A50176:166
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
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.
We may observe,
First, The Preface of it; and that i• very awful and earnest: Hear ye me Asa, an• all Judah, and Benjamin. As he was probably none of the greatest, so tis like he wa• none of the oldest men; for it seems by th• eighth verse, that his Father was yet alive, […] present at this time. Yet being to speak […] the Name of the great and eternal God, […] expects, he demands the attention of […] ⟨p. 4⟩whole Army to him.
First, The Praeface of it; and that i• very awful and earnest: Hear ye me Asa, an• all Judah, and Benjamin. As he was proba•bly none of the greatest, so tis like he wa• none of the oldest men; for it seems by th• eighth verse, that his Father was yet alive, 〈…〉 present at this time. Yet being to speak 〈…〉 the Name of the great and eternal God, 〈…〉 expects, he demands the attention of 〈…〉 ⟨p. 4⟩whole Army to him.