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Mirabilia Dei. An essay on the very seasonable & remarkable interpositions of the divine…
Mirabilia Dei. An essay on the very seasonable & remarkable interpositions of the divine providence, to rescue & relieve distressed people, brought unto the very point of perishing; especially relating to that twice-memorable fifth of November. Offered in the audience of His Excellency the governor and the General Assembly of the Massachusetts-province, New-England, on the fifth of November. 1719. / By Cotton Mather D.D. & F.R.S.Mirabilia Dei. An essay on the very seasonable & remarkable interpositions of the divine providence, to rescue & relieve distressed people, brought unto the very point of perishing; especially relating to that twice-memorable fifth of November. Offered in the audience of His Excellency the governour and the General Assembly of the Massachusetts-province, New-England, on the fifth of November. 1719. / By Cotton Mather D.D. & F.R.S.
Boston: printed by B. Green, 1719
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Our Glorious GOD would see the Triumph of the Faith, with which He had Enriched the Soul of the Patriarch; and at the same time give in his Isaac a Lively, and Lovely Type of what was afterwards to be done unto our SAVIOUR. Abraham does as firmly Believe, that GOD would Raise his Isaac from the Dead, yea, out of his Ashes, as if he had seen it with his Eyes. Isaac is laid on the Altar. Every thing is ready for the Mortal Stroke. The Father gives his Last Kiss to the Resigning Victim. The Knife is in his hand. His hand is lifted up. One Second of a Minute more, and the deadly Stab reaches the Heart that lay exposed unto ⟨p. 4⟩to it; Isaac is a Dead Man without any more ado. But behold, GOD by an Angel from Heaven, Steps in at the very Moment: The Voice of GOD by an Angel, calls to him, Stop, Stay, Lay not thy hand upon the Sacrifice!— O most Seasonable Interposition! What a Deliverance, in what an Extremity! Abraham could not but settle a Memorial of this Miraculous Deliverance, in the Name of, JEHOVAH-JIREH, on the Place where he received it. GOD will provide; This was the English of it. You know, That the Mountain was also called, Moriah, which is of the like Importance. And you know, what was afterwards done upon that Exalted Mountain of the House of the Lord. And now, Don't wonder, that we now hear of a Proverb, which from this amazing Occurrence obtained among the People of GOD, in the Succeeding Ages. A Proverb, which has been called, Proverbium Tribulatorum: A Sentence fitted for the People of GOD, in every Extremity of Adversity: A saying with which the People of GOD should animate their Expectation of Help to come from Heaven, when any Adversity comes to an Extremity upon them. The Proverb is, In the Mount of the Lord it shall be seen. O People of GOD, When a Perplexity comes upon you to an Extremity like what Abraham and Isaac saw in the Mount Which the Lord led ⟨p. 5⟩them to, then it shall be seen, what GOD will do for you; it shall be seen, how GOD will appear for your Deliverance. Sooner shall the Mountain of Moriah depart, and the Hill of GOD be removed, than this Proverb grow into a Desuetude.
Our Glorious GOD would see the Triumph of the Faith, with which He had Enriched the Soul of the Patriarch; and at the same time give in his Isaac a Lively, and Lovely Type of what was afterwards to be done unto our SAVIOUR. Abraham does as firmly Believe, that GOD would Raise his Isaac from the Dead, yea, out of his Ashes, as if he had seen it with his Eyes. Isaac is laid on the Altar. Every thing is ready for the Mortal Stroke. The Father gives his Last Kiss to the Resigning Victim. The Knife is in his hand. His hand is lifted up. One Second of a Minute more, and the deadly Stab reaches the Heart that lay expos'd unto