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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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It being understood in France, that man• Hundred Ships of Merchant-men, were setting out from England, for divers parts of the Wor• ⟨p. 72⟩and that a great Convoy was also going to the Straits, whereby the Kingdom would have been left extremely Naked, immediately in February last, near Thirty Thousand French were drawn down to Dunkirk, and Calais, and other Ports, Headed by the Late King James, with an huge Fleet, wherein were between Three and Four Hundred Transport Ships, to bring them over, unto the Thames •Mouth, Sussex, or Kent; and some unto the North, to strengthen those that should make an Insurrection there. They Embarked, before it was known in England; but the Lord Jesus Christ, who Commands the Winds, did by Cross winds, constrain them to stand in again: In the mean time, the Duke of Wittenberg, having obtained some knowledge of the French Invasion, presently sent over to King WILLIAM, the Notice of it, by a Messenger, in a Fisher•boat, where, by lying […] among the Nets, he so escaped the French Inspection ▪ that he was able to inform the King, of the Nets, which the common Enemy had laid for Him, and for more than Three Kingdoms. At this Instant, Admiral Russel being dispatched, on this vast occasion to re-enforce the English Fleet, found, that by a surprising Hand of Heaven, our Merchant-men, with the […] had been out at Sea, but were by constant Weather dr•••en back into their Harbours; […] most seasonable Accident, the Fleet, ⟨p. 73⟩which else might have been a prey to the French, was within a few hours, all Manned, and Fitted out; and immediately they Blocked up the French Fleet in their Harbours, with no little damage to them at the present, besides the future Devastations, which may attend, the total Disappointment of the Descent by them Designed.
It being understood in France, that man• Hundred Ships of Merchant-men, were settin• out from England, for divers parts of the Wor