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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE REMARKEABLES of a long WAR, Collected and Improved. Boston-Lect… › Part 8
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.
Yet again, Have not our English Prisoners been favoured with such a Remembrance of Mercy, in the midst of Wrath, as ought never to be Forgotten? The Mercy of God, inclined the French to Buy 'em out of the Hands of the ⟨p. 241⟩Indians, and use them with an Exemplary Humanity and Civility. The Mercy of God preserved many of them alive, under prodigious and incredible Hardships, and at length Returned many scores of them Home. And may not our English Women, that were Prisoners, take Notice of one Singular Mercy shown by God unto them, in preserving them from Violations by the Outrageous Lusts of the Salvages? This One Thing will be thought by some, almost as Great and Strange an Instance of an Immediate Interposition of the Angels of God, as the muzzling of the Lions in the Den of Daniel! O ye Redeemed of the Lord, you, whom He hath Redeemed from the Hand of the Enemy; Give Thanks, to the Lord, for He is Good? Charge your own Souls, That you never forget His Benefits; Ask your own Souls, What you shall render to the Lord for all His Benefits: and Remember that Admonition of the Lord Jesus Christ unto you, Sin no more, Lest a worst thing do come unto thee.
Furthermore; Who could not see Mercy Remembered, in the midst of Wrath, when God hath put it into the Hearts of His people in the Southern parts of the Country, to make Liberal Contributions of Money, and Corn, and Men, for the Relief of the Northern parts? More than once, has the Noble Charity, of our Brethren in Plymouth, and in Connecticut, as well as of this ⟨p. 242⟩Town, been Expressed in such Contributions. Their Alms are Gone up for a Memorial before the Lord! The Blessing of many that have been Ready to perish, hath come upon you, O ye Merciful Children of God, and you shall obtain mercy from Him.
Furthermore; Who could not see Mercy Remembred, in the midst of Wrath, when God hath put it into the Hearts of His people in the Southern parts of the Countrey, to make Liberal Contributions of Money, and Corn, and Men, for the Relief of the Northern parts? More than once, has the Noble Charity, of our Brethren in Plymouth, and in Connecticut, as well as of this