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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.
There were two very Different Reports in […] Third Heaven of old, about the Condition of men here in this lower World. One […] that in Zech. 1.11. Behold, the Whole […] sitteth […], and is at R•st; or, Sleeps. another was that in Act. 9.11. Behold, he […]. It will be a sad thing if the Former character must belong unto us, Behold, they […] No, 'Tis the Latter Character whereof ⟨image ?⟩we should be all Ambitious, Behold, they Pray! 'Tis this Day with us, a Day for it. But indeed, the Characters are utterly Inconsistent with, and mutually Destructive of, each other. What has been said of Sinning ▪ may be •aid of S•eeping, which are the same, […] Praying will make us leave Sleeping, […] S•eeping will make us leave P•aying. And for that cau••, […] Day set apart for Praying: a Text which bespeaks, and requires our […] ▪ does now demand our Meditations. On a Sacred Fist we ought Naturally to […] more Sleepless than on another Day; […] on such a Day, we should not […] at […].
There were two very Different Reports in 〈…〉 Third Heaven of old, about the Condi••on of men here in this lower World. One 〈…〉 that in Zech. 1.11. Behold, the Whole 〈…〉 sitteth 〈…〉, and is at R•st; or, Sleeps. •nother was that in