And again, What horrible wickedness are some guilty of? How many Mothers this day have cause •o say, Oh! that my womb had miscarried of such a Child! Oh that my breasts had never given such a Child suck! Oh that ever one should come out of my womb to do so much mischief, to take up Arms to fight against his COUNTRY, to fight against the Saints, to bring in Slavery and Tyranny, that ever any out of my womb should have a hand in such a mischievous way as this is! Oh! these breasts of mine every time I look upon them, I wish they had never given such a one suck, for it may be they will suck my blood too. Certainly if ever there were a time to wish their wombs had miscarried, and their breasts never given suck, these are the times many may do so.1 And this seems to have allusion to that which Christ saith in Luke 23. 19. Blessed are the wombs that never bear, and the paps that never gave suck. I say, concerning many particulars in the Kingdom in this time, it might have been said, Oh! blessed had the womb been that such men were in, had they never been born, and the paps that they sucked, that they had never given suck. This would not have been an interpretation, but a good prayer, if it could have been foreseen, if any Prophet could have foreseen this, that thou shouldst have been a Child, and he should have been an Actor in so much mischief as hath been done in this Kingdom of late, if any Prophet could have foreseen this,2 thou wouldst have said Amen to ⟨p. 268⟩his prayer, Lord give this woman a miscarrying womb and dry breasts that she might never have born nor given suck to such an one. It follows.
And again, What horrible wickedness are some guilty of? How many Mothers this day have cause •o say, Oh! that my womb had miscarried of such a Child! Oh that my breasts had never given such a Child suck! Oh that ever one should come out of my womb to do so much mischief, to take up Arms to fight against his COUNTRY, to fight against the Saints, to bring in Slavery and Tyranny, that ever any out of my womb should have a hand in such a mischievous way as this is! Oh! these breasts of mine every time I look upon them, I wish they had never given such a one suck, for it may be they wil suck my blood too. Certainly if ever there were a time to wish their wombs had miscarried, and their breasts never given suck, these are the times many may do so.1 And this seems to have allusion to that which Christ saith in Luke 23. 19. Blessed are the wombs that never bear, and the paps that never gave suck. I say, concerning many particulars in the Kingdom in this time, it might have been said, Oh! blessed had the womb been that such men were in, had they never been born, and the paps that they suckt, that they had never given suck. This would not have been an interpretation, but a good prayer, if it could have been foreseen, if any Prophet could have forseen this, that thou shouldst have been a Child, and he should have been an Actor in so much mischief as hath been done in this Kingdom of late, if any Prophet could have forseen this,2 thou wouldst have said Amen to ⟨p. 268⟩his prayer, Lord give this woman a miscarrying womb and dry breasts that she might never have born nor given suck to such an one. It follows.
- 1Luke. 23. 29.
- 2Note.
