Returning unto God the great concernment of a covenant people. Or A sermon preached…

The things of God, and the great Concernments of his Holy Kingdom, are not sought after in the first place. If the body of the present standing Generation, be compared with what was here forty years ago, What a sad Degeneracy is evident to the view of every man, that hath his heart exercised, in discerning things of this nature?

The things of God, and the great Concernments of his Holy Kingdome, are not sought after in the first place. If the body of the present standing Generation, be compared with what was here forty years agoe, What a sad Degeneracy is evident to the view of every man, that hath his heart exercised, in discerning things of this nature?

Consider 2. How solemnly God hath been calling upon us to Return. And that more ways then one. By lesser and greater Judgements. The Lord hath come upon us, as a moth, and after that as a Lion, in tearing wrath, and furious Judgements that have rent & born down all before them. When lighter Afflictions would not do, the Lord hath made bare his Arm against us, brandishing a glittering Sword, making it bright for the slaughter, yea, & drunk with blood, & the voice of the Lord was in it calling aloud from Heaven, Return unto thy God, O New-England; for thou hast Fallen by thine Iniquity. The Lord hath also sent the destroying Angel among us, with a besom of destruction, whereby many hundreds were swept away into the Land of darkness. Ah! poor N-England; Ah! poor Boston; wilt thou not yet hear, & turn ⟨p. 10⟩and live? Once more; The Lord hath fallen upon us of late, and rendered his Rebukes in flames of Fire. May not we call the Name of this place Taberah, because the Fire of the Lord hath burnt amongst us? Come and behold the desolations which the Lord hath made. Bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled. What is the voice of the Lord in all these solemn dispensations, if this be not it? O New-England, and thou Boston especially, Return unto the Lord thy God, for thou hast fallen by thine Iniquity.

Consider 2. How solemnly God hath been calling upon us to Return. And that more wayes then one. By lesser and greater Judgements. The Lord hath come upon us, as a moth, and after that as a Lion, in tearing wrath, and furious Judgements that have rent & born down all before them. When lighter Afflictions would not do, the Lord hath made bare his Arm against us, brandishing a glittering Sword, making it bright for the slaughter, yea, & drunk with blood, & the voice of the Lord was in it calling aloud from Heaven, Return unto thy God, O New-England; for thou hast Fallen by thine Iniquity. The Lord hath also sent the destroying Angel among us, with a besom of destruction, whereby many hundreds were swept away into the Land of darkness. Ah! poor N-England; Ah! poor Boston; wilt thou not yet hear, & turn