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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
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That except we leave off Oppressing one another, in our Dealings, and leave off our Abusing and Injuring of them that serve the Public, above the rest of our Neighbours, the Gra•e God will still Interpose His Revenges upon us. […] suppose a man should make this Reply; […] Can any thing be more plain than this? That […] men would every where set themselves to the […] ordering of their own Families, and Revive generally, such Family Prayer, and such Family Instruction, and such Family Government, as our […] Planters Exemplified unto us, the whole Countr•• would presently be mended thereupon. All th•• […] shall say is; There are plain matters, where•• we all Know the will of our Heavenly Lord▪ and oh! to what Stripes do we Expose […] selves, if we cannot Agree plainly and ful•• to promote those matters! The Last Queen, that adorned the British Throne, even the Late Queen Mary, of Glorious Memory, was in this thing a Pattern most worthy of our Imitation▪ She would say, She feared there might be some secret Sins, that might Lye at the Root, and Blas• all the English Affairs; but then she would come off and say, There is so much Sin visible, that there is little Need of Divination concerning what may be secret. And yet I will venture to go on and say,
That except we leave off Oppressing one another, in our Dealings, and leave off our Abusing and Injuring of them that serve the Publick, above the rest of our Neighbours, the Gra•e God will still Interpose His Revenges upon us. 〈…〉 suppose a man should make this Reply; 〈…〉 Can any thing be more plain than this? That 〈…〉 men would every where set themselves to the 〈…〉 ordering of their own Families, and Revive gen••rally, such Family Prayer, and such Family Instr••ction, and such Family Government, as our Planters Exemplified unto us, the whole Countr would presently be mended thereupon. All th shall say is; There are plain matters, where we all Know the will of our Heavenly Lord and oh! to what Stripes do we Expose selves, if we cannot Agree plainly and ful to promote those matters! The Last Queen, that adorned the British Throne, even the Late Queen Mary, of Glorious Memory, was in this thing a Pattern most worthy of our Imitation She would say, She feared there might be som secret Sins, that might Lye at the Root, and Blas all the English Affairs; but then she would come off and say, There is so much Sin visible, that there is little Need of Divination concerning what may be secret. And yet I will venture to go on and say,