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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
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.
How Desirable, How Necessary a Thing it is, that we should have God with us. Truly, This is the Unum Necessarium of New-England!
How Desirable, How Necessary a Thing it is, that we should have God with us. Truly, This is the Vnum Necessarium of New-England!
Nothing is more Desirable, for us, than the Presence of our God. The Jews have a Fable of their Manna, That whatever any man had a mind to taste, he presently found in the Manna a Savour & a Relish of it. It is very true of this Blessed Presence; all manner of Blessings are enwrapped in it. There is a multitude of Blessings which we are desirous of; but they are all contained in this comprehensive thing: It will give every honest man, all that he wants. This will extricate us out of all our Labyrinths; This will set all things to rights among us; This will ⟨p. 18⟩wonderfully carry on all the Salvations which have been begun for us, by the God of our Salvations. If Christ, if God be aboard, our little Vessel will not sink in the gaping, roaring, formidable Waves now tossing of it. Well did the Apostle say, in Rom. 8.31. If God be for us, who can be against us? Thus, If God be with us, we have All for us. One GOD will weigh down more than ten Worlds. If we have the Presence of that God, Who made and moves the Universe by a Word; if we have the Presence of that God, Who can Command and Create our Deliverances, O most Happy We! We may then join in such Triumphant Acclamations as that in Psal. 118.6. The Lord is on my side, I will not fear; what can man do unto me? We may then defy, even the Gates of Hell it self, for, Cur metuat hominem homo in sinu Dei positus? and tho' abroad at this day, The earth is removing, and the Waters roar, and are troubled, and the mountains are shaking, splitting, tumbling, with the swelling thereof; Tho' the great and the terrible God be at this Day, coming out of His place, to make all Europe a stage of blood and fire, and make the Nations everywhere drink deep of the Cup that shall make them giddy with all manner of Confusion & Astonishment; Yet WE shall be helped right early, for God is in the midst of us.