But the principal Thing in our Thanksgiving, yet remains, and that is, a Thanks-Doing ⟨p. 50⟩Let us all Repent, and Reform, and set up on the Lively Doing of the Good Thing which the Lord our God Requires. The Apostle speaks pathetically, I beseech you, Brethren, by the Mercies of God. It is This, I conclude withal; I beseech you Brethren, by the Mercies of God, that New England ma• be as a Noble Person sometimes called u• The best people in the world; and that no scandalous Things may be done here, to offen• the God that has done Excellent Things for us. I beseech you by the Mercies of God, that as we profess the Protestant Religion with the most exalted Purity, so we may practise it, in such an Exemplary manner, that, A• New-England man, may be a Term of Honour in the world. I beseech you by the Mercies of God, that we may all sincerely intend th• •ame Ends, which brought our Predecessor• here, even to propagate the Spiritual Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. May all due pains be taken, that not only the English may every where have the Knowledge o• God, but that the Indians too, may shar• with us in it; for an Engagement whereunto God has given us to see, as that a ver• visible Blast has attended the Estates of the• who have grown Rich by Trading of Drink with them, so a visible Blessing has accompanied them who have Laboured in Preaching ⟨p. 51⟩of Truth to those poor Pagans; and since •t this day, the most powerful Nation of •hem, namely, the Mohawks, ask for the gospel, it cannot but be a piece of Policy as •ell as Religion, in us to carry the Gospel unto ••em, while they cannot be reconciled unto […] Superstitions of our French Neighbours, ••at have been Tampering with them. O ••at we might not forget the Errand of our •ore-fathers hither! We shall then Flourish▪ • spite of all that wish ill unto us; Thus •ill Salvation be nigh unto us, and Glory shall well in our Land. May our God sanctify […] His Dispensations to us; particularly those […] the Summer past, as well the Terrible as […] Merciful. 'Tis a Metaphorical Earthquake which has lately been among us, and •ere was a Literal one in some parts of the country preceding of it. May these Earthquakes produce better effects on us than those Lima in this our New-World America, […] upon the people there a little while ago.
But the principal Thing in our Thanksgiv••g, yet remains, and that is, a Thanks-Doing ⟨p. 50⟩Let us all Repent, and Reform, and set up on the Lively Doing of the Good Thing which the Lord our God Requires. The Apos•stle speaks pathetically, I beseech you, Brethren, by the Mercies of God. It is This, I conclude withal; I beseech you Brethren, by the Mercies of God, that New England ma• be as a Noble Person sometimes call'd u• The best people in the world; and that no sca••dalous Things may be done here, to offen• the God that has done Excellent Things for us. I beseech you by the Mercies of God, that as we profess the Protestant Religion with the most exalted Purity, so we may practise it, in such an Exemplary manner, that, A• New-England man, may be a Term of Honour in the world. I beseech you by the Mercies of God, that we may all sincerely intend th• •ame Ends, which brought our Predecessor• here, even to propagate the Spiritual King•dom of our Lord Jesus Christ. May all due pains be taken, that not only the Englis• may every where have the Knowledge o• God, but that the Indians too, may shar• with us in it; for an Engagement whereunto God has given us to see, as that a ver• visible Blast has attended the Estates of the• who have grown Rich by Trading of Drin• with them, so a visible Blessing has acco••panied them who have Laboured in Preach••ng ⟨p. 51⟩of Truth to those poor Pagans; and since •t this day, the most powerful Nation of •hem, namely, the Mohawks, ask for the •ospel, it cannot but be a piece of Policy as ell as Religon, in us to carry the Gospel unto em, while they cannot be reconciled unto Superstitions of our French Neighbours, at have been Tampering with them. O at we might not forget the Errand of our ore-fathers hither! We shall then Flourish spite of all that wish ill unto us; Thus ill Salvation be nigh unto us, and Glory shall well in our Land. May our God sanctifie His Dispensations to us; particularly those the Summer past, as well the Terrible as Merciful. 'Tis a Metaphorical Earthake which has lately been among us, and ere was a Literal one in some parts of the ountrey preceding of it. May these Earthakes produce better effects on us than those Lima in this our New-World America, upon the people there a little while ago.
