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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.
Have any of our Eminent Persons, ever miscarried like David? We should with an Impartial Fidelity, do what we can, that they may Repent like David: No doubt, the most Holy Lord Jesus Christ, who has Eyes like a Flame of Fire, makes his Jealousy burn like fire, against the Churches, which do not bear due Testimonies against such Offenders: It may be, He'll set them on fire, for their Unfaithfulness. But still, we must even Consume our Eyes with Tears, when we bear our Testimonies. Oh! the Irreparable Wrongs that we have seen done to the dear and sweet Name of our precious Jesus! Methinks, we should broach our Tears, on this Lamentable Provocation; and be like the Church of Corinth, when an Unclean Fellow was found among them; [2 Cor. 7.11.] for Godly Sorrow, for Carefulness, for Clearing of our selves, for Indignation, Fear, Desire, Zeal, and Revenge.
Have any of our Eminent Persons, ever miscarried like David? We should with an Impartial Fidelity, do what we can, that they may Repent like David: No doubt, the most Holy Lord Jesus Christ, who has Eyes like a Flame of Fire, makes his Jealousy burn like fire, against the Churches, which do not bear due Testimonies against such Offendors: It may be, He'l set them on fire, for their Unfaithfulness. But still, we must even Consume our Eyes with Tears, when we bear our Testimonies. Oh! the Irreparable Wrongs that we have seen done to the dear and sweet Name of our p•ecious Jesus! Methinks, we should broach our Tears, on this Lamentable Provocation; and be like the Church of Corinth, when an Unclean Fellow was found among them; [2 Cor. 7.11.] for Godly Sorrow, for Carefulness, for Clearing of our selves, for Indignation, Fear, Desire, Zeal, and Revenge.
Fourthly; The Evident Blows from […] Hand of an Angry God, in a long Train of Disasters upon all our Affairs, How much do they Solicit our Tears before the Lord? A Recapitulation of the sad things, which have befallen us, while our Days have passed away under the wrath of God, in this Wilderness, and we have seen one Destruction after another, almost without any Intermission, might justly bring us to that Lamentation, in