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The Christian thank-offering. A brief discourse on the returns of gratitude & obedience whereto…
The Christian thank-offering. A brief discourse on the returns of gratitude & obedience whereto men are obliged, by the mercies of God. Made on a solemn thanksgiving, kept in a private meeting of Christians, on the occasion of some deliverances. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Five lines of quotation]
printed by B. Green for Michael Perry, 1696
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Christian Thank Offering.
A Brief Discourse. ON The Returns of Gratitude & Obedience Whereto MEN are Obliged, by the Mercies OF GOD. Made On a Solemn THANKSGIVING, kept in a Private Meeting of Christians, on the Occasion of some Deliverances.
By Cotton Mather.
How Happy were my part If some kind man would thrust his Heart Into these Lines: […] in Heavens Court of Rolls They were by winged Souls Entered for both, far above their Desert, Herbert. Pag. 98.
How Happy were my part If some kind man would thrust his Heart Into these Lines: 〈…〉 in Heavens Court of Rolls They were by winged Souls Entred for both, far above their Desert, Herbert. Pag. 98.