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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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But, Little do we think, how much these Days of Temptation, have been Days of Provocation, before the Lord. They have been Days, wherein all sorts of men, have too much abandoned the conduct of that Good Spirit, which would Lead us into the Land of Uprightness, and Gratified that Evil Spirit, which is all for Envying, for Slander ing, for all the Expressions of Uncharitableness. Who can throughly understand the Errors, wh••h he ha's committed, when he ha's been Devil-driven? Or, which is all one, when he ha's been Passion-driven, been Malice-driven; Yea, or Self-driven, or, indeed▪ but […] unto Himself? Let us all then Re•ect• upon our own Behaviours in such ••yes •f our Fiery Trials; in such bitter ⟨p. 16⟩burning Pare•ylms; and let us every where Abase our selves before God and Man, for the wrongs we have done to our Hedge in those Evil Days.
But, Little do we think, how much these Dayes of Temptation, have been Dayes of Provocation, before the Lord. They have been Dayes, wherein all sorts of men, have too much abandoned the conduct of that Good Spirit, which would Lead us into the Land of Uprightness, and Gratify'd that Evil Spirit, which is all for Envying, for Slande• ing, for all the Expressions of Uncharitableness. Who can throughly understand the Errors, wh••h he ha's committed, when he ha's been D•vil-driven? Or, which is all one, when he ha's been Passion-driven, been Malice-driven; Yea, or Self-driven, or, indeed▪ but 〈…〉 unto Himself? Let us all then Re•ect• upon our own Behaviours in such ••yes •f our Fiery Trials; in such bitter