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The day, & the work of the day. A brief discourse, on what fears…
The day, & the work of the day. A brief discourse, on what fears we may have at this time to quicken us; what hopes there are at this time to comfort us: and what prayers would be likely to turn our prayers into hopes. With reflections upon time and state, now come upon the Church of God, and collections of certain prophecies relating to the present circumstances of New-England. Uttered on a fast, kept in Boston, July 6th. 1693. / By Cotton Mather.
Boston: printed by B. Harris, 1693
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I. We are in such Fearful Circumstances, as may justly give Loud Alarums unto the Blackest of our Fears, and because unto our Fears, therefore also unto our Prayers. 'Tis not only the Threatening Drought now upon us, that bespeaks our Fears and our Prayers; tho' that be something. As they of old once, Trembled for the Great Rain, we are this Day, Trembling for want of Rain. The Inhabitants of Tyre and Sidon were afraid of being in Ill Terms with Herod, because, Their Country was nourished by his Country. We seem this Day to be in Ill Terms with that Great King, By whose Country our Country is nourished: And are we not Afraid? But we have other ⟨p. 54⟩things, which have an Aspect upon us very formidable. We should be glad, of, Tokens for Good; but instead thereof it may be said, as in Psal. 65. 8. They who dwell in the uttermost parts, are afraid at thy Tokens:
I. We are in such Fearful Circumstances, as may justly give Loud Alarums unto the Blackest of our Fears, and because unto our Fears, therefore also unto our Prayers. 'Tis not only the Threatning Drought now upon us, that bespeaks our Fears and our Prayers; tho' that be something. As they of old once, Trembled for the Great Rain, we are this Day, Trembling for want of Rain. The Inhabitants of Tyre and Sidon were afraid of being in Ill Terms with Herod, because, Their Country was nourished by his Countrey. We seem this Day to be in Ill Terms with that Great King, By whose Country our Country is nourished: And are we not Afraid? But we have other ⟨p. 54⟩things, which have an Aspect upon us very formidable. We should be glad, of, Tokens for Good; but instead thereof it may be said, as in Psal. 65. 8. They who dwell in the uttermost parts, are afraid at thy Tokens:
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