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The Bostonian Ebenezer. Some historical remarks, on the state of Boston, the chief town…
The Bostonian Ebenezer. Some historical remarks, on the state of Boston, the chief town of New-England, and of the English America. With some agreeable methods, for preserving and promoting, the good state of that, as well as any other town, in the like circumstances / humbly offered, by a native of Boston. ; [Two lines of Scripture text]The Bostonian Ebenezer. Some historical remarks, on the state of Boston, the chief town of New-England, and of the English America. With some agreeable methods, for preserving and promoting, the good state of that, as well as any other town, in the like circumstances / humbly offer'd, by a native of Boston. ; [Two lines of Scripture text]
Boston: printed by B Green and J. Allen for Samuel Phillips, 1698
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CORONIS.
But there is a Tribe of Zebulon, which makes no little part of our Neighbourhood. ⟨p. 77⟩There are so many of our Neighbours, whose Employment lies at Sea, that in my own particular Congregation, I have counted near Ninety Persons, in one Day recommended unto our Prayers, by Bills from those who were Solicitous for their Friends then abroad.
But there is a Tribe of Zebulon, which makes no little part of our Neighbourhood. ⟨p. 77⟩There are so many of our Neighbours, whose Employment lies at Sea, that in my own particular Congregation, I have counted near Ninety Persons, in one Day recommended unto our Prayers, by Bills from those who were Sollicitous for their Friends then abroad.
My Neighbours, Your Vessels are your Houses; what are your Ships, your Ketches, your Brigantines, and your Sloops, but your Tabernacles? Oh! may Iniquity be Put far from them! Since we have been pressing of that Religion, which may have a Tendency to preserve our Standing Houses a Shore, let us also press that Religion, by which the preservation of your Floating Houses at Sea may be be-friended.