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The Bostonian Ebenezer. Some historical remarks, on the state of Boston, the chief town…
The Bostonian Ebenezer. Some historical remarks, on the state of Boston, the chief town of New England, and of English America. With some, agreeable methods, for preserving and promoting, the good state of that, as well as any other town, in the like circumstances. / Humbly offered, by a native of Boston.
Boston: printed by B. Green & J. Allen for Samuel Phillips, 1698
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Secondly; Let the Sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ, most Explicitly, have the Glory of Purchasing for us all our Help. What was it, that procured, an Ebenezer, for the People of God? We read, in 2 Sam. 7.9. Samuel took a Sucking-Lamb, and offered it a Burnt Offering wholly unto the Lord; and Samuel Cried unto the Lord for Israel, and the Lord Heard him. Shall I tell you? Our Lord Jesus Christ, is that Lamb of God; and he has been a Lamb Slain as a Sacrifice; and He is a Sacrifice pleadable, not only for persons, but also for peoples, that belong unto Him. To Teach us this Evangelical and Comfortable Mystery, there was, A Sacrifice for the whole Congregation, prescribed in the Mosaic Pedagogy. 'Tis notorious, that the Sins of this Town, have been many ⟨p. 17⟩Sins, and mighty Sins; The Cry thereof hath gone up to Heaven. If the Almighty God should from Heaven Rain down upon the Town, an horrible Tempest of Thunderbolts, as He did upon the Cities which He overthrew in His Anger, and repented not, it would be no more than our Unrepen•ed Sins deserve. How comes it then to pass, that we have had so much Help from Heaven after all? Truly, The Sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ, has been pleaded for Boston, and, Therefore, say, Therefore it is, that the Town is not made a Sacrifice to the Vengeance of God. God sent Help to the Town, that was the very Heart and Life of the Land, that He had a pity for: But why so? He said, in Isa. 37.35. I will defend this Town, to Save it, for my Servant Davids sake. Has this Town been Defended? It has been for the sake of the Beloved JESUS; Therefore has the Daughter of Boston shaken her Head at you, O ye Calamities, that have been Impending over her Head. O Helped, and Happy Town! Thou hast had those Believers in the midst of thee, that have pleaded this with the Great ⟨image 12⟩God; Ah! Lord, Thou hast been more Honoured by the Sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ than thou couldest be Honoured by overwhelming this Town with all the plagues of thy Just Indignation. If thou wilt Spare, and Feed, and Keep, and Help this poor Town, the Sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ, shall be owned, as the price of all our Help. 'Tis This, that hath procured us all our Help: 'Tis This that must have all our praise.