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The present state of New-England. Considered in a discourse on the necessities and advantages…
The present state of New-England. Considered in a discourse on the necessities and advantages of a public spirit in every man; especially, at such a time as this. Made at the lecture in Boston 20.d. 1.m. 1690. Upon the news of an invasion by bloody Indians and French-men, begun upon us. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Two line epigram in Latin]
Boston: printed by Samuel Green, 1690
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.
Briefly, We owe our All unto the People of God. A Minister of God said once unto another, Philem. 19. Thou onest unto me, even thine own self. How much mo•e may the People of God say this unto us all, Thou onest us thy self and thy All; The People of God may call for our All. And
Briefly, We ow our All unto the People of God. A Minister of God said once unto another, Philem. 19. Thou on•st unto me, even thine own self. How much mo•e may the People of God say this unto us all, Thou onest us thy self and thy All; The People of God may call for our All. And
First, The Order of God Empowers the People of God, to call for it. We are His by Creation. He has made us and not we our selves We are His by Redemption ▪ He has Bought us and not for our selves. Our God says unto us, as in 1 Cor. 6.19. Ye are not your own. That which He has done for us, obliges us to say unto Him devoutly what the Prince of old foolishly said unto another, I am thine, and all that I have. Shall I not add, That we are His by Profession too? I •ray, which of you dare to say, I have something that God is not the Owner of? We Profess that all we can Style our own, shall be, For Him and not for another; otherwise we lie in our daily Protestations. We have our All from God. It is, In Him that we Live and Move and have our Being. And shall not our All be For Him too? Well, The God of Heaven has made His People, the Receivers of His Rents, His Dues. They have a Letter of Attorney for it; and you shall see me produce it, before I stir. It is in Matth. 25.40