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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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O the Triumphs of Sovereign Grace, in these Divine Appearances, for our most Unworthy Nations! I will sing unto our most Gracious GOD. for He has triumphed gloriously!
O the Triumphs of Soveraign Grace, in these Divine Appearances, for our most Unworthy Nations! I will sing unto our most Gracious GOD. for He has triumphed gloriously!
NEW-ENGLAND is Thankfully sensible of the share which it has in the Seasonable Salvations wherewith our Nation had been thus highly favoured of the Lord.
But then, How many Peculiar Salvations hath NEW-ENGLAND seen, wherein our Glorious LORD has must Seasonably Interposed for us, in our Extremities. Those Magnalia CHRISTI. ever the Seasonable interpositions of GOD out SAVIOUR, to deliver us, when Extreme Hazards of Ruin looked very dark upon, us; These are Things which ⟨p. 30⟩the History of NEW-ENGLAND is filled withal. Many a Time, let NEW-ENGLAND now say, Many a Time, in Affliction, from my Youth, had the Destroyers prevailed against me, if my Glorious Lord had not Seasonably Stepped in to rescue me. Verily, NEW-ENGLAND continues to this Day, having obtained Help from GOD, in such Seasonable Dispensations!
But then, How many Peculiar Salvations hath NEW-ENGLAND seen, wherein our Glorious LORD has must Seasonably Interposed for us, in our Extremities. Those Magnalia CHRISTI. ever the Seasonable interpositions of GOD out SAVIOUR, to deliver us, when Extreme Hazards of Ruine look'd very dark upon, us; These are Things which ⟨p. 30⟩the History of NEW-ENGLAND is filled withal. Many a Time, let NEW-ENGLAND now say, Many a Time, in Affliction, from my Youth, had the Destroyers prevailed against me, if my Glorious Lord had not Seasonably Step'd in to rescue me. Verily, NEW-ENGLAND continues to this Day, having obtained Help from GOD, in such Seasonable Dispensations!