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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.
—Quis talia fando Temperet a Lacrymis?—
Thus, as Job sometimes complained, Chap. 10.17. Thou Renewest thy Witnesses against me, and increasest thine Indignation upon me; Changes and War are against me: Thus, in our Long War, we have seen those Changes on all Hands, and in all Kinds, which have witnessed against us, the Dreadful Indignation of God. God Threatened His people, (so I read it,) Amos 2.13. Behold, I will press your place as a full Cart presses the Sheaf: ['Tis an Allusion to the old way of Threshing the Corn, by drawing a Loaden Cart with Wheels, over the Corn. q. d.. You shall undergo Tribulation.] Ah, New•England, Thou hast been under such a Tribulation.
Thus, as Job sometimes complained, Chap. 10.17. Thou Renewest thy Witnesses against me, and increasest thine Indignation upon me; Changes and War are against me: Thus, in our Long War, we have seen those Changes on all Hands, and in all Kinds, which have witnessed against us, the Dreadful Indignation of God. God Threatned His people, (so I read it,) Amos 2.13. Behold, I will press your place as a full Cart presses the Sheaf: ['Tis an Allusion to the old way of Threshing the Corn, by drawing a Loaden Cart with Wheels, over the Corn. q. d.. You shall undergo Tribulation.] Ah, New•England, Thou hast been under such a Tribulation.
Sirs, Have you not Observed these things? But you must wisely Observe them. And a wise Observation of these things, will cause you to see, That the War which hath been upon us, hath been a War of GOD. The Indians have been but a small part of those Armies, which the Great GOD, hath been bringing out against us, for Ten Years together; and we may conclude,