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The excellency of a public spirit discoursedThe excellency of a publick spirit discoursed
The excellency of a public spirit discoursed: in a sermon, preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, May 27. 1702. Being the day for election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]The excellency of a publick spirit discoursed: in a sermon, preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the province of the Masachusetts Bay in New England, May 27. 1702. Being the day for election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]
printed by B. Green for Nicholas Boone, 1702
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
2. W• […] here see who a•e the most excellent and d•si•ab•e persons in the wor•d Are they the Richest m•n? N•, […] Righteous. Are they the m•st Learned? N•, but the most Godly m•n Prov 12 26. The Righteous is m••e Excellent than his Neighbour As for unrighteous m•n they pull down Judgments. The w•a•h of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness ⟨p. 60⟩and unrighteousness of men. Rom. 1.18 But it is good being where there be many Righteous: It is good living in a Family where the Master of that Family is a Righteous man: When Parents have Children to disp•se of, let them be sure to dispose of them into Godly Families. Not into a Family in which there is no Prayer, because the Lord has threa••ed to poor •ut his fury on the Families that call not on his N•me, Jer. 10.25 But if you put your Children into Godly Families, they will be like to fare the better for it in Body, and in Soul too.
2. W• 〈…〉 here see who a•e the most excllnt and dsiabe persns in the word Are they the Richst mn? N, Rghteous. Are they the mst Learned? N, but the most Gdly mn Pov 12 26. The Righteous is me Excellent than his Neighbur As for unigteous mn they pull down Jdgmens. The wah of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodiness