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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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II. Although' we have these Fears upon us, yet our Fears are to be mixed with Hopes: and if they are vented in Prayers, they may very well be mixed with Hopes. The Uplifted Hands of our Prayers this Day, must have Hope, as well as Fear, for the two Supporters of them As Paul said about Mourning, so would I say about Fearing, in 1 Thes 4. 13. Do not as others that have no Hope. The Kind Emperor, of old ordered it, That none should go Dejected from the Presence of the Emperor. Nor, must I now suffer you, to Go Dejected from the Presence of ⟨p. 68⟩the Eternal King, upon whom we are this Day attending When Daniel was, as we now are, Weary with Fasting, an Angel Flew from Heaven, till he was even Weary too (as the Original has it) with the Swiftness of his Motion, to bring him some comfortable Tidings. As Weary as I am, yet I must offer you some Comfortable Things before we part; and I am to tell you, There are Hopes as well as Fears for our Land.
II. Altho' we have these Fears upon us, yet our Fears are to be mixed with Hopes: and if they are vented in Prayers, they may very well be mixed with Hopes. The Uplifted Hands of our Prayers this Day, must have Hope, as well as Fear, for the two Supporters of them As Paul said about Mourning, so would I say about Fearing, in 1 Thes 4. 13. Do not as others that have no Hope. The Kind Emperour, of old ordered it, That none should go Dejected from the Presence of the Emperour. Nor, must I now suffer you, to Go Dejected from the Presence of ⟨p. 68⟩the Eternal King, upon whom we are this Day attending When Daniel was, as we now are, Weary with Fasting, an Angel Flew from Heaven, till he was even Weary too (as the Original has it) with the Swiftness of his Motion, to bring him some comfortable Tidings. As Weary as I am, yet I must offer you some Comfortable Things before we part; and I am to tell you, There are Hopes as well as Fears for our Land.
But, what Hopes? I Reply,