N00427:79
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.
Consider 3.
How Much is ventured by how Many, Against the People of God? This was T•at which the Psalmist was not a little quickened ⟨p. 39⟩with; in Psal. 119.139. My zeal hath consumed me, because my Enemies have forgotten thy words. Look upon our Enemies; they endure all sorts of Travel and Hardship; they venture their All, that they may d• a mischief to us; and shall we venture Nothing on the other side? If an Haman can disburse, above eighteen hundred thousand pounds, if I miscount it not, that he might bring an horrid Rout upon the People of God; and shall an Esther now, altogether hold her peace? Or shall we hug our Dust so fast as to let go none of it for the Deliverance of this people? There are Tumultuous and Obstreperous persons (such Haman signifies in English) who stick at nothing for the mischief of this people; & shall we stick at any thing for their Service? Men will Expose themselves to Beggary, to Discredit, to untimely Death, and to Eternal Damnation, that they may compass their Mischievous Devices; v•ry shameful will be ou• Crime, if we out-do them not in Studies for the Good of our Israel.
How Much is ventured by how Many, Against the People of God? This was T•at which the Psalmist was not a little quickned ⟨p. 39⟩with; in Psal. 119.139. My zeal hath consumed me, because my Enemies have forgotten thy words. Look upon our Enemies; they endure all sorts of Travel and Hardship; they venture their All, that they may d• a mischief to us; and shall we venture Nothing on the other side? If an Haman can disburse, above eighteen hundred thousand punds, if I miscount it not, that he might bring an horrid Rout upon the Pople of God; and shall an Esther now, altogether hold her peace? Or shall we hug our Dust so fast as to let go none of it for the Deliverance of this people? There are Tumultuous and Obstreperous persons (such Haman signifies in English) who stick at nothing for the mischief of this people; & shall we stick at any thing for their Service? Men will Expose themselves to Beggary, to Disredit, to untimely Death, and to Eternal Damnation, that they may compass their Mischievous Devices; vry shameful will be ou Crime, if we out-do them not in Studies for the Good of our Israel.