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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.
Fourthly, He will be a Father to his Son, ver. 14, 15.
Fifthly, That He will establish the Throne of his House for ever.
In this 10th verse is a double blessing promised:
1. The designment of a Place for his People.
2. A Plantation of them in that place, from whence is promised a threefold blessing.
1. They shall dwell there like Free-holders, in a place of their own.