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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 I have certain MOTIONS to make; and I assure my self, that al• the Good Men in the Country will concur to the making of them.
But I have certain MOTIONS to make; and I assure my s•lf, that al• the Good Men in the Countrey will concur to the making of them.
The First Thing, for which I move, is, That the Golden Rule of Charity may Operate, in •ll the Dealings of the Market-Place ▪ Then will the Street […] when every thing is done in it▪ […] an Ey• to the Golden Rule o• […] ▪ I am not versed in th• […] Mysteries of the Market-Pla•e. ⟨p. 16⟩B•t I am acquainted with a Golden Rule, which, I am sure, would mightily Rectify all our Dealings there. Tis that; Mat. 7.12 All things whatsoever […] would, that men s•ould do to you, do •e even s• to them. A Rule owned among Pagans as well as Christians; A Rule, by Nature Engraven on the mind of Man, and as readily confessed as •ny Principle of the M•th•m•ticks: A Rule, which well attended, would soon turn this forlorn World, from an Aceldama into a Paradise. Christians, Tis a Rule for you in all your Dalings, To think, Should my Neighbour del with me as I now del with him, would I not think my self hardly dealt withal. Don't sleight this Rule; Don't throw it by as an Useless one; You forfeit the Name of, Christians, if you do. I can tell the Name of a Roman Emperor, who would on such a Provocation have ordered that you should not be called, Christians, any more.