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The wonderful works of God commemorated praises bespoke for the God of heaven in…
The wonderful works of God commemorated praises bespoke for the God of heaven in a thanksgiving sermon delivered on Decemb. 19, 1689 : containing reflections upon the excellent things done by the great God ... : to which is added A sermon preached unto a convention of the Massachuset-colony in New-England ... / by Cotton Mather.
Boston: printed by S. Green & sold by Joseph Browning, 1690
PRAISES Bespoke for the GOD of Heaven, In a Thanksgiving SERMON. › APPLICATION.
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.
Come, and Sing unto the Lord, for the Excellent Things which He has done. But yet let us not put Him off with a Song. 'Tis a thing very pleasing to God, that we have a Day of Thanksgiving to Praise Him in; and if this Day, he duly kept, I doubt not but Good News will quickly put us upon the keeping of Another. He that Inhabits the Praises •f Israel will keep House among us, if by Leaving off our Praises we turn Him not out of Doors. It was a Remarkable thing that befell One of our Neighbours, a while ago. By a Shipwreck, he was cast upon a desolate Island, where he was left many months Alone. After many a Day of Prayer, for succour, he at last kept a Day of Praise, •or the support which he had so long En•oy'd; and within a few Hours upon this, •here came a Vessel by that saved him. New-England has been, and yet is, in so many Troubles, that some have questioned whether a Day of Thanksgiving would be Seasonable! O Yes! most highly Seasonable! Keep it well, and it shall yet be said, Also in New-England, things went well.
Come, and Sing unto the Lord, for the Excellent Things which He has done. But yet let us not put Him off with a Song. 'Tis a thing very pleasing to God, that we have a Day of Thanksgiving to Praise Him in; and if this Day, he duely kept, I doubt not but Good News will quickly put us upon the keeping of Another. He that Inhabits the Praises •f Israel will keep House among us, if by Leaving off our Praises we turn Him not out of Doors. It was a Remarkable thing that befel One of our Neighbours, a while ago. By a Shipwrack, he was cast upon a desolate Island, where he was left many months Alone. After many a Day of Prayer, for succour, he at last kept a Day of Praise, •or the support which he had so long En•oy'd; and within a few Hours upon this, •here came a Vessel by that saved him. New-England has been, and yet is, in so many Troubles, that some have questioned whether a Day of Thanksgiving would be Season•ble! O Yes! most highly Seasonable! Keep it well, and it shall yet be said, Also in New-England, things went well.