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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.
Days of Thanksgiving as they are among the most Heavenly, so they will be among the most prosperous of all our Devotions. There are Pious Men that will now and then in secret places, keep their Days of Thanksgiving before the Lord; laying out whole Days in praising of the Great God for what He is, and what He does, and in pondering on What they shall do for God. And I'll assure you, such ⟨p. 21⟩persons ripen for Heaven a pace; yea they live in Heaven upon Earth.
Days of Thanksgiving as they are among the most Heavenly, so they will be among the most prosperous of all our Devotions. There are Pious Men that will now and then in secret places, keep their Dayes of Thanksgiving before the Lord; laying out whole Dayes in praising of the Great God for what He is, and what He does, and in pondering on What they shall do for God. And I'll assure you, such ⟨p. 21⟩persons ripen for Heaven a pace; yea they live in Heaven upon Earth.
But as for Days of Thanksgiving observed in the Assemblies of good men, all men have seen the wonderful successes of them. New Englands Prosperity has more visibly followed upon its Thanksgivings than upon its Humiliations, as in times both of War and of Sickness, has been more than once perceived. We have seen the fulfilment of that Word in 2 Chron. 20.22. When they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against their Enemies. Praises, thousands of high praises be to our God, that we may have a Day to celebrate His praises. But that our praises may be awakened, and that no man may make a Jar in our Harmony.
But as for Dayes of Thanksgiving observed in the Assemblies of good men, all men have seen the wonderful successes of them. New Englands Prosperity has more visibly followed upon its Thanksgivings than upon its Humiliations, as in times both of War and of Sickness, has been more than once perceived. We have seen the fulfilment of that Word in