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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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Finally; You will Remember, That we don't offer up Hearty Praises unto God, for His Matchless Favours, if they be not Active Praises. When we Reflect on the Dealings of our God, with us, there is that ingenuous Question to be thought upon; Psal. 116.12. What shall we render to the Lord▪ for all His Benefits! Hath our God so dealt with us, as not with any Nation? We are then to study fit Returns of Gratitude, and Obedience, wherein we shall exceed every other Nation 'Tis not a formal saying, Thanks be to God! that will serve to Express our Thanks unto Him, for so dealing with us, as not with any Nation. 'Tis Thanks doing, and Thanks living, that must Express our Thanks. Without some agreeable Fruitfulness in our Conversations, we have no True Thankfulness. We are then to think, What are the Fruits now Expected from a Nation, with whom God hath so dealt as, ⟨p. 10⟩not with any Nation? What must be our Fruitfulness, that we may still Enjoy, and not Forfeit the Bounties of God?
But let us now proceed unto the Matchless Favours of th• God unto thee, O New England, which call for such Hearty Praises.
But let us now proceed unto the Mat•hless Favours of th• God unto thee, O New England, which call for such Hearty Praises.
And here, concerning the Constitution, of the Country it self, where the Most High hath divided, unto us our Inheritance, I will not say, God hath so dealt with us, as not with any Nation; But this If may say, There is many a Nation that is not near so well accommodated. Of the Land where our Lott falls unto us, our Good God may say, as in