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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 Rule is this. Observe Goings out, as well as Breakings in, if you would see where the Hedge is Deficient. Those things, are joined, in Psal 144.14. That there b• n• Breaking in, or Going out. For instance then; Do our Young People, any of them Go out, in such a manner as to bring perhaps a Blemish upon their whole Nation, and give a Scandal unto all mankind; and proclaim Themselves Lost unto all Good Intents and Purposes? You may be sure, Th• Hedge is ⟨p. 45⟩not whole, if such things cannot be obstructed. Here then, Think, What is to be done? It was a most rueful •ight, wh•n in 2 King. 3.27. The King of Moab, took his Eldest Son, and offered him, for a Burnt-•ffering upon the Wall. But, Ah! Lord! Is there no way for us to hinder our Sons, from Going out at our Wall, that they may among, I know not what Cursed Crews, Offer themselves a Burnt-offering unto the Devil? God put us into a way. Again, Do our Old People, any of them Go out from the Institutions of God, Swarming into New Settlements, where they and their Untaught Families are like to Perish for Lack of Vision? They that have done so, heretofore, h•ve to their Cost found, that they were got unto the Wrong side of the Hedge, in their doing so. Think, here, Should this be done any more? We read of Balaam, in Num. 22.23. He was to his Damage, driven to the Wall, when he would needs make an unlawful Sally forth after the Gain of this World, with a Secret Reserve […] it seems, in his own Breast, of accommo•••ing himself to his Worldly Interest, contrary to the charge that God had given him. Wh•, wh•• men, for the sake of ••rthl• Gain, will be Going out into the […] drive Through the Wall, […]