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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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ONE THING▪ I would ask in the Fear of God! Is there no Hazard, that Religion may come to be Lost, in these American ⟨p. 36⟩Regions? Tis an old Saying, What hath been, May be; and what hath been, I will now inform you. In the Days of the Great CALVIN, under the Influences of that Admirable Hero and Martyr, Coligny the French Admiral, a Noble Knight began to Attempt the Settlement of some French Colonies in America, for the Propagation of the Protestant Religion. Arriving at Brazil, they hoped they had found Quiet-Seats, where the Reformed Churches, might be Erected, Multiplied, and forever sheltered from the Annoyances, whereto they were in Europe liable. Geneva sent over a Number of Excellent Pastors for the Churches now setting up in those desolate Corners of the Earth, very little different from ours; but it was not long before there happened among them, some unhappy Controversies, which drove their principal Pastors home again, and as for the People that staid behind, no other can be learnt, but that they are utterly lost, either in Paganism, or in Disaster. Truly, if that Glorious RE•REFORMATION, which is most certainly and now speedily, to be effected in the Church of God, should not Relieve our Degeneracies, there would be cause to suspect, whether this French Story, might ⟨p. 37⟩not be Translated into English before we are aware.
ONE THING▪ I would ask in the Fear of God! Is there no Hazard, that Religion may come to be Lost, in these American ⟨p. 36⟩Regions? Tis an old Saying, What hath been, May be; and what hath been, I will now inform you. In the Dayes of the Great CALVIN, under the Influences of that Admirable Hero and Martyr, Coligni the French Admiral, a Noble Knight began to Attempt the Settlement of some French Colonies in America, for the Propagation of the Protestant Religion. Arriving at Brasile, they hoped they had found Quiet-Seats, where the Reformed Churches, might be Erected, Mul•iplied, and forever sheltered from the Annoyances, whereto they were in Europe liable. Geneva sent over a Number of Excellent Pastors for the Churches now setting up in those desolate Corners of the Earth, very little different from ours; but it was not long before there happened among them, some unhappy Controversies, which drove their principal Pastors home again, and as for the People that staid behind, no other can be learnt, but that they are utterly lost, either in Paganism, or in Disaster. Truly, if that Glorious REREFORMATION, which is most certainly and now speedily, to be effected in the Church of God, should not Relieve our Degeneracies, there would be cause to suspect, whether this French Story, might