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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.
Another thing is this; If we should have such a Summer this year, as we had the last, for the Unseasonable Weather, which, alas, hitherto does hold, upon the Fruits of the Earth, ⟨p. 65⟩the Desolation of New-England will be more horrid, than any Tongue, ha's hitherto Expressed, or Heart Conceived. On every side of us then, we have that cry Roaring in our Ears, Reformation, or Desolation! Reformation, or Desolation! Oh! Tis High Time to Awake out of our Sleep, and to do some Signal Thing for the Reformation of our Land. Consider, O our Zerubbabels, O our Joshua's, and O all ye People of the Land: Necessity is laid upon us, and W• unto us if we Do it not.
And now, if these calls of Heaven, are, by your Tears, and by your Prayers, and by your Cares, duly complied withal, there is a twofold Benediction, from our Lord Jesus Christ, our High-Priest, who went away from hence to Heaven, Blessing of us, that I do from the Word of His, now before us, Conclude withal.
And now, if these calls of Heaven, are, by your Tears, and by your Prayers, and by your Cares, duely complied withal, there is a twofold Benediction, from our Lord Jesus Christ, our High-Priest, who went away from hence to Heaven, Blessing of us, that I do from the Word of His, now before us, Conclude withal.
I. You shall have Samuels to be Judges over you. How vast was the Felicity of Israel, when a Samuel, who formerly had been a most faithful Preacher, by whom they were always advised of their True Interest, now became a Ruler, who so acquitted himself in his Government over them, that when he came to put off his Government, he could make that Appeal to all the World, Behold, Here I am; Witness against me before the Lord; whom have I defrauded! whom have I oppressed? or of