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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.
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.
But may we still see to it, that we Preach and Sowe 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.
Wherefore, Brethren, Pray for us.
The rather, in as much as our Calling is no easy Calling. The Sweat of the Brain, not more easy than the Sweat of the Brow. The Calling of an Husbandman is a painful Calling. That Man is not worthy the Name of a Minister, who takes not as much pains as an Husbandman. Our Name, is Mat. IX. 38. that of, Labourers.
Thus you see the Sower with the Field. But I know not how to dismiss this matter, without some Reflection upon it.