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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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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 Isa. 62.6. I have set Watchmen upon thy Walls, that shall never hold their P•ace, Day nor Night. Tis a Passage concerning a Great Gap man, in Psal. 106.34. He stood up—and the Plague […]. Some Jewish Interpreters, quote tha• Scripture, (and that in Gen. 19.17.) to pro•e that ••le, Stare, nihil aliud Signi••••t▪ […] Ora•e. Tis as much as to say, He P••y'd; Standing in Prayer was a Posture so usual, that i• is become a P•rase for it. Well; Tis by so Standing, that we are to Stand in the Gap. Say the••: What can, even the Poorest and meanest Person of us all, b•in• ▪ fo• the Relief of our Wasting Hedge ? • answer, A Life, if it be called for; […], A Prayer; That is called for. Persol Hedge, is by daily Prayer, kep […] Repair; When the Devils are […] of […], they find our daiy Prayer, do's cause us to become Invulnerable.