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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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Several such things have occurred among us; The Judgments of God, making a Quick Dispatch of Sinners, that have grown Outrageous in the Efforts of their Impiety.
Several such things have occurred among us; The Judgments of God, making a Quick Dispatch of Sinners, that have grown Outragious in the Efforts of their Impiety.
I think, Our Heart should be affected at this rate, on such Occasions.
First; We ought to Bewail the scarce conceivable Wickedness, yea, Devilism, that Mankind may sink into. When we see men Defying their Maker; Deriding all that is Venerable and Reasonable; Burlesquing Religion and Eternity; Not only moved by the Instigation of Devils, but even Turned into Devils; How can we do any other than Mourn, that ever any part of Mankind should fall into such a Depravation! Alas, That any of our Race ever should be so prodigiously Depraved! How art thou fallen from Heaven, O Mankind! Thy Throne might have been Exalted among the Stars of God. Thou art brought down to Hell, to the sides of the Pit. Hell from beneath is moved for thee; The Devils there come to meet thee; ⟨p. 32⟩They Triumph over thee; and their Hoarse Notes upon thee are, Thou art become like one of us! When the Man of God saw a Spectacle of Profanity, very short of what we have seen, he rent his Garments; he pulled off his Hair; He sat astonished; he fell down on his Knees; he Cried out, Ezr. IX. 6. O my God, I am ashamed, & I blush to lift up my Face to thee, my God. Blessed Ezra! What wouldest thou have done, if thou hadst been in our Horrible Times!
First; We ought to Bawail the scarce conceiveable Wickedness, yea, Devilism, that Mankind may sink into. When we see men Defying their Maker; Deriding all that is Venerable and Reasonable; Burlesquing Religion and Eternity; Not only moved by the Instigation of Devils, but even Turned into Devils; How can we do any other than Mourn, that ever any part of Mankind should fall into such a Depravation! Alas, That any of our Race ever should be so prodigiously Depraved! How art thou fallen from Heaven, O Mankind! Thy Throne might have been Exalted among the Stars of God. Thou art brought down to Hell, to the sides of the Pit. Hell from beneath is moved for thee; The Devils there come to meet thee;