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Soldiers counselled and comforted. A discourse delivered unto some part of the forces engaged…Souldiers counselled and comforted. A discourse delivered unto some part of the forces engaged…
Soldiers counselled and comforted. A discourse delivered unto some part of the forces engaged in the just war of New-England against the northern & eastern Indians. Sept. 1. 1689. / By Cotton Mather Minister of the Gospel in Boston, ; [One line epigram in Latin]Souldiers counselled and comforted. A discourse delivered unto some part of the forces engaged in the just war of New-England against the northern & eastern Indians. Sept. 1. 1689. / By Cotton Mather Minister of the Gospel in Boston, ; [One line epigram in Latin]
Boston: printed by Samuel Green, 1689
Soldiers Counselled and Comforted. › BLESSINGSSouldiers Counselled and Comforted. › BLESSINGS
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.
Finally, we wish That your Heads may be Covered in the Day of Battle; that you may by the Almighty God be made the Liberators Party, the Saviours of your Country; and that if any of you must Breath your last in the High places of the Field, your Souls may be Received by Him, that has Armies in Heaven, Clothed in fine Linen, White and Clean.
Finally, we wish That your Heads may bee Covered in the Day of Battle; that you may by the Almighty God bee made the Liberatores Partie, the Saviours of your Countrey; and that if any of you must Breath your last in the High places of the Field, your Souls may bee Received by Him, that has Armies in Heaven, Clothed in fine Linen, White and Clean.
'Tis with these Wishes, that we Bless you in the Name of the Eternal God; and the Whole Congregation will say, AMEN, AMEN!
'Tis with these Wishes, that wee Bless you in the Name of the Eternal God; and the Whole Congregation will say, AMEN, AMEN!
At the North Meeting House in Boston 1 d. 7. m. Afternoon. 1689. Benedictus qui dat Fatigate Robur.