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Work upon the ark. Meditations upon the ark as a type of the church
Work upon the ark. Meditations upon the ark as a type of the church; delivered in a sermon at Boston, and now dedicated unto the service of all, but especially of those whose concerns lye in ships. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by Samuel Green, 1689
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
SECT. V.
You that are concerned in SHIPS, whether […] Building or the Sailing of them, have this Little Treatise offered unto you, with a very particular, and most affectionate Application. Work upon the Ark, is what you may count your •elves concerned in; and O that the Truths •ere tendered unto you, may Find you, and •rove the Power of God unto your Salvation!
You that are concerned in SHIPS, whether 〈…〉 Building or the Sailing of them, have this Little Treatise offered unto you, with a very •articular, and most affectionate Application. Work upon the Ark, is what you may count your •elves concerned in; and O that the Truths •ere tendred unto you, may Find you, and •rove the Power of God unto your Salvation!
My Wishes for you are, That Goodness and Mercy may follow you all the Days of your Lives, and that you may dwell in the Ark of the Lord, unto Length of Days. That None of you may be a Ham about the Ark, but that All of you may be bound up in the Bundle of Life. Have I found any thing in Ham, to Deprecate on your behalf? I have so in Noah too, in good old Noah himself. You know what Sin it