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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
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3 Hence they that do seek the hurt of Righteous men, and would gladly extirpate them […] of the wor•d, sin g•ievo•st against the Lord and against themselves too They that would […] the world of them, sin against God; •or G•d t•k•s what is done against them as done against himself. Zech 2 8 He that toucheth y•u toucheth the apple of his eye ▪ Touch them ([…]) you had as good touch •he Apple of m• Eye. So tender is the Lo•d of them: Such si• against themselves too. Wh•n Saul was Persecuting th• C•u•ch of God, Christ from heaven •nd to him, Why dost thou persecute m•? 'tis ha•d for thee to kick against the pricks Wh•n Wi•k•d men set th•ms•lv•s against th• Righteous, they do but ki•k against the p•ick; […] do but hurt and wound themselves Th•y d• jst […] a man that cus the bough on which […] stands, when that falls he falls and is ruined The