N00499:67
Optanda. Good men described, and good things propounded. A serious consideration of two very…
Optanda. Good men described, and good things propounded. A serious consideration of two very important cases. I. What should be our spirits, and II. What should be our studies, that so all things may go well among us. / By Cotton Mather. ; In two sermons; whereof one, was preached unto the governor, and General Court, of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England; at their first session: June 9. 1692. ; Published by authority[.]Optanda. Good men described, and good things propounded. A serious consideration of two very important cases. I. What should be our spirits, and II. What should be our studies, that so all things may go well among us. / By Cotton Mather. ; In two sermons; whereof one, was preached unto the governour, and General Court, of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England; at their first session: June 9. 1692. ; Published by authority[.]
Boston: printed by Benjamin Harris, 1692
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But all this while, to make Things Go […], 'tis to be supposed, that Magistrates Look upon their Subjects as their Children, and pursue their welfare with a most Fatherly Affection. Tis impossible, that Things ever should Go Well when the Rulers and the Ruled, have a Separate Interest of their own: Or where the Walls of Senate Houses, have not after some sort written upon them the Admonition which was upon those of Rome, Ne quid Res Publica Detrimenti Capiat. Let Magistrates count themselves made for their People, and the People not merely made for their Magistrates; and let them Delight, Study, Labour to see their People Thrive in all Enjoyments; then will Things Go well with such a people. Things went well with the People, and you have seen the sort of men that were sorry for it, in Nehe. 2. 10. It grieved them Exceedingly, that there was come a man, to seek the Welfare of the Children of Israel. A People sometimes may call him that is their Head, by the Name of him, who once headed the Tribe of Benjamin in the Wilderness; Abidan; or say, Our Father is Judge. Sometimes a people are blessed, with a person, ⟨p. 50⟩who has many years before laid himself under the Vows of God, That he would set himself to serve that people of God, and the Churches among them, unto the utmost of his Capacity; and who has refused very Advantageous Offers for himself, because of his Resolution, To Rise and Fall with such a people.
But all this while, to make Things Go 〈…〉, 'tis to be supposed, that Magistrates Look upon their Subjects as their Children, and pursue their welfare with a most Fatherly Affection. Tis impossible, that Things ever should Go Well when the Rulers and the Ruled, have a Separate Interest of their own: Or where the Walls of SenateHouses, have not after some sort written upon them the Admonition which was upon those of Rome, Ne quid Res Publica Detrimenti Capiat. Let Magistrates count themselves made for their People, and the People not meerly made for their Magistrates; and let them Delight, Study, Labour to see their People Thrive in all Enjoyments; then will Things Go well with such a people. Things went well with the People, and you have seen the sort of men that were sorry for it, in Nehe. 2. 10. It grieved them Exceedingly, that there was come a man, to seek the Welfare of the Children of Israel. A People sometimes may call him that is their Head, by the Name of him, who once headed the Tribe of Benjamin in the Wilderness; Abidan; or say, Our Father is Judge. Sometimes a people are blessed, with a person,