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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 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.
On the View of the Worms in the Ground.
Lord; Here is my Mother and my Sister. As Frail and Vile I am as the Worms of the Dust. Oh! May I ever lie with all possible Self-Abasements in the Dust before Thee. More easy canst thou crush me, than I can one of the Worms under my Feet. Oh! Let me not lift up my Head in Rebellion against thy Glorious Majesty.