I. Let us Thankfully, and Agreeably, and Particularly, Acknowledge What Help we have Received from the God of Heaven, in the years that have Rolled over us. While the Blessed Apostle Paul, was, as it should seem, yet short of being Threescore years old, how affectionately did he set up an Ebenezer, with an Acknowledgement, in Act. 26.22. Having obtained Help of God, I continue to This Day! Our Town is now Threescore and Eight years old; and certainly 'tis Time for us, with all possible affection, to set up our Ebenezer, saying, Having obtained Help from God, the Town it continued, until almost the Age of man is passed over it! The Town hath indeed Three Elder Sisters in this Colony; but it hath Wonderfully Outgrown them all; and ⟨p. 7⟩her Mother, old Boston, in England also; Yea, within a Few years, after the first-Settlement, it grew to be, The Metropolis of the whole English America. Little was This Expected, by them that First-Settled the Town, when, for a while, Boston, was proverbially called, Lost Town, for the mean and sad Circumstances of it. But, O Boston, it is because thou hast Obtained Help from God; even from the Lord Jesus Christ, who, for the sake of His Gospel, Preached and once prized here, undertook thy Patronage. When the World and the Church of God, had seen Twenty six Generations, a Psalm was Composed, wherein that Note occurs with Twenty six Repetitions; His Mercy endureth for ever. Truly, there ha's not one year passed over this Town, Ab Urbe Condita, upon the Story whereof, we might not make that Note, our Ebenezer; His Mercy endureth for ever. It ha's been a Town of Great Experiences. There have been several years, wherein the Terrible Famine, hath Terribly Stared the Town in the Face: We have been brought sometimes unto the Last Meal in the Barrel; ⟨p. 8⟩We have cried out, with the Disciples, We have not Loaves enough to feed a Tenth part of us! But the feared Famine ha's always been kept off; always, we have had Seasonable and Sufficient Supplies, after a Surprising manner sent in unto us: Let the Three last years in this thing most Eminently Proclaim the Goodness of our Heavenly Shepherd and Feeder. This ha's been the Help of our God; Because His Mercy endureth for ever! The Angels of Death, have often Shot the Arrows of Death, into the midst of the Town; The Small Pox, ha's especially Four Times, been a Great Plague upon us:
I. Let us Thankfully, and Agreeably, and Particularly, Acknowledge What Help we have Received from the God of Heaven, in the years that have Rolled over us. While the Blessed Apostle Paul, was, as it should seem, yet short of being Threescore years old, how affectionately did he set up an Ebenezer, with an Acknowledgment, in Act. 26.22. Having obtained Help of God, I continue to This Day! Our Town is now Threescore and Eight years old; and certainly 'tis Time for us, with all possible affection, to set up our Ebenezer, saying, Having obtained Help from God, the Town it continued, until almost the Age of man is passed over it! The Town hath indeed Three Elder Sisters in this Colony; but it hath Wonderfully Outgrown them all; and ⟨p. 7⟩her Mother, old Boston, in England also; Yea, within a Few years, after the first-Settlement, it grew to be, The Metropolis of the whole English America. Little was This Expected, by them that First-Settled the Town, when, for a while, Boston, was proverbially called, Lost Town, for the mean and sad Circumstances of it. But, O Boston, it is because thou hast Obtained Help from God; even from the Lord Jesus Christ, who, for the sake of His Gospel, Preached and once prized here, undertook thy Patronage. When the World and the Church of God, had seen Twenty six Generations, a Psalm was Composed, wherein that Note occurs with Twenty six Repetitions; His Mercy endureth for ever. Truly, there ha's not one year passed over this Town, Ab Urbe Condita, upon the Story whereof, we might not make that Note, our Ebenezer; His Mercy endureth for ever. It ha's been a Town of Great Experiences. There have been several years, wherein the Terrible Famine, hath Terribly Stared the Town in the Face: We have been brought sometimes unto the Last Meal in the Barrel; ⟨p. 8⟩We have cryed out, with the Disciples, We have not Loaves enough to feed a Tenth part of us! But the fear'd Famine ha's alwayes been kept off; alwayes, we have had Seasonable and Sufficient Supplyes, after a Surprising manner sent in unto us: Let the Three last years in this thing most Eminently Proclame the Goodness of our Heavenly Shepherd and Feeder. This ha's been the Help of our God; Because His Mercy endureth for ever! The Angels of Death, have often Shot the Arrows of Death, into the midst of the Town; The Small Pox, ha's especially Four Times, been a Great Plague upon us:
