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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. › DOCTRINE. › Supposition 1: The first SUPPOSAL.
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The first SUPPOSAL.
A Contrary and a Terrible Appearance of Things in the World, is no certain Sign, that our Blessed State of Peace, is far Distant from us. Though we see nothing but Swords and Spears in all hands, and nothing but Uproars, Horrors, and Slaughters, so every Country; this do's now Infallibly argue, To•re shall be nothing but Wars in our Days. It is foretold, with reference to the Days, wherein they shall not Learn War any more; In D•n 1•. 1. There shall be a Time of Trouble, such as never […] soul there was a Nation even to that same Time, and at that Time thy People shall be Delivered. So then, the Blacken you see the Troubles of the Age to grow, the sooner and the •urer may be the Peace which […] are hoping for. What though […] have the knife, which it as had as a Sword or […] S•tar, at ⟨p. 26⟩his Throat; One Minute may set all to rights again. Pray then, let it not s•ight you to be in such a Mount! The Almighty God usually chooses to make a Dismal Tragedy, wherein all men shall be overwhelmed with Desperation and Astonishment; but all on the sudden, He descends from the M•cbia of Heaven to put a New, Joyful, Pleasant Face upon it all; and as tis said in Deut. 32. •6. The Lord shall Judge His people, and Repent Him, for His Servants, when He sees their strength is go••, and there is none st•t up or L•st. The unusual Agonies of War, and horrible Tumult, now in the World, may only prove that Crisis, immediately upon which we may Enter into Rest. It is a remarkable Prediction, in zech. 14. 6,7. It shall come to pass, in that Day, that the Light shall not be clear nor dark; it seems we are to see a Cloudy, Gloomy, Stormy Day; but now the Evening of this day! One would look for nothing save Thick Darkness in the Evening, if the Day had been Scarce Twilight; No, but it follows, At that Evening Time it shall be Light. well then, suppose we are now getting towards the Evening of a Woeful Day; Suppose the Catholics never to potent, and suppose the Reformed never so Feeble, all as once, in one years Time you may see a Turn, that shall make you say with Amazement of Soul, O Lord, Thou dst Terrible Things, which we looked not for!