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Gods promise to his plantation· as it was delivered in a sermon
Gods promise to his plantation· as it was delivered in a sermon, by John Cotton, B.D. and preacher of Gods word in Boston.Gods promise to his plantation· as it was delivered in a sermon, by Iohn Cotton, B.D. and preacher of Gods word in Boston.
London: printed by William Jones of John Bellamy, 1630London: printed by William Iones of Iohn Bellamy, 1630
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Secondly, some remove and travail for merchandise and gain-sake; Daily bread may be sought from far, Prov. 31.14. Yea our Saviour approveth travail for Merchants, Matth. 13.45, 46. when he compareth a Christian to a Merchantman seeking pearls: For he never fetcheth a comparison from any unlawful thing to illustrate a thing lawful. The comparison from the unjust Steward, and from the Thief in the night, is not taken from the injustice of the one, or the ⟨p. 9⟩theft of the other; but from the wisdom of the one, and the suddenness of the other; which in themselves are not unlawful.
Secondly, some remove and travaile for merchandize and gaine-sake; Daily bread may be sought from farre, Prov. 31.14. Yea our Saviour approveth travaile for Merchants, Matth. 13.45, 46. when hee compareth a Christian to a Merchantman seeking pearles: For hee never fetcheth a comparison from any unlawfull thing to illustrate a thing lawfull. The comparison from the unjust Steward, and from the Theefe in the night, is not taken from the injustice of the one, or the ⟨p. 9⟩theft of the other; but from the wisedome of the one, and the sodainnesse of the other; which in themselves are not unlawfull.
Thirdly, to plant a Colony, that is, a company that agree together to remove out of their own Country, and settle a City or Commonwealth elsewhere. Of such a Colony we read in Acts 16.12