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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.
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.
Whatever Difficulties the Work of PIETY may be encumbered withal, yet, Thy Work shall be Rewarded, saith the Lord: There will be a Joyful Harvest of it.
Whatever Difficulties the Work of PIETY may be encumbred withal, yet, Thy Work shall be Rewarded, saith the Lord: There will be a Joyful Harvest of it.
The Work of PIETY is, that Whole Duty of Man, which has been summed up in that Wedge ⟨p. 194⟩of Gold; Eccl. XII. 13. Fear GOD, and keep H• Commandments; A Mass of Gold, capable of being Beaten out, into how large Dimensions! Exceeding Broad.
The Work of PIETY is, that Whole Duty of Man, which has been summ'd up in that Wedge ⟨p. 194⟩of Gold; Eccl. XII. 13. Fear GOD, and keep H• Commandments; A Mass of Gold, capable of being Beaten out, into how large Dimensions! Exceeding Broad.
Of this Work, it is ordered by the Wisdom of a Sovereign GOD, that it shall be attended with Difficulties; even such as may render a Toilsome Husbandry a Resemblance of it. That which creates the Difficulties of this Work, is principally the Self-denial, which our Carnal Mind, makes necessary to be exercised, in our doing of it. Our Flesh must be crossed, and our Appetites must be mortified; yea, there are Enemies to be Encountered, that are not easily to be Conquered; or else the Work of PIETY can't be carried on.