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Fair weather. Or Considerations to dispel the clouds, & allay the storms, of discontent
Fair weather. Or Considerations to dispel the clouds, & allay the storms, of discontent: in a discourse which with an entertaining variety, both of argument and history, lays open, the nature and evil of that pernicious vice, and offers diverse antidotes against it; / by Cotton Mather. ; Whereto there is prefixed a catalogue of sins against all the commandments, whereof all that would make thorough work of repentance, especially at this day when the God of heaven so loudly calls for it, should make their serious and sensible confessions before the Lord; with an humble and fervent address unto this whole people, there-about.Fair weather. Or Considerations to dispel the clouds, & allay the storms, of discontent: in a discourse which with an entertaining variety, both of argument and history, layes open, the nature and evil of that pernicious vice, and offers diverse antidotes against it; / by Cotton Mather. ; Whereto there is prefixed a catalogue of sins against all the commandments, whereof all that would make thorough work of repentance, especially at this day when the God of heaven so loudly calls for it, should make their serious and sensible confessions before the Lord; with an humble and fervent address unto this whole people, there-about.
Boston: printed by Bartholomew Green for Benjamin Harris, 1692
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Introduction: AN Humble and Faithful TESTIMONY For God, unto the Children of my People.
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Hence 'tis, that our own, and our Neighbours Life, has not been Preserved with us. We have Impaired our Health by our Intemperanc•es; We have been Passionate, Revengeful, and Contentious, towards others; We may have […] them, with needless and vexing […] and it may be, we have Rashly St. […] them.
Hence 'tis, that our own, and our Neighbours Life, has not been Preserved with us. We have Impair'd our Health by our Intemperanc•es; We have been Passionate, Revengeful, and Contentious, towards others; We may have 〈…〉 them, with needless and vexing 〈…〉 and it may be, we have Rashly St. 〈…〉 them.
Hence 'tis, that our own and our Neighbours Bed, […] not been Preserved with us. Our […] our, Desires our Glance, our Speeches, out […] our Garments, have been such, that we may cry out Unclean, Unclean! Perhaps, Promiscuous ⟨p. 7⟩Dancings have been Countenanced. Or, However we have not Shut up all our Senses against all the motions of all Uncleanness, but it may be given as well as taken, Temptations of Lasciviousness, especially in making our selves the Companions of those Fools that are to be destroyed.
Hence 'tis, that our own and our Neighbours Bed, 〈…〉 not been Preserved with us. Our 〈…〉 our, Desires our Glance, our Speeches, out 〈…〉 our Garments, have been such, that we may cry out Unclean, Unclean! Perhaps, Promiscuous ⟨p. 7⟩Dancings have been Countenanced. Or, However we have not Shut up all our Senses against all the motions of all Uncleanness, but it may be given as well as taken, Temptations of Lasciviousness, especially in making our selves the Companions of those Fools that are to be destroy'd.