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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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When a man ha's ventured upon the Doing of any thing, that is not according to the Known Rules of Piety, and of Charity, it may be said of him, as in Eccl. 10.8: He breaketh an Hedge, and a Serpent shall […] him. 'Tis by breaking the Hedge of Gods Commandments, that we lay our selves open, for Serpents, to come in, and Crawl and Coil about us, and for many Troubles to fasten their direful Stings upon us. We have All done so; and therefore, if we would not our selves retain too much of the Serpent in us, Let us take that Counsel, in Lam. 3.40. Let us Search and Try our Ways, and Turn again unto the Lord. Oh! What an Humbling Thought should this be, to any man of Ingenuity, I am the man, that have done Harm to the Hedge of my Country▪ my Sins have had their Sh•res in laying […] my Country to the Displeasure of God! And there is this to be said for the Enforcing of this Humbling Thought; If any man do Imagine that none of his Transgressions hav• […] thing towards the Inc•mmoding of the Common Hedge, I do, in the Name of the […] ⟨p. 17⟩God, Arrest That man, for one of the Principal, in the Trespass, which ha's been Committed; I say, THOU art the man!
When a man ha's ventured upon the Doing of any thing, that is not according to the Known Rules of Piety, and of Charity, it may be said of him, as in Eccl. 10.8: He breaketh an Hedge, and a Serpent shall 〈…〉 him. 'Tis by breaking the Hedge of Gods Commandments, that we lay our selves open, for Serpents, to come in, and Crawl and Coyl about us, and for many Troubles to fasten their direful Stings upon us. We have All done so; and therefore, if we would not our selves retain too much of the Serpent in us, Let us take that Counsil, in Lam. 3.40. Let us Search and Try our Wayes, and Turn again unto the Lord. Oh! What an Humbling Thought should this be, to any man of Ingenuity, I am the man, that have done Harm to the Hedge of my Country my Sins have had their Shres in laying my Country to the Displeasure of God! And there is this to be said for the Enforcing of this Humbling Thought; If any man do Imagine that none of his Transgressions hav thing towards the Incmmoding of the Common Hedge, I do, in the Name of the