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Edulcorator. A brief essay on the waters of Marah sweetened
Edulcorator. A brief essay on the waters of Marah sweetened. : With a remarkable relation of the deplorable [sic] occasion afforded for it, in the premature death of Captain Josiah Winslow, who (with several of his company) sacrificed his life, in the service of his country; engaging an army of Indians, May 1. 1724. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]Edulcorator. A brief essay on the waters of Marah sweetened. : With a remarkable relation of the deporable [sic] occasion afforded for it, in the praemature death of Captain Josiah Winslow, who (with several of his company) sacrificed his life, in the service of his country; engaging an army of Indians, May 1. 1724. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by B. Green, 1725
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BUT can we come at nothing to sweeten the bitter Waters? Yes, there is a Second Thing to be now Remarkable with us. We are to be advised of a Tree, by the Application whereof, the bitter waters of our Wilderness, will be wonderfully sweetened unto us. There is a Tree, on which let us employ our Thoughts, and with Prayer and Faith let us make our Flight unto it, and let us in this way apply it unto the purposes for which GOD has provided it: The bitter waters of Marah, will now be wonderfully Dulcified, and lose all their bitterness. There is a Tree whereof I may say unto you, Tis a Tree w••• fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature. The height of this Tree is Exalted above all the Trees of the Field; Nor is any Tree in the Garden of GOD like unto ⟨p. 9⟩Him, for his Beauty. I may also tell you for your Satisfaction, Tis a Tree which you will be all welcome to: A Tree planted in the Mountain of the Height of Israel; and under it shall dwell all Fowl of every wing. Yea, of this Tree, I may for a further Satisfaction tell you, you need not go, or send unto a Foreign Country for it. The Tree is Nigh unto you. You may easily come at it, and as often as you please. It stands just before you.
BUT can we come at nothing to sweeten the bitter Waters? Yes, there is a Second Thing to be now Remarkable with us. We are to be advised of a Tree, by the Application whereof, the bitter waters of our Wilderness, will be wonderfully sweetened unto us. There is a Tree, on which let us employ our Thoughts, and with Prayer and Faith let us make our Flight unto it, and let us in this way apply it unto the purposes for which GOD has provided it: The bitter waters of Marah, will now be wonderfully Dulcified, and lose all their bitterness. There is a Tree whereof I may say unto you, Tis a Tree w••• fair branches, and with a shadowing shrowd, and of an high stature. The heighth of this Tree is Exalted above all the Trees of the Field; Nor is any Tree in the Garden of GOD like unto ⟨p. 9⟩Him, for his Beauty. I may also tell you for your Satisfaction, Tis a Tree which you will be all welcome to: A Tree planted in the Mountain of the Heighth of Israel; and under it shall dwell all Fowle of every wing. Yea, of this Tree, I may for a further Satisfaction tell you, you need not go, or send unto a Foreign Country for it. The Tree is Nigh unto you. You may easily come at it, and as often as you please. It stands just before you.