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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 Thorny 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.
Let us use it as GOD shall Assist us.
And, here, first, It is Remarkable: How contrary the World and the Word are to one another! How Readest thou? — Jam. IV. 4. The Friendship of this World is Enmity to GOD. The World, since the Fall of Man, is very much under the Management and Government of, Our Adversary the Devil. And the depraved Heart of Man since the Fall, is very much indisposed for making such a right use of This World, as may be for the Honour of GOD. Nor has GOD laid up our Chief Happiness, in the Enjoyment of This World. No, 'Tis another and a better World, wherein alone we may hope to be Happy. Now the Word of GOD our SAVIOUR, is to prepare us for That World; And therefore it is to Turn us, and Wean us, and Alienate us from this present Evil World. Hence it ⟨p. 55⟩comes to pass, that the World and the Word, are forever clashing with one another; And, If any Man love the World, the love of the Father is not in him. If this World have our Hearts, 'tis very certain the Word •f GOD cannot have them. If the Word of GOD prevail upon us, 'tis very certain, our contempt of this World will be proportionably prevalent Behold, the grand Choke-word, whereby the Efficacy of the Word upon the Souls of Men is forever damnified. My Hearers, let these Thoughts be awful to you.
And, here, first, It is Remarkable: How contrary the World and the Word are to one another! How Readest thou? — Jam. IV. 4. The Friendship of this World is Enmity to GOD. The World, since the Fall of Man, is very much under the Management and Government of, Our Adversary the Devil. And the depraved Heart of Man since the Fall, is very much indisposed for making such a right use of This World, as may be for the Honour of GOD. Nor has GOD laid up our Chief Happiness, in the Enjoyment of This World. No, 'Tis another and a better World, wherein alone we may hope to be Happy. Now the Word of GOD our SAVIOUR, is to prepare us for That World; And therefore it is to Turn us, and Wean us, and Alienate us from this present Evil World. Hence it