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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.
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.
I did indeed say, I have done. But I know not how to part with my Plow-man, until I have taken a little Notice of something in his Hand, by which the Creatures which draw his Plow for him, are Exagitated. He carries a GOAD in his Hand.
We read of a Champion, Judg. III. 31. He slew six hundred Men with an Ox-Goad. We may guess a little at the shape of that Ox-Goad, and how fit a Tool it was for such an Execution, from what is related by Modern Travellers concerning the Husbandry