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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.
Filthy. In Thorns we see Disappointments to Expectations. Tis a Proverb for those that are. Disappointed, They Reap Thorns. The World is full of Disappointments; There are Disappointments that vex us, in all the Concerns, all the Affairs, and all the Expectations of This World. Whence are these Disappointments? They are our worldly Lusts, which procure them unto us. Tis They, which ⟨p. 58⟩upon a Recollection brings us to that; Eccl. I. 2. Vanity of Vanities, Vanity of Vanities, All is Vanity. Our worldly Lusts impose upon us, what our SAVIOUR calls, The deceitfulness of Riches. They promise us a notable Harvest of Satisfaction, from this and that Undertaking or Fruition. But they Deceive us; To our Vexation, we are Disappointed of the promised Satisfaction; The Things from which we hoped it, are Things that satisfy not; There are Thorns in the Harvest; They make up the Harvest.
Filthly. In Thorns we see Disappointments to Expectations. Tis a Proverb for those that are. Disappointed, They Reap Thorns. The World is full of Disappointments; There are Disappointments that vex us, in all the Concerns, all the Affairs, and all the Expectations of This World. Whence are these Disappointments? They are our worldly Lusts, which procure them unto us. Tis They, which ⟨p. 58⟩upon a Recollection brings us to that; Eccl. I. 2. Vanity of Vanities, Vanity of Vanities, All is Vanity. Our worldly Lusts impose upon us, what our SAVIOUR calls, The deceitfulness of Riches. They promise us a notable Harvest of Satisfaction, from this and that Undertaking or Fruition. But they Deceive us; To our Vexation, we are Disappointed of the promised Satisfaction; The Things from which we hoped it, are Things that satisfy not; There are Thorns in the Harvest; They make up the Harvest.