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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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But then, It must be so, Because the Prayers, and the Frames, and the Steps, of the Distressed Ones in their Extremities, are often such as prepare them to See the Salvation of GOD. Our GOD brings us into Extreme Dangers; 'Tis to bring us down upon our Knees. In such Exigencies our Prayers will be Cries: The Voice of the Prayers will pierce the Clouds, will reach the Heavens. It may be said, as in Psal. XXXIV. 6. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard! GOD will be so Acknowledged, and all Dependencies on Creatures will be so renounced in these Cries, that now our SAVIOUR says, 'Tis now Seasonable for me to step in, & save them! Oh! Nothing like the Prayer of the Afflicted, when he is overwhelmed!—The Importunity of it, gives those Knocks at the Gates of Mercy, which they cannot continue any longer shut upon.
But then, It must be so, Because the Prayers, and the Frames, and the Steps, of the Distressed Ones in their Extremities, are often such as prepare them to See the Salvation of GOD. Our GOD brings us into Extreme Dangers; 'Tis to bring us down upon our Knees. In such Exegencies our Prayers will be Cries: The Voice of the Prayers will pierce the Clouds, will reach the Heavens. It may be said, as in Psal. XXXIV. 6. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard! GOD will be so Acknowledged, and all Dependencies on Creatures will be so renounced in these Cries, that now our SAVIOUR says, 'Tis now Seasonable for me to step in, & save them! Oh! Nothing like the Prayer of the Afflicted, when he is overwhelmed!—The Importunity of it, gives those Knocks at the Gates of Mercy, which they cannot continue any longer shut upon.
And why may it not be said, It must be so, Because our SAVIOUR will in this way keep Alive, our Faith for the Resurrection of the Dead. Seldom is a Good Thing bestowed upon us, till we first have had a Sentence of Death written upon it. Extreme Dangers must bring us to That, 2 Cor. XII. 9. We have the Sentence of Death in our selves, that we may Trust in GOD who Raises the Dead. The Faith of a Resurrection for the Dead, is the Life of our Souls. Our GOD keeps