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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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III. Let the Help which we have Hitherto had from our God, Enc•u••ge […] Hope in Him, for More Help […], as the Matter may Require. The He•p […] God had given to His People, […] Commemorated, as with […] Pillars, conveying down the Remembrance of it, unto their Children. And what for? We are told, in Psal. 78.7. That they might se• their Hope in God, and […] Forget the Works of God. I am not willing to say, ⟨p. 21⟩How much this Town may be Threatened, even with an U•ter Extirpation. But this I will say, The Motto upon all out Ebenezers is, Hope in God! Hope in God! The Use of the Former Help that we have had from God, should be an Hope for Future Help, from Him that is, A Present Help in the Time of Trouble. As in the Three First Verse o• the Eighty Fifth Psalm, Six times over there occurs, Thou hast, Thou hast: all to usher in this; Therefore Thou WILT still do so O Let our Faith proceed in that way of Arguing, i• 2 Cor. 1.10. The Lord hath Delivered, and H• doth Deliver, and in Him we Trust, that He will still Deliver. We are to Day Wil•ing, Hitherto the Lord hath Helped us; Let us write under it, And we ho•e, the Lord […] m•re Help for us, in the Time of Need! It may be▪ some are purposing Suddenly and Hastily to Leave the Town, th•oug• their Fears of the […] that may come upon it. But I would not have you be too Sudden and Hasty in •our purposes, as too many have been▪ nto […]-Srrow. There was a Time when People were so Discouraged about a Subsistence in