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Soldiers counselled and comforted a discourse delivered unto some part of the forces engaged…Souldiers counselled and comforted a discourse delivered unto some part of the forces engaged…
Soldiers counselled and comforted a discourse delivered unto some part of the forces engaged in the just war of New-England against the northern & eastern Indians, Sept. 1, 1689 / by Cotton Mather ...Souldiers counselled and comforted a discourse delivered unto some part of the forces engaged in the just war of New-England against the northern & eastern Indians, Sept. 1, 1689 / by Cotton Mather ...
Boston: printed by Samuel Green, 1689
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.
USE II.
But I behold in the Congregation a part of the Forces, that are carrying their Lives in their Hands, against the Barbarous Enemies by which the Territory is at this time Distressed and Invaded, and unto these I shall Address the Rest of my Discourse, with a very particular Application, 'Tis with a very due Respect and ⟨p. 23⟩Esteem, that I look upon you, my good Friends and Neighbours; as many of you as have given cause for that Acknowledgement of you, in Judge 5.2. Praise the Lord, for the people willingly offered themselves: and while I am touched with an Ambition to Assist you (I might have said, to Accompany you) in your present Expedition, I cannot find a fitter way to do it, than by giving you that part of a Sermon, which your worthy Commander has asked for you. You may say like that Soldier, in Judg. 12.2. I put my Life in my Hands, and passed over against the Children of Ammon: God grant you may quickly say the rest: And the Lord delivered them into my Hand.
But I behold in the Congregation a part of the Forces, that are carrying their Liues in their Hands, against the Barbarous Enemies by which the Territory is at this time Distressed and Invaded, and unto these I shall Address the Rest of my Discourse, with a very particular Application, 'Tis with a very due Respect and ⟨p. 23⟩Esteem, that I look upon you, my good Friends and Neighbours; as many of you as have given cause for that Acknowledgment of you, in Judge 5.2. Praise the Lord, for the people willingly offered themselves: and while I am touch'd with an Ambition to Assist you (I might have said, to Accompany you) in your present Expedition, I cannot find a fitter way to do it, than by giving you that part of a Sermon, which your worthy Commander has asked for you. You may say like that Souldier, in