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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.
First; If the World have most of our Heart, it is a sign that the Thorns of worldly Lusts have overgrown our Heart. Now, 'tis very plain, This World has most of your Heart, if you can Indulge yourselves in any known Sin for the sake of the World, or if you will venture upon any Thing that you take to be an Ungodly or Dishonest Thing, to ⟨p. 70⟩get or keep the World So it is, If This World have the most of your Griefs, and upon the Loss of it you say, What have I more? And if This World have the most of your Joys, and upon the Flow of it you say, Soul, Take thine Ease, and be merry. So it is, If you are more Thoughtful about your Interest in This World, than in another. Can you Rise Early; and sit up late, and eat your Bread with carefulness, that you may secure the Food which perishes, and at the same time, do you begrudge the Time that is to be laid out in making provision for Eternity, and in labouring for that which endures to Everlasting Life? If you are asked, What Evidences have you, that such an House, or such a Ship, is your own? You have them at hand. But if you are asked, Man, Where are thy Evidences for Heaven? Are you not utterly to seek for These? Ah! Worldly Heart; What, what will become of thee? Choking Soul, How will the Suffocation terminate? For,
First; If the World have most of our Heart, it is a sign that the Thorns of worldly Lusts have overgrown our Heart. Now, 'tis very plain, This World has most of your Heart, if you can Indulge yourselves in any known Sin for the sake of the World, or if you will venture upon any Thing that you take to be an Ungodly or Dishonest Thing, to ⟨p. 70⟩get or keep the World So it is, If This World have the most of your Griefs, and upon the Loss of it you say, What have I more? And if This World have the most of your Joys, and upon the Flow of it you say, Soul, Take thine Ease, and be merry. So it is, If you are more Thoughtful about your Interest in This World, than in another. Can you Rise Early; and sit up late, and eat your Bread with carefulness, that you may secure the Food which perishes, and at the same time, do you begrutch the Time that is to be laid out in making provision for Eternity, and in labouring for that which endures to Everlasting Life? If you are asked, What Evidences have you, that such an House, or such a Ship, is your own? You have them at hand. But if you are asked, Man, Where are thy Evidences for Heaven? Are you not utterly to seek for These? Ah! Worldly Heart; What, what will become of thee? Choaking Soul, How will the Suffocation terminate? For,