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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 now, What shall we say to these things?
There will ere long arrive a Day, wherein that word will be fulfilled; Rev. XX. 12. The Books were opened. No doubt, some of the Things to be found in those Glorious Books, will be the Seasonable Appearances of our Good GOD, for the Help of His People, when Distresses have been growing into an Extremity upon them. And among the rest, no doubt, the Divine Appearances, which have now been given you, will be found in those Books of Remembrance, with a much more ample Record of them, in all their Beautiful and Engaging Circumstances.
There will e're long arrive a Day, wherein that word will be fulfilled; Rev. XX. 12. The Books were opened. No doubt, some of the Things to be found in those Glorious Books, will be the Scasonable Appearances of our Good GOD, for the Help of His People, when Distresses have been growing into an Extemity upon them. And among the rest, no doubt, the Divine Appearances, which have now been given you, will be found in those Books of Remembrance, with a much more ample Record of them, in all their Beautiful and Engaging Circumstances.
But I am obliged at this time to proceed no further in the Mention of those Things, whereof I must use the Expression of the Apostle, upon the Things that occurred in the Lives of the Ancient Hero's, The Time would fail me to mention them.
But I am oblig'd at this time to proceed no further in the Mention of those Things, whereof I must use the Expression of the Apostle, upon the Things that occur'd in the Lives of the Ancient Hero's, The Time would fail me to mention them.