The way to prosperity a sermon / preached to the honourable convention of the governour, council, and representatives of the Massachuset-Colony in New-England on May 23, 1690 by Cotton Mather.
The ready Pen of Ezra (for him we conjecture to be the Scribe of the Holy Spirit here, notwithstanding those few Clauses which may be judged to be added by another hand after his Decease, I say the Pen of Ezra) is here informing us, That the people of God had newly been invaded by a vast Army of Cushites; but we are yet at a loss who these Cushites were? Far more Scholars in the World,
The ready Pen of Ezra (for him we conjecture to be the Scribe of the Holy Spirit Here, notwithstanding those few Clauses which may be judged to be added by Another hand After his Decease, I say the Pen of Ezra) is Here informing us, That the people of God had newly been invaded by a vast Army of Cushites; but we Are yet At a loss who these Cushites were? far more Scholars in the World,
But that learned French-man Bochart, by whose happy industry, more than any man's, the Treasures in the Bowels of the Scriptures have been delv'd into, has with irrefragable Demonstration prov'd, That not Ethiopians but Arabians are the Cushites mentioned in the Oracles of God.
But that learned Frenchman Bochart, by whose happy industry, more than any Man's, the Treasures in the Bowels of the Scriptures have been delved into, has with irrefragable Demonstration proved, That not Ethiopians but Arabians Are the Cushites mentioned in the Oracles of God.
These Arabians, tho they have not been called Saracens (as has been thought) from their word Sarak, that signifies, to Steal; yet for their Furacious Inclinations, they well deserved such an Etymology;
These Arabians, though they have not been called Saracens (as has been Thought) from their word Sarak, that signifies, to Steal; yet for their Furacious Inclinations, they well deserved such an Etymology;
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The blessed God gave His people a notable victory over these Invaders, and they were now returning from Gerar (a place between thirty and forty miles off) unto Ierusalem. The Holy Spirit of God excited and inclined a Prophet whose Name was Azariah, to entertain them with a faithful & solid Sermon hereupon;
The blessed God gave His people a notable victory over these Invaders, and they were now returning from Gerar (a place between thirty and forty miles off) unto Ierusalem. The Holy Spirit of God excited and inclined a Prophet whose Name was Azariah, to entertain them with a faithful & solid Sermon hereupon;
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Yet being to speak in the Name of the great and eternal God, he expects, he demands the attention of the whole Army to him. Secondly, the Design of it;
Yet being to speak in the Name of the great and Eternal God, he expects, he demands the attention of the Whole Army to him. Secondly, the Design of it;
they had their Enemies under Hatches, and their minds were full of Thoughts and Cares, What to do next? But he calls them off to acknowledge the Presence of God,
they had their Enemies under Hates, and their minds were full of Thoughts and Cares, What to do next? But he calls them off to acknowledge the Presence of God,
as the cause of their coming off so well in their late Action, and above all things to obtain & secure the presence of God, that they might come off as well, in in their future Enterprises.
as the cause of their coming off so well in their late Actium, and above all things to obtain & secure the presence of God, that they might come off as well, in in their future Enterprises.
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for besides what their Seneca did own, One of their own Poets had said, Iovis omnia plena. It is the Speech of our God, in Ier. 23. 24. Do not I fill Heaven and Earth, saith the Lord? Yea, That He do's.
for beside what their Senecca did own, One of their own Poets had said, Jovis omnia plena. It is the Speech of our God, in Jeremiah 23. 24. Do not I fill Heaven and Earth, Says the Lord? Yea, That He do's.
Whether we may count it proper and physical to speak of an Imaginary, Infinite space, beyond the utmost Selvige of the world, replenished with our God alone;
Whither we may count it proper and physical to speak of an Imaginary, Infinite Molle, beyond the utmost Selvage of the world, replenished with our God alone;
We cannot so well say, That God is in the World, as we may say, The whole World is in God; & we may say with the Psalmist, in Psal. 139. • …. Whither shall I flee from thy presence?
We cannot so well say, That God is in the World, as we may say, The Whole World is in God; & we may say with the Psalmist, in Psalm 139. • …. Whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Secondly, God is Gloriously present with the Inhabitants of the Third Heaven. The Heaven of Heavens hath in it most intimate and marvellous manifestations of God.
Secondly, God is Gloriously present with the Inhabitants of the Third Heaven. The Heaven of Heavens hath in it most intimate and marvellous manifestations of God.
