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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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As a further Expression of Godliness, and of Godly Sincerity, in your Undertaking, you must always keep up a Lively Remembrance of This, That ⟨p. 40⟩the Lord of Hosts has his Eye upon you, in all that is done among you. The Awe of that Glorious Eye, must keep a powerful and perpetual Restraint upon you, and prevent all Disorders among you. The Lord of Hosts Looking on; This must cause you to March Regularly, make every one keep his Rank, and Suppress all Approaches to Mutinies.
But I cannot be a Faithful Messenger, if I do not put you in mind of This, That the Lord of Hosts will Expect it from you, that you keep Close to His Word, in all the Administrations of His House among you. If Humane Inventions, or any parts or means of Worship not Instituted by the Lord of Hosts, are brought in, to the prejudice of the Divine Institutions among you, the Temple of GOD will be defiled. A Jealous GOD so provoked, will be gone, will go far away, from the polluted Sanctuary. Upon your Loyalty to the Lord of Hosts in this point, will turn your Enjoyment of His Gracious Presence among you. The Second as well as the Third Commandment ⟨p. 41⟩stands as a flaming Sword in the Hand of the Lord of Hosts, to terrify you from all Sinful Deviations.
But I cannot be a Faithful Messenger, if I do not put you in mind of This, That the Lord of Hosts will Expect it from you, that you keep Close to His Word, in all the Administrations of His House among you. If Humane Inventions, or any parts or means of Worship not Instituted by the Lord of Hosts, are brought in, to the prejudice of the Divine Institutions among you, the Temple of GOD will be defiled. A Jealous GOD so provok'd, will be gone, will go far away, from the polluted Sanctuary. Upon your Loyalty to the Lord of Hosts in this point, will turn your Enjoyment of His Gracious Presence among you. The Second as well as the Third Commandment ⟨p. 41⟩