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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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What may be done for an Impaired Hedge, ⟨p. 54⟩by One MAGISTRATE? Phinehas was but One man; and yet Read, Num. 25.11. Phinehas has turned away my Wrath, from the Children of Israel, while he was Zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the Children of Israel in my Jealousy. Among our Primitive Counsellors, our Honourable Judges, our Worshipful Justices, may not One man, by a well-tempered and a well placed Zeal, do much that our Hedge may be maintained? When the Oracle intimated, That the wrath of Heaven could not be turned aw••, Except some One man would so make himself a Sacrifice, the noble Curtius bravely Rode up into the Chasm of the Earth, where he perished. Is there a Chasm in our Hedge? Truly, One man courageously carrying the Sword of Justice thither in his Hand, may do a Generous Thing to mak• all Secure. Venture thus upon the Wall, to beat off its cursedest underminers! Israel ha•s been sometimes called Jeshuru• ; and I do […] the Etymology is from Shor, an Ox, rather than from, Jashar, To •e Righteous. Ind•ed such •n Ox-like People, as even a• Israel […] often is, in their Wanton and […], will be pushing through ••e Hedge that h•'s been made about them. Yea, But On• man among those that are, The Rulers in Jes•••run, by the Vigorous, Impartial, and Conscientious Execution ⟨p. 55⟩of wholesome Laws may befriend the Hedge, How Considerably!
What may be done for an Impaired Hedge, ⟨p. 54⟩