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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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Has the Lord so dealt with any Nation? The only People, that Complain of Him, so far as I can Learn, are those worst of People, the mortal Enemies of all People, the Pirates, and their Abettors. The Inflexible Justice of our GOVERNOR, perpetually and successfully, pursues those Horrid Sea-Monsters; But for those Bloody Harpies, and those that are in Confederacy with them, to Complain of the Vengeance that follows them, is Music in the Ears of all that would not see these Plantations Ruined. All Honest men, Rejoice when such are Grieved, That there is come a Man, that seeks the Welfare of this Little Israel.
Has the Lord so dealt with any Nation? The only People, that Complain of Him, so far as I can Learn, are those worst of People, the mortal Enemies of all People, the Pyrates, and their Abettors. The Inflexible Justice of our GOVERNOUR, perpetually and successfully, pursues those Horrid Sea-Monsters; But for those Bloody Harpi•s, and those that are in Confederacy with them, to Complain of the Vengeance that follows them, is Musick in the Ears of all that would not see these Plan•ations Ruined. All Honest men, Rejoice when such are Grieved, That there is come a Man, that seeks the Welfare of this Little Israel.
What shall we now Petition His EXCELLENCY to do for this his people I Shall we petition Him, to Look with a ⟨p. 38⟩Gracious, and Fatherly Compassion, upon our Weaknesses? To Improve his Interest in the Court of England, so that His Great Friends, may for his sake be ours? To Defend us from Injuries, to Direct us in Difficulties, to Countenance our just Liberties, and the best Friends of them?
EXCELLENT SIR, You prevent us, in all our Petitions: You Do for us, whatever we would Ask for: You leave us, nothing to Do, but to Study how we may Show all Thankfulness, for the Great Quietness we Enjoy by You, and the Worthy Deeds which are done to this Nation by your Providence.