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The short history of New-England. A recapitulation of wonderful passages which have occurred, first…The short history of New-England. A recapitulation of wonderful passages which have occurr'd, first…
The short history of New-England. A recapitulation of wonderful passages which have occurred, first in the protections, and then in the afflictions, of New-England. : With a representation of certain matters calling for the singular attention of that country. Made at Boston-lecture, in the audience of the great and General Assembly of the province of the Massachusett-Bay, June 7. 1694. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Four lines from Samuel]The short history of New-England. A recapitulation of wonderful passages which have occurr'd, first in the protections, and then in the afflictions, of New-England. : With a representation of certain matters calling for the singular attention of that country. Made at Boston-lecture, in the audience of the great and General Assembly of the province of the Massachusett-Bay, June 7. 1694. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Four lines from Samuel]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1694
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Having advised You, That our Hedge lies in those things, wherein we have the P••••cting Presence of God; and that our Gap lies in our Bereavement of those things wherein we have that Protecting Presence ▪ I hope it will be no, Untempered: Morta• daubed upon a Broken Wall, i• I lay Five Counsels this Day before you.
Having advised You, That our Hedge lies in those things, wherein we have the P••••cting Presence of God; and that our Gap lies in our Be•eavement of those things wherein we have that Protecting Presence ▪ I hope it will be no, Untempered: Morta• daubed upon a Broken Wall, i• I lay Five Counsils this Day before you.
I. What is to be done? Let Every […] most penitently Enquire and Bewail, what […] Hath done, towards making a Gap in our Hedge? When the People had l•id ⟨p. 13⟩themselves open to many Ruins, it was Th•• the complaint concerning them, in Jer. 8.6. No man Repented him of his Wickedness, Saying▪ What have I done? Every one turneth •o his Course, as the Horse rusheth into the Battle; and indeed, they Break through the Hedge in doing so! As it was with Old Israel, Oh Let it not be so with New-England at this Day, for Impenitent Inadvertency. There is no Gap, ordinarily made in an Hedge, but all the People within, have an Hand in making it. I say then, Yea, 'tis the Lord of Hosts, who saith it; That all the People, upon our Earth, are to obey that Repeated call of Heaven, in