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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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Lastly. Let not Fear be cast off: Are we not Afraid, Lest the Rising Generation here, do Barbarously Degenerate into the Plant of a strange Vine? There is indeed nothing to be more dreaded among us, than that thing, in Judg. 2. 10. There arose another Generation, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the Works which He had done. Alas, Alas! What becomes of our young People? O my God, what wilt thou do with my miserable Generation? As for many Hopeful Persons, among our Youth, Such as, the Learned Shepard of Charlestown, the pious G••okin of Cambridge, the Excellent Denizen of […], God snatches the• away to Heaven, with a ⟨p. 67⟩premature Mortality. But as for many Other persons among them, they became Wild, Lewd, Mad, and every way Exorbitant; They are like the Sons of […] The Sin of the Young Men is very great before the Lord; and accordingly, The Plague of the Lord upon those young men, both at home and abroad, becomes very great! Yea, in the Edges of the Land, they begin to Paganize: 'tis horrible to be spoken, but let the Regret at it, be what it will, it must be spoken; There are Villages of New-England, that have a sort of white Pagans in them. Here then, are our Fears! But
Lastly. Let not Fear be cast off: Are we not Afraid, Lest the Rising Generation here, do Barbarously Degenerate into the Plant of a strange Vine? There is indeed nothing to be more dreaded among us, than that thing, in Judg. 2. 10. There arose another Generation, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the Works which He had done. Alas, Alas! What becomes of our young People? O my God, what wilt thou do with my miserable Generation? As for many Hopeful Persons, among our Youth, Such as, the Learned Shepard of Charlstown, the pious G••okin of Cambridge, the Excellent De••ison of 〈…〉, God snatches the• away to Heaven, with a ⟨p. 67⟩premature Mortality. But as for many Other persons among them, they became Wild, Lewd, Mad, and every way Exorbitant; They are like the Sons of The Sin of the Young Men is very great before the Lord; and accordingly, The Plague of the Lord upon those young men, both at home and abroad, becomes very great! Yea, in the Edges of the Land, they begin to Paganize: 'tis horrible to be spoken, but let the Regret at it, be what it will, it must be spoken; There are Villages of New-England, that have a sort of white Pagans in them. Here then, are our Fears! But