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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.
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.
Thus you see the Plough in it Operations. And upon the whole, what shall I say unto you?
Thus you see the Plow in it Opetations. And upon the whole, what shall I say unto you?