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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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First; One man may do very much towards the Restoration and the Preservation of our Impaired Hedge. It is here said, I Sought for a m•n among them, that should make up the Hedge. What? can One man then signify any thin•? Yes; Very much. It is a very Discouraging Adage, Unus Vir, Nullus Vir; that i•, O•• man i• as No man. But the best is▪ It is […] always True.
First; One man may do very much towards the Restoration and the Preservation of our Impaired Hedge. It is here said, I Sought for a m•n among them, that should make up the Hedge. What? can One man then signify any thin•? Yes; Very much. It is a very Discou••ging Adage, Unus Vir, Nullus Vir; that i•, O•• man i• as No man. But the best is▪ It is 〈…〉 •lwayes True.
[…] of an Hedge; How much […] be d•ne by One man? Tis […]. One Sinner destroyeth much […] often Occasions much […] wa• but One man, and yet the […] Host […] the worse for him. Jonah […] and yet the whole Ship had ⟨p. 52⟩like to have been Sunk by him. Thus, In Strengthening of our Hedge; How much Good may be done by One man? Ten men would have Hedged a Sodom; and it may happen so, that One man may Hedge a Zion. It was proffered, by the Patience of Heaven, in