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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.
Arbours Frugiferae. The ORCHARD flourishing.Arbores Frugiferae. The ORCHARD flourishing.
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.
For the Spring. Lord, Let the Sun of Righteousness draw near unto me; and let me be Quickened, and Revived, and made a New Creature, and made very Fruitful, by His Benign and Blessed Influences. Lord, Let a Glorious CHRIST return, like the Sun, to a miserable World; and bring a New Aspect upon it; produce upon it a New Creation, and fill it with the Fruits of Righteousness. Lord, Let the Hours of Darkness grow shorter and shorter with me. Lord, Let the Time for the singing of Birds come on. Let thy CHRIST fit me for, and fill me with, the Songs of the Redeemed. And let the Songs of Piety replenish the whole Earth, with an Heavenly Melody. Lord, Enable me with Diligence to prosecute a Divine Husbandry; and with Patience to wait ⟨p. 170⟩for a Good Harvest of my Endeavours to serve the Kingdom of GOD. Oh! Let Light and Joy be sown for me! For the Summer. Lord, Let me be as Fruitful as any of the Trees or Fields, which now yield a grateful Spectacle. Oh! Let me abound in the Fruits of Righteousness, Lord, Let my dear JESUS be to me as the Shadow of a great Rock in a weary Land. And may I also Drink of what flows from that admirable Rock. Lord, Let me be Entitled to, and prepared for, the Blessedness of that World where no uneasy Heat will molest thy Children. For the Autumn. Lord, Let me see a Joyful Harvest of all my poor Essays to Glorify Thee: Let me Reap with Joy. Lord, Let me arrive to my Grave, and thy Floor, as a Shock of Corn fully ripe in the Season thereof. Lord, Affect me, and the rest of Mankind, with a sense of our own Mortality: For, we all Fade as a Leaf!
For the Spring. Lord, Let the Sun of Righteousness draw near unto me; and let me be Quickened, and Revived, and made a New Creature, and made very Fruitful, by His Benign and Blessed Influences. Lord, Let a Glorious CHRIST return, like the Sun, to a miserable World; and bring a New Aspect upon it; produce upon it a New Creation, and fill it with the Fruits of Righteousness. Lord, Let the Hours of Darkness grow shorter and shorter with me. Lord, Let the Time for the singing of Birds come on. Let thy CHRIST fit me for, and fill me with, the Songs of the Redeemed. And let the Songs of Piety replenish the whole Earth, with an Heavenly Melody. Lord, Enable me with Diligence to prosecute a Divine Husbandry; and with Patience to wait ⟨p. 170⟩for a Good Harvest of my Endeavours to serve the Kingdom of GOD. Oh! Let Light and Joy be sown for me! For the Summer. Lord, Let me be as Fruitful as any of the Trees or Fields, which now yield a grateful Spectacle. Oh! Let me abound in the Fruits of Righteousness, Lord, Let my dear JESUS be to me as the Shadow of a great Rock in a weary Land. And may I also Drink of what flows from that admirable Rock. Lord, Let me be Entitled to, and prepared for, the Blessedness of that World where no uneasy Heat will molest thy Children. For the Autumn. Lord, Let me see a Joyful Harvest of all my poor Essays to Glorify Thee: Let me Reap with Joy. Lord, Let me arrive to my Grave, and thy Floor, as a Shock of Corn fully ripe in the Season thereof. Lord, Affect me, and the rest of Mankind, with a sense of our own Mortallity: For, we all Fade as a Leaf!