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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… › The SUN.
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.
How notably does the Sun, as an Instrument in the Hand of the Glorious GOD, Illuminate This, as well as all the other Planets, and their Satellites, that move about it, as the wondrously contrived Centre of them! How notably does the Sun, tho' but Instrumentally still, Invigorate, the whole Vegetable as well as Animal World; So that if its Influences were obstructed or suspended, the Earth would mourn and fade away; the Land would be utterly emptied and utterly spoiled!
How notably does the Sun, as an Instrument in the Hand of the Glorious GOD, Illuminate This, as well as all the other Planets, and their Satellits, that move about it, as the wondrously contrived Center of them! How notably does the Sun, tho' but Instrumentally still, Invigorate, the whole Vegetable as well as Animal World; So that if its Influences were obstructed or suspended, the Earth would mourn and fade away; the Land would be utterly emptied and utterly spoiled!
Look to the Heavens, O HUSBANDMAN; and Glorify the Infinite Father of Lights, and maker of the SUN, who keeps the World from Languishing, by the Rays which He sends forth from such a Creature upon it. Are not the Eyes, which cannot behold the SUN, much more dazzled before the Infinite GOD, with whom there is terrible Majesty!
But let thy Thoughts proceed unto thy SAVIOUR, who is, The Light of the World. Think, and wish, at this rate.