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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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Attend, I beseech you, to this GRAND METHOD, of Deliverances!
There are Three or Four Things, which we are to Plead, with a Lively Faith before the Lord.
Let our first plea be This: That our Lord Jesus Christ, hath Endured those very Judgments of God, whereto our Sins have made us obnoxious. Do the Judgments of God, Impoverish us? They did as much Impoverish our Lord Jesus Christ, when He had not an House where to lay His Head, when He had not Money enough upon Earth to pay His Tax, when He wanted Bread, and had nothing but a Stone, to feed upon, and when His very Garments were violently taken from Him. Do the Judgments of God Commission Enemies, to vex us with all Adversity? They Let Loose as many Enemies on our Lord Jesus Christ, when Earth and Hell combined for His Ruin Do the Judgments of God, fill us with Animosities one against another? They turned the like Animosities on our Lord Jesus Christ, when His own Country-men made continual Clamours against Him. Are we killed by the Judgments of God? They were Killing Judgments that fell upon our Lord Jesus Christ, when He cried out, My Soul is Exceeding Sorrowful, even unto Death.
Let our first plea be This: That our Lord Jesus Christ, hath Endured those very Judgments of God, whereto our Sins have made us obnoxious. Do the Judgments of God, Impoverish us? They did as much Impoverish our Lord Jesus Christ, when He had not an House where to lay His Head, when He had not Money enough upon Earth to pay His Tax, when He wanted Bread, and had nothing but a Stone, to feed upon, and when His very Garments were violently taken from Him. Do the Judgments of God Commission Enemies, to vex us with all Adversity? They Let Loose as many Enemies on our Lord Jesus Christ, when Earth and Hell combined for His Ruine Do the Judgments of God, fill us with Animosities one against another? They turn'd the like Animosities on our Lord Jesus Christ, when His own Country-men made continual Clamours against Him. Are we kill'd by the Judgments of God? They were Killing Judgments that fell upon our Lord Jesus Christ, when He cried out, My Soul is Exceeding Sorrowful, even unto Death.