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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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We will Enquire, Secondly; WHY it must be so?
'Tis with Seasonable Interpositions, that out GOD will Step in to Relieve the Faithful, when things are gone so far that they can see none but Extreme Dangers of Ruin before them.
'Tis with Scosonable Interpositions, that out GOD will Step in to Relieve the Faithful, when things are gone so far that they can see none but Extreme Dangers of Ruine before them.
It must be so; Because a Glorious GOD will give a Manifestation of His Perfections, ⟨p. 15⟩and will be greatly Glorified in such Dispensations. An Extremity of Distress, brings Men to that strain; 2 Chron. XX. 12. O our GOD, we know not what to, but our Eyes are upon Thee. Our GOD will have All other Help to fail us; Then will He step in for our Help: 'Tis to manifest the Greatness of His Excellencies. NOW, Help me, O Lord my GOD, That it may be known that this is thy Hand, and that thou, Lord, art the Doer of it! It compels us to say, The Finger of GOD is here. We are compelled now to say, If it had not been the Lord that was on our side, our Souls must have gone to dwell in the Place of Silence! Why will GOD our SAVIOUR do such Things? 'Tis, That Men may see, and know, and consider, and understand, that the Hand of the Lord has done these things. We are told, In the Mount it shall be seen. What shall be seen? It shall be seen, that our GOD is a Powerful, Merciful, Faithful GOD. Yea, It shall be seen, That our GOD has Angels at His Command. For 'tis usually in their Instrumentality that He Commands these Deliverances. NOW the Saved of the Lord, will cry out, O Lord, I know, that thou canst do every thing! Now they cannot but cry out, O give Thanks unto the Lord, who Remembers us in our Low Estate, because His Mercy endureth for ever! They will go to Mahanaim, and add, There is no Number of His Armies.