To be there, is called in 2. Cor. 5. 4. A being present with the Lord. Hence unto the Heaven, and not unto a Bible, are we directed to make our Corporal Applications in our Prayers, or our Oathes before the Lord.
To be there, is called in 2. Cor. 5. 4. A being present with the Lord. Hence unto the Heaven, and not unto a bible, Are we directed to make our Corporal Applications in our Prayers, or our Oaths before the Lord.
He supplies them with Apprehensions beyond the Reach and Verge of their own Wisdome, and He layes before them Invitations, and Provocations, which as it were push them into the way wherein they should go.
He supplies them with Apprehensions beyond the Reach and Verge of their own Wisdom, and He lays before them Invitations, and Provocations, which as it were push them into the Way wherein they should go.
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When the Jews were upon a Re-Assumption of the desireable things which the Babylonians had deprived 'em of, they took a Right Way to dissappoint all that were desirous to interrupt them in it.
When the jews were upon a Re-Assumption of the desirable things which the Babylonians had deprived they of, they took a Right Way to disappoint all that were desirous to interrupt them in it.
On which Text, blessed Bilney after his Condemnation so sweetly paraphrased, that his Friends caused the whole Sentence to be fairly written on their Tables.
On which Text, blessed Bilney After his Condemnation so sweetly paraphrased, that his Friends caused the Whole Sentence to be fairly written on their Tables.
When God is with a people, He distracts and confounds their enemies, and He troubles those who trouble them. A people who have God with them, are too strong for all the Malice and Power of their enemies;
When God is with a people, He distracts and confounds their enemies, and He Troubles those who trouble them. A people who have God with them, Are too strong for all the Malice and Power of their enemies;
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When Ioshua had a vast Undertaking in hand, it was said unto him in Cap. 1. 9. Be of good Courage, for the Lord thy God is with thee, whither soever thou goest. q. d.
When Ioshua had a vast Undertaking in hand, it was said unto him in Cap. 1. 9. Be of good Courage, for the Lord thy God is with thee, whither soever thou goest. q. worser.
Proposition. II. The Presence of God with a people in His Outward Providence, has a diverse Foundation and Continuance from His Presence with His People, in the Covenant of Grace. As tis well observed by the great Owen, in a Discourse unto the Parliament, These two are to be carefully distinguished.
Proposition. II The Presence of God with a people in His Outward Providence, has a diverse Foundation and Continuance from His Presence with His People, in the Covenant of Grace. As this well observed by the great Owen, in a Discourse unto the Parliament, These two Are to be carefully distinguished.
We must not reflect on the Stability of the New-Covenant, for what Variety and Soveraignty we may see in providential Dispensations, toward this and that people in the world.
We must not reflect on the Stability of the New-covenant, for what Variety and Sovereignty we may see in providential Dispensations, towards this and that people in the world.
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and subject unto a dreadful Alteration. To bring these things into the case before us. God has in the Covenant of Grace, promised, That He will be with His people.
and Subject unto a dreadful Alteration. To bring these things into the case before us. God has in the Covenant of Grace, promised, That He will be with His people.
He hath said it, and this ] with multipli'd Negatives, in the Original, heaped one upon another, I will not, I will not leave thee, I will not, I will not, I will not forsake thee. Well,
He hath said it, and this ] with multiplied Negatives, in the Original, heaped one upon Another, I will not, I will not leave thee, I will not, I will not, I will not forsake thee. Well,
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Here God is with a people, according to those Terms, in Ezek. 18. 20. The Soul that sinneth IT shall dye; one shall not bear the Iniquity of nother.
Here God is with a people, according to those Terms, in Ezekiel 18. 20. The Soul that Sinneth IT shall die; one shall not bear the Iniquity of neither.
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Proposition. III. A People must be with God, or God will not be with them. And here also, to prevent Mistakes, Let that one Text be alwaies carried in our Minds;
Proposition. III. A People must be with God, or God will not be with them. And Here also, to prevent Mistakes, Let that one Text be always carried in our Minds;
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When a people has been with God, this does not merit, and so procure that God should be with them; but that is barely the Antecedent unto which, this is the Conse -
When a people has been with God, this does not merit, and so procure that God should be with them; but that is barely the Antecedent unto which, this is the Cones -
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<1+^PAGES^MISSING> Having praemsed this I must now affirm, God is with you, while you are with Him. We need only reflect on the People of Israel, for an Instance of it.
