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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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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.
Tis possible that the Princip•• Characters, which may have a Tendency to m••e this Happy Scare so ••atable, may be but Suspicious Characters, in the Opinions of many among the People of God. If you will believe such men as Justin Martyr, who flourished in the Second Century [yes, or Irenaus, the Scholar of Polycarp] It is very certain, That some things concerning the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus, were Embraced in the Primitive Times, by all the Orthodox, which were Forgotten, and perhaps Forbidden, when the Kingdom of Antichrist came upon the Stage; nor will they be well understood and Received, until that Wicked One be further Destroyed by the Dawn of the Day wherein ⟨p. 16⟩in the S•• of Righteousness will Rise unto them that fear His Name. I shall therefore forbear all things that may be doubtful to any one Discreet and Sober person among us; unless, as we read in Math. 24. 3. The Disciples came privately to ask about, Tot End of the world. And I shall further-more forwa•n all Persons to beware of all such conceptions about the Kingdom of our Lord, as may Interfere with His continual I•••sion, or any of those Glorious Designs which He is Ascended into Heaven upon; and of all such Conceptions as may carry a Sensual Aspect with them, or Provide a Corinthian and M•bom••• paradise […] the Ke••rr•ction of the Just. But I shall now mention only a few Unquestionable Characters of the State now hastening upon us; all of which will contribute unto the Peace thereof.
Tis possible that the Princip•• Characters, which may have a Tendency to m••e this Happy Scare so ••atable, may be but Suspicious Characters, in the Opinions of many among the People of God. If you will beleive such men as Justin Martyr, who flourished in the Second Century [yes, or Irenaus, the Scholar of Polycarp] It is very certain, That some things concerning the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus, were Embraced in the Primitive Times, by all the Orthodox, which were Forgotten, and perhaps Forbidden, when the Kingdom of Antichrist came upon the Stage; nor will they be well understood and Received, until that Wicked One be further Destroy'd by the Dawn of the Day wherein