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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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What • Day of Temptation, was it, when the Controversy ab••t the Extent of Baptism, and of Church Watch, was in its warmest Agitation; and Scandalous Divisions thereupon arose between Synodalians and Antisynodists: Wherein we have been too like, and it may be too unlike Children, while we have been contending about the Covenant of our Children?
What • Day of Tempta•ion, was it, when the Controversy ab••t the Extent of Baptism, and of Church Wa•ch, was in its warmest Agitation; and Scandalous Divisions thereupon arose between Synodalians and Antisynodists: Wherein we have been too like, and it may be too unlike Children, while we have been contending about the Covenant of our Children?
What a Day [shall I say, or Night] of Temptation, have we seen, when the Evil Angels were let loose upon us, dreadfully to Annoy our Neighbourhood, not only ⟨p. 14⟩with Tormenting Afflictions, but also with unheard of Delusions; and cause us to buffet one another in as Dark a Time, as that which once Distressed Egypt for three Days together?
What a Day [shall I say, or Night] of Temptation, have we seen, when the Evil Angels were let loose upon us, dreadfully to Annoy our Neighbourhood, not only ⟨p. 14⟩with Tormenting Af•lictions, but also with unheard of Delusions; and cause us to buffet one another in as Dark a Time, as that which once Distressed Egypt for three Dayes together?