Moreover; It hath been a very Strange Thing, and a Wondrous Remembrance of Mercy in the midst of Wrath; That the Indians have been unaccountably Restrained, from giving us, an Hundredth part of the Trouble, which they might have done, had they but known, or used their own Advantages. This One Thing, Whosoever does wisely Observe it, must needs ascribe it unto a Special Operation of that God, who Forms the Spirit of man within him. It was the promise of God, unto His people, Exod. 34.24. No man shall Desire thy Land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God. The Faithful God strangely. Fulfilled this promise, for many Hundreds of years together; No Enemy desired the Land of that people, at the Time of their going up to Worship the Lord in His Temple. And whereas, the Roman Enemy, did at length Desire ⟨p. 240⟩their Land, at the Time of their going up to the Passover, this one Thing, was enough to prove, that the Messiah was come, and the Passover no longer commanded. It shows, That there is a Strange Operation of God, upon the minds of men, to curb and check, and blind the Evil-minded. Well; We have had our Frontier Towns, in many of which, the Lord Jesus Christ hath been Worshipped, and Sought, and Served continually. Had the Lurking Enemy done as they might have done, how easily might one dozen of them, have kept the Towns in such perpetual and perplexing Alarms, as would have caused them, even to have broken up! And what unknown mischiefs might a few more of 'em, have brought upon our Scattered Plantations! I do again, and again say, This is from the Strange Operation of God, upon the Minds of the Enemy, that they have no more Disturbed our Land. For my own part, I will observe it, and Admire it, in such Terms as Austin used upon a Remarkable Providence; Quisquis non videt, Caecus; Quisquis videt, nec Laudat, Ingratus; Quisquis Laudanti reluctatur, Insanus: They are Blind, and Mad, that are Insensible of it!
Moreover; It hath been a very Strange Thing, and a Wondrous Remembrance of Mercy in the midst of Wrath; That the Indians have been •naccountably Restrained, from giving us, an Hundredth part of the Trouble, which they might have done, had they but known, or us'd their own Advantages. This One Thing, Whosoever does wisely Observe it, must needs ascribe it unto a Special Operation of that God, who Forms the Spirit of man within him. It was the promise of God, unto His people, Exod. 34.24. No man shall Desire thy Land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God. The Faithful God strangely. Fulfilled this promise, for many Hundreds of years together; No Enemy desired the Land of that people, at the Time of their going up to Worship the Lord in His Temple. And whereas, the Roman Enemy, did at length Desire ⟨p. 240⟩their Land, at the Time of their going up to the Passover, this one Thing, was enough to prove, that the Messiah was come, and the Passover no longer commanded. It shows, That there is a Strange Operation of God, upon the minds of men, to curb and check, and blind the Evil-minded. Well; We have had our Frontier Towns, in many of which, the Lord Jesus Christ hath been Worshipped, and Sought, and Serv'd continually. Had the Lurking Enemy done as they might have done, how easily might one dozen of them, have kept the Towns in such perpetual and perplexing Alarms, as would have caused them, even to have broken up! And what unknown mischiefs might a few more of 'em, have brought upon our Scattered Plantations! I do again, and again say, This is from the Strange Operation of God, upon the Minds of the Enemy, that they have no more Disturbed our Land. For my own part, I will observe it, and Admire it, in such Terms as Austin used upon a Remarkable Providence; Quisquis non videt, Caecus; Quisquis videt, nec Laudat, Ingratus; Quisquis Laudanti reluctatur, Insanus: They are Blind, and Mad, that are Insensible of it!
