The Great Austin would sometimes address […] Hearers in such pathetical Terms as those, per tr•mendum Dei Judicium vos Adjure' Thus would I say; and tho' I have no Commission from them for it, yet I would speak it in the Name of all the Sensible persons in the Land; O our Brethren, We Adjure you by the Tremendous Judgments of God, that you immediately Abate and Compose all your Differences. Every Globule of the Blood shed by the French among the Contentious Albanians t'other day, makes a loud cry unto us; and methinks, I hear that cry like the Groans of Deadly wounded Men, passing over the Woods unto us, O do not quarrel any m•re; but unite immediately against your more united Enemies. May this people become, Like a Bundle of Arrows bound a little too fast and close, for the strongest Arm to break us; and may our God say of New-England, as in Cant. 6.9. My Dove, my Undefiled, is but One. What a sickly, yea, wh•t a Ro•t•n Body have we, if our Flesh Rankle and Fester for a mere scratch of a Pin? We have been giving our little scratches to one another, while we have been managing the Deb•tes, tha• the unsettlement of our Go•e•nmen• has furnished us withal; but what? Shall they •urn into Gangrenes with us? It is an awful Intimation and Admonition, in Job. 19.29. Wrath brings the punish ments ⟨p. 41⟩of the Sword. Are we not now Languishing under the Fulfilments of that word? we have had wrath among us; all our Affairs have been Inflamed by wrath one against another; and because of this, Behold, a Sword, a Sword is fur•ished for the Slaughter. Have done then, with all this wrath. Methinks, the Bell Rings very loud, that calls upon us, to put out all our Fires! When the poor Spaniards at Lima t'other da•, felt the beginnings of an hideous Earthquake round about them, one of the first things in their agonies was, To make Reconciliations. May our Heart quake at this Day, put us upon doing so. Let u•, in short, sacrifice all but Conscience, to peace among our selves Even, the Law it self, notwithstanding the Exact Regard which ought to be had unto it, I say, the Law it […] in some Circumstances and Punctilio's, gives way to the public safety, which is the supreme Law of all It was against Law, for Esther to venture upon what she did: but it could not be avoided, or Omitted. How much more, must our Will, and Humour, and Passion give way to the Good of the whol• ?
The Great Austin would sometim•s address 〈…〉 Hearers in such pathetical Terms as those, per tr•mendum Dei Iudicium vos Adjur•' Thus would I say; and tho' I have no Commission from them for it, yet I would speak it in the Name of all the Sen•ible persons in the Land; O our Brethren, We Adjure you by the Tremendous Iudgments of God, that you immediately Abate and Compose all your Differences. Every Globule of the Blood shed by the French among the Conten•ious Albanians t'other day, makes a loud cry unto us; and methinks, I hear that cry like the Groans of Deadly wounded Men, passing over the Woods unto us, O do not quarrel any m•re; but unite immediately against your more united Enemies. May this people become, Like a Bundle of Ar•ows bound a little too fast and close, for the strongest Arm to break us; and may our God say of New-England, as in Cant. 6.9. My Dove, my Undefiled, is but One. What a sickly, yea, wh•t a Ro•t•n Body have we, if our Flesh Rankle and Fester for a meer scratch of a Pin? We have been giving our little scratches to one another, while we have been managing the Deb•tes, tha• the unsettlement of our Go•e•nmen• has furnished us withal; but what? Shall they •urn into Gangre••es with us? It is an awful Intimation and Admonition, in Job. 19.29. Wrath brings the punis• ments ⟨p. 41⟩of the Sword. Are we not now Languishing under the Fulfilments of that word? we have had wrath among us; all our Affairs have been Enflamed by wrath one against another; and because of this, Behold, a Sword, a Sword is fur•ished for the Slaughr. Have done then, with all this wrath. Mthinks, the Bell Rings very loud, that calls upon us, to put out all our Fires! When the poor Spanards at Lima t'other da, felt the beginnings of an hideous Earhquake round about them, one of the first things in their agonies was, To make Reconciliations. May our Heart quake at this Day, put us upon doing so. Let u, in short, sacrifice all but Conscience, to peace among our selves Even, the Law it self, notwithstanding the Exact Regard which ought to be had unto it, I say, the Law it in some Circumstances and Punctilio's, gives way to the publick safety, which is the supream Law of all It was aganst Law, for Esther to venture upon what she did: but it could not be avoided, or Omitted. How much more, must our Will, and Humour, and Passion give way to the Good of the whol ?
