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Winter-meditations directions how to employ the leisure [sic] of the winter for the glory…Winter-meditations directions how to employ the liesure [sic] of the winter for the glory…
Winter-meditations directions how to employ the leisure [sic] of the winter for the glory of God. : Accompanied with reflections, as well historical, as theological, not only upon the circumstances of the winter, but also, upon the notable works of God, both in, creation, and providence: especially those, which more immediately concern every particular man, in the whole course of his life: and upon the religious works, wherewith every man should acknowledge God, in and from the accidents of the winter. / By Cotton Mather. ; With a preface of the Reverend, Mr. John Higginson.Winter-meditations directions how to employ the liesure [sic] of the winter for the glory of God. : Accompanied with reflections, as well historical, as theological, not only upon the circumstances of the winter, but also, upon the notable works of God, both in, creation, and providence: especially those, which more immediately concern every particular man, in the whole course of his life: and upon the religious works, wherewith every man should acknowledge God, in and from the accidents of the winter. / By Cotton Mather. ; With a preface of the Reverend, Mr. John Higginson.
Boston: printed by Benjamin Harris over-against the Old-Meeting-House, 1693
Dedication: To the Right Worshipful Sir JOHN HARTOP, Knight and Baronet.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
To the Right Worshipful Sir JOHN HARTOP, Knight and Baronet.
SIR,
When the Sons of the Patriarch, were Travelling into that Country which was the Garden of the World, he ordered them, To take of the best of the Fruits of the Land, and carry a present unto a Great Person there. 'Tis into the Paradise of the European World, that […] Little Book is now Travelling over the Atlantic Ocean;
WHen the Sons of the Patriarch, were Travelling into that Country which was the Garden of the World, he ordered them, To take of the best of the Fruits of the Land, and carry a present unto a Great Person there. 'Tis into the Paradise of the European World, that 〈…〉 Little Book is now Travelling over the Atlantic Ocean;
Hei mibi, quod Domino, non li•et ire suo! And tho' it carry not of the best of the Fruits of the Land; for it may without wrong to Me, be told you, that many parts of the Land afford far better; yet the Fruits which it carries, have this Rarity to Recommend them, That they grew in the […] of the barren Winter; but considering with my self, to whom I should make a present of these Fruits, the Character which YOU have among the Reformed Churches of God, a thousand Leagues distant from the Island of your Abode, presently determined this DEDICATION.