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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.
Quest. What is it for God to plant a People?
Answ. 1. It is a Metaphor taken from young Imps: I ⟨p. 14⟩will make them to take root there; and that is, where they & their soil agree well together, when they are well and sufficiently provided for, as a Plant sucks nourishment from the soil that fitteth it.
Answ. 1. It is a Metaphor taken from young Imps: I ⟨p. 14⟩will make them to take root there; and that is, where they & their soyle agree well together, when they are well and sufficiently provided for, as a Plant sucks nourishment from the soyle that fitteth it.
2. When He causeth them to grow as Plants do, in Psal. 80. 8, 9, 10, 11. When a man grows like a tree in tallness and strength, to more firmness and eminency; then he may be said to be planted.