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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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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⟩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.
The Improvement, which we are to make of this Experience, must be to Encourage our Prayers and our Hopes for the continuance of it. Sirs, Let us Improve our Experience, unto that Argument; 2 Cor. 1.10. GOD, who raises the Dead, has Delivered us from so great a Death, and He doth Deliver; and […] trust in Him, that He will still deliver us. The Syllogism, I confess, is not of any such form as our common Logic allows of; But Faith Legitimates this way of Arguing, and can Remove Mountains with it!