<1+^PAGES^MISSING> Having praemsed this I must now affirm, God is with you, while you Are with Him. We need only reflect on the People of Israel, for an Instance of it.
That whole History, which almost fills the Bible, proclames nothing more than this; it loudly declares, That while a people are with God, God will be with them;
That Whole History, which almost fills the bible, proclames nothing more than this; it loudly declares, That while a people Are with God, God will be with them;
The Whloe of this Duty is comprised in that Expressir• … of our being with the Lord. Particularly the Hebrew Particle [ Gnim ] in our Text, admits of three Significations;
The Whole of this Duty is comprised in that Expressir• … of our being with the Lord. Particularly the Hebrew Particle [ Gnim ] in our Text, admits of three Significations;
for instance, When David saith in Psal. 120, 5. I dwell in (Gnim Hebr.) the tents of Kedar; a very great Interpreter translates it so, I dwell As the tents of Kedar. i. e.
for instance, When David Says in Psalm 120, 5. I dwell in (Gnim Hebrew) the tents of Kedar; a very great Interpreter translates it so, I dwell As the tents of Kedar. i. e.
The Psalmist was a man much in prayer, and therefore he could say as in Psal. 73. 23. I am continually with thee. A people much in Prayer may say the same, We are continually with the Lord. A people that will pray upon all occasions, a people that will pray over all Businesses, a peothat will retire into the Mount for Prayer (and Fasting too) at every turn;
The Psalmist was a man much in prayer, and Therefore he could say as in Psalm 73. 23. I am continually with thee. A people much in Prayer may say the same, We Are continually with the Lord. A people that will pray upon all occasions, a people that will pray over all Businesses, a peothat will retire into the Mount for Prayer (and Fasting too) At every turn;
and they should think much of no Cost, no Pains, nor (tho, as a Martyr once expressed himself, tho' every hair on their heads were a life) should a Thousand Lives be dear unto them, in the promoting of it.
and they should think much of no Cost, no Pains, nor (though, as a Martyr once expressed himself, though every hair on their Heads were a life) should a Thousand Lives be dear unto them, in the promoting of it.
God and we should be One. A people should have the same Designs, the same Desires, which the Written Edicts of Heaven declare to be in the blessed God;
God and we should be One. A people should have the same Designs, the same Desires, which the Written Edicts of Heaven declare to be in the blessed God;
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Is God Righteous? Thus a people should abhor all Injustice and Oppression. Is God Merciful? Thus a people should be disposed unto all fair acts of Pitty and Kindness. Then they will be with the Lord;
Is God Righteous? Thus a people should abhor all Injustice and Oppression. Is God Merciful? Thus a people should be disposed unto all fair acts of Pity and Kindness. Then they will be with the Lord;
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Let us all now, Be with God, that God may Be with us. I suppose, whatever else we differ in, we generally concur in that wish, 1. King. 8. 27. The Lord our God be with us, as He was with our Fathers, let Him not leave us nor forsake us.
Let us all now, Be with God, that God may Be with us. I suppose, whatever Else we differ in, we generally concur in that wish, 1. King. 8. 27. The Lord our God be with us, as He was with our Father's, let Him not leave us nor forsake us.
The Cheef Sinner and least Preacher among all your Sons, now takes a Liberty to mind you, That God will be with you while you are with Him. Now that we may be all of us inspired with a Zeal for this great thing this Day, Let us Consider, First,
The Chief Sinner and least Preacher among all your Sons, now Takes a Liberty to mind you, That God will be with you while you Are with Him. Now that we may be all of us inspired with a Zeal for this great thing this Day, Let us Consider, First,
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One GOD will weigh down more than ten Worlds. If we have the Presence of that God, Who made and moves the Universe by a Word; if we have the Presence of that God, Who can Command and Create our Deliverances, O most Happy We! We may then join in such Triumphant Acclamations as that in Psal. 118. 6. The Lord is on my side, I will not fear;
One GOD will weigh down more than ten World's. If we have the Presence of that God, Who made and moves the Universe by a Word; if we have the Presence of that God, Who can Command and Create our Deliverances, Oh most Happy We! We may then join in such Triumphant Acclamations as that in Psalm 118. 6. The Lord is on my side, I will not Fear;
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and are troubled, and the mountains are shaking, splitting, tumbling, with the swelling thereof; Tho' the great and the terrible God be at this Day, coming out of His place, to make all Europe a stage of blood and fire,
and Are troubled, and the Mountains Are shaking, splitting, tumbling, with the swelling thereof; Though the great and the terrible God be At this Day, coming out of His place, to make all Europe a stage of blood and fire,
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we are in a most woful estate, if it come to that! How can we endure the mention of it, without our most importunate Deprecations, O our God, leave us not!
