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The great blessing, of primitive counsellors. Discoursed in a sermon, preached in the audience…The great blessing, of primitive counsellours. Discoursed in a sermon, preached in the audience…
The great blessing, of primitive counsellors. Discoursed in a sermon, preached in the audience of the governor, Council, and representatives, of the province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New-England. May 31st. 1693. Being the day for the election of counsellors, in that province. / By Increase Mather. President of Harvard College in Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston, in New-England. ; [One line epigram in Latin]The great blessing, of primitive counsellours. Discoursed in a sermon, preached in the audience of the governour, Council, and representatives, of the province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New-England. May 31st. 1693. Being the day for the election of counsellours, in that province. / By Increase Mather. President of Harvard Colledge in Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston, in New-England. ; [One line epigram in Latin]
Boston, : Printed and sold, by Benjamin Harris, over-against the Old-Meeting-House., 1693
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That I did not take one step without the Advice of the Wisest and […] Friends which New England has in England; there are many in London […] attest. My Worthy Dear Friend Mr. Matthew Mead in a Letter to a •• lation of mine in Boston, is pleased thus to Write.
That I did not take one step without the Advice of the Wisest and 〈…〉 Friends which New England has in England; there are many in London 〈…〉 attest. My Worthy Dear Friend Mr. Matthew Mead in a Letter to a •• lation of mine in Boston, is pleased thus to Write.
Mr. Mather, Has deserved highly of New-England, for the unfainting D••• gence and Indefatigable Endeavours he has showed in his Agency for that Peo•••. And whilst some with you may perhaps wonder that he has obtained no more, here, who have the Advantage of a better Prospect, wonder that he has done much. And if men Reward not his great work, and Labour of Love, I am […] God will. What he has done has not been without the Counsel and Advice of ⟨p. 5⟩Best Friends that Country has in this, b••h Parliament Men, Lawyers and Ministers; and to be thankful for what you have for the present is the way to get what you want hereafter. These are the words of Mr. Mead. It were indeed improper for me to produce a tenth part of the Testimonies wherewith no inconsiderable persons have Spontaneously favoured and furnished me to justify my integrity in this matter; nevertheless, the Injuries done me (which I cannot be so Stoical as not at all to resent) since my Return to New-England, make it but a reasonable piece of Justice to my self, to bring forth one or two more of them. Not only Mr. Mead, but many other Eminent Ministers, with whom I had the Happiness of a free Conversation in London, for the space of Three or Four Years, were so kind as to send a Letter to the General Court in Boston, Expressing their Approbation of my Proceedings. The Letter bears Date, October 17th. 1691. And is Subscribed by, Dr. Bates, Dr. Annesly, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Barker, Mr. Woodcock, Mr. Alsop, Mr. How, Mr. Mayo, and several Other Eminent Divines in that City. Modesty would restrain me from mentioning that respectful Character they are pleased to impose upon me, did not the Suggestions of some Whisperers necessitate thereunto, that so my Friends and Countrymen may be truly informed concerning my transactions in their behalf. Their words are as followeth.