N00499:94
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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'Tis a most amazing Revolution that those dear People of God, the Waldenses have newly seen. That Blessed People have had, as 'tis the Motto of their Arms, The Light shining in Darkness, among them from the very first Ages of Christianity; and all the infandous Croisaides made against them, were never able to Extirpate them; till t'other Day the Leagued French King, and Duke of Savoy, together did effect their ⟨p. 80⟩Dissipation. But behold; just three years and an half, after the Last Abjuration, which broke up those Illustrious Churches, a Spirit of Life from God is entered into them. In the sight and spite of all their Adversaries, they have with a Series of Miracles fighting for them, Repossessed themselves of their Country; and their Two Persecutors, becoming bitter Enemies one unto another, have been hard striving who shall first, and most gain these Vaudois unto their party. Those Churches of Piedmont which are, as it were the Root of all the Protestant Churches being thus Revived, it marvellously Confirms the conjecture, so often published among you, That the last Persecution being over, we are got into those Dreadful Earthquakes, with which the Resurrection of our Lords Witnesses, is to be accompanied. Well; would we be safe at this Day? Let us become faithful Witnesses for that Ecclesiastical Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, which at this Day calls for our Testimonies.
'Tis a most amazing Revolution that those dear People of God, the Waldenses have newly seen. That Blessed People have had, as 'tis the Motto of their Arms, The Light shining in Darkness, among them from the very first Ages of Christianity; and all the infandous Croisaides made against them, were never able to Extirpate them; till t'other Day the Leagued French King, and Duke of Savoy, together did effect their ⟨p. 80⟩Dissipation. But behold; just three years and an half, after the Last Abjuration, which broke up those Illustrious Churches, a Spirit of Life from God is entred into them. In the sight and spite of all their Adversaries, they have with a Series of Miracles fighting for them, Repossessed themselves of their Country; and their Two Persecutors, becoming bitter Enemies one unto another, have been hard striving who shall first, and most gain these Vaudois unto their party. Those Churches of Piedmont which are, as it were the Root of all the Protestant Churches being thus Revived, it marvellously Confirms the conjecture, so often published among you, That the last Persecution being over, we are got into those Dreadful Earthquakes, with which the Resurrection of our Lords Witnesses, is to be accompanyed. Well; would we be safe at this Day? Let us become faithful Witnesses for that Ecclesiastical Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, which at this Day calls for our Testimonies.