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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 are there no Specialties of Religion, in which New England ▪ hath received the Matchless Favours of God, even beyond the rest of the English Nation. This is a Third Flight, that we are now to take in the Praises of God. I am not indeed so inconsiderate, as to boast of my Country: and, Ah, New England, thou hast enough and enough to Humble thee. Yea, I will readily grant, That in one City of the English Nation (I mean, the Capital) there is a greater Number of Pious People, than in all this whole Province. And I am no• so Absurd & Morose and Little, as to dream, that there are no Pious People, bu• what are in lesser points of my own persuasion. But the Favours of God must not be d•n•e•.
But are there no Specialties of Religion, in which New England ▪ hath received the Matchless Favours of God, even beyond the rest of the English Nation. This is a Third Flight, that we are now to take in the Praises of God. I am not indeed so inconsiderate, as to boast of my Country: and, Ah, New England, thou hast enough and enough to Humble thee. Yea, I will readily grant, That in one City of the English Nation (I mean, the Capital) there is a greater Number of Pious People, than in all this whole Province. And I am no• so Absurd & M•rose and Little, as to dream, that there are no Pious People, bu• what are in lesser points of my own perswasion. But the Favours of God must not be d•n•e•.
Our Degeneracies are horrible: they Expose us to the Dreadful Wrath of the Lr, who when Churches Leave their first Love, does Quickly come forth against