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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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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.
1 SAM. VII. 12. Then SAMUEL took a Stone, and set it up, — and called the Name of it, Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto the Lord hath Helped us.
THE Thankful Servants of God, have used sometimes, to Erect Monuments of Stone, as durable Tokens of their Thankfulness to God, for Mercies Received in the places thus distinguished. Jacob did so; Joshua did so; and Samuel did so; but they so did it, as to keep clear of the Transgression forbidden, in Lev. 26 1. Ye shall not set up an Image of Stone in your Land, for to Bow down unto it.
THE Thankful Servants of God, have used sometimes, to Erect Monuments of Stone, as dureable Tokens of their Thankfulness to God, for Mercies Received in the places thus distinguished. Jacob did so; Joshua did so; and Samuel did so; but they so did it, as to keep clear of the Transgression forbidden, in Lev. 26 1. Ye shall not set up an Image of Stone in your Land, for to Bow down unto it.
The Stone Erected by Samuel, with the Name of Ebenezer, which is as much as […] say, A Stone of Help; I know not whet••• any Thing might be Writ upon it: but […] ⟨p. 5⟩am sure, there is one thing to be now Read upon it, by our selves, in the Text where we find it: Namely, thus much,
The Stone Erected by Samuel, with the Name of Ebenezer, which is as much as 〈…〉 say, A Stone of Help; I know not whet any Thing might be Writt upon it: but