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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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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 〈…〉 ⟨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,
That a People whom the God of Heaven hath Remarkably Helped, in their Distresses, ought Greatly and Gratefully to acknowledge, what Help of Heaven they have Received.
Now, 'tis not my Design to lay the Scene of my Discourse, as far off as Bethear, the place where Samuel set up his Ebenezer ▪ I am immediately to Transfer it into the Heart of Boston, a place where the Remarkable Help Received from Heaven, by the People, does loudly call for an Ebenezer. And I do not ask you, to change the Name of the Town, into that of Help-Stone, as there is a Town in England of that Name, which may seem the English, of Ebenezer; But my Sermon shall be this Day, your Ebenezer, if you will with a Favourable, and a Profitable Attention Entertain it. May the Lord Jesus Christ, Accept me, and Assist me now, to Glorify Him, in the Town, where I drew my First Sinful Breath; A Town, whereto I am under Great Obligations, for the Precious Opportunities to Glorify Him, which I have