N00162:73
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.
We have often carried it before the Lord as if we would Reform our ways, and yet when it hath come to, we have done nothing: So hath the Lord carried toward us, as if he would deliver us, and yet hath deferred our Salvation, as we our selves have delayed Reformation.
We have often carried it before the Lord as if we would Reform our wayes, and yet when it hath come to, we have done nothing: So hath the Lord carried toward us, as if he would deliver us, and yet hath deferred our Salvation, as we our selves have delayed Reformation.
So then February 5. The Army returned to Boston, not having obtained the end of their going forth. It was easy to conjecture that the Narragansett, and Nipmuck, and Quabaog, and River Indians, being all come together, and the Army returned, they would speedily fall upon the Frontier Towns. And some of the Praying Indians who had been sent out as Spies, and had been with the Indians beyond Quabaog, brought intelligence, that a French Man that came from Canada had been amongst them, animating them against the English, promising a supply of Ammunition, & that they would come next summer and assist them: also the Indian Spies declared, that there was a design, within such a time to burn Lancaster, which came to pass both as to the time and manner accordingly.
So then February 5. The Army returned to Boston, not having obtained the end of their going forth. It was easie to conjucture that the Narraganset, and Nipmuck, and Quabaog, and River Indians, being all come together, and the Army returned, they would speedily fall upon the Frontier Towns. And some of the Praying Indians who had been sent out as Spies, and had been with the Indians beyond Quabaog, brought intelligence, that a French Man that came from Canady had been amongst them, animating them against the English, promising a supply of Ammunition, & that they would come next summer and assist them: also the Indian Spies declared, that there was a designe, within such a time to burn Lancaster, which came to pass both as to the time and manner accordingly.