we Are in a most woeful estate, if it come to that! How can we endure the mention of it, without our most importunate Deprecations, Oh our God, leave us not!
if we don't in the first place look to this, That God be among us, we cannot avoid all manner of Dissappointments, Desolations. Let us Consider, Secondly:
if we don't in the First place look to this, That God be among us, we cannot avoid all manner of Disappointments, Desolations. Let us Consider, Secondly:
and vital Bowel of the Territory, hath with a twice repeted Conflagration suffered such a Loss of that which in the Body politic answers to Blood in the Body natural? Tis Because our God is not among us.
and vital Bowel of the Territory, hath with a twice repeated Conflagration suffered such a Loss of that which in the Body politic answers to Blood in the Body natural? This Because our God is not among us.
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Why have we had War after War, made upon us by a Foolish Nation? Why have the worst of the Heathen had renewed advantages to disturb our Peace? And why have so many of our Brethren and Neighbours been made a prey to the most Savage Murderers in the world? It is Because our God is not among us. Give me leave to say,
Why have we had War After War, made upon us by a Foolish nation? Why have the worst of the Heathen had renewed advantages to disturb our Peace? And why have so many of our Brothers and Neighbours been made a prey to the most Savage Murderers in the world? It is Because our God is not among us. Give me leave to say,
as in Judg. 6. 12. If the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? But we may find Humiliation enough to convince us of this deplorable thing, from what we have endured upon the Loss of our Government. She of old said unto our Lord Jesus, in I-h. 11. 21. Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not dyed.
as in Judges 6. 12. If the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? But we may find Humiliation enough to convince us of this deplorable thing, from what we have endured upon the Loss of our Government. She of old said unto our Lord jesus, in I-h. 11. 21. Lord, if thou Hadst been Here, my brother had not died.
So, If the Lord had been here, tis possible we had not Died. If the Lord had been with us, would he have made our Wall so feeble, that (as they said of Ierusalem) the going up of a poor Fox upon it, should break it down? If the Lord had been with us, had all the wild Creatures that passed by this Vineyard, found such Opportunities to be plucking at it? No, Our God would have kept us,
So, If the Lord had been Here, this possible we had not Died. If the Lord had been with us, would he have made our Wall so feeble, that (as they said of Ierusalem) the going up of a poor Fox upon it, should break it down? If the Lord had been with us, had all the wild Creatures that passed by this Vineyard, found such Opportunities to be plucking At it? No, Our God would have kept us,
If the Lord had been with us, had you ever thought you had seen cause to Declare, as you have lately & justly done, That a Company of abject strangers had made a meer Booty of us? Had we ever felt the sore grievances of an illegal & arbitrary Government? No;
If the Lord had been with us, had you ever Thought you had seen cause to Declare, as you have lately & justly done, That a Company of abject Strangers had made a mere Booty of us? Had we ever felt the soar grievances of an illegal & arbitrary Government? No;
What shall I say? It was an Appeal made in Ioel, 1. 2. Hear this, ye old men,; hath this been in your dayes? Even so, I may say to the old men within the hearing of it;
What shall I say? It was an Appeal made in Joel, 1. 2. Hear this, you old men,; hath this been in your days? Even so, I may say to the old men within the hearing of it;
they were with God. I may say of 'em as in hos. 9. 8. They were with my God: & they are gone to be so forever. What an unaccountable thing will it be for us, to have that Character, which we have been so much cautioned against, There arose another generation which knew not the Lord? What? Shall the Grandchildren of Moses turn Idolaters? and shall the Children of Samuel become the Children of Belial? Shall we forget the Hope of our Fathers, or forsake our Fathers Friend? The very Graves of those blessed men, every Post, every Stone upon their Graves, is a Witness against us,
they were with God. I may say of they as in hos. 9. 8. They were with my God: & they Are gone to be so forever. What an unaccountable thing will it be for us, to have that Character, which we have been so much cautioned against, There arose Another generation which knew not the Lord? What? Shall the Grandchildren of Moses turn Idolaters? and shall the Children of Samuel become the Children of Belial? Shall we forget the Hope of our Father's, or forsake our Father's Friend? The very Graves of those blessed men, every Post, every Stone upon their Graves, is a Witness against us,
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This Countrey has been blessed with a most faithful Ministry, by which, I suppose, every Assembly in this Territory, has been called upon, to Be with God, and to keep with Him.
