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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.
Again; What are the Thorns on the Earth, but the Fruits of the Curse. Possibly, there would have been Thorns, if Man had not finned: They may be serviceable to us. But the super-abounding of Thorns, This is most certainly from the Wrathful Curse of GOD, which Mans Hunger after Forbidden Fruit has brought upon him. It is a Threatening upon a Vineyard in ill Terms with Heaven, There shall come up Briars and Thorns in it. But, Oh! What a Curse from GOD, is there upon us, in the worldly Lusts which our Hearts are possessed withal! I tell you truly, a Man cannot be more Cursed, and more Damned, than by being utterly given up unto them; and under such a dispensation as That; Psal. LXXXI. 12. I gave them up unto the Lusts of their own Heart. A Soul overspread and overwhelmed with the Thorns of worldly Lusts, is in a dismal Case: And the Soul has the Thunder of GOD cursing of it, unto an Extremity, when it is under the power of them.
Again; What are the Thorns on the Earth, but the Fruits of the Curse. Possibly, there would have been Thorns, if Man had not finned: They may be serviceable to us. But the super-abounding of Thorns, This is most certainly from the Wrathful Curse of GOD, which Mans Hunger after Forbidden Fruit has brought upon him. It is a Threatening upon a Vineyard in ill Terms with Heaven, There shall come up Briars and Thorns in it. But, Oh! What a Curse from GOD, is there upon us, in the worldly Lusts which our Hearts are possess'd withal! I tell you truly, a Man cannot be more Cursed, and more Damned, than by being utterly given up unto them; and under such a dispensation as That; Psal. LXXXI. 12. I gave them up unto the Lusts of their own Heart. A Soul overspred and overwhelm'd with the Thorns of worldly Lusts, is in a dismal Case: And the Soul has the Thunder of GOD cursing of it, unto an Extremity, when it is under the power of them.
Thirdly. Thorns in the Field, are they profitable? No, they are pernicious, if thy are prevailing there. Can you Feed on Thorns; or Build with Thorns; or, will Thorns be a lasting Fuel for you? No, you call them, as the Bible does, Grieving Thorns. And worldly Lusts, I pray, what are they good for? It is demanded,