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The wonderful works of God commemorated. Praises bespoke for the God in heaven in…
The wonderful works of God commemorated. Praises bespoke for the God in heaven in a thanksgiving sermon; delivered on Decemb. 19. 1689. Containing just reflections upon the excellent things done by the great God, more generally in creation and redemption, and in the government of the world; but more particularly in the remarkable revolutions of providence which are every where the matter of present observation. With a postscript giving an account of some very stupendous accidents, which have lately happened in France. / By Cotton Mather. ; To which is added a sermon preached unto the convention of the Massachuset-Colony in New-England, with a short narrative of several prodigies, which New-England hath of late had the alarms of heaven in.
Boston: printed by S. Green & sold by Joseph Browning, 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.
And when the Children are told, They shall be Hanged, they are not at all afraid, but answer, That is but a little harm for a greater good.
And when the Children are told, They shall be Hang'd, they are not at all afraid, but answer, That is but a little harm for a greater good.
But the other part of their Ministry is, The Prediction of Things quickly […] come to pass. They do indeed foretell many Things of a more private concern; they foretell a thousand Things that must happen to themselves and their Friends: and the issue confirms the Prophecy. One of them being thrown into a Dungeon, said,. The man who sent her thither should within eight Days fetch her out, and it strangely was accomplished.
But the other part of their Ministry is, The Prediction of Things quickly 〈…〉 come to pass. They do indeed foretell many Things of a more private concern; they foretell a thousand Things that must happen to themselves and their Friends: and the issue confirms the Prophesie. One of them being thrown into a Dungeon, said,. The man who sent her thither should within eight Dayes fetch her out, and it strangely was accomplished.
But the Things of a more public Concern, are chiefly those which they foretell. The Gentlemen, who give us the History, tell us, that they judge it not yet convenient to publish a large part of the Authentic and sufficient Collections which they have made of these Prophecies. However, they have given us a Taste. In general, The Subjects of this Enthusiasm all agree in foretelling, A Speedy Deliverance to the Church of God: and they declare, The Late Revolutions in England, to be the Beginning of that Deliverance.