N00162:38
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.
Captain Hutchinson and the rest that escaped with their lives, hastened to Quabaog, and the Indians speedily followed, violently set upon the Town, killed divers, burning all the Houses, therein down to the ground, except only one unto which the Inhabitants fled for succour, and now also (as since we have understood) did Philip with this broken Party come to Quabaog. Hundreds of Indians beset the House, and took possession of a Barn belonging thereunto, from whence they often shot into the House, and also attempted to fire it six times, but could not prevail, at last they took a Cart full of Flax and other combustible matter, and brought it near the House, intending to set it on fire, and then there was no appearing possibility, but all the English there, Men and Women, and Children must have perished, either by unmerciful flames, or more unmerciful hands of wicked Men whose tender Mercies are cruelties, so that all hope that they should be s• ved was then taken away: but behold in this Mount of Difficulty and Extremity ([Greek or Hebrew]) the Lord is seen.
Captain Hutchinson and the rest that escaped with their lives, hastened to Quabaog, and the Indians speedily followed, violently set upon the Town, killed divers, burning all the Houses, therein down to the ground, except only one unto which the Inhabitants fled for succour, and now also (as since we have understood) did Philip with this broken Party come to Quabaog. Hundreds of Indians beset the House, and took possession of a Barn belonging thereunto, from whence they often shot into the House, and also attempted to fire it six times, but could not prevail, at last they took a Cart full of Flax and other combustible matter, and brought it near the House, intending to set it on fire, and then there was no appearing possibility, but all the English there, Men and Women, and Children must have perished, either by unmerciful flames, or more unmerciful hands of wicked Men whose tender Mercies are cruelties, so that all hope that they should be s• ved was then taken away: but behold in this Mount of Difficulty and Extremity (〈non-Latin alphabet〉) the Lord is seen.