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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.
But then, more particularly, Pray over the Word of GOD, wherewith you are Highly favoured of the Lord. Before your Hearing of it, make that Prayer, Lord, Let thy Word find my Heart prepared for it. After your Hearing of it, Think, What fresh matter of Prayer have I now been minded of? In Hearing, turn all you Hear into Prayer, as much as ever you can: Send up your Wishes tied unto the Arrows of Ejaculatory Prayer; send them up to Heaven as thick as you can. Fruitful, Fruitful will that Earth be, which in this way obtains the Sweet Influences of Heaven upon it.—
But I may not forget one Advice more to be introduced before I leave you.
Our COMPANY will be a Thing of more than a little Consequence to our PIETY. Our Fruitfulness in all the Good Works of PIETY, will very much depend on the Company with which we choose to be most Familiar. A Grand Maxim of Wisdom, and of the best Husbandry, is, Forsake the Foolish and live. We have read of one whose Field was in a Bad Condition, He got it by being Amongst those who were not as they should be.
Our COMPANY will be a Thing of more than a little Consequence to our PIETY. Our Fruitfulness in all the Good Works of PIETY, will very much depend on the Company with which we chuse to be most Familiar. A Grand Maxim of Wisdom, and of the best Husbandry, is, Forsake the Foolish and live. We have read of one whose Field was in a Bad Condition, He got it by being Amongst those who were not as they should be.