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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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Shall I say •urth••: An Hedge may be Washed away. May not all the Banks of a Country, be washed away, by a Flood of Strong Drink? Yea, And some think, it will be w•ll if many of ours ere long be not •o The way of Ti•ling at the Tavern, begins to overturn •ll sorts of Good Order, in many Towns among us; and to Drown both Religion, and […]. A Flo•d […] ⟨p. 33⟩Impiety, both among English and Indians, yea, and of Bloodguiltiness too, ha's been let in upon us, through this way of Sinning. Shall I say more? Twould be ill indeed if the Rum-Bottle, should come to render any that are in a Public Capacity, uncapable of Acting with a due Application for the Public: or if ever any Sons of God, in our Hedge, be drowned by this Flood! Stop it, I Entreat you; l•st the Breach in our Hedge, come to that pass, in Lam. 2.13. The Breach is great like the Sea; who can heal thee? But it cannot be Stopped, unless by severe Laws, framed, in spite of any Worldly Interest unto the contrary, without such Ambiguities of Expression, as may become a Snare to Officers, and a Scorn to Offenders; for the Enacting of which Laws I make my self this Day, Your Humble Petitioner.
Shall I say •urth••: An Hedge may be Washed away. May not all the Banks of a Country, be washed away, by a Flood of Strong D•ink? Yea, And some t•ink, it will be w•ll if many of ours ere long be not •o The way of Ti•ling at the Tavern, begins to overturn •ll sorts of Good Order, in many Towns among us; and to Drow both Religion, and . A Flod