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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
Postscript: A Postscript. Endeavouring the Satisfaction of them that are Inquisitive after the late…
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But the other part of their Ministry is, The Prediction of Things quickly to come to pass. They do indeed foretell many Things of a more private concern; they foretell a thousand Things that must happen to themselves and their Friends: and the issue confirms the Prophecy. One of them being thrown into a Dungeon, said, The man who sent her thither should within eight Days fetch her out, and i• strangely was accomplished.
But the other part of their Ministry is, The Prediction of Things quickly to come to pass. They do indeed foretell many Things of a more private concern; they foretell a thousand Things that must happen to themselves and their Friends: and the issue confirms the Prophesie. One of them being thrown into a Dungeon, said, The man who sent her thither should within eight Dayes fetch her out, and i• strangely was accomplished.
But the Things of a more public Concern, are chiefly those which they foretell. The Gentlemen, who give us the History, tell us, that they judge it not yet convenient to publish a large part of the Authentic and sufficient Collections which they have made of these Prophecies. However, they have given us a Taste. In general, The Subjects of this Enthusiasm all agree in foretelling, A Speedy Deliverance to the Church of God: and they declare, The Late Revolutions in England, to be the Beginning of that Deliverance.
But the Things of a more publick Concern, are chiefly those which they foretel. The Gentlemen, who give us the History, tell us, that they judge it not yet convenient to publish a large part of the Authentick and sufficient Collections which they have made of these Prophecies. However, they have given us a Taste. In general, The Subjects of this Enthusiasm all agree in foretelling, A Speedy Deliverance to the Church of God: and they declare, The Late Revolutions in England, to be the Beginning of that Deliverance.