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Things for a distressed people to think upon. Offered in the sermon to the…Things for a distress'd people to think upon. Offered in the sermon to the…
Things for a distressed people to think upon. Offered in the sermon to the General Assembly of the province, of the Massachusetts Bay, at the anniversary election. May, 27. 1696. Wherein, I. the condition of the future, as well as the former times, in which we are concerned, is considered. II. A narrative of the late wonderful deliverance, of the King, and the three kingdoms, & all the English dominions, is endeavoured. III. A relation, of no less than seven miracles, within this little while wrought by the Almighty Lord Jesus Christ, for the confirmation of our hopes, that some glorious works, for the welfare of his church, are quickly to be done, is annexed. / By Cotton Mather.Things for a distress'd people to think upon. Offered in the sermon to the General Assembly of the province, of the Massachusetts Bay, at the anniversary election. May, 27. 1696. Wherein, I. the condition of the future, as well as the former times, in which we are concerned, is considered. II. A narrative of the late wonderful deliverance, of the King, and the three kingdoms, & all the English dominions, is endeavoured. III. A relation, of no less than seven miracles, within this little while wrought by the Almighty Lord Jesus Christ, for the confirmation of our hopes, that some glorious works, for the welfare of his church, are quickly to be done, is annexed. / By Cotton Mather.
printed by B. Green for Duncan Campbel, 1696
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.
We read concerning a General Assembly, in Judg. 2.1. An Angel of the Lord came unto them, and said, I brought you unto the Land, which I sware unto your Fathers; but ye have not obeyed my voice; wherefore there shall yet be Thorns in your sides: And it came to pass, when the Angel of the Lord spake these words, the people lift up their voice and wept; And they called the Name of the place Bochim; i. e. Weepers. Oh! why should not Boston this Day, be thus called Bochim. So Autocratorically spoke that Angel, that it seems to have been the Messiah himself, appearing in an Humane Shape; even, the same Angel of the Covenant, that had formerly appeared unto Joshua at Gilgal; and therefore 'tis here said, He came up from Gilgal. Permit a poor Servant of that Blessed Messiah, thus to Expostulate with you; The Lord of Heaven from whom I come unto you, brought our Fathers into this Good Land, which He provided for us; But we have ⟨p. 9⟩not obeyed His voice; and this our Disobedience He has chastised with continual Thorns in our sides. Why should we not Lift up our voice & weep, at such doleful Tidings!
We read concerning a General Assembly, in Judg. 2.1. An Angel of the Lord came unto them, and said, I brought you unto the Land, which I sware unto your Fathers; but ye have not obeyed my voice; wherefore there shall yet be Thorns in your sides: And it came to pass, when the Angel of the Lord spake these words, the people lift up their voice and wept; And they called the Name of the place Bochim; i. e. Weepers. Oh! why should not Boston this Day, be thus called Bochim. So Autocratorically spoke that Angel, that it seems to have been the Messiah himself, appearing in an Humane Shape; even, the same Angel of the Covenant, that had formerly appeared unto Joshua at Gilgal; and therefore 'tis here said, He came up from Gilgal. Permit a poor Servant of that Blessed Messiah, thus to Expostulate with you; The Lord of Heaven from whom I come unto you, brought our Fathers into this Good Land, which He provided for us; But we have ⟨p. 9⟩not obey'd His voice; and this our Disobedience He has chastised with continual Thorns in our sides. Why should we not Lift up our voice & weep, at such doleful Tidings!