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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.
The French and the Indians have sorely Scourged us; but let it not be thought a Paradox, That one of the Sorest Punishments, which ever did or ever can befall this poor Country, is the Great Esteem, which this Liquor has among us. It makes us Poor; It keeps us Poor; whole Families may curse the Day, that ever the Bottle came into them. It will soon make us a Despicable Country. All our Strength will be ⟨p. 34⟩departed from us. Ah, NEW-ENGLAND; Thy Street will not be Pure Gold; No, 'twill be a filthy Puddle, a nasty Kennel. Yea, the Wild-beasts of the Desert will dwell here; thy Houses will be full of doleful Creatu••••.
The French and the Indians have sorely Scourged us; but let it not be thought a Paradox, That one of the Sorest Punishments, which ever did or ever can befall this poor Country, is the Great Esteem, which this Liquor has among us. It makes us Poor; It keeps us Poor; whole Families may curse the Day, that ever the Bottel came into them. It will soon make us a D•spicable Country. All our Strength will be ⟨p. 34⟩departed from us. Ah, NEW-ENGLAND; Thy Street will not be Pure Gold; No, 'twill be a filthy Puddle, a nasty Kennel. Yea, the Wild-beasts of the Desert will dwell here; thy Houses will be full of doleful Creatu••••.
Instead of Propounding Laws, to retrench a Mischief, not easy to come at▪ My Proposal is; That this One Observation may be Spread through' the Country, and awfully considered of. Tho' this Liquor may be Useful, at some time, & in some things, yet no Man that uses it constantly will ever be Good for very much. It will infallibly Stunt his Abilities; He will discharge no Office, as he ought to do; It will Besot him, or, at least very much Flatten him, and make him very little better, than a mere Good for nothing. Take him from the Bottle, for the STATE, or for the CHURCH, or for the FIELD, […] be a Poor Tool; God will do little by him; he'll never be Excellent. When a man stands a Candidate for any Preferment, I move, That it may be known, whether he be a Friend of