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Things to be looked for. Discourses on the glorious characters, with conjectures on the…Things to be look'd for. Discourses on the glorious characters, with conjectures on the…
Things to be looked for. Discourses on the glorious characters, with conjectures on the speedy approaches of that state, which is reserved for the church of God in the latter days. : Together with an inculcation of several duties, which the undoubted characters and approaches of that state, invite us unto: delivered unto the artillery company of the Massachusetts colony: New England; at their election of officers, for the year 1691. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Two lines from Luke]Things to be look'd for. Discourses on the glorious characters, with conjectures on the speedy approaches of that state, which is reserved for the church of God in the latter dayes. : Together with an inculcation of several duties, which the undoubted characters and approaches of that state, invite us unto: delivered unto the artillery company of the Massachusets colony: New England; at their election of officers, for the year 1691. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Two lines from Luke]
printed by Samuel Green for Nicholas Buttolph, 1691
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Good NEWS in Bad TIMES. › Application. › Consideration 4: The Last Consideration.
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The Last Consideration.
The most grateful and Cordial of our Acknowledgements are due to You, that are this Day Learning of War. Could I speak with a Voice, that should reach to all the Soldiers of New England, or to all that are Studious to Countenance Military Discipline among us, I would presume in the Name of all the Sensible persons in the Country, to Express all possible Regards unto them, I would Venture to say,
The most grateful and Co•dial of our Acknowledgements are due to You, that are this Day Learning of War. Could I speak with a Voice, that should reach to all the Souldiers of New England, or to all that are Studious to Countenance Military Discipline among us, I would presume in the Name of all the Sensible persons in the Country, to Express all possible Regards unto them, I would Venture to say,
'Tis to Yo• under God, that we owe the many Comforts of our Lives; we should soon be Robbed of all that is dear unto us, in the World, if it were not known that there were such as You to set the Price of all. Our Plough Shares and Praning books would not be able to seed us, if your Swords and Spears, ⟨p. 81⟩were not a Guard unto them. Our Shops would be soon Emptied by those that would Measure our Wares by the Long Ell, that is, the Pike, if Y•• kept them nor. It is by Your means, Gods Houses among us, have His Ordinance Undisturbed in them; and that our Own Houses, are full of things that are as well Necessary, as Convenient for us; And of this we are the more feelingly Convinced, because we saw a visible Antipathy to the Military Spirit of New England, in those that lately propounded unto themselves the Nipping and Crippling of those Plantations. We do therefore Confess, that for us to Discourage you, is to bespeak Losses and Ruins for our selves; and we Confess that when you have been in any particular Services Exposed for us, it is not only an Abominable thing for us to Cheat you of your Wages, but also a Dishonourable things if we do not bestow some Signal marks of Love and Care upon your Families; We hope, we wish, that Professing New Englanders will at last Exceed Pagan Athenians in such a Gratitude unto the Well-deserving Soldiers of the Country.