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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. › These two Things to be done.
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.
These two Things to be done.
The First; In our Hearing of the Word, Oh! let us check the Roving of our Mind. Whatever ⟨p. 40⟩Improper Thoughts would press in upon us, chase them away; There is the Devil in them! Deal with them as our Patriarch once; Gen. XV. 11. When the Fowls came down, upon the Sacrifices, Abram drove them away. If Improper Thoughts go to intrude, or bespeak an Admission, Repel 'em, Refuse 'em, Rebuke 'em; Say, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: Why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?
The Second; Let our Hearing of the Word, be filled with our Praying to our Lord. Oh! let such Echo's pass from us; Psal. XXVII. 8. Seek my Face; My Heart said upon it, Thy Face Lord, I will seek. Upon the Mysteries unfolded, say, Lord, I accept this, as a Faithful Saying. Upon Follies condemned, say, Lord, let thy warned Servant be kept from this Folly! Upon Duties propounded, say, Lord, Help me to do this Duty. Upon the Blessings of the Righteous, let your Heart say, Lord, let this be my portion. Upon the Curses of the Wicked, let your Heart say, Lord, I am afraid of thy Judgments. This one PROPOSAL, should be more to you, than a Golden Wedge of Ophir. You secure the Seed from the Fowls of the Air, if it be complied withal.