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The glory of goodness. The goodness of God celebrated; in remarkable instances and improvements…
The glory of goodness. The goodness of God celebrated; in remarkable instances and improvements thereof: and more particularly in the redemption remarkably obtained for the English captives, which have been languishing under the tragical, and the terrible and the most barbarous cruelties of barbary. : [Six lines from Psalms]
printed by T. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1703
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The Glory of Goodness. THE Goodness of GOD, Celebrated; In Remarkable Instances and Improvements thereof: And more particularly in the REDEMPTION Remarkably obtained for the English Captives, Which have been Languishing under the Tragical, and the Terrible, and the most Barbarous Cruelties of BARBARY.
Psal. CII 18, 19, 20. This shall be written for the Generation to come; — — From Heaven did the Lord behold the Earth. To hear the Groaning of the Prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to Death.
Boston, in N. E. Printed by T. Green, for Benjamin Eliot. 1703.
PREFACE.
THE late REDEMPTION of between Two and Three Hundred English-Prisoners, that were languishing in Barbary under the Bloody Tyrannies of the Emperor of Morocco, is a Thing that furnishes us with wonderful occasion to Celebrate the Goodness & Glory of our Great LORD-REDEEMER. And none have herein had more plentiful Occasion, to Glorify the LORD, than that most considerable proportion of the English Prisoners, which are now returned unto NEW-ENGLAND, the Country to which they belonged; and the People of God in this place, whose Prayers to God, for these their Brethren, were so fervent, so constant, so remarkably prosperous.