Decennium luctuosum. An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath…

Moreover; You may Observe, That in these years, those very Things which were intended for our Defence, have oftentimes been so much Improved for our Damage, that it was hard for us to say, which was the Greater, the Defence, or the Damage, which we had from them. It was a Lamentable Time with the Jews, when that Curse came upon them, That which should have been for their Welfare, Let it become a Trap, & pour out thine Indignation upon them. Truly, The Indignation of God hath been poured out upon us, in this Fruit of the Curse, no ⟨p. 231⟩•ess frequently then sensibly, that some things which should have been for our Welfare, have at the same time, served also to Entrap the Persons, and Interests of many people, into sore Inconveniences. There is no need of Explaining this Article; They that have been under this Indignation of God, know the Explaining of it!

Moreover; You may Observe, That in these years, those very Things which were intended for our Defence, have oftentimes been so much Improved for our Damage, that it was hard for us to say, which was the Greater, the Defence, or the Damage, which we had from them. It was a Lamentable Time with the Jewes, when that Curse came upon them, That which should have been for their Welfare, Let it become a Trap, & pour out thine Indignation upon them. Truly, The Indignation of God hath been poured out upon us, in this Fruit of the Curse, no ⟨p. 231⟩•ess frequently then sensibly, that some things which should have been for our Welfare, have at the same time, served also to Entrap the Persons, and Interests of many people, into sore Inconveniencies. There is no need of Explaining this Article; They that have been under this Indignation of God, know the Explaining of it!

Finally, You may Observe, What Untimely Ends, and what Surprising Fates, have come upon our Sons, in these Years of the Wrath of the Right-Hand of the Most High. When Croesus was in War taken by Cyrus, this Captive made unto the Conqueror, this Remark upon the Difference between Peace and War; O Sir, I see, that in a time of Peace, the Sons Bury their Fathers, but in a Time of War, the Fathers Bury their Sons. Truly, Sirs, our Time of War has in Various Ways of Mortality, been Embittered with this Remark, The Fathers have been Burying their Sons, all the Country over! Many of us, have had our Sons, even those very Sons, of whom we said, This same shall Comfort us! We have had them violently snatched away from us, and Cropped in the very Flower of their Youth; and they have Lest us deploring, Oh, my Son, with all my Heart could I have Dyed for thee, my Son, my Son! But in the midst of these Deplorable Things, God hath given up several of our Sons, into the Hands of the Fierce Monsters of Africa. Mahometan Turks and Moors, and Devils, are at this Day oppressing many of