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A pillar of gratitude. Or, A brief recapitulation, of the matchless favours, with which…
A pillar of gratitude. Or, A brief recapitulation, of the matchless favours, with which the God of heaven, hath obliged the hearty praises, of his New-England Israel. A sermon delivered in the audience of His Excellency, the Earl of Bellomont, captain general, and governor in chief, and of the Council & Representatives, of the General Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts Bay, convened at Boston, in New England. On May 29 1700 the day, for the election of counsellors, in the province. / By Cotton Mather. ; Whereto there is appendixed, an extract of some accounts, concerning the wonderful success of the glorious Gospel, in the East-Indies. ; [One line of Latin quotation]A pillar of gratitude. Or, A brief recapitulation, of the matchless favours, with which the God of heaven, hath obliged the hearty praises, of his New-England Israel. A sermon delivered in the audience of His Excellency, the Earl of Bellomont, captain general, and governour in chief, and of the Council & Representatives, of the General Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts Bay, convened at Boston, in New England. On May 29 1700 the day, for the election of counsellors, in the province. / By Cotton Mather. ; Whereto there is appendixed, an extract of some accounts, concerning the wonderful success of the glorious Gospel, in the East-Indies. ; [One line of Latin quotation]
Boston: printed by B Green, 1700
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A people there has been, of whom that Account may be given, O Lord, Thou hast brought a Vine, thou hast cast out the Heathen, and planted it: Thou didst cause it to take deep Root, and it filled the Land▪ She sent out her Hou••• unto the Sea, and her Branches unto the River. My Hearers all this while know not, whether I am giving an Account of Old Israel, or of New-England: So Surprising has been the Parallel!
A people there has been, of whom that Account may be given, O Lord, Thou hast brought a Vine, thou hast cast out the Heathen, and planted it: Thou didst cause it to take deep Root, and it filled the Land▪ She sent out her Hou••• unto the Sea, and her Branches unto the River. My Hearers all this while know not, whether I am giving an Account of Old Israel, or of New-England: So Surprizing has been the Parallel!
The Matchless Favours of God unto Old Israel, are here C•l•brated in one of the Ha•lelujatic Psalms; and a Psalm on such a Subject, very fitly, both begins and concludes with; Hallelujah! The Epiphonema which crowns all, is this, He hath not so dealt with any Nation; Praise ye the Lord. It gives us this Instruction, That when the Blessed God Endows a people with Matchless Favours, it becomes that people to bless Him with Hearty Praises. This is an Instruction, so plain, so evident, and so practical, there needs ⟨p. 6⟩no operation thereupon, to prepare it, for its Application unto our selves. The Matchless Favours of God unto New England are now to be set before you, in a Sh•re Catalogue of them: I say, a Short one, for who can in a piece of an Hour, Compose a Full one, or one that shall not fall short in many Instances? Beholding so much of New-England, from every Quarter, under such Characters, here come together, I shall take this opportunity, to bespeak your Hearty Praises to the Almighty God, for So Dealing with New-England as not with any Nation. And I have now chosen a Subject, that one, would think should be of all, the least liable to Cavilling Objections, and Exceptions. For, if any man shall object unto any one Article, in all my Catalogue, We owe no Hearty Praises to God upon that Article, give me leave to say it, It shall be an Hyperbole of Ingratitude; and, That man shall be a prodigy of Profanity, and Stupidity.