N01905:27
A vision in the temple. The Lord of Hosts, adored
A vision in the temple. The Lord of Hosts, adored; and the King of Glory proclaimed; on a day of prayer kept (May 10. 1721) at the opening of the New Brick Meeting House in the north part of Boston, by the ministers of the city, with the Society which built it, & this day swarmed into it. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. ; [Two lines from Isaiah]
Boston: printed for Robert Starkey. And sold, 1721
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.
In the Book of Numbers, the same word, which we render, An Host, is used for the Service to be performed at the Sanctuary. Our Translators are so pressed with it, that in the Margin, they again render it a Warfare. Our Lord is, The Lord of Hosts, in this regard, ⟨p. 20⟩[…] He is the Lord of all the Services to be performed among His People. There are no Services to be done, but what there shall be His Order for. If there be any thing, of which you can't find a, Thus saith- the Lord of Hosts, it must not be received here; A Quo Warranto, is to be Served upon it. And if the Hebrew Ter• used here, signify Times also; Truly, Our Lord will be Owned as, Temporum Ordinator, Even, The Lord of Time: He not only Orders the Times that are to pass over His People, but also Ordains the Times in which His People shall bring their Services unto Him. One Day in Seven, are the Times. If you impose any other Stated Times, the Lord of Hosts is imposed upon.
In the Book of Numbers, the same word, which we render, An Host, is used for the Service to be performed at the Sanctuary. Our Translators are so pressed with it, that in the Margin, they again render it a Warfare. Our Lord is, The Lord of Hosts, in this regard, ⟨p. 20⟩〈…〉 He is the Lord of all the Services to be performed among His People. There are no Services to be done, but what there shall be His Order for. If there be any thing, of which you can't find a, Thus saith- the Lord of Hosts, it must not be received here; A Quo Warranto, is to be Served upon it. And if the Hebrew Ter• used here, signify Times also; Truly, Our Lord will be Owned as, Temporum Ordinator, Even, The Lord of Time: He not only Orders the Times that are to pass over His People, but also Ordains the Times in which His People shall bring their Services unto Him. One Day in Seven, are the Times. If you impose any other Stated Times, the Lord of Hosts is imposed upon.