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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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I Remember a passage, in Psal. CX.3. thus to •e translated; In the Day of thy Marshalling thy Forces for thy Work, thy People shall •hen appear with Free-will Offerings, in the Beauty, of Holiness. My Neighbours, This is the Day, in which we See Marshalling those Forces, which make a Profession for the Work, which the Lord of Hosts would have to be done in His Churches among us. O•! may it be a Day, wherein you shall all prove your selves the willing People of the Lord; a People wherein you shall present your selves, and your All, as well as This House unto the Lord. All Free-will Offerings! And from this Day, may ⟨p. 37⟩the Beauties of Holiness always be found upon you. I Suppose, there is not in all the Land a more Beautiful House Built for the Worship of GOD, than This, whereof you now appear to make a Dedication to the Lord. But what will it Signify, if the Beauties of Holiness be wanting? The Holiness which become the House of God forever ▪ Oh! That all the Persons which are to meet here, and all the Performances that are to be made here, may always have the Beauties of Holiness adorning of them
I Remember a passage, in Psal. CX.3. thus to •e translated; In the Day of thy Marshalling thy Forces for thy Work, thy People shall •hen appear with Free-will Offerings, in the Beautie, of Holiness. My Neighbours, This is the Day, in which we See Marshalling those Forces, which make a Profession for the Work, which the Lord of Hosts would have to be done in His Churches among us. O•! may it be a Day, wherein you shall all prove your selves the willing People of the Lord; a People wherein you shall present your selves, and your All, as well as This House unto the Lord. All Free-will Offerings! And from this Day, may ⟨p. 37⟩the Beautie• of Holiness always be found upon you. I Supose, there is not in all the Land a more Beautifull House Built for the Worship of GOD, than This, whereof you now appear to make a Dedication to the Lord. But what will it Signify, if the Beauties of Holiness be wanting? The Holiness which become the House of God forever Oh! That all the Persons which are to meet here, and all the Performances that are to be made here, may always have the Beauties of Holiness adorning of them