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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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First, A Godly man may Suffer the loss of his House, in a Common Calamity, with wicked men. If a Righteous Let live in a Sodom, his House must be Bu••ed among the Rest in the Vicinity.
Again, A Godly man may Suffer the loss of his House, when man• wicked men Escape that Calamity. A Job, one who Fears God and Shuns Evil, may have his House laid even with the Ground, while he could yet complain, The Tabernacles of Robbers prosper. Yea,
Thirdly, At the House o• a Godly man may begin that Calamity, that shall Involve the loss of many other Houses in it. A Fire may be carried, even from the Altar it self, over the whole City: and we know, Trouble may begin at the House of God. Wherefore, upon the whole; Those ⟨p. 54⟩persons are not always the Greatest Sinners, who are the Greatest Sufferers, in such a Calamity. Those Tabernacles may miscarry in which yet there are no abounding miscarriages of Iniquity.
Thirdly, At the House o• a Godly man may begin that Calamity, that shall Involve the loss of many other Houses in it. A Fire may be carried, even from the Altar it self, over the whole City: and we know, Trouble may begin at the House of God. Wherefore, upon the whole; Those ⟨p. 54⟩persons are not alwayes the Greatest Sinners, who are the Greatest Sufferers, in such a Calamity. Those Tabernacles may miscarry in which yet there are no abounding miscarriages of Iniquity.