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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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It was Threatened among the sorest of Judgments, I will kindle a Fire in the Wall. I am very desirous we should Enjoy a Wall of Fire; Yea, that we may be well Surrounded with the St••es of Fire; but yet God grant, there may never be any Fire in our Wall? Briefly, Let all ranks of men •mong us wear that M••to; the Motto once of the Low Countries, may now very we•l befit a Country every way Low; Si […], Frangimur: If we Clash, we Break.
It was Threatned among the sorest of Judgments, I will kindle a Fire in the Wall. I am very desirous we should Enjoy a Wall of Fire; Yea, that we may be well Surr••nded with the St••es of Fire; but yet God grant, there may never be any Fire in our Wall? Briefly, Let all ranks of men •mong us wear that M••to; the Motto once of the Low Countries, may now very we•l befit a Country every way Low; Si 〈…〉, Frangimur: If we Clash, we Break.
Lastly. For th• Restoration and Preservation of our Impaired Hedge, I […], there is ⟨p. 59⟩not One man, but what can Lift up a Prayer unto the Lord! It is here said, I Sought for a MAN among them. Why, a man truly Seeking of Him, would be That Man. Wherefore, in our Hedge-broken Condition, Let it not be said of us, as in Isa. 59.16. He saw that there was No man, and wondered that there was no Intercessor. No; God forbid, it should be so said; But let it be said, as in