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

[figure: seal] AT A COUNCIL Held at Boston, Sept. 17. 1675. IT having pleased the Holy God (all whose works are Truth, and his way•s Judgement) for our sins whereby be hath been provoked, in special by the •• dervalnation of our pleasant things; great ant bankfullness for, and manifold abuses of our wonder full peace, and the blessings of it in this good land which the Lord hath given us; ill entertainment of the Ministry of the precious Gospel of peace; leaving our first love, dealing falsely in the covenant of the Lord our God• the Apostasy of many from the Truth unto Heresies, and pernicious Errors• great Formality, inordinate Affection, and sinful Conformity to this present evil vain World: and (beside many horrid and scandalous sins breaking forth among us, for which we have cause to be greatly bumbled before the Lord) our great unsen••bleness of the Displeasure of the Lord, in suffering these abominations to be perpetuated; together with our carnal Security, and unquietness under the judgements of God upon us, our abiding very much unreformed, notwithstanding all Warnings, Chastisements, whereby the Lord hath been, and is still debating with us, w• having greatly incensed him to stir up many Adversaries against us, was only abroad, but also at my own Doors (causing the Heathen in this wilderness ⟨p. 16⟩to be as Thorns in our sides, who have formerly been, and might still be a wall unto as therein; and others also to […] a Scourge unto us) the Lord himself also more immediately afflicting us by Diseases, […] of so many Children in some of our Towns have died this Summer. His not going forth with our Armies as informer times, but giving up many year […] the mouth of the devouring Sword, yea, showing himself angry with the Prayers of his People: threatening us also with scarcity of Provision, and other Calamities, especially if this present War, with the Barbarous Heathen should continue; and that the Lord of Hosts withdraw not the Commission he hath given to the Sword, and other Judgements to prevail against us; The Governor and Council of this Jurisdiction therefore (being under the sense of these evils;

[figure: seal] AT A COUNCIL Held at Boston, Sept. 17. 1675. IT having pleased the Holy God (all whose works are Truth, and his ways Judgement) for our sins whereby be hath been provoked, in special by the dervalnation of our pleasant things; great ant bankfullness for, and manifold abuses of our wonder full peace, and the blessings of it in this good land which the Lord hath given us; ill entertainment of the Ministry of the precious Gospel of peace; leaving our first love, dealing falsely in the ovenant of the Lord our God the Apostacy of many from the Truth unto Herefies, and pernicios Errors great Formality, inordinate Affection, and sinful Conformity to this present evil vain World: and (beside many horrid and soandalons sins breaking forth among us, for which we have cause to be greatly bumbled before the Lord) our great unsenbleness of the Displeasure of the Lord, in suffering these abominations to be perpeuated; together with our sarnal Security, and unquietness under the judgements of God upon us, our abiding very much unreformed, notwithstanding all Warnings, Chastisements, whereby the Lord hath been, and is still debating with us, w having greatly incensed him to stir up many Adversaries against us, was only abroad, but also at my own Deers (causing the Heathen in this wilderness