N01723:61
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
How often have we been upon the very Print, of being made the Prey of the Terrible? Those which are called, The wild-beasts of the Earth, have been just coming upon us! But the Great GOVERNOR of the World, Seasonably Stepping in, has very Unexpectedly more than Twice done the Things, which have enabled us to say, Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as a prey to their Teeth!
How often have we been upon the very Print, of being made the Prey of the Terrible? Those which are called, The wild-beasts of the Earth, have been just coming upon us! But the Great GOVERNOUR of the World, Seasonably Stepping in, has very Unexpectedly more than Twice done the Things, which have enabled us to say, Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as a prey to their Teeth!
How often have our Churches been upon the very Point of doing Things which would have been attended with an Unknown Train of Disturbances? But their Glorious HEAD Seasonably Stepping in, has put a Stop unto them, and the feared Storms have all blown over.
But, Who can Utter the mighty Acts of the Lord? Who can show forth all His Praise? How long a work would it be to Recapitulate the Seasonable Interpositions, wherewith ⟨p. 32⟩He has rescued us from Grievous Things, when we have been upon the very Point. of being overwhelmed with them! Lo, GOD hath sent from above; He hath drawn us out of many Waters.
But, Who can Utter the mighty Acts of the Lord? Who can shew forth all His Praise? How long a work would it be to Recapitulate the Seasonable Interpositions, wherewith ⟨p. 32⟩