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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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Behold, Another Hedge, which we should Esteem too Considerable to be Deserted! Indeed, I am far from Imagining, That our Works are perfect before God; I am far from Imagining, That being Increased in Good Things, we have Need of Nothing. Doubtless, we have our Deficiencies, in sundry points, that ⟨p. 25⟩want either to be Corrected or Improv•• ▪ Nevertheless, I am glad, That before my Stepping over into that World, which I am now waiting for, I have this Opportunity, to declare among you; If our […] Church-Discipline, or the Essentials and Substantials of our Church-Discipline, once come to be Sacrificed unto the Corruptions of This World, our Hedge is gone; we may Sigh, Ichabod, Where is the Glory? Whatever Wall shall be left unto us, will be, A Wall with a Leprosy in it; and a Leprosy, like that, which ha's been so riveted into the Walls of the European Christendom, that our Eternal High-Priest, will see it needful to take all down, ere it be quite gotten out!
Behold, Another Hedge, which we should Esteem too Considerable to be Deserted! Indeed, I am far from Imagining, That our Works are perfect before God; I am far from Imagining, That being Increased in Good Things, we have Need of Nothing. Doubtless, we have our Def••iencies, in sundry points, that ⟨p. 25⟩want either to be Corrected or Improv•• ▪ Nevertheless, I am glad, That before my Stepping over into that World, which I am now waiting for, I have this Opportunity, to declare among you; If our 〈…〉 Church-Discipline, or the Essentia•s and Substantials of our Church-Discipline, once come to be Sacrificed unto the Corruptions of This World, our Hedge is gone; we may Sigh, Ichabod, Where is the Glory? Whatever Wall shall be left unto us, will be, A Wall with a Leprosy in it; and a Leprosy, like that, which ha's been so rivetted into the Walls of the Europaean Christendome, that our Eternal High-Priest, will see it needful to take all down, e're it be quite gotten out!