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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.
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 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.
For the Inculcation of this Caution, I will set before you Two Laws, which the Holy One of Israel gave to His People concerning the Ancient Husbandry.