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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.
The Second Proposal.
Let Mordecai have the Dispose of Us & ou• All. Our God has blessed this People wit• Prudent, Patient, Pious RULERS, to whom there belongs that Character of Mordecai ▪ in Esther 10.3. S•eking the Welfare of his Brethren and speaking peace to all his Seed. It is pu•ely through' our Fault, if the Rest of His Character be not Theirs also, Accepted of the Multitude of his Brethren. Let These be so acknowledged, Obeyed, as they ought to be. The Disrespect cast upon Government, has been t•e thing tha• has made naked those parts of the Country which most of o•r Disasters have Light upon and those Troublesome and Implacable persons that seek to Enfeeble the authority into an incapacity of Action at such a time as this▪ a•e to be stigmatized as Men far from seeking the Welfare of the Children of Israel. Nor can any thing be more boding to Us & our All, than the cursed Murmurings ▪ which the Almighty God hears in our Tents from Da• to Day. Instead of praying to God for the Direction of our Government, at this Extraordinary time, we spend our time in Fretting and •ailing at them; Nothing they do can please▪
Let Mord•cai have the Dispose of Us & ou• All. Our God has blessed this People wit Prudent, Patient, Pious RULERS, to whom there belongs that Character of Mordecai in