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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.
III. May the Cares of a Thorough REFORMATION, be from this Day used among us, upon the multiplied Occasions for suc• Cares. When the General Assembly of Isra•• were all together, They said, we have Sinned against the Lord; but when they so said, it […] implied, that they did something, in pursuance of this Confession; that is to say, They fo• themselves to Redress the Provoking Evil• wherein they had Sinned. Certainly, there • not one man, in our General Assembly, but wha• will readily confess, We have Sinned against […] Lord: Yea, the Lord, has by Scourging ma•• this whole People, many a Time, over, to confess thus much before Heaven and Earth. Bu• now, Just, and Quick, and Warm Cares to Reform what we Confess, are needful to show th• Sincerity of our Confession, or, to prove, that […] had a Spirit without Guile, in our Confession. […] thought by some, That when the General Assembly of Israel did Pour out Water before the ⟨p. 42⟩Lord, they did thereby, as it were, Sacramentally Profess, that they thoroughly Cleansed themselves from all their filthy Idolatries, and utterly cast forth all their Filthiness & Wickedness, •ith a full purpose, to Take up nothing of it, […] more. Truly, The Command of our God, •ow unto us, is that, in Isa. 1.16. Wash ye, make […] clean, put away the Evil of our Doings, from ••fore mine Eyes. I must say unto you, That whatever man, shall in any Thing Obstruct, the •eformation of New-England, he is therein, and •far, a Public Enemy of the Land. There is •uch Talk, oftentimes Impertinently Enough ried on, whether such a man, or such a man, True to the Interest of the Country. But you all give Me, that am never present at any of ur Elections, leave to Suggest unto you, who ose men are, that are True to the Interest of the untry. Sirs, Those men, that will do all they […], for the Reformation of the Country, from ignorance, from Idleness, from Dishonesty, from cleanness, from all Profaneness, and Paganism, nd from Drunkenness, and all the Execrable Incentives thereunto; THAT, That is the man! hose men are True to the Interest of the Country; […] indeed, our Peace with God, is our True Inrest. Nor do I, by saying this, go to set by, […] English Tenderness of our Liberties, from the eputation, of a Commendable, yea, and a Necessary Quality, in all that we call to Serve the