N00162:136
An earnest exhortation to the inhabitants of New-England, to hearken to the voice of…
An earnest exhortation to the inhabitants of New-England, to hearken to the voice of God in his late and present dispensations as ever they desire to escape another judgement, seven times greater that any thing which as yet hath been. / By Increase Mather; teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
whereas the small Pox and other Malignant and Contagious Distempers have been amongst us since this War began, God hath been entreated to have compassion on us, and to restore health unto his people. Moreover, we are still under the enjoyment of our Liberties; both Civil and Spiritual: for such causes as these, the day mentioned was observed (by order of the Council) as a day of public. Thanksgiving throughout this Colony: And behold, when we began to sing and to praise the Lord whose•ercy endureth for ever, he hath as it were set Ambushments against the Enemy, and they were smitten, yea they have since that been •initing and betraying one another.
whereas the small Pox and other Malignant and Contagious Distempers have been amongst us since this War began, God hath been entreated to have compassion on us, and to restore health unto his people. Moreover, we are still under the enjoyment of our Liberties; both Civil and Spiritual: for such causes as these, the day mentioned was observed (by order of the Council) as a day of publick. Thanksgiving throughout this Colony: And behold, when we began to sing and to praise the Lord whose•ercy endureth for ever, he hath as it were set Ambushments against the Enemy, and they were smitten, yea they have since that been •initing and betraying one another.
There are two things here observable:
1. Whereas this very day of the Month ( viz. June 29.) was kept as a day of public Humiliation the last year, being the first Fast that was observed, in this Colony on the account of the present War, God hath so ordered, as that the same day of the month was in the year af set apart to magnify his Name on the account of mercies received, being the first public day of Thanksgiving, which hath been attended throughout this Colony since the War began.