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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
Conclusion: THE CLOSE. Containing a Relation, of the Wonderful Deliverance, newly received, by the…
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and upon the Invitation thereof, give me leave now to Entertain you, with a brief Relation of that Wonderful Providence, which ha's now been after an astonishing manner displayed, for the Preservation of us all.
and upon the Invitation thereof, give me leave now to Entertain you, with a brief Relation of that Wonderful Providence, which ha's now been after an astonishing manner display'd, for the Preservation of us all.
The miserable Male-contents had for a long while been fomenting and augmenting, Discontents throughout the Kingdom, in hopes, by the means of those Confusions, to Recover all that they had lost, in the late Happy Revolution. The Kingdom had been long Disastered with many Losses; besides the Heavy Taxes that lay upon it: & the Prodigious Depravation, brought, ⟨p. 71⟩as it were at Once, upon the Coin current throughout the Kingdom, coming upon all the rest, had thrown the Nation into such a Ferment, that the Exquisite Wisdom & Success of the Parliament, in since getting through it, is to be annumerated perhaps among the Greatest Appearances of God, for His Poor People there: Moreover, There had been particular methods […], through the Artifice of these Incendiaries, to Distress, yea, to Destroy, the Sea faring part of the Kingdom, that so a French Invasion might be facilitated: Nor were they unwilling to Encourage themselves from a Bone of contention cast between the Two Kingdoms of England, and Scotland, about their Trade: And the Servants of the late King, had in Great Numbers pretendedly Deserted him; Returning Home, that they might Live Quietly under a Mild Government, though not intending, it seems, To, Study to be Quiet. It was at this Critical Time, That Great Britain, with all the Dominions pertaining thereunto, was upon the point of being overwhelmed in, A Conspiracy for the Assassinating of His Majesties Person, to encourage an Invasion from France, at the same Time intended, for the utter Subversion of the Protestant Religion, and the Liberties of the Kingdom.
The miserable Male-contents had for a long while been fomenting and augmenting, Discontents throughout the Kingdom, in hopes, by the means of those Confusions, to Recover all that they had lost, in the late Happy Revolution. The Kingdom had been long Disastered with many Losses; besides the Heavy Taxes that lay upon it: & the Prodigious Depravation, brought,