Agricola. Or, The religious husbandman: the main intentions of religion, served in the business…

Name: Agricola. Or, The religious husbandman: the main intentions of religion, served in the business…
Author: Cotton Mather

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]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed by T. Fleet for D. Henchman, 1727

[6], 221, [1] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo) · 63k words · Evans 2905

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Georgica Sacra. The SOWING Of the Field. › The Thorny Ground.

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:161p. 54

The Things of this World, and the Lusts of Men after these Things, are those Thorns, which do often Choke and Kill and Spoil the Efficacy which that Seed of Grace, the Word of GOD should have upon them.

The Things of this World, and the Lusts of Men after these Things, are those Thorns, which do often Choak and Kill and Spoil the Efficacy which that Seed of Grace, the Word of GOD should have upon them.

:162p. 54

We read, Prov. XXVI 9. At a Thorn goes up into the Hand of a Drunkard so is a Parable in the Mouth of Fools. They had no Needles, but used Thorns instead of Needles. A Drunken Man going to use a Needle, he misapplied it; he sticks the Needle into his Hand instead of the Cloth; he wounds himself with the Needle instead of doing what should be done. 'Tis to be hoped, we shall not now so misapply what we read of the Thorns in the Parable, that it will be a Parable in the Hand of Fools.

:163p. 54

Let us use it as GOD shall Assist us.

:164p. 54–55

And, here, first, It is Remarkable: How contrary the World and the Word are to one another! How Readest thou? —

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