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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.
Indeed, a Drought is a Plague, wherein a check is given to the Ordinary Course of Nature. 'Tis the Hand of GOD that gives the Check; the Hand of an angry GOD. The Burning Anger of GOD is discovered in it. The Lord GOD calls to contend by Fire, in the Judgment. There is the Indignation of GOD, proclaimed against a Land, when the Land is not Rained upon. The Great GOD was offended; And then came this Judgment; Hag. I. 11. I called for a Drought upon the Land, and upon that which the Ground bringeth forth, and upon Men, and upon Cattle.
Indeed, a Drought is a Plague, wherein a check is given to the Ordinary Course of Nature. 'Tis the Hand of GOD that gives the Check; the Hand of an angry GOD. The Burning Anger of GOD is discovered in it. The Lord GOD calls to contend by Fire, in the Judgment. There is the Indignation of GOD, proclaim'd against a Land, when the Land is not Rain'd upon. The Great GOD was offended; And then came this Judgment; Hag. I. 11. I called for a Drought upon the Land, and upon that which the Ground bringeth forth, and upon Men, and upon Cattel.
But that in which a Drought proves a fearful Plague, is, The Consequence of it. A Scarcity follows: Yea, the Famine; Than which, what is there more to be trembled at? Perhaps Drink for Man and Beast, may grow scarce, by a Drought going on to Extremity. Be sure, Food will do so. Thus we read; Jer. XIV. 3, 4. Their Nobles have sent their little ones to the Waters, they came to the Pits, they found no Water; they returned with their Vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded; and covered their Heads: Because the Ground is chapt, for there was no Rain in the Earth, the Ploughmen were ashamed. Thus we read; Amos IV. 7, 8. I have withholden the Rain from you, when there were yet three months to the Harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one City, and I caused it not to rain upon another City: One piece was rained upon; and the piece whereupon it rained not, withered.— So two or three Cities wandered unto one City to drink Water; but they were not satisfied. The Vegetable World cannot subsist, except the Showers