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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.
Secondly, There be Evils to be avoided, that may warrant Removal.
1. When some grievous sins overspread a Country, that threaten desolation. Mich. 2. 6, to 11 verse: When the People say to them that prophesy, Prophesy not; then verse 10 Arise then, this is not your rest. Which words, though they be a threatening, not a Commandment; yet as in a threatening a wise man foreseeth the Plague, so in the threatening he seeth a Commandment, to hide himself from it. This case might have been of seasonable use unto them of the Palatinate, when they saw their orthodox Ministers banished; although themselves might for a while enjoy liberty of Conscience.
1. When some grievous sins overspread a Countrey, that threaten desolation. Mich. 2. 6, to 11 verse: When the People say to them that prophecie, Prophecie not; then verse 10 Arise then, this is not your rest. Which words, though they be a threatning, not a Commandment; yet as in a threatning a wise man forefeeth the Plague, so in the threatning he seeth a Commandment, to hide himself from it. This case might have been of seasonable use unto them of the Palatinate, when they saw their orthodox Ministers banished; although themselves might for a while enjoy liberty of Conscience.
2. If men be overburdened with Debts and Miseries, as Davids followers were; they may then retire out of the way (as they retired to David for safety) not to defraud their Creditors (for God is an avenger of such things, 1 Thess. 4. 6.) but to gain further opportunity to discharge their Debts, and to satisfy their Creditors,