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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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And here, Oh! Let it not be forgotten,— indeed, I cannot go on with my Collection, till I first make this Introduction to it!— It must be Remembered, That Mankind upon ⟨p. 7⟩our First Fall, was just upon the very Point, of being made a Sacrifice, unto the Infinite Justice of GOD: The out-stretched Arm of Infinite Justice was ready to give the Stroke. The Powers of Heaven shook; None of them could see how it could be diverted. But GOD then did Provide a Sacrifice. The Son of GOD with a most Seasonable Interposition did then Step in; and say, I will be the Sacrifice. Christians, Behold your SAVIOUR Sacrificed on Mount Calvary; [Yea, some look on Mount Calvary as an Appendage to Mount Moriah!] and then cry out, The Lord seen in the Mount! The Lord seen in the Mount! The World has never seen any thing equal to this Dispensation. The Son of GOD, Saw, and there was no Man, and wondered that there was no Intercessor. Therefore His Arm did bring Salvation; HE Stepped in, and Saved at this Extremity! It has been indeed for the sake of this Appearance of the Great GOD our SAVIOUR, that we have been made able to go on unto the Instances which we now proceed unto.
And here, Oh! Let it not be forgotten,— indeed, I cannot go on with my Collection, till I first make this Introduction to it!— It must be Remembred, That Mankind upon ⟨p. 7⟩our First Fall, was just upon the very Point, of being made a Sacrifice, unto the Infinite Justice of GOD: The out-stretched Arm of Infinite Justice was ready to give the Stroke. The Powers of Heaven shook; None of them could see how it could be diverted. But GOD then did Provide a Sacrifice. The Son of GOD with a most Seasonable Interposition did then Step in; and say, I will be the Sacrifice. Christians, Behold your SAVIOUR Sacrificed on Mount Calvary; [Yea, some look on Mount Calvary as an Appendage to Mount Moriah!] and then cry out, The Lord seen in the Mount! The Lord seen in the Mount! The World has never seen any thing equal to this Dispensation. The Son of GOD, Saw, and there was no Man, and wondred that there was no Intercessor. Therefore His Arm did bring Salvation; HE Step'd in, and Saved at this Exremity! It has been indeed for the sake of this Appearance of the Great GOD our SAVIOUR, that we have been made able to go on unto the Instances which we now proceed unto.