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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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Secondly; I am afraid, I am afraid, that the Language of Fiends passes too much Unpunished. Yea, that most Hellish and Roaring Blasphemies, are too patiently heard among us. It is to be feared, we are too Chargeable with that Error; Jer. V. 28. They overpass the deeds of the Wicked; Their nefarious Deeds are passed over, without any due Punishment inflicted on them. The Swearing, and Cursing, & Blaspheming, that is grown to Fashionable with some Satanic People, will never be Suppressed, if it be not Punished. The Magistrate cannot Punish it, if he be not Informed of it. Be sure, We all justly Expect, ⟨p. 33⟩That in his own Presence, he will never Endure it. But men think it hardly Honourable or Charitable to be Informers against these Offenders. That is to say; If a Mortal Man or Woman in Authority shall be Reviled, or have their Authority Denied, Information ought to be given. But if the Great GOD be Affronted, Abused, Vilified, and His Authority Spit upon, this must not be worthy of an Information! Ah, Zeal of Piety, When wilt thou return to the Earth, which thou hast so much Forsaken! There are Two Parties, into which the World is divided; Gods Party, and Satan's Party. O Sons of Indifference, which Party do you belong unto?
Secondly; I am afraid, I am afraid, that the Language of Fiends passes too much Unpunished. Yea, that most Hellish and Roaring Blasphemies, are too patiently heard among us. It is to be fear'd, we are too Chargeable with that Error; Jer. V. 28. They overpass the deeds of the Wicked; Their nefarious Deeds are passed over, without any due Punishment inflicted on them. The Swearing, and Cursing, & Blaspheming, that is grown to Fashionable with some Satanic People, will never be Suppressed, if it be not Punished. The Magistrate cannot Punish it, if he be not Informed of it. Be sure, We all justly Expect, ⟨p. 33⟩That in his own Presence, he will never Endure it. But men think it hardly Honourable or Charitable to be Informers against these Offendors. That is to say; If a Mortal Man or Woman in Authourity shall be Reviled, or have their Authority Denied, Information ought to be given. But if the Great GOD be Affronted, Abused, Vilified, and His Authority Spit upon, this must not be worthy of an Information! Ah, Zeal of Piety, When wilt thou return to the Earth, which thou hast so much Forsaken! There are Two Parties, into which the World is divided; Gods Party, and Satans Party. O Sons of Indifference, which Party do you belong unto?