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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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'Tis no Small Thing that God has done for our English Nation, in delivering it from, the Political Mischiefs of Popery, under which the Nations yet Intoxicated ⟨p. 19⟩with the Popish Abominations are •ining away. The Protestant Religion hath not been set up scarce in any Nation, but it has made them, even in Temporals, within a very little while, twice as Rich and as Great as they were before; And one, somewhat curious in his Calculations, has demonstrated, That the Abolishing of Popery in the English Nation, is worth at least Eight Millions of Pounds Sterling, yearly profit unto it. But this is a Small Thing, in comparison of what has been done by God for the English Nation, in its Deliverance, from the Spiritual Mischiefs of Popery For 'tis peculiarly concerning the Roman Catholics, that the Spirit of God uttered that Oracle in 2▪ Thes. 2.11, 12. God shall send them strong Delusion, that they should Believe a lie, that they all might be Damned, who Believed not the Truth▪ Praises, where are you? Let Heaven ring wi•h our Praises unto our God, for the Religion of England. Praised be God, That the Treasures of His Blessed Word are not locked up from us! That we are not Priest ridden by the Janissaries of Antichrist! That we have not Non sensical Figments, thrust down our Throats ⟨p. 20⟩with Burning Fire brands▪ That we may use our own Discretion in the concerns of our own Salvation! That we are not by bloody Inquisitions, or Drag•u•ings, or Faggots, and Gibbets, driven to worship the Works of mens Hands! Truly, There are many Nations, that are not so Dealt withal. But you, O dear People of New-England, have your Share in this amazing Deliverance.
'Tis no Small Thing that God has done for our English Nation, in delivering it from, the Political Mischiefs of Popery, under which the Nations yet Intoxicated ⟨p. 19⟩