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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.
This we must discern, or else we are but intruders upon God. And when we do withal discern, that God giveth us these outward Blessings from his Love in Christ; and maketh comfortable provision as well for our Souls as for our Bodies, by the means of Grace: then do we enjoy our present possession, as well by gracious Promise, as by the common and just, and bountiful providence of the Lord. Or if a man do remove, he must see that God hath espied out such a Country for him.
This we must discern, or else we are but intruders upon God. And when we do withal discern, that God giveth us these outward Blessings from his Love in Christ; and maketh comfortable provision as well for our Souls as for our Bodies, by the means of Grace: then do we enjoy our present possession, as well by gracious Promise, as by the common and just, and bountiful providence of the Lord. Or if a man do remove, he must see that God hath espied out such a Countrey for him.
2. Though there be many difficulties, yet he hath given us hearts to overlook them all, as if we were carried upon Eagles wings.
And 3. See God making room for us by some lawful means.