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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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Thirdly; Let the Lord be in a special manner Glorified, for the Ministry of His Good Angels, in that Help that has been ministered unto us. A Jacob lying •n a Stone, saw the Angels of God Helping him. We are setting up an Ebenezer; but when we Lay our Heads and our Thoughts upon the Stone, Let us then see, The Angels of God have Helped us. When Macedonia, was to have some Help from God, an Angel, whom the Apostle, in Acts 16.9. Saw Habited like a man of Macedonia, was a mean of its being brought unto them. There is abundant cause to think, That every Town in which the Lord Jesus Christ is worshipped, hath an Angel to watch over it. The Primitive Christians, ⟨p. 19⟩were persuaded from the Scriptures of Truth, to make no Doubt of This, Quod per Civitates distributae sunt Angelorum praefecturoe. When the Capital Town of Judea, was rescued from an Invasion, we read in 2 King. 19.35. The Angel of the Lord WENT OUT, and smote the Camp of the Assyrians. It should seem, There was an Angel, which did Reside in, and Praeside over the Town, who went out for that amazing Exploit. And is it not Likely, That the Angel of the Lord WENT OUT, for to smite the Fleet of the Assyrians, with a Sickness, which the Last Summer hindered their Invading of this Town? The Angel of BOSTON, was concerned for it! Why have not the Destroyers broke in upon us, to prey upon us, with sore Destruction? 'Tis because we have had, A Wall of Fire about us; that is to say, A Guard of Angels, those Flames of Fire, have been as a Wall unto us. It was an Angel, that Helped a Daniel, when the Lions would else have swallowed him up. It was an Angel, that Helped a Lot, out of the Fires that were coming to Consume his Habitation. It was an Angel, that ⟨p. 20⟩Helped an Elijah to Meat, when he wanted it. They were Ang•••, •hat Helped the whole Pe••l• of God, in •he Wilderness, to their Daily Bread: Their Manna, was Angels Food And is it nothing, that such Angels have done for this Town, Think you? Oh! Think not so. Indeed, If we should go to Thank the Angels for doing these things, They would zealously say, See thou do it not! But if we Thank Their Lord, and ours, for His Employing Them to Do these things, it will exceedingly gratify them. Wherefore, Bless ye the Lord, ye his Angels; And Bless the Lord, O my Town, for these His Angels!