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Decennium luctuosum. An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath…
Decennium luctuosum. An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath had with the Indian savages, from the year, 1688. To the year 1698. / Faithfully composed and improved. ; [One line of quotation in Latin]
printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1699
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.
Do not now imagine, That it is only ⟨p. 214⟩the more Strict and Severe Doctrine of a Non-Conformist that now Smites your Consciences; it is the Doctrine of a Christian; and it may be 'twill have the more Force upon some of you, i• I tell you, that the •ate Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, in a Book on that Subject, ha's this passage; That […] Family-Worship is so Necessary to keep alive a sense of God and Religion, in the minds of men, that he sees not, how any Family that Neglects it can in Reason be Esteemed a Family of Christians, or indeed to have any Religion at all. I will add but this word unto all the rest: If after this there be a Prayerless Family, among us, I would, if I could, Write upon their Door, Lord Have Mercy upon us; for there is a Plague in that Pagan Family.
Do not now imagine, That it is only ⟨p. 214⟩the more Strict and Severe Doctrine of a Non-Conformist that now Smites your Consciences; it is the Doctrine of a Christian; and it may be t'will have the more Force upon some of you, i• I tell you, that the •ate Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, in a Book on that Subject, ha's this passage; That 〈…〉 Family-Worship is so Necessary to keep alive a sense of God and Religion, in the minds of men, that he sees not, how any Family that Neglects it can in Reason be Esteemed a Family of Christians, or indeed to have any Religion at all. I will add but this word unto all the rest: If after this there be a Prayerless Family, among us, I would, if I could, Write upon their Door, Lord Have Mercy upon us; for there is a Plague in that Pagan Family.
III. In the WAR that hath been upon us, Whose is Wise, may observe, That the very Objects, of our Sins, have been made the very Engines of our Plagues. It is a thing Extraordinarily Observable, though it ordinarily happens; That, In quo quis peccat, in eo punitur; Men are Plagued by those very Things, with which they have Sinn'd. If an Eli omit his Duty towards his Children, it follows, in