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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.
¶ You have seen how the Plough breaks up the fallow Ground, in the work of Repentance; But it must now be demanded, that you immediately feel the Plough operating on you.
¶ You have seen how the Plow breaks up the fallow Ground, in the work of Repentance; But it must now be demanded, that you immediately feel the Plow operating on you.
And now, GOD speed the Plough, when the good work of his Grace, is making its way into your Hearts, in those Admonitions of PIETY, which are now brought unto you from him.
And now, GOD speed the Plow, when the good work of his Grace, is making its way into your Hearts, in those Admonitions of PIETY, which are now brought unto you from him.
We read, Prov. XXI. 4. The ploughing of the wicked is Sin. All his employment is nothing but Sin. Even what he does in his lawful Calling being designed only for himself, 'tis no better than Sin. He looks no higher than Earth, in what he does, and so he does nothing but Sin; Yea, Even wearies himself to commit Iniquity. But now, Another sort of ploughing is exhorted to; The ploughing which is to be used, in the confessing and forsaking of all wickedness, and in Repenting of Sin. In order to this;
We read, Prov. XXI. 4. The plowing of the wicked is Sin. All his employment is nothing but Sin. Even what he does in his lawful Calling being designed only for himself, 'tis no better than Sin. He looks no higher than Earth, in what he does, and so he does nothing but Sin; Yea, Even wearies himself to commit Iniquity. But now, Another sort of plowing is exhorted to; The plowing which is to be used, in the confessing and forsaking of all wickedness, and in Repenting of Sin. In order to this;