B09511:64
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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The Clause which falls under our more particular Notice is that; Thou shalt put away Iniquity, far from thy Tabernacles: which is here mentioned, as the Effect of Returning to the Almighty. Now, by Iniquity, we may understand, either the Practice of Iniquity, or the Punishment of Iniquity. Take it for the Practice of Iniquity, and then the sense runs thus; Manifest thy Returning to the Almighty, by thy not Suffering of any Iniquity in thy Tabernacles. Take it for the punishment of Iniquity, and then the sense runs thus; By Returning to the Almighty thou wilt Save thy Tabernacles, from such Ruins as will come upon them, if thou continue in Iniquity. Take it which way you will, there is this Doctrine in it.
The Clause which falls under our more particular Notice is that; Thou shalt put away Iniquity, far from thy Tabernacles: which is here mentioned, as the Effect of Returning to the Almighty. Now, by Iniquity, we may understand, either the Practice of Iniquity, or the Punishment of Iniquity. Take it for the Practice of Iniquity, and then the sense runs thus; Manifest thy Returning to the Almighty, by thy not Suffering of any Iniquity in thy Tabernacles. Take it for the punishment of Iniquity, and then the sense runs thus; By Returning to the Almighty thou wilt Save thy Tabernacles, from such Ruines as will come upon them, if thou continue in Iniquity. Take it which way you will, there is this Doctrine in it.
The Way for us to secure the Comfortable Enjoyment of our Tabernacles, is, by Returning unto the Almighty, to put Iniquity far from our Tabernacles.
There are Three plain Assertions before us, by which I may come fairly at my Design, to promote Household-Religion, in the management of an Argument fetched from the Benefit thence arising, unto the very Houses, wherein we maintain that Religion.