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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
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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.
Beholding of the Earth, which the Plough digs into, Think; I was fetched out of the Earth by the Great GOD, who formed all things. How much may this Meditation do, To Humble you, and Abase you, and lay you in the Dust of Repentance, and cause you to count your selves no better than a poor Clod of animated Earth, before the GOD of Heaven, who is the Lord GOD Omnipotent?
Beholding of the Earth, which the Plow digs into, Think; I was fetch'd out of the Earth by the Great GOD, who formed all things. How much may this Meditation do, To Humble you, and Abase you, and lay you in the Dust of Repentance, and cause you to count your selves no better than a poor Clod of animated Earth, before the GOD of Heaven, who is the Lord GOD Omnipotent?
Again; Beholding of the Earth which the Plough goes into, Think; In the Earth I have my Grave waiting for me, where I know not how soon I may be lodged. How much may this Meditation Quicken you, to Make haste in that Repentance, which must be dispatched before you sleep in the Dust, or else nothing on Earth can keep you from an Hell for ever to be trembled at.
Again; Beholding of the Earth which the Plow goes into, Think; In the Earth I have my Grave waiting for me, where I know not how soon I may be lodged. How much may this Meditation Quicken you, to Make haste in that Repentance, which must be dispatch'd before you sleep in the Dust, or else nothing on Earth can keep you from an Hell for ever to be trembled at.
My Friend, Smell to the Earth. 'Tis a very wholesome Scent. It will contribute to the Work of Repentance wonderfully.