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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.
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.
The Seed you see; But, who the Sower? Be sure, The owner of the Seed, is the principal sower of the Seed. It is the Word of CHRIST; and it is He that sows it. The second Adam is the Blessed Husbandman, who Tills the Ground, and sows the Field which the Lord has blessed. But then he has his Ministers, who do the part of Sowers under Him. These are they who may say, as in 1. Cor. IX. 11. We have sown unto you spiritual Things.
May our GOD Help us, That we may bring you none but the pure Seed of the Word; Pick and ⟨p. 27⟩Cleanse the Seed in our Studies; and not bring you the Chaff or Husks of our own Brains; or the pernicious Darnel of unscriptural Error.
May we bring you also the whole Seed of the Word; And so honestly dispose of the Seed committed unto us, that we may balk no Truth, but be able to say, I have not shunned to declare unto you all the Counsel of GOD.
But may we still see to it, that we Preach and Sow to the Advantage of our Master: And all we do be aimed at this; That we may see you Glorifying of our Lord, and Glorified with him.