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Humiliations followed with deliverances. A brief discourse on the matter and method, of that…Humiliations follow'd with deliverances. A brief discourse on the matter and method, of that…
Humiliations followed with deliverances. A brief discourse on the matter and method, of that humiliation which would be an hopeful symptom of our deliverance from calamity. : Accompanied and accommodated with a narrative, of a notable deliverance lately received by some English captives, from the hands of cruel Indians. And some improvement of that narrative. : Whereto is added a narrative of Hannah Swarton, containing a great many wonderful passages, relating to her captivity and deliverance.Humiliations follow'd with deliverances. A brief discourse on the matter and method, of that humiliation which would be an hopeful symptom of our deliverance from calamity. : Accompanied and accomodated with a narrative, of a notable deliverance lately received by some English captives, from the hands of cruel Indians. And some improvement of that narrative. : Whereto is added a narrative of Hannah Swarton, containing a great many wonderful passages, relating to her captivity and deliverance.
printed by B Green for Samuel Phillips, 1697
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now, if our Fast, be such a Fast as the Lord hath chosen, we shall therein Humble our selves, most acceptably, most profitably, most efficaciously. And because, the Right Performance of this Duty, is a thing of great Consequence in Christianity; 'tis what is frequently required, and much Weal or W• will follow upon the management of it; I will set before you, the Rules of that Sacred Fast, wherein we are to Humble our Souls.
Having first, Prepared our selves for our Fast, as one would for an Extraordinary Sabbath, we have these things to do.
Having first, Pr•pared our selves for our Fast, as one would for an Extraordinary Sabbath, we have these things to do.
First; There is the Internal Humiliation of our Fast; The Duties of Praying, Repenting and Believing, are the Soul of that Fast wherein we are to Humble ⟨p. 19⟩our Souls; and we are to Labour in those Duties. The Duties of a Fast, are those, in 2 Chron. 7.14. My People s••ll then Humble themselves, and Pray, and Seek my Face, and Turn from their wicked ways. For men to think, that they Serve God, by a Fast wherein they do nothing but Fast from Corporal Sustenance, and they draw not near to God in Devotions all the Day long, 'tis a piece of Ignorance; yea, more than one Commandment of God is broken, by this piece of Ignorance.
First; There is the Internal Humiliati•n of our Fast; The Duties of Praying, Rpenting and Believing, are the Soul of that Fast wherein we are to Humble