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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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An ESSAY on Troubles to be Looked for.
An ESSAY on Troubles to be Look'd for.
BOSTON, Octob. 4. 1724.
JOB III. 25. The Thing which I greatly Feared, is come upon me.
THIS present Evil World, is full of Troubles; has in it a World of Evil. Every Day will bring a Sufficient Evil with it. All Sublunary Things are full of Changes. A Great part of our Duty, and Prudence in this World, is to be always ready for the Changes which may come upon us: There are Unknown Changes of Adversity to come upon us. 'Tis of mighty consequence, that none of those Changes find us wholly unprovided for them: That our Changes may not so surprise us, as to find our Spirits altogether unable to Encounter them; That when our Changes arrive, our surprised Souls may not say, I never thought of such a Thing as this! I am wholly unable to grapple with it!
THIS present Evil World, is full of Troubles; has in it a World of Evil. Every Day will bring a Sufficient Evil with it. All Sublunary Things are full of Changes. A Great part of our Duty, and Prudence in this World, is to be always ready for the Changes which may come upon us: There are Unknown Changes of Adversity to come upon us. 'Tis of mighty consequence, that none of those Changes find us wholly unprovided for them: That our Changes may not so surprize us, as to find our Spirits altogether unable to Encounter them; That when our Changes arrive, our surprised Souls may not say, I never thought of such a Thing as this! I am wholly unable to grapple with it!