The Bostonian Ebenezer. Some historical remarks, on the state of Boston, the chief town…

VI. Extraordinary Equity & Charity, as well as Piety well becomes a Town, that hath been by the Help of God so Extraordinarily signalized. A Town marvellously Helped by God, has This Foretold concerning it, in Isa. 1 26. Afterward thou shalt be called, The City of Righteousness, The Faithful City. M•• •ie E•en•zer, of this Town, rende• it, A Town of Equity, and, A […] of Charity! Oh! There should be […] Fair •••lings in a Town, […] ⟨p. 35⟩with Heaven ha's Dealt so Favourably. Let us Deal Fairly in Bargains; Deal Fairly in Taxes; Deal Fairly in paying Respects to such as have been Benefactors unto the Town. 'Tis but Equity, that they, who have been Old Standers in the Town, and both with Person and Estate Served the Town unto the utmost for many years together, should on all Proper Occasions be considered. For Charity, I may indeed speak it without Flattery, this Town has not many Equals on the Face of the Earth. Our Lord Jesus Christ from Heaven, wrote, unto the good people of a Town, in the Lesser Asia, [Rev. 2.19.] I know thy works, and Charity. From that Blessed Lord, I may venture to bring that Message unto the Good people of this Town; The Glorious Lord of Heaven, knows thy works, O Boston, and all thy Charity. This is a poor Town; and yet it may be said of the Bostonians, as it was of the Macedonians▪ Their Deep poverty hath abounded unto the Riches of their Liberality. O ye Bountiful people of God, All your Daily Bounties to the Needy, All your Subscriptions to ⟨p. 36⟩Send the Bread of Life abroad unto places that are perishing in Wickedness, All your Collections in your Assemblies as often as they are called for; All these Alms are come up for a Memorial before God! The Lord Jesus Christ in Heaven hath Beheld your Helpfulness, and Readiness to every good Work; and He hath Requited it, with His Helpful Ebenezers. It was said, in