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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 All Sins do thi• Damage, Morally and Meritoriously. Our Sins are those Accursed Things, which by producing of Breaches in our Hedge, do prove the T••ublers of ou• Land. Would we have our W•ll undisturbed? There are then certain Heads, I mean Hearts, to be thrown over our Wall; briefly, Forego, and Cast off our Sins which do Separate, as with an High-W•ll between God and us.
But All Sins do thi• Damage, Morally and Meritoriously. Our Sins are those Accursed Things, which by producing of Breaches in our Hedge, do p•ove the T••ublers of ou• Land. Would we have our W•ll undisturbed? There are then certain Heads, I mean Hearts, to be thrown over our Wall; briefly, Forego, and Cast off our Sins which do Separate, as with an High-W•ll between God and us.
Especially, those things which do more grossly Pollute the Land, most greatly expose it. Mark it, I pray; when the Good Spirit of God, goes away from a People, so as to Influence them no more by His Holy Motions, but Abandon them to the ways of their own Hearts, He makes a Broad Gap in the Hedge, at His Going. Now this Harm is done, by more Intolerable Defilements indulged among a People; They drive the Good Spirit of God away from among them, who says, Woe to them, when I depart from them!
Especially, those things which do more grossly Pollute the Land, most grea•ly •xpose it. Mark it, I pray; when the Good Spirit of God, goes away from a People, so as to Influence them no more by His Holy Motions, but Abandon them to the wayes of their own Hearts, He makes a Broad Gap in the Hedge, at His Going. Now this Harm is done, by more Intolerable Dfilements indulged among a People; They drive the Good Spirit of God away from among them, who sayes, Wo to them, when I depart from them!