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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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Again, Upon a Sinful Return to Vain Customs, from whence God ha's Required and Begun a Separation, 'tis noted, in Exod. 32.25. A Church in a Wilderness were made Naked, unto their Shame, amongst their Enemies; there was a Gap, through which ⟨p. 32⟩their Enemies might come at them. Suppose that God ha's been by Great Wonders bringing a People into a Wilderness, that so He might Reform them, and Reclaim them from all the Ill Effects of a Superstitious Education: He then says of Them, This People have I formed for my self! and if they▪ Show forth His Praise, they shall also be Fenced by Himself; He says of them, These are to be a Peculiar People! and if they be Zealous of Good Works, He will be so long Zealous for their Welfare. But if once they go back to those Unwarrantable Superstitions, which they had formerly escaped, you see, […] become Naked presently. They shall […] no longer Hedged, by the Distinguishing Tutelage of Heaven, when the H•dge, of Loyalty to the pure Institutions of the Blessed Jesus, which distinguished them from others, i• l•id aside.
Again, Upon a Sinful Return to Vain Customes, from whence God ha's Required and Begun a Separation, 'tis noted, in Exod. 32.25. A Church in a Wilderness were made Naked, unto their Shame, amongst their Enemies; there was a Gap, through which ⟨p. 32⟩their Enemies might come at them. Suppose that God ha's been by Great Wonders bringing a People into a Wilderness, that so He might Ref•rm them, and Reclame them from all the Ill Effects of a Superstitious Education: He then sayes of Them, This People have I formed for my self! and if they▪ Show forth His Praise, they shall also be Fenced by Himself; He sayes of them, These are to be a Peculiar People! and if they be Zealous of Good Works, He will be so long Zealous for their Welfare. But if once they go back to those Unwarrantable Superstitions, which they had formerly escaped, you see, become Naked presently. They shall no longer Hedged, by the Distinguishing Tutelage of Heaven, when the Hdge, of Loyalty to the pure Institutions of the Blessed Jesus, which distinguished them fom others, i lid aside.