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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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I have one Proposal more to make; but one that I am not my self the Author of. There are beyond-Sea, many Societies for the Reformation of Manners. They have Informed against many Thousands of Swearing, and Cursing and Blaspheming Wretches; and procured a Legal Animadversion upon them. They Publish many Discourses and Persuasives, to Encourage men in that Action of Informing. And one of their Encouragements is; A Charity to the Poor. Very much of the Fines on ⟨p. 36⟩the Offenders, is by the Law there, [And so tis here!] assigned unto the Poor. There is a Charity to the Poor, in Punishing such Offenders, according to Law. I will take leave then to add this Consideration. This TOWN has in it abundance of Charity to the Poor; The Town has many Charitably-disposed People in it. M• Brethren, I dig open for you a New Spring of Charity. Spring up, O Well! The Fines which you procure to be laid on some whose demerits do call for […] Poor, the Poor will fare the better for them!
I have one Proposal more to make; but one that I am not my self the Author of. There are beyond-Sea, many Societies for the Reformation of Manners. They have Informed against many Thousands of Swearing, and Cursing and Blaspheming Wretches; and procured a Legal Animadversion upon them. They Publish many Discourses and Perswasives, to Encourage men in that Action of Informing. And one of their Encouragements is; A Charity to the Poor. Very much of the Fines on ⟨p. 36⟩the Offendors, is by the Law there, [And so tis here!] assign'd unto the Poor. There is a Charity to the Poor, in Punishing such Offendors, according to Law. I will take leave then to add this Consideration. This TOWN has in it abundance of Charity to the Poor; The Town has many Charitably-disposed People in it. M• Brethren, I dig open for you a New Spring of Charity. Spring up, O Well! The Fines which you procure to be laid on some whose demerits do call for 〈…〉 Poor, the Poor will fare the better for them!