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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
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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.
The Glorious GOD calls a sinful People to REPENTANCE: REPENTANCE, without which 'tis impossible a Sinner should be prepared for the Blessings of Goodness. Of this Repentance, we have a notable Description, in that very Expressive and Instructive Metaphor; Break up your fallow Ground. Now, certainly tis the Plough in its Work, that is thus to Break up the fallow Ground.
The Glorious GOD calls a sinful People to REPENTANCE: REPENTANCE, without which 'tis impossible a Sinner should be prepared for the Blessings of Goodness. Of this Repentance, we have a notable Description, in that very Expressive and Instructive Metaphor; Break up your fallow Ground. Now, certainly tis the Plow in its Work, that is thus to Break up the fallow Ground.
The Plough, that grand Instrument of Husbandry; which we may celebrate, as, The Ancient, and, The Honourable! The staff of Bread must sail us, and we must soon fall down into the Earth, if the Plough wherewith we solicit the Earth for our Bread, were taken away. Doubtless, its Antiquity is higher than the Days of Tubal-Cain. And how much it Rivals the very Sceptre may be pondered, when we remember; The profit of the Earth is for all; the King himself is also served by the Field.
The Plow, that grand Instrument of Husbandry; which we may celebrate, as, The Ancient, and, The Honourable! The staff of Bread must sail us, and we must soon fall down into the Earth, if the Plow wherewith we sollicit the Earth for our Bread, were taken away. Doubeless, its Antiquity is higher than the Days of Tubal-Cain. And how much it Rivals the very Seeptre may be pondered, when we remember; The profit of the Earth is for all; the King himself is also served by the Field.
The Plough which is now called for, is, That which brings a Repenting Sinner, to what we must all come to, that we may find mercy with GOD. The Breaking up of the fallow Ground, with the Plough, is, The bringing of the Sinner to that Repentance, which is necessary for him.