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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.
Behold, I bring unto you Good •idings of Great Joy, that shall be to all the faithful People of God: The Tidings which I bring ⟨p. 34⟩unto you, are, That there is a REVOLUTION and a REFORMATION at the very Door, which will be vastly more Wonderful, than any of the Deliverances, yet seen by the Church of God, from the Beginning of the World. I do not say, That the Next year will bring on this Happy Period; bu• this I do say, That the bigger part of this Assembly, may in the course of Nature, Live to see it: There stand those within these Walls this Day, That shall see, Glorious Things done for Thee, O thou city of God! The Day is at Hand, when Thunder & Lightning and Earth quake, shall Prodigiously Swallow up that Abominable City, which now indeed her self begins with Processions, to deprecate such an Extirpation. The Day is at Hand, when the Turkish Empire, instead of being any longer a Woe to Christendom, shall it self become a Part of Christendom. The Day is at Hand, when the Veil that ha's been upon the Hearts of the Jewish Nation, shall be taken on, and that Nation shall Fear the Lord, and His Good Thing, the Messiah. Concerning the Day of the Lord, wherein these Things will be done, I do with all Freedom say unto you, That Great Day of the Lord, it is Near, it is Near, and it hasteth greatly! Yea, If I could speak with a Voice as loud, as that of the Seventh Trumpet, which we are certain will Sound Quickly, I would Sound this Alarm to all mankind, The Kingdom of God is at Hand! The Kingdom of ⟨p. 35⟩God is at Hand! This is not mere Conjecture, or Opinion; but there is Demonstration, I assert nothing short of Demonstration for it. For, I pray, when the Kingdom of Satan, managed by his Vicar at Rome, is Expired, whose Kingdom shall next Succeed upon it? Now, Tis very certain, That there will be no more than Twelve Hundred & Sixty years allowed unto that Papal Kingdom: Tis very certain, That when Ten Sovereign Kings arise, in the broken Roman Empire, the Twelve Hundred & Sixty years of the Papal Kingdom, are Commenced: And It is very certain, That by the middle of the Fifth century, Ten several Distinct Kingdoms, took advantage from the Distractions then upon the Roman Empire, to set up for themselves. By this Calculation, we have nothing less than a Demonstration, that the Papal Kingdom, ha's the last Sands, of its last Hour-glass, now running for it.