Agricola. Or, The religious husbandman: the main intentions of religion, served in the business…

Name: Agricola. Or, The religious husbandman: the main intentions of religion, served in the business…
Author: Cotton Mather

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]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728

Boston: printed by T. Fleet for D. Henchman, 1727

[6], 221, [1] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo) · 63k words · Evans 2905

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Cotton Mather, Agricola. Or, The religious husbandman: the main intentions of religion, served in the business… (Boston:, 1727). Evans-TCP N02451.

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Catalogue record

Title as printed

Author

Cotton Mather 1663–1728

Place

Boston

Printer

T. Fleet

Bookseller

D. Henchman

Year

1727

Imprint

Boston: : Printed by T. Fleet, for D. Henchman, over-against the Brick Meeting-House in Cornhill, 1727.Boston: : Printed by T. Fleet, for D. Henchman, over-against the Brick Meeting-House in Cornhil, 1727.

Size

[6], 221, [1] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo)

Words

63,273

Catalogue

Evans 2905

Text

Evans-TCP N02451

Notes

Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes.
Several essays end with songs.
Recommendations from elder pastors and from "the United Pastors in Boston," p. [3-6], 1st count.
Errata note, p. 221.
Arator. The work of the plough -- Georgica sacra. The sowing of the field -- Pluviaria. The rain waited for -- Desector. The grass before the mower -- Arbours frugiserae. The orchard flourishing -- Arbours fulguritae. Appendix. Thoughts on a New-Years Day -- Gaudentius. The joyful harvest -- Agricultura pia. Or, The wishes of piety, produced by the affairs of husbandry.Arator. The work of the plough -- Georgica sacra. The sowing of the field -- Pluviaria. The rain waited for -- Desector. The grass before the mower -- Arbores frugiserae. The orchard flourishing -- Arbores fulguritae. Appendix. Thoughts on a New-Years Day -- Gaudentius. The joyful harvest -- Agricultura pia. Or, The wishes of piety, produced by the affairs of husbandry.

Licence

CC0 1.0 (TCP transcription); underlying work in the public domain

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

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