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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thus the Renowned Old man Exclaimed in his Day. All that I shall add this Day upon it is, That except we do immediately ask and take the Advice of our Excellent GOVERNOR, for the obtaining of a Good Establishment of this our College, it is much to be feared it will presently be broken up; Without his Direction and Countenance we can do nothing to purpose; & it is a Matchless Favour of God ⟨p. 29⟩that we may have it. If merely through' our Neglect, an Ominous Ruin come now upon our College, monstrous, and shameful, and senseless will be our Unthankfulness unto God, who hath so Dealt with us, as not with Every Nation; and they that wish well unto New England will say, Surely no other Nation would have been such Felones de se, or have dealt so by its own greatest Interest!
Thus the Renowned Old man Exclaimed in his Day. All that I shall add this Day upon it is, That except we do immediately ask and take the Advice of our Excellent GOVERNOUR, for the obtaining of a Good Establishment of this our Colledge, it is much to be fear'd it will presently be broken up; Without his Direction and Countenance we can do nothing to purpose; & it is a Matchless Favour of God ⟨p. 29⟩that we may have it. If meerly thro' our Neglect, an Ominous Ruine come now upon our Colledge, monstrous, and shameful, and senseless will be our Unthankfulness unto God, who hath so Dealt with us, as not with Every Nation; and they that wish well unto New England will say, Surely no other Nation would have been such Felones de se, or have dealt so by its own greatest Interest!
But, if we now make our Transition in the Second place, unto our Civil State, We shall therein see much of That which hath secured unto us, the Enjoyment of our Holy Religion, and find our selves further followed with the Matchless Favours of our God. When we look either upon our Subsistence heretofore and hitherto, or upon the Government under which▪ we do now Subsist, New England may be […] by the Angels, whom the most High God has used in conveying these His […] unto us, as in Luk 1.28 Hail […] ar Highly Favoured, the Lord is […] !