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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.
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 […] !
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 Re•igion, 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 〈…〉 !
Though I am no•, […] has our Province any one that is. He, who in the […] Common wealth is called, The ⟨p. 30⟩Divine of the Star• ; Yet I may so far take notice of what Occurs in our Civil State, as to say:
Though I am no•, 〈…〉 has our Province any one that is. He, who in the Common wealth is called, The