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Theopolis Americana. An essay on the golden street of the holy city: publishing, a…
Theopolis Americana. An essay on the golden street of the holy city: publishing, a testimony against the corruptions of the market-place. With some good hopes of better things to be yet seen in the American world. In a sermon, to the General Assembly of the Massachusett-Province in New-England. 3 d. 9 m. 1709. : [Five lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by B. Green, 1710
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.
But▪ if a Work of GOD, and of Grace, be desirable in •ll •he P••ple, it is mo•• of all to be desired in those that are to Act for All the P•••le A ⟨p. 12⟩man of Bright Piety is a man of Goo• Metal: He will study to be a Bl•ssing to his People; Tis very much to be hoped, that God will make him a Blessing: Especially when he is called forth into any Public Station. Sometime• the Government of a Place, is Assembled in the Market-Place of the City. Oh! Most Privileged People, •hose Affairs are managed▪ by Religious men, whom a Work of Grace has Ennobled, and made Partakers of th• Divine Nature! Nothing so Desirable! I say unto you, Nothing, Nothing so Necessary! If I were in a Church full of Kings, I would say what I do!
But▪ if a Work of GOD, and of Grac•, be desirable in •ll •he P••ple, it is mo•• of all to be desir•d in those that are to Act for All the P•••le A ⟨p. 12⟩man of Bright Piety is a man of Goo• Metal: He will study to be a Bl•ssing to his People; Tis very much to be hoped, that God will make him a Blessing: Especially when he is called forh into any Publick Station. Sometime the Government of a Place, is Assembled in the Market-Place of the City. Oh! Most Priviledged People, hose Affairs are managed by Religious men, whom a Work of Grace has Ennobled, and made Partakers of th Divine Nature! Nothing so Desirable! I say unto you, Nothing, Nothing so Neceary! If I were in a Church full of Kings, I would say what I do!