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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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Finally, Let the Piety of the Town manifest it self, in a due Regard unto the Institutions of Him, whose Help ha's Hitherto been a Shield unto us. Let the Ark be in the Town, and God will Bless the Town! I believe, it may be found, That in the Mortal Scourges of Heaven, which this Town ha's felt, there ha's been a Discernible Distinction, of those that have come up to Attend all the Ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the Communion of His Churches. Though these have had, as 'tis fit they should, a Share, in the Common Deaths, yet the Destroying Angel, ha's not had so great a proportion of these in his Commission, as he ha's had of others. Whether This be so, or no; To Uphold, and Support, and Attend the Ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ in Reforming Churches, This will Entitle the Town to the Help of Heaven; for, Upon the Glory, there shall be a Defence! There were the Victorious ⟨p. 36⟩Forces of Alexander, that in going backward and forward, passed by Jerusalem, without Hurting it. Why so? said the Lord, in Zech 9.8. I will Encamp about my House, because of the Army. If our God have an House here, He'll Encamp about it. Nazianzen, a famous Minister of the Gospel, taking his Farewell of Constantinople, an old man, that had sat under his Ministry, cried out, Oh! my Father, Don't you dare to go away, you'll carry the whole Trinity with you! How much more, may it be cried out, If we Loose or Sleight, the Ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ, we Forego the Help of all the Trinity with them!
Finally, Let the Piety of the Town manifest it self, in a due Regard unto the Institutions of Him, whose Help ha's Hitherto been a Shield unto us. Let the Ark be in the Town, and God will Bless the Town! I believe, it may be found, That in the Mortal Scourges of Heaven, which this Town ha's felt, there ha's been a Discernable Distinction, of those that have come up to Attend all the Ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the Communion of His Churches. Though these have had, as 'tis fit they should, a Share, in the Common Deaths, yet the Destroying Angel, ha's not had so great a proportion of these in his Commission, as he ha's had of others. Whether This be so, or no; To Uphold, and Support, and Attend the Ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ in Reforming Churches, This will Entitle the Town to the Help of Heaven; for, Upon the Glory, there shall be a Defence! There were the Victorious ⟨p. 36⟩