so. It is noted of Origen, That in his Vigorous Homilies, he Reproved no Crime so much, as that of Absence from the Holy Assemblies.