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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.
Agricultura Pia. OR, The Wishes of PIETY, Produced by the Affairs o… › On the View of the Swine.
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 Swine.
Lord; Let me not be one of those Filthy Sinners, which are of little Use while they Live; and which it is in vain to cast Pearls before; and which after Washing, will return to wallowing in the Mire.
On the View of the Birds.
Lord; Since I behold the Fowls of the Air; that they Sow not nor Reap, nor gather into Barns, yet my Heavenly Father feeds them, I will cheerfully depend on thy Fatherly Care, to feed me and mine, with a Food convenient for us.
On the View of the Bees.
Lord, Give me to lay up, what I may hereafter live on; And especially to lay up a stock of Understanding and Experience, which may be sweet like the Honey. Let me be no Drone in the Hive of the Commonwealth.