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

Moreover, the Lord hath been calling upon his people in this Wilderness, by his Word and faithful Ambassadors, by whose mouth he hath threatened awful Judgements, except we repent. The watchmen of Ephraim that have been with God, have blown the Trumpet, and given the Alarm. Not only by some who are yet alive, but by the former Prophets, who have finished their course, and are gone to receive their Crown, the Lord hath been speaking and solemnly warning this people. O New England, ⟨p. 11⟩the day of thy Watch-men is come upon thee; even the day which thy Watch-men have told thee was coming. How inexcusable then shall we be, if we do not return? And the Lord hath very lately said, He would try one experiment more, with a sinful people, it may be they will hear. He hath therefore so ordered by his Providence, as that the Messengers of these Churches here met together in his Name, to enquire into the causes of that dismal displeasure, which hath been written against us, in fiery and bloody Characters; and to fix upon Scripture expedients for Reformation. If what cometh in that way, and the voice of the Lord in it, be despised and rejected, we may fear, that there is a woeful day, not far off. It was a serious and weighty word which a ^(l)faithful Minister of Christ, who liveth in another Colony, not long since expressed in a great Assembly, Your hearing the mind of God, declared by the Synod, will be a signal Testimony of an humbled People; but if you will not hear what is so presented to you, I testify unto you in the Name of the Lord, it may be written over your doors, They are not humbled unto this day.

Moreover, the Lord hath been calling upon his people in this Wilderness, by his Word and faithful Ambassadors, by whose mouth he hath threatned aweful Judgements, except we repent. The watchmen of Ephraim that have been with God, have blown the Trumpet, and given the Alarm. Not only by some who are yet alive, but by the former Prophets, who have finished their course, and are gone to receive their Crown, the Lord hath been speaking and solemnly warning this people. O New England, ⟨p. 11⟩the day of thy Watch-men is come upon thee; even the day which thy Watch-men have told thee was coming. How inexcusable then shall we be, if we do not return? And the Lord hath very lately said, He would try one experiment more, with a sinful people, it may be they will hear. He hath therefore so ordered by his Providence, as that the Messengers of these Churches here met together in his Name, to enquire into the causes of that dismal displeasure, which hath been written against us, in fiery and bloody Characters; and to fix upon Scripture expedients for Reformation. If what cometh in that way, and the voice of the Lord in it, be despised and rejected, we may fear, that there is a woful day, not far off. It was a serious and weighty word which a