N00328:13
God's promise to his plantations
God's promise to his plantations; [Three lines from Samuel] / As it was delivered in a sermon by John Cotton, B.D. and preacher of God's word in Boston. ; [Seven lines from Psalms]
Boston: printed by William Jones for John Bellamy, 1686
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.
Ere long (if God will) thou shalt see a larger declaration of the first rise and ends of this enterprise and so clear and full a justification of this design both in respect of that warrant to hath from Gods Word, and also in respect of any other ground and circumstance of weight that is considerable in the warrant of such a work, as I hope there will easily be removed any scruple of moment which hitherto hate been moved about it.
Ere long (if God will) thou shalt see a larger declaration of the first rise and ends of this enterprize and so clear and full a justification of this design both in respect of that warrant to hath from Gods Word, and also in respect of any other ground and circumstanco of weight that is considerable in the warrant of such a work, as I hope there will easily be removed any scruple of moment which hitherto hate been moved about it.
If thou hast any doubts yet unresolved, rather be entreated ⟨image ?⟩[…] understand from […] may be the answer of them […] to discourage any man by them; so shalt thou be a helper and a friend whereas otherwise it may be against thy will thou ma•se be an enemy to a work (for ought thou yet knowest) God is the Author of.
If thou hast any doubts yet unresolved, rather be intreated ⟨image ?⟩〈…〉 understand from 〈…〉 may be the answer of them 〈…〉 to discourage any man by them; so shalt thou be a helper and a friend whereas otherwise it may be against thy will thou ma•se be an enemy to a work (for ought thou yet knowest) God is the Author of.