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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
PRAISES Bespoke for the GOD of Heaven, In a Thanksgiving SERMON. › APPLICATION.
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Day's of Thanksgiving as they are among the most Heavenly, so they will be among the most prosperous, of all our Devotions. There are Pious Men that will now and then in secret places, keep their Days of Thanksgiving before the Lord; laying our whole Days in praising of the Great God for what He is, and what He does, and in pondering on What they shall do for God. And I'll assure you, such ⟨p. 21⟩persons ripen for Heaven a pace; yea they live in Heaven upon Earth.
Day's of Thanksgiving as they are among the most Heavenly, so they will be among the most prosperous, of all our Devotions. There are Pious Men that will now and then in secret places, keep their Dayes of Thanksgiving before the Lord; laying our whole Dayes in praising of the Great God for what He is, and what He does, and in pondering on What they shall do for God. And I'll assure you, such ⟨p. 21⟩persons ripen for Heaven a pace; yea they live in Heaven upon Earth.
But as for Days of Thanksgiving observed in the Assemblies of good men; all men have seen the wonderful successes of them. New-Englands Prosperity has more visibly followed upon its Thanksgivings than upon its Humiliations, as in times both of War and of Sickness, has been more than once perceived. We have seen the fulfilment of that Word in 2 Chron. 20.22. When they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against their Enemies. Praises, thousands of high praises be to our God, that we may have a Day to celebrate His praises. But that our praises may be awakened, and that no man may make a Jar in our Harmony.
But as for Dayes of Thanksgiving observed in the Assemblies of good men; all men have seen the wonderful successes of them. New-Englands Prosperity has more visibly followed upon its Thanksgivings than upon its Humiliations, as in times both of War and of Sickness, has been more than once perceived. We have seen the fulfilment of that Word in