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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
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Will you go into the Clefts of the Rocks, and into the Tops of the Ragged Rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the Glory of His Majesty? Or can any thing shelter you from the Lord of Hosts, when that Word shall be fulfilled; Zech. XIV.17. A punishment for them that will not Worship the Lord of Hosts? Truly, 'Twill be a Fearful thing to fall into the Hands of that Living GOD, the Lord of Hosts. O Sinners, Will you not humble your selves before Him, & say▪ O Lord of Hosts, I will not offend any more?
Will you go into the Clifts of the Rocks, and into the Tops of the Ragged Rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the Glory of His Majesty? Or can any thing shelter you from the Lord of Hosts, when that Word shall be fulfilled; Zech. XIV.17. A punishment for them that will not Worship the Lord of Hosts? Truly, 'Twill be a Fearful thing to fall into the Hands of that Living GOD, the Lord of Hosts. O Sinners, Will you not humble your selves before Him, & say▪ O Lord of Hosts, I will not offend any more?
Dem. III. Since our SAVIOUR is the Lord of Hosts, ought you not seriously to consider the Providence of ⟨p. 28⟩your SAVIOUR, in all that befalls you? Have you to do with any Creatures, which don't belong to His Hosts? Or can Creatures do any thing to you, but what is Commanded by the Lord of Hosts? Of a very common Occurrence in Humane Life, we read; Isa. XXVIII 29. This also cometh from the Lord of Hosts. Would it be any thing but what ought to be, if upon whatever Occurs, you may say, This also cometh from the Lord of Hosts; These Creatures come to me on Errands from my SAVIOUR.
Dem. III. Since our SAVIOUR is the Lord of Hosts, ought you not seriously to consider the Providence of