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A midnight cry an essay for our awakening out of that sinful sleep, to…
A midnight cry an essay for our awakening out of that sinful sleep, to which we are at this time too much disposed; and for our discovering of what peculiar things there are in this time, that are for our awakening. In a discourse given on a day of prayer, kept by the North-Church in Boston. 1692. / By Cotton Mather. ; Now published for the use of that church, together with a copy of acknowledgements and protestations made in pursuance of the reformation, whereto we are to be awakened. ; [One line of Latin text]A midnight cry an essay for our awakening out of that sinful sleep, to which we are at this time too much disposed; and for our discovering of what peculiar things there are in this time, that are for our awakening. In a discourse given on a day of prayer, kept by the North-Church in Boston. 1692. / By Cotton Mather. ; Now published for the use of that church, together with a copy of acknowledgments and protestations made in pursuance of the reformation, whereto we are to be awakened. ; [One line of Latin text]
Boston: printed by John Allen for Samuel Phillips, 1692
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.
VII. It would be a great Evil in us, if by the Prevalency of a Private Spirit, we should be Backward unto any Public Servi•e wherein God shall call us, with our Perso•• or Estates to Serve our Generation ▪ or if we should with Unjust Neglect and […] Ill Require such as have been Service•••• more especially, such as in Government […] the Ministers of God unto us for our Good.
VII. It would be a great Evil in us, if by the Prevalency of a Private Spirit, we should be Backward unto any Publick Servi•e wherein God shall call us, with our Perso•• or Estates to Serve our Generation ▪ or if we should with Unjust Neglect and 〈…〉 Ill Require such as have been Service•••• more especially, such as in Government 〈…〉 the Ministers of God unto us for our Good.
VIII. It would be a great Evil in us, if […] should put off a Patient, Peaceable, Forgiving Temper towards our Neighb••••• or not with Meekness of Wisdom […] Smother all causes of Contention.
VIII. It would be a great Evil in us, if 〈…〉 should put off a Patient, Peaceable, For•giving Temper towards our Neighb••••• or not with Meekness of Wisdom 〈…〉 Smother all causes of Contention.