But the principal Thing in our Thanksgiving, yet remains, and that is, a Thanks-Doing ⟨p. 50⟩Let us all Repent, and Reform, and set up on the Lively Doing of the Good Thing which the Lord our God Requires. The Apostle speaks pathetically, I beseech you, Brethren, by the Mercies of God. It is This, I conclude withal; I beseech you Brethren, by the Mercies of God, that New England may be as a Noble Person sometimes called us, The best people in the world; and that no scandalous Things may be done here, to offend the God that has done Excellent Things for us. I beseech you by the Mercies of God, that as we profess the Protestant Religion with the most exalted Purity, so we may practise it, in such an Exemplary manner, that, A New-England man, may be a Term of Honour in the world. I beseech you by the Mercies of God, that we may all sincerely intend the same Ends, which brought our Predecessors here, even to propagate the Spiritual Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. May all due pains be taken, that not only the English may every where have the knowledge of God, but that the Indians too, may share with us in it; for an Engagement whereunto God has given us to see, as that a very visible Blast has attended the Estates of them who have grown Rich by Trading of Drink with them, so a visible Blessing has accompanied them who have Laboured in Preaching ⟨p. 51⟩of Truth to those poor Pagans; and since at this day, the most powerful Nation of them, namely, the Mohawks, ask for the Gospel, it cannot but be a piece of Policy as well as Religion, in us to carry the Gospel unto them, while they cannot be reconciled unto the Superstitions of our French Neighbours, that have been Tampering with them. O that we might not forget the Errand of our Fore-fathers hither! We shall then Flourish, in spite of all that wish ill unto us; Thus will Salvation be nigh unto us, and Glory shall dwell in our Land. May our God sanctify all His Dispensations to us; particularly those of the Summer past, as well the Terrible as the Merciful. 'Tis a Metaphorical Earthquake which has lately been among us, and there was a Literal one in some parts of the Country preceding of it. May these Earthquakes produce better effects on us than those at Lima in this our• New-World America, did upon the people there a little while ago.
But the principal Thing in our Thanksgiving, yet remains, and that is, a Thanks-Doing ⟨p. 50⟩Let us all Repent, and Reform, and set up on the Lively Doing of the Good Thing which the Lord our God Requires. The Apostle speaks pathetically, I beseech you, Brethren, by the Mercies of God. It is This, I conclude withal; I beseech you Brethren, by the Mercies of God, that New England may be as a Noble Person sometimes call'd us, The best people in the world; and that no scandalous Things may be done here, to offend the God that has done Excellent Things for us. I beseech you by the Mercies of God, that as we profess the Protestant Religion with the most exalted Purity, so we may practise it, in such an Exemplary manner, that, A New-England man, may be a Term of Honour in the world. I beseech you by the Mercies of God, that we may all sincerely intend the same Ends, which brought our Predecessors here, even to propagate the Spiritual Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. May all due pains be taken, that not only the English may every where have the knowledge of God, but that the Indians too, may share with us in it; for an Engagement whereunto God has given us to see, as that a very visible Blast has attended the Estates of them who have grown Rich by Trading of Drink with them, so a visible Blessing has accompanied them who have Laboured in Preaching ⟨p. 51⟩of Truth to those poor Pagans; and since at this day, the most powerful Nation of them, namely, the Mohawks, ask for the Gospel, it cannot but be a piece of Policy as well as Religion, in us to carry the Gospel unto them, while they cannot be reconciled unto the Superstitions of our French Neighbours, that have been Tampering with them. O that we might not forget the Errand of our Fore-fathers hither! We shall then Flourish, in spite of all that wish ill unto us; Thus will Salvation be nigh unto us, and Glory shall dwell in our Land. May our God sanctifie all His Dispensations to us; particularly those of the Summer past, as well the Terrible as the Merciful. 'Tis a Metaphorical Earthquake which has lately been among us, and there was a Literal one in some parts of the Countrey preceding of it. May these Earthquakes produce better effects on us than those at Lima in this our• New-World America, did upon the people there a little while ago.
