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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.
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.
The ELECTIONS, for which the Province this Day sends in a General Assembly, Exemplify to us those our Liberties, wherein God hath so dealt with us, as hardly with any Nation. Indeed considering what New England had from the Beginning done, to deserve singular Liberties, and considering what precious Liberties had been ravished from New-England, it was a fruit of the Royal Justice, as well as Goodness in His Majesty, •o Endue New England with a Charter of Liberties, above the rest of the Plantations. ⟨p. 39⟩We have a Royal Charter, which Effectually Secures unto us, all Christian Liberties, and all English Liberties, for which, I may say with the Rabbi; If the Heavens were Parchment, and the Seas were Ink, they would not suffice to write the Just Praises of God. We have a Royal Charter ▪ so Sheltering us, That no Counsel•ors, nor Judges, nor Justices, can hereafter […] Arbitrarily Imposed upon us. Yea, we have some Advantages not only above any other Nation, but also above any part of our own Nation.
The ELECTIONS, for which the Province this Day sends in a General Assembly, Exemplify to us those our Liberties, wherein God hath so dealt with us, as hardly with any Nation. Indeed considering what New England had from the Beginning done, to deserve singular Liberties, and considering what precious Liberties had been ravished from New-England, it was a fruit of the Royal Justice, as well as Goodness in His Majesty, •o Endue New England with a Charter of Liberties, above the rest of the Plantations. ⟨p. 39⟩