This Country has been blessed with a most faithful Ministry, by which, I suppose, every Assembly in this Territory, has been called upon, to Be with God, and to keep with Him.
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and I may justly assert concerning the Things contained therein, They are not Vain Things, they are Our Life. Wherefore, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah, & Benjamin;
and I may justly assert Concerning the Things contained therein, They Are not Vain Things, they Are Our Life. Wherefore, Hear you me, Asa, and all Judah, & Benjamin;
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for thou art the Lord our God! If we ask that Question, in Mal. 2. 7. Wherein shall we return? Methinks, t'were an harder Quaestion, Wherin should we not? But,
for thou art the Lord our God! If we ask that Question, in Malachi 2. 7. Wherein shall we return? Methinks, It were an harder Question, Wherein should we not? But,
We have had the Elders and Messengers of our Churches, conven d in a SYNOD, solemnly informing of us, Wherein we shall Return. God forbid the Advice of that Synod, should only serve to Convict us and Condemn us, in the Day when He shall take vengeance on us for our Contemning of it. That were dreadful indeed!
We have had the Elders and Messengers of our Churches, convene worser in a SYNOD, solemnly informing of us, Wherein we shall Return. God forbid the advice of that Synod, should only serve to Convict us and Condemn us, in the Day when He shall take vengeance on us for our Contemning of it. That were dreadful indeed!
But in Compliance with it, Let every man seriously now enquire of himself, What have I done? Mark what I say, That man who does not suspect himself, of having a share in the Sins which have driven away from us the Presence of our God;
But in Compliance with it, Let every man seriously now inquire of himself, What have I done? Mark what I say, That man who does not suspect himself, of having a share in the Sins which have driven away from us the Presence of our God;
That man, I may safely affirm it, is one of the principal Troublers of this Israel; I do without any Scruple say it, Thou art the man. Let us all then Examine our selves,
That man, I may safely affirm it, is one of the principal Troublers of this Israel; I do without any Scruple say it, Thou art the man. Let us all then Examine our selves,
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Indeed, both the Objects in which, and the Authors from whom we have endured our Calamities, those are enough to indigitate what Sins they are that have exposed us thereunto.
Indeed, both the Objects in which, and the Authors from whom we have endured our Calamities, those Are enough to indigitate what Sins they Are that have exposed us thereunto.
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and almost Renounced all that was Holy, and Iust and Good? The most happy and easy Government in the world, was changed with us, into what has by the most impartial men been confessed to have become Intolerable; Why, Did not men despise the Best of Governments,
and almost Renounced all that was Holy, and Just and Good? The most happy and easy Government in the world, was changed with us, into what has by the most impartial men been confessed to have become Intolerable; Why, Did not men despise the Best of Governments,
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and procure other things to be set over them, because they endeavoured to make Loggs of what they before enjoyed? To pass on, Were we not in the late unreasonable Extortions of the Law, invited to consider,
and procure other things to be Set over them, Because they endeavoured to make Logs of what they before enjoyed? To pass on, Were we not in the late unreasonable Extortions of the Law, invited to Consider,
Whether our needless Multiplications of Litigious Contentious Law-Suits, formerly amongst us, were not a Scandal thus chastised? Were we not in the late unsufferable Injuries, Abuses,
Whither our needless Multiplications of Litigious Contentious Law-Suits, formerly among us, were not a Scandal thus chastised? Were we not in the late unsufferable Injuries, Abuses,
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And Alas, have we not very much Injured the Indians? I do not mean, by taking from them Their Land; For it was Hardly possible they should be more fairly dealt withal than they have been in that particular;
And Alas, have we not very much Injured the Indians? I do not mean, by taking from them Their Land; For it was Hardly possible they should be more fairly dealt withal than they have been in that particular;
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but by Teaching of them, Our Vice. We that should have learn'd them to Pray, have learn'd them to Sin. Endeavors for their Conversion have by many people been blown upon;
but by Teaching of them, Our Vice. We that should have learned them to Pray, have learned them to Sin. Endeavors for their Conversion have by many people been blown upon;
but there have been wicked English, who have taught them to drink, yea, and to curse, and swear; things which they knew not the meaning of, till they came to School unto such White Pagans as some that wear the Christian - Livery among our selves.
but there have been wicked English, who have taught them to drink, yea, and to curse, and swear; things which they knew not the meaning of, till they Come to School unto such White Pagans as Some that wear the Christian - Livery among our selves.
