An earnest exhortation to the inhabitants of New-England, to hearken to the voice of…

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.

1. Whereas this very day of the Month ( viz. June 29.) was kept as a day of publick Hamiliation 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 magnifie his Name on the account of mercies received, being the first publick day of Thanksgiving, which hath been attended throughout this Colony since the War began.

2. The Lord from Heaven smiled upon us at this time; for the day before this Thanks-giving, as also the day after, he gave us to hear of more of our Captives returned: particularly Mr. R•wlanás•ns Children are now brought in as answers of Prayer. It is not a small mercy, that the mother and children (only one child was killed when the other were taken) should all of them be saved alive, and carried through the Jaws of so many deaths, and at last brought home in peace, that so they and all that even shall hear of ⟨image ?⟩[…] and know, that the Lord Jehovah, it a God that heareth prayer. Also the night after this Thanks-giving, intelligence came to Boston, that a chief Narragansett Sachem, is now •uing to the English for peace, and that an Indian was come in to the English near Rehoboth, who informed that Philip was not far off, and that he had but thirty men (besides Women and Children) with him; and promised to conduct the English to the place where Philip was luking, and might probably be taken; Moreover, the Indian affirmed, that those Indians who are known by the name of Maquawogs (or Mohawks) i.e. Man eaters) had lately fallen upon Philip, and killed fifty of his men. And if the variance between Philip & the Mauquawags cme to pass, as is commonly reported & apprehended, there was a marvellous finger of God in it. For we hear that Philip being this winter entertained in the Mohawks Country, Made it his design to breed a quarrel between the English & them; to effect which divers of our returned Captives do report that he resolved to kill some scattering Mohawks, & then to say that the English had done it: but one of those whom he thought to have killed, was only wounded, and got away to his Country men giving them to understand, that not the English but Philip had killed the Men that were Murdered, so that instead of bringing the Mohawks, upon the English, he brought them upon himself. Thus hath he conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood, he made a pit and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he hath made, his mischief shall and return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. The Heathen are sunk down into the pit that they made, in the net which they had bid, is their own foot taken; the Lord is known by the Judgment which he executeth, the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.