The serviceable man. A discourse made unto the General Court of the Massachusetts colony,…

If I might go on, to a second particular among the Things to be Done for us, I would propound, Union, and applaud Union, and I would invite you with a Blessed Harmony, to sing that Song, Behold, how good and how pleasant it is, for Brethren to dwell together in Unity! There the Lord commands the Blessing! The unreasonable Quarrels, Contentions, Animosities, that have been among us, must be apace extinguished, or silly Chickens that we are, we make our selves a prey to the Roman Eagles, and the Indian Vultures. Travel to the East or to the West, and see whether our Invaders have made any Impressions, but where the Divisions of the people had made them vulnerable. I remember old Austin tells us, that he came once into a City, where the people had a custom one day in a year to meet, and throw stones one at another, till many of them were killed; and yet because it was a Custom they would not leave it off. I beseech you let no such Thing be among the Customs of New-England! and let not the perverse Spirit of Egypt be found among us. 'Twas said, in ⟨p. 50⟩Hos. 10.2. Their Heart is divided, now they shall be found Faulty; and upon such a Fault it will soon be added, Now they shall be found undone. It was an Ancient Remark upon Old-England, Singuli pugnant, & universi vincuntur; it will be well if New-England may not imitate her Mother in it. Is there no Balm for our Wounds? Behold, The God of Heaven has been pouring Blood into them; and shall they Rankle and we Rangle still▪ The Romans had a Temple Dedicated Jovi Depositorio; the Senators went thither, and laid down their mutual Dissensions before they went into the Senate-house. O That we could now Depose all our own Little Humours, and Forgive one another, Love one another. Help one another, and Sacrifice all our passions to the Common Good!

If I might go on, to a second particular among the Things to be Done for us, I would propound, Vnion, and applaud Union, and I would invite you with a Blessed Harmony, to sing that Song, Behold, how good and how pleasant it is, for Brethren to dwell together in Unity! There the Lord commands the Blessing! The unreasonable Quarrels, Contentions, Animosities, that have been among us, must be apace extinguished, or silly Chickens that we are, we make our selves a prey to the Roman Eagles, and the Indian Vultures. Travel to the East or to the West, and see whether our Invaders have made any Impressions, but where the Divisions of the people had made them vulnerable. I remember old Austin tells us, that he came once into a City, where the people had a custome one day in a year to meet, and throw stones one at another, till many of them were killed; and yet because it was a Custome they would not leave it off. I beseech you let no such Thing be among the Customes of New-England! and let not the perverse Spirit of Egypt be found among us. 'Twas said, in