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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.
July 19. Out Army pursued Philip who […] unto a dismal Swamp for refuge: the English Soldiers followed him, and killed many of his Men, also about fifteen of the English were then •lain. The Swamp was so Boggy ⟨image ?⟩and thick of Bushes, as that it was judged to proceed further therein would be but to throw away Mens lives. It could not there be discerned who were English, and who the Indians. Our Men when in that hideous place if they did but see a Bu•h stir would fire presently, whereby 'tis verily feared, that they did sometimes unhapp••y shoot English-men instead of Indians. Wherefore a Retreat was Sounde• and night coming on, the Army withdrew from that place. This was because the desperate Distress which the Enemy was in was unknown to us: for the Indians have since said, that if the English had continued at the Swamp all night, nay, if they had but followed them but one half hour longer, Philip had come and yielded up himself. But God saw that we were not yet fit for Deliverance, nor could Health be restored unto us except a great deal more Blood be first taken from us: and other places as well as Plymouth stood in need of such a course to be taken with them. It might rationally be conjectured, that the unsuccessfulness of this Expedition against Philip would embolden the Heathen in other parts to do as he had done, and so it came to pass. For July 14. the Nipnep (or Nipmack) Indians began their mischief at a Town called Mendam (had we amended our ways as we should have done, this Misery might have been prevented) where they committed Barbarous Murders. This Day deserves to have a Remark set upon it, considering that Blood was never shed in Massachusetts Colony in a way of Hostility before this day. Moreover the Providence of God herein is the more awful and tremendous, in that this very day the Church in Dorchester was before the Lord, humbling themselves by Fasting and Prayer, on account of the Day of trouble now begun amongst us.
July 19. Out Army pursued Philip who 〈…〉 unto a dismal Swamp for refuge: the English Souldiers followed him, and killed many of his Men, also about fifteen of the English were then •lain. The Swamp was so Boggy