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Tela praevisa. A short essay, on troubles to be looked for. A wise expectation…Tela praevisa. A short essay, on troubles to be look'd for. A wise expectation…
Tela praevisa. A short essay, on troubles to be looked for. A wise expectation of, and preparation for, troublesome changes, recommended unto the strangers and pilgrims in this present evil world / by Cotton Mather D.D. and F.R.S. ; [One line from Matthew]Tela praevisa. A short essay, on troubles to be look'd for. A wise expectation of, and preparation for, troublesome changes, recommended unto the strangers and pilgrims in this present evil world / by Cotton Mather D.D. and F.R.S. ; [One line from Matthew]
printed by B. Green for Thomas Hancock, 1724
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Think again; Changes are coming upon me; but they will be no other than GOD has meant unto Good. The Good GOD knows that it is my desire to Seek Him, and Serve Him: He is my Father, and will not let any thing befall me, that shall do me any real Harm in my Serving of Him.
Think again; Changes are coming upon me; but they will be no other than GOD has meant unto Good. The Good GOD knows that it is my desire to Seek Him, and Serve Him: He is my Father, and will not let any thing befal me, that shall do me any real Harm in my Serving of Him.
WE are to meet with Changes, and look for Changes; But let us own the Favour of GOD in it, that He keeps us Ignorant of what hangs we are to meet withal. It is an Useful Ignorance: an Wholesome Ignorance; If we should certainly Know aforehand, what particular Changes are appointed for us; how uneasy should we be! Our Troublesome Changes, would give us as much Trouble before they come, as when they come. Every Trouble would be a Thousand. It was most Excellent Advice; Matth. VI. 34 Take no Thought for to Morrow.—Sufficient for the Day is the Evil thereof. Thus, Be not solicitous to know, what hangs may befall you to Morrow. The Changes will ⟨p. 15⟩bring Troubles enough with them, when they come to Morrow. Sufficient for the Day are the Troubles thereof. Wherefore, Oh! Do not Sin against that Favour of GOD, which we Enjoy in this our Ignorance. Do not Sin against it by seeking after a Forbidden Knowledge. Do not Sin against it by a Criminal Curiosity, Enquiring after a Knowledge that is not convenient for us. Here, 'tis no Fault, to be willing to be Ignorant; It were a crime to be otherwise. Let us mind, what is Revealed unto us; It is Revealed unto us, that we ought to prepare for Changes. But, the Changes themselves are Secret Things; The Secret Things let us cheerfully leave unto the LORD.
WE are to meet with Changes, and look for Changes; But let us own the Favour of GOD in it, that He keeps us Ignorant of what hanges we are to meet withal. It is an Useful Ignorance: an Holesome Ignorance; If we should certainly Know aforehand, what particular Changes are appointed for us; how uneasy should we be! Our Troublesome Changes, would give us as much Trouble before they come, as when they come. Every Trouble would be a Thousand. It was most Excellent Advice;