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Decennium luctuosum An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath…
Decennium luctuosum An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath had with the Indian salvages, from the year, 1688. To the year 1698. Faithfully composed and improved. [One line of quotation in Latin]
printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1699
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IV. Where Churches, have some Hundreds o• Souls under their Discipline; but the single Pastors, are not strengthened, with Consistories o• Elders, or, an Agreeable Number of wise and good and grave men chosen to join with th• Pastor, as their President, in that part of hi• Work, which concerns the Well Ruling of the ⟨p. 195⟩Flock, there Discipline will by Degrees be utterly Lost; The Grossest Offenders, will by degrees, and through' parties, be scarce to be dealt withal.
IV. Where Churches, have some Hundreds o• Souls under their Discipline; but the single Pastors, are not strengthened, with Consistories o• Elders, or, an Agreeable Number of wise and good and grave men chosen to join with th• Pastor, as their Praesident, in that part of hi• Work, which concerns the Well Ruling of the ⟨p. 195⟩Flock, there Discipline will by Degrees be utterly Lost; The Grossest Offenders, will by degrees, and thro' parties, be scarce to be dealt withal.
V. Where Pastors, do not Quicken Orderly Private Meetings of both Elder and Younger Christians, for Exercises of Religion, in their Neighbourhood, the Power of Religion will observably Decay, among those Christians; the Seed sown in the Public, will not so much prosper, for want of being watered in private: And when the Pastor shall fall sick, there will not be so much as one company of Christians in all his Flock, that can come together, to pray for his Life.