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A present from a far country, to the people of New England. I. A…A present from a farr countrey, to the people of New England. I. A…
A present from a far country, to the people of New England. I. A great voice from heaven, to these parts of the earth: in an excellent letter full of divine rarities, lately written from a terrible prison in France; / by a pious confessor of the reformed religion, once an inhabitant of this country. ; (With some late remarkables, of the persecution, upon the reformed in that kingdom.) II. The golden bells of the great high priest, heard from heaven, through the land. Or, Meditations, upon the methods of grace, wherein a few faithful persons may be the happy instruments of delivering a land, from all its iniquities & calamities.A present from a farr countrey, to the people of New England. I. A great voice from heaven, to these parts of the earth: in an excellent letter full of divine rarities, lately written from a terrible prison in France; / by a pious confessor of the reformed religion, once an inhabitant of this countrey. ; (With some late remarkables, of the persecution, upon the reformed in that kingdom.) II. The golden bells of the great high priest, heard from heaven, through the land. Or, Meditations, upon the methods of grace, wherein a few faithful persons may be the happy instruments of delivering a land, from all its iniquities & calamities.
Boston: printed by B. Green for Michael Perry, 1698
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A Brief DISCOURSE, Made unto the Great and General Assembly of the… › Conclusion 4: Conclusion. IV.
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But, O you that are the Elders of our Israel 'Tis YOU, that are concerned above others, to present before the Lord, the Great Sacrifice for the Congregation. Of the Sin Offering, 'tis here said, The Elders of the Congregation shall Lay their Hands upon the Head of it, before the Lord. Out magistrates, our Ministers, are by the Ordination of God, the Elders of our Congregation; 'Tis on YOU, My Fathers, that this thing is most of all Incumbent: YOU, YOU, are They that must Believe in the Sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ, not only for your sake, but also for all the Congregation. My Fathers; You see, that we are a very Faulty, yea, and a very Froward, Congregation, and a Generation of sinful men. Do YOU, by Faith Lay before the Righteous ⟨p. 52⟩and Jealous God, the Sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ, on our behalf, and beg of Him, to Spare the Whole People for the Sake of that Sacrifice. Blessed art thou, O Land, when thou dost Enjoy Elders, that will be thus concerned for thee!
Do This, when you are Asunder, in daily, frequent, solemn Supplications. But especially when you are Together, Then, Then, is a special Opportunity, for this your Faith, to be Exercised. Can a General Assembly of the Representatives of a Province, do a better thing than This; To, Join as one man in Solemn Devotions, with Fasting and Prayer, and Laying their Hands more Explicitly than ever on the Head of our Great Sacrifice?
Do This, when you are Asunder, in dayly, frequent, solemn Supplications. But especially when you are Together, Then, Then, is a speciall Opportunity, for this your Faith, to be Exercised. Can a General Assembly of the Representatives of a Province, do a better thing than This; To, Joyn as one man in Solemn Devotions, with Fasting and Prayer, and Laying their Hands more Explicitly than ever on the Head of our Great Sacrifice?