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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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Those Private Houses, when once a Professor of the Gospel, comes to Steal a Living out of them, it commonly precipitates them, into abundance of wretchedness and confusion. But, I pray God, assist you that keep Ordinaries, to keep the Commandments of God, in them. There was an Inn at Bethlehem; where the Lord JESUS CHRIST was to be met withal. Can Boston boast of many such? Alas, Too ordinarily it may be said, There is no Room for Him in the Inn! My Friends, Let me beg it of you; Banish the unfruitful works of Darkness from your Houses, and then the Sun of Righteousness will shine upon them. Don't countenance Drunkenness, Revelling, & Misspending of precious Time in your Houses: Let none have the Snares of Death Laid for them in your Houses. You'll say, I shall Starve then! I say, Better Starve than Sin. But you, shall not. ⟨p. 34⟩It is the Word of the Most High, Trust in the Lord, and do Good, and verily thou shalt be Fed. And is not Peace of Conscience, with a Little, better than those Riches, that will shortly melt away, and then run Like Scalding Metal down the very Bowels of thy Soul!
Those Private Houses, when once a Professor of the Gospel, comes to Steal a Living out of them, it commonly praecipitates them, into abundance of wretchedness and confusion. But, I pray God, assist you that keep Ordinaries, to keep the Commandments of God, in them. There was an Inn at Bethlehem; where the Lord JESUS CHRIST was to be met withal. Can Boston boast of many such? Alas, Too ordinarily it may be said, There is no Room for Him in the Inn! My Friends, Let me beg it of you; Banish the unfruitful works of Darkness from your Houses, and then the Sun of Righteousness will shine upon them. Don't countenance Drunkenness, Revelling, & Mispending of precious Time in your Houses: Let none have the Snares of Death Laid for them in your Houses. You'l say, I shall Starve then! I say, Better Starve than Sin. But you, shall not. ⟨p. 34⟩It is the Word of the Most High, Trust in the Lord, and do Good, and verily thou shalt be Fed. And is not Peace of Conscience, with a Little, better than those Riches, that will shortly melt away, and then run Like Scalding Metal down the very Bowels of thy Soul!