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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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Secondly. IN Affliction a CHRIST Conversed withal, will show us how Kind an Hand it is, which dispenses unto us all the bitter Waters. Tis very sure, Affliction comes not forth of the Dust, nor does Trouble spring out of the Ground. The bitter Waters have an higher Source than so. There is the Providence of the Great GOD at Work, in all the Affliction that comes upon us: Yea, in the least thing that befalls us. Not a Bird of the Air falls to the Earth without the Will of GOD. There is His All Reaching Providence at Work in all that befalls us. The very Hairs of our Heads as well as our Heads themselves are under the Inspection of it. Now the Administration of this Providence is committed into the Hands of our SAVIOUR. The GOD-MAN, ⟨p. 17⟩even our Immanuel, or, the SON of GOD Incarnate in our JESUS, does administer the Divine Providence. The Man upon the Throne Governs the motions of all the Wheels in every Turn that happens in the World. He makes that claim; Mat. XXVIII. 18. All Power is given unto me, in heaven and in Earth. Now O Son of sorrow, I• thy Affliction let there be a CHRIST Conversed withal. Then say, From what Hand are the bitter Waters brought unto thee?
Secondly. IN Affliction a CHRIST Conversed withal, will show us how Kind an Hand it is, which dispenses unto us all the bitter Waters. Tis very sure, Affliction comes not forth of the Dust, nor does Trouble spring out of the Ground. The bitter Waters have an higher Source than so. There is the Providence of the Great GOD at Work, in all the Affliction that comes upon us: Yea, in the least thing that befals us. Not a Bird of the Air falls to the Earth without the Will of GOD. There is His All Reaching Providence at Work in all that befalls us. The very Hairs of our Heads as well as our Heads themselves are under the Inspection of it. Now the Administration of this Providence is committed into the Hands of our SAVIOUR. The GOD-MAN, ⟨p. 17⟩even our Immanuel, or, the SON of GOD Incarnate in our JESUS, does administer the Divine Providence. The Man upon the Throne Governs the motions of all the Wheels in every Turn that happens in the World. He makes that claim;