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A discourse concerning the grace of courage, wherein the nature, beneficialness, and necessity of…
A discourse concerning the grace of courage, wherein the nature, beneficialness, and necessity of that virtue for all Christians, is described. Delivered in a sermon preached at Boston in New-England. June 5th. 1710. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Two lines from I Corinthians]A discourse concerning the grace of courage, wherein the nature, beneficialness, and necessity of that vertue for all Christians, is described. Delivered in a sermon preached at Boston in New-England. June 5th. 1710. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Two lines from I Corinthians]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1710
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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.
TO THE READER.
THE SERMON Emitted herewith, was Preached at the desire of the Gentlemen belonging to the Artillery Society in Boston, which has been for more than Threescore Years a famous Company. And at their Request, it is in this way Published to the World.
It is mentioned as a singular favour of GOD to His People, That out of them should be the Corner Stone, and the nail; That is to say, Rulers of their own to keep all in frame; and the battle-bom, i. e. ⟨image ?⟩Men fit for Military Service: Zech. 10. 4. And thus has the Lord favoured His People in new-England.
It is mentioned as a singular favour of GOD to His People, That out of them should be the Corner Stone, and the nail; That is to say, Rulers of their own to keep all in frame; and the battel-bom, i. e. ⟨image ?⟩Men fit for Military Service: Zech. 10. 4. And thus has the Lord favoured His People in new-England.