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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.
On the View of the Fence about the Ground.
Lord; Thou hast in thy Law ordered a Fence to be about me. I Bless thee, I Praise thee, I Love thee, for such a Fence. Tis infinitely for my Advantage to be Fenced so. But, Oh! Let me by my continual Watchfulness keep up the Fence: And let there be no Inroad of Wild Things upon me. If I permit any sinful Temptations to break in upon me, what Mischiefs will be done unto me! My Soul is the Field of a Man void of Understanding, if the Stone-wall thereof be broken down!
But, O my GOD, Let me have the Fence and Hedge of thy Protection about all my Interests.
On the View of the Stones in the Ground.
Lord; Save me from an Heart, that shall be as Insensible as the Stones of the Field; and that shall feel as little Impression and Improvement, from the Means of Good, as the Stones do from the Rains falling on them.