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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.
II. But then, 'tis Time to hearken unto the Dehortation; 1. Joh. II. 15. Love not the World, neither the things that are in the World. Let not the Lusts of this World, hinder you from a Fruitful Hearing of that Word, which will save your Souls, if it be heard as it ought to be.
II. But then, 'tis Time to hearken unto the Debortation; 1. Joh. II. 15. Love not the World, neither the things that are in the World. Let not the Lusts of this World, hinder you from a Fruitful Hearing of that Word, which will save your Souls, if it be heard as it ought to be.
I will fetch a few strokes of my Weeding-Hook, at the Lusts which threaten to Choke all Good in your Souls. Yea, Oh! That you could Quench them as the Fire of Thorns! But, In the Name of the Lord, I will try to destroy them.
I will fetch a few strokes of my Weeding-Hook, at the Lusts which threaten to Choak all Good in your Souls. Yea, Oh! That you could Quench them as the Fire of Thorns! But, In the Name of the Lord, I will try to destroy them.
First. Remember This; It can't be long, that you shall enjoy the Things of This World, after which your worldly Lusts do crave and rave and carry you out Importunately. This Brand is to be set upon these Things; 1 Cor. VII. 29. This I say, The Time for them is but short. We know to ⟨p. 72⟩