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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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I have done. The Plough has done its Work, and the Fallow-Ground is well broken up, if the Word of GOD finds now a free passage into your Hearts. And, Oh! May your Hearts be now so opened, by the Lord, that in whatever Word He comes unto you, your consenting Hearts may say, Welcome art thou, O Lord, and welcome is every Word of thine, unto me!
I have done. The Plow has done its Work, and the Fallow-Ground is well broken up, if the Word of GOD finds now a free passage into your Hearts. And, Oh! May your Hearts be now so opened, by the Lord, that in whatever Word He comes unto you, your consenting Hearts may say, Welcome art thou, O Lord, and welcome is every Word of thine, unto me!
We read of it, as a very Improper Thing; Amos V. 12. Will one plough upon a Rock? Sinful Soul, Tho' thy Heart be like a Rock, Yet, Oh! Let not the Obduration continue, and let not all the Exhortations to Repentance, be but a ploughing upon a Rock. But let thy Relenting Heart, at least come so far, as to beg it of thy Exalted SAVIOUR; O my SAVIOUR, whose Office it is; Do thou give me both Repentance and Remission of Sins.
We read of it, as a very Improper Thing; Amos V. 12. Will one plow upon a Rock? Sinful Soul, Tho' thy Heart be like a Rock, Yet, Oh! Let not the Obduration continue, and let not all the Exhortations to Repentance, be but a plowing upon a Rock. But let thy Relenting Heart, at least come so far, as to beg it of thy Exalted SAVIOUR; O my SAVIOUR, whose Office it is; Do thou give me both Repentance and Remission of Sins.
I did indeed say, I have done. But I know not how to part with my Plough-man, until I have taken a little Notice of something in his Hand, by which the Creatures which draw his Plough for him, are Exagitated. He carries a GOAD in his Hand.