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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 Seventh Example.
Susanna Arch, was a Miserable Widow, for diverse ⟨p. 85⟩years, overwhelmed with an horrid Leprosy, which the Physicians that saw it, pronounced, Incurable, but from that very Time that they told her so, a strange persuasion came into her mind, That the Lord JESUS CHRIST would Cure her. That Scripture came frequently into her mind, Math. 8.2 Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean; and she found her self Enabled to plead this before Him, with some Degree of Confidence, That at last she should prevail. She Resolved, That she would Rely on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, who, in the Days of His Flesh, when on Earth, cured all Diseases and Sicknesses […] the People, and who had still as much Power, now that He is Glorified in Heaven. She felt many Temptations, to weaken her Confidence; but still, there came in Seasonable, and Agreeable Scriptures, with a mighty Force upon her to Strengthen it; As, at one Time, that in Mark 11 22. Have Faith in God; At another Time, that in Joh. 11.40. Said I not unto thee, that if thou wouldest Believe, thou shouldest see the Glory of God? At another Time, that in Heb. 10.35. Cast not away your Confidence, which hath Great Recompense of Reward. Her Leprosy had been Complicated with a Phthisic, which for many years afflicted her; but in the Month of November, 1694. she found her Phthisic Removed without any Humane Means, and she took that as a Token for Good, that she should also be cured of her Leprosy; and the late Miracles upon others, Enlivened this her Hope Exceedingly. In December, that Distemper of this Godly Woman grew worse and worse upon her; and when her Mind was uneasy, those passages came to Mind, I know, O Lord, that thou canst do every Thing, and, Our God, whom we serve, is able to deliver us. On ⟨p. 86⟩