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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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But I cannot introduce the Catalogue of the Matchless Favours, wherein our God hath so dealt with us, as not with any Nation. Until you have had some Remarks ⟨p. 7⟩upon the Nature, and Meaning, and Ingredients of those Hearty Praises, which we are to render unto the Almighty for His Matchless Favours.
You will Remember then, That in our Hearty Praises o• God, for His Matchless Favours, we are to Confess, to Admire, to Adore those Glories of God which are Conspicuous and Illustrious in His Favours. The Power, the Wisdom, the Mercy, and the Faithfulness of the Great God, gloriously Shine forth in His Dealing so with us, as not with any Nation. The Glories of God, that His Dealings, do testify and certify, and signalize unto us, These we must very distinctly Sound forth, with His High Praises in our mouth.
You will Remember then, That in our Hearty Praises o• God, for His Matchless Favours, we are to Confess, to Admire, to Adore those Glories of God which are Conspicuous and Illustrious in His Favours. The Power, the Wisdom, the Mercy, and the Faithfulness of the Great God, gloriously Shine forth in His Dealing so with us, as not with any Nation. The Glories of God, that His Dealings, do testifie and certifie, and signalize unto us, These we must very distinctly Sound forth, with His High Praises in our mouth.
But then, you will also Remember, that we are utterly unworthy of these Matchless Favours, for which we offer up unto God our Hearty Praises. When we Reflect on •he Dealings of our God with us, we fearfully add unto our own unworthiness, if we don't sensibly say with our Father Jacob Lord, we are not worthy of the Least of all these Mercies. Truly, 'tis not because we are better than any other Nation, that our God hath so dealt with