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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.
Thirdly. When we would have the Clouds to distil Rains upon us, what shall we do, what can we do, but look up to the Glorious GOD for the supply of what is wanting unto us? Both the Former Rain and the Latter Rain is that for which our Glorious GOD is to be looked unto: The ⟨p. 128⟩Former Rain, to soften the Ground before the Sowing of the Seed; The Matter Rain, by which the Corn in the Blade is brought on to Earing and Harvest. We have a Promise to plead for it, Isa. XXX. 23. He shall give the Rain of [or, for] thy Seed, that thou shalt sow the Ground withal, and Bread of the Increase of the Earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous. Our GOD can command the Clouds, to distil what Rains He pleases upon us. Our Main concern is with a GOD, who commands Deliverances.
Thirdly. When we would have the Clouds to distil Rains upon us, what shall we do, what can we do, but look up to the Glorious GOD for the supply of what is wanting unto us? Both the Former Rain and the Latter Rain is that for which our Glorious GOD is to be look'd unto: The ⟨p. 128⟩Former Rain, to soften the Ground before the Sowing of the Seed; The Matter Rain, by which the Corn in the Blade is brought on to Earing and Harvest. We have a Promise to plead for it, Isa. XXX. 23. He shall give the Rain of [or, for] thy Seed, that thou shalt sow the Ground withal, and Bread of the Increase of the Earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous. Our GOD can command the Clouds, to distil what Rains He pleases upon us. Our Main concern is with a GOD, who commands Deliverances.
This is the Direction which our GOD has given us; Zech. X. 1. Ask ye of the Lord Rain in the time of the latter Rain; so the Lord shall make bright Clouds, and give them Showers of Rain, to every one Grass in the Field. And in pursuance of this Direction, there is a Notable Thing, which I am to mind you of. In the Covenant which our Gracious GOD, after the Flood, made with our Patriarch Noah, who was to Comfort us concerning our Toil, and the Work of our Hands, because of the Ground which the Lord had cursed; there is a Promise of Regular Seasons, [Perhaps better than what were before the Flood;] wherein Seasonable Rains are comprehended. It may be partly with relation to that Covenant, that we read;