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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 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 Ezek. 20.6. It is a Land that I had Espied for them. And tho' it be not, The Glory of […] Lands, yet Englishmen could not have met with many be••er Lands. Deservedly is it called, New England; •or England, that bravest Lady of Europe, has no where in America, a Daughter that so much Resembles her. The Comforts of the Climate, abundantly outweigh the Hardships of it. The Poor find a more comfortable Subsistence in i•, than alm•st in any other. Almost •very where else the Poor do rather Endure ⟨p. 11⟩Life, than Enjoy it. But, the Poor of this Land, may say, God hath not so dealt with the rest of the poor in our Nation, or scarce in any Nation. And where the Inhabitants of it use Discretion and Industry, they mostly furnish themselves, not only with Necessaries, but also with Conveniences Indeed New England is not Heaven: That we are sure old. But for my part, I do not ask to Remove out of New England, except for a Removal into Heaven. 'Tis […], sme Troubles, but those rather in the Mora, than the Natural Circumstances of the Country, have often caused our most Eent. Elijahs, to wish, Oh! If they had the wings of a Dove, whither would they flee away! And, Whither, Sirs, I beseech you? I doubt, you don't know the World Certainly, you'll find it Old Adams World, go were you will. There grow Briars & Thorns, in other parts of the World, as well as New England. But, O Good people of New England, Tho' you are by the Royal Charter, delivered from the Exoions of those that once demanded of you, Quitrents for all the Good Land unto the possession whereof your Titles are now