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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, by One MINISTER? Aaron was but One •an; yet we find in Num. 16.48. He stood between the Living & the Dead, & the Plague was stayed. The Tribe of Levi, is the Joining Tribe; you note the Signification of the Name. Is our Hedge divulsed? It belongs unto us to Join what ha's been parted, and Labour for Good Terms, both with God and one with another. In Tertullians Days the Church-Vessels had Engraven upon them, the figure of a Shepherd carrying a Sheep upon his Back; in allusion to a Well-known Parable. In our Days, the Church-Members are too like unto Sheep, that […] the Hedge of God by their Ex••rsions; but it i• our Work, to bring in a•d keep in our Sheep. Our God said unto one of ••r Predecessors; If thou take forth the Precious […] the Vile, I will make thee unto this People […] Wall. May We, by the Fidelity, the S•••lity, the Watchfulness of our […], become • W•ll, not Against, but Unto our People! But by our Prayerfulness most of all. Ou• […] Lord Jesus Christ ha's […] bring not only Our selves, but also all th•• is Ours unto Himself, with Expectations of His bestowing His Blessings ⟨p. 56⟩thereupon. I have now thought, Will the Lord Accept, & Bless & Heal & Save my People, as well as my own Soul, if I bring All these unto Him? This very question I have seen Started in the Diary which one of our Greatest Persons, long since gone to Glory, left in Manuscript behind him; and his own Answer to it, was written in these words, Here I saw the great Privilege of it & the Wisdom of God, in Committing some mens Souls, to the care of One Godly man, of a Public Spirit; because He, like Moses, Commends them, Gives them, Returns them all to the Lord again; and so a World of Good is Communicated for His sake.
What may be done for an Impaired Hedge, by One MINISTER? Aaron was but One an; yet we find in