A50172:80
The way to prosperity a sermon / preached to the honourable convention of the…
The way to prosperity a sermon / preached to the honourable convention of the governor, council, and representatives of the Massachuset-Colony in New-England on May 23, 1690 by Cotton Mather.The way to prosperity a sermon / preached to the honourable convention of the governour, council, and representatives of the Massachuset-Colony in New-England on May 23, 1690 by Cotton Mather.
Boston: printed by Richard Pierce for Benjamin Harris, 1690
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.
Let us also consider, what Warnings we have had. It may be said unto us, as in Jer. 25. 4. The Lord hath sent unto you all His Servants the prophets. This Country has been blessed with a most faithful Ministry, by which, I suppose, every Assembly in this Territory, has been called upon, to Be with God, and to keep with Him. Especially the Sermons which our ELECTIONS have put the Ambassadors of God upon Preaching and Printing of; these have been so many loud Warnings unto us, That we leave Him not. ⟨p. 24⟩In them we have been faithfully warned, That our true Interest is Not to Lye unto God. We have been Warned, That the latter end of our Misbehaviours will be Destruction from the Lord. We have been Warned, That We must Repent and do our first Works, or have the Candlestick of the Lord Jesus removed from us. In a word, We have been warned from Heaven, That If we forsake our God, He will cast us off for ever. O miserable We, if we do it after all.
Let us also consider, what Warnings we have had. It may be said unto us, as in Jer. 25. 4. The Lord hath sent unto you all His Servants the prophets. This Countrey has been blessed with a most faithful Ministry, by which, I suppose, every Assembly in this Territory, has been called upon, to Be with God, and to keep with Him. Especially the Sermons which our ELECTIONS have put the Embassadours of God upon Preaching and Printing of; these have been so many loud Warnings unto us, That we leave Him not. ⟨p. 24⟩In them we have been faithfully warned, That our true Interest is Not to Lye unto God. We have been Warned, That the latter end of our Misbehaviours will be Destruction from the Lord. We have been Warned, That We must Repent and do our first Works, or have the Candlestick of the Lord Iesus removed from us. In a word, We have been warned from Heaven, That If we forsake our God, He will cast us off for ever. O miserable We, if we do it after all.