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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.
The Sixth Example.
In a Letter from the Reverend, Mr. John How, I find the Ensuing passages, which I take the leave to Expose unto the Public.
In a Letter from the Reverend, Mr. John How, I find the Ensuing passages, which I take the leave to Expose unto the Publick.
It gives among us (Writes that Worthy Man) ⟨p. 84⟩some Reviving to the Languishing Interest of Christianity, and some check to the Infidel Spirit, that (under the falsely assumed Name of Deism) would turn all Revealed Religion, and indeed all Religion into Ridicule; that God is pleased to own it, by some late Miraculous Cures, wrought upon the Acting of Faith in CHRIST.
It gives among us (Writes that Worthy Man) ⟨p. 84⟩some Reviving to the Languishing Interest of Christianity, and some check to the Infidel Spirit, that (under the falsly assumed Name of Deism) would turn all Revealed Religion, and indeed all Religion into Ridicule; that God is pleased to own it, by some late Miraculous Cures, wrought upon the Acting of Faith in CHRIST.