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Compassions called for. An essay of profitable reflections on miserable spectacles
Compassions called for. An essay of profitable reflections on miserable spectacles. : To which is added, A faithful relation of some late, but strange occurrences that call for an awful and useful consideration. Especially distresses and deliverances, of a company lately shipwrecked on a desolate rock, on the coast of New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]Compassions called for. An essay of profitable reflections on miserable spectacles. : To which is added, A faithful relation of some late, but strange occurrences that call for an awful and useful consideration. Especially distresses and deliverances, of a company lately shipwreck'd on a desolate rock, on the coast of New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]
printed by B. Green, 1711
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Nor is this all the affection that is now called for. When we see Sin committed, we should be moved with Fear. Sin does Expose men to the Judgments of God. When we see Sin, we should Fear, lest the Judgments of God befall the Sinner; yea, and those that are about him also. Thus we read; Psal. CXIX. 118, 120. Thou hast trodden down all them that Err from thy Statutes; My Flesh trembles for fear of thee, & I am afraid of thy judgments.
Nor is this all the affection that is now called for. When we see Sin committed, we should be moved with Fear. Sin does Expose men to the Judgments of God. When we see Sin, we should Fear, lest the Judgments of God befal the Sinner; yea, and those that are about him also. Thus we read; Psal. CXIX. 118, 120. Thou hast trodden down all them that Err from thy Statutes; My Flesh trembles for fear of thee, & I am afraid of thy •udgments.
But then, methinks we may see occasions for Thankfulness, even in every Miserable Spectacle. We should have our Hearts Affected with a Thankful Admiration at the Distinguishing Favours of God unto our selves. Lord, Why am not I such a Spectacle? Why is not this my Unhappiness? Tis what I have deserved, as much as any in the world. In the ⟨p. 9⟩midst of Lamentations, we have those Acknowledgements; Lam. III. 22. It is of the Lords Mercies that we are not Consumed: because His Compassions fail not.
But then, methinks we may see occasions for Thankfulness, even in every Miserable Spectacle. We should have our Hearts Affected with a Thankful Admiration at the Distinguishing Favours of God unto our selves. Lord, Why am not I such a Spectacle? Why is not this my Unhappiness? Tis what I have deserved, as much as any in the world. In the