N00162:77
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.
February 21. The Indians assaulted Medfield, and although there were two or three hundred Soldiers there, they burn• half the Town, killed several Men, Women, and Children (about eighteen in all) amongst others their Lieutenant Adams was slain. And soon after the was killed, his Wife was casually slain by an English-man, whose Gun discharged before he was aware, and the Bullet therein passed through the Boards over head, and mortally wounded Lieutenant Adam's wife, It is a sign God is angry, when he turns our Weapons against our selves.
February 21. The Indians assaulted Medfield, and although there were two or three hundred Souldiers there, they burn• half the Town, killed several Men, Women, and Children (about eighteen in all) amongst others their Lieutenant Adams was slain. And soon after the was killed, his Wife was casually slain by an English-man, whose Gun discharged before he was aware, and the Bullet therein passed through the Boards over head, and mortally wounded Lieutenant Adam's wife, It is a sign God is angry, when he turns our Weapons against our selves.
February 23. A day of Humiliation was attended in the old Meeting-house in Boston, but not without much Distraction, because of an Alarm, by reason of rumours, as if the Indians were doing mischief within ten miles of Boston.
February 23. A day of Humiliation was attended in the old Meeting-house in Boston, but not without much Distraction, because of an Alarm, by reason of rumors, as if the Indians were doing mischief within ten miles of Boston.
February 25. This night the Indians fired seven Houses and Barns in W•ymouth