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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 by prizing of His CHRIST, and loving of His CHRIST, and yielding a•l possible Obedience to the CHRIST who is the Author of Eternal Salvation, to as many as Obey Him. I'll drive that Nail, with one stroke of History. There had been much of CHRIST, at Capernaum of old: A CHRIST was a Resident at ⟨p. 25⟩Capernaum Yea, but our CHRIST was grievously undervalued there; and therefore our Lord fore-told, Mat. 11.23. Thou shalt be brought down to Hell. Now I find in the Jewish Talmuds that Capernaum after this given up to the most Hellish Wickedness that ever was: The Town of Capernaum, was a mere Sodom, and Hell above ground. There was not a more Hellish place for Filthiness, and Sorcery, on the Face of the Earth. Oh, Consider of it!
But by prizing of His CHRIST, and loving of His CHRIST, and yielding a•l possible Obedience to the CHRIST who is the Author of Eternal Salvation, to as many as Obey Him. I'l drive that Nail, with one stroke of History. There had been much of CHRIST, at Capernaum of old: A CHRIST was a Resident at ⟨p. 25⟩Capernaum Yea, but our CHRIST was grievously undervalued there; and therefore our Lord fore-told, Mat. 11.23. Thou shalt be brought down to Hell. Now I find in the Jewish Talmuds that Capernaum after this given up to the most Hellish Wickedness that ever was: The Town of Capernaum, was a meer Sodom, and Hell above ground. There was not a more Hellish place for Filthiness, and Sorcery, on the Face of the Earth. Oh, Consider of it!
Moreover, Is it not a Matchless Favour to Sit under the Wings of Churches, wherein the Primitive Discipline is Restored: Even the Discipline, that Cranmer, and Hooper, and other Great Lights of the Church of England, wished for, and wrote for, & would gladly have Died for? A Discipline wherein all Things are Conformed, as well as we can understand, unto the Word of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, & wherein the Elders have their Authority upheld, the Brethren have not their Liberties over laid, and all things Conspire to Represent the Holiness of the Kingdom of Heaven unto the World; it is a Matchless Favour of Heaven, to the Nation that is