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…

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.

Let our Second Plea be This; That God had more Glory from His Judgments on our Lord ⟨p. 45⟩Jesus Christ, than if our people should perish under the Ireful Direful Plagues of His Indignation. In the Calamities of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Perfections of God slash'd out, unto the view of men and Angels, with a Brightness more dazzling, than that of the Brightest Lightning. The Holiness of God was never so glorified, as when He Spared not His own Son, but gave Him up to Death for us. The Wisdom of God, was never so Glorified, as when He cured the desperate Wounds of the Patient, by wounding the Physician. The Power of God was never so Glorified, as when He upheld a man in that conflict, which would have made an Arch Angel saint. The Goodness of God, was never so Glorified, as when He made His only Son, to feel and quench His Burning Displeasure against His Enemies. The Truth of God was never so Glorified, as when He Inflicted upon our Lord, all that He had Threatened unto us. If all the Trees of the Woods in this Country were laid in one pile, and all the Men Laid on that pile, and the Breath of the Lord, like a Stream of Brimstone, should kindle it, there would not be such a Discovery of the Greatness and the Glory of God, as there ha's been, in the Death of our Lord Jesus Christ. That Cry, in the Mouth of our Lord Jesus Christ, Oh! my God! Why hast thou forsaken me? ha's proclaimed the Glory of God, infinitely more than if our Houses were