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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.
It is what these Remarks are to be made upon.
I. The Clouds are Created by GOD, and when they distil Rains, 'tis because they are commanded by Him to do it. The Philosophy of the Clouds and their distilled Rains, is not here to be enlarged upon. Tis enough to say, The Philosopher will tell you, That a Cloud is a Collection of little, but concave, Globules, which therefore ascend unto that Height, wherein they are of equal Weight with the Air; where they remain suspended, until by a Motion in the Air, they are Broken, and so come down in drops, that make our Mists or Showers. But it is the Religion of these Watery Meteors, with which we are now to be entertained. Reason tells us, That there is a GOD of Infinite Power and Wisdom and Goodness, who is the Creator of the World. These parts of the World then must needs be the Creatures of that Glorious GOD. But let us hear what Scripture teaches us concerning it.
I. The Clouds are Created by GOD, and when they distil Rains, 'tis because they are commanded by Him to do it. The Philosophy of the Clouds and their distilled Rains, is not here to be enlarged upon. Tis enough to say, The Philosopher will tell you, That a Cloud is a Collection of little, but concave, Globules, which therefore ascend unto that Heighth, wherein they are of equal Weight with the Air; where they remain suspended, until by a Motion in the Air, they are Broken, and so come down in drops, that make our Mists or Showers. But it is the Religion of these Watry Meteors, with which we are now to be entertained. Reason tells us, That there is a GOD of Infinite Power and Wisdom and Goodness, who is the Creator of the World. These parts of the World then must needs be the Creatures of that Glorious GOD. But let us hear what Scripture teaches us concerning it.
The Book of GOD and of Truth, has taught us, That the Clouds are the Creatures of GOD. So we read; Joh. XXVI. 8. He bindeth up the Waters in His Thick Clouds, and the Cloud is not rent under them. So we read;