Ecclesia Monilia. The peculiar treasure of the Almighty King opened; and the jewels that…

AND this draws on a Remark, That through' the Marvellous Kindness of GOD shown unto this Part of His Holy City, Poor NEW ENGLAND notwithstanding all our Deficiencies and Miscarriages, and very abasing Circumstances, has had His Jewels brightening of it, in as good a Proportion, as perhaps any Region, on the Face of an Earth covered with a Flood of Ignorance and Wickedness. Yea, such the Number of them, that the Adversaries of this poor People, and they that go to Abuse them, and Oppress them, or Damnify that Work of GOD which is continually producing the Precious Stones of Zion among them; Alas, They Know not what they do! The Millstone which ⟨p. 27⟩our SAVIOUR has told them of, would not be more uneasy than the Doom to which they Expose themselves. But how great a Proportion the Female Sex has afforded of these, is a Thing to be particularly considered, for the Glory of the REDEEMER, Born of a Woman, who has Glorified His Grace, in what they have received from Him. These have not only been the Grandmothers of all the Good that has been done; and oftentimes, the Instructors that have Qualified and Instigated their Offspring to do it; but also been the Instances of much Good, and the more Immediate and very Notable Doers themselves, of more than a little. The Handmaids of the Lord, who bore their part in the First Planting of this Wilderness, ought forever to have their share in the Memory of the Just, for their Virtues. And how many of their Daughters, have like them, Done Virtuously! — The Handmaids of the Lord, who have had their Souls betimes Espoused unto their SAVIOUR; and Lived by the Faith of the SON of GOD; and had their Lives filled with the Religion of the Closet, and the Devotion of the Temple; and studied how to be Blessings in all Relations; and been Prayerful, Patient, Humble Cross-bearers; and have at last gone away Triumphing over the King of Terrors, and Rejoicing in the Hope of the Glory of GOD.

AND this draws on a Remark, That thro' the Marvellous Kindness of GOD shown unto this Part of His Holy City, Poor NEW ENGLAND notwithstanding all our Deficiencies and Miscarriages, and very abasing Circumstances, has had His Jewels brightening of it, in as good a Proportion, as perhaps any Region, on the Face of an Earth covered with a Flood of Ignorance and Wickedness. Yea, such the Number of them, that the Adversaries of this poor People, and they that go to Abuse them, and Oppress them, or Damnify that Work of GOD which is continually producing the Precious Stones of Zion among them; Alas, They Know not what they do! The Milstone which