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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.
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.
It is hoped; there is none but will find […] to approve of the work and of them that engage themselves in it: But especially they who any way at least by silence (a seeming applause) approved the Plantations of Virginia, St. Christophers, Bermudas, this having ends inferior to none of them, and men (not to compare but to give due honour to all employed in such noble enterprises, promising as much by their usefulness industry love to their Country, piety, and other qualifications as those did.
It is hoped; there is none but will find 〈…〉 to approve of the work and of them that ingage themselves in it: But especially they who any way at least by silence (a seeming applause) approved the Plantations of Virginia, St. Christophers, Bermudas, this having ends inferiour to none of them, and men (not to compare but to give due honour to all employed in such noble enterprizes, promising as much by their usefullness industrie love to their Country, piety, and other qualifications as those did.