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Tis the purpose of our God, in Josh. 7. 12. I will not be with you except ye destroy the Accursed Thing, from among you, Let us then Destroy that Accursed thing.
This the purpose of our God, in Josh. 7. 12. I will not be with you except you destroy the Accursed Thing, from among you, Let us then Destroy that Accursed thing.
Requite them not with Censure and Hatred for their unwearied pains to preserve our Peace. No more discover a Contempt of the Ministers, who set themselves faithfully to Declare the Whole Counsil of God, and to Lift up their voice like a Trumpet in shewing us our sins.
Requite them not with Censure and Hatred for their unwearied pains to preserve our Peace. No more discover a Contempt of the Ministers, who Set themselves faithfully to Declare the whole Council of God, and to Lift up their voice like a Trumpet in showing us our Sins.
A Divided and Quarrelsome People, do even say to the Almighty, Depart from us; for He is the God of Peace. But O, What is our meaning then, to make a fall submission & entire resignnation of our sel• … es to the Tyranny of our own Passions, as we have too much done, wh• … le we have been debating about the Measures of another Submission and Resignation in our various Revolutions! I have read of a people with whom it was a Law, That in a Fray, where Swords were drawn,
A Divided and Quarrelsome People, do even say to the Almighty, Depart from us; for He is the God of Peace. But O, What is our meaning then, to make a fallen submission & entire resignnation of our sel• … es to the Tyranny of our own Passion, as we have too much done, wh• … le we have been debating about the Measures of Another Submission and Resignation in our various Revolutions! I have read of a people with whom it was a Law, That in a Fray, where Swords were drawn,
He that Considers the Feavourish Paroxysms which this Land is now raging in, through meer Misunderstandings about the Means leading to the End wherein we are generally agreed,
He that Considers the Favourish Paroxysms which this Land is now raging in, through mere Misunderstandings about the Means leading to the End wherein we Are generally agreed,
O let not our Dissents put us upon Hatred and Outrage, and every evil work. It has not a little surprised mee to read in a Greek Author, who wrote Fifteen hundred years ago;
Oh let not our Dissents put us upon Hatred and Outrage, and every evil work. It has not a little surprised me to read in a Greek Author, who wrote Fifteen hundred Years ago;
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that in the times long praeceding his, there was a Tradition among them, that Europe, and Asia, and Africa, were Islands, encompassed by the Ocean, without and beyond which was another as big as They: in which other World, were mighty and longliv'd people, inhabiting of great Cities; the two greatest whereof were called, one of them, The Fighting City; the other of them, The Godly City. Behold very Ancient Footsteps of the knowledge which the old World had of our America, some Thousands of years ago.
that in the times long preceding his, there was a Tradition among them, that Europe, and Asia, and Africa, were Islands, encompassed by the Ocean, without and beyond which was Another as big as They: in which other World, were mighty and longlived people, inhabiting of great Cities; the two greatest whereof were called, one of them, The Fighting city; the other of them, The Godly city. Behold very Ancient Footsteps of the knowledge which the old World had of our America, Some Thousands of Years ago.
We have hitherto, professed our selves, A Countrey of Puritans; I beseech you then let us have the wisdom to be first pure, then peaceable. Every man should count himselfe liable to follies,
We have hitherto, professed our selves, A Country of Puritans; I beseech you then let us have the Wisdom to be First pure, then peaceable. Every man should count himself liable to follies,
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Are you so, or are you not? If you are not, what do you here in this Lower World, where you can find no more of your own Attainments? If you are so, then be patient and peaceable towards those who see not with your eyes!
are you so, or Are you not? If you Are not, what do you Here in this Lower World, where you can find no more of your own Attainments? If you Are so, then be patient and peaceable towards those who see not with your eyes!
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But he then asked them, successively, Which do you reckon the next best? and they all agreed, that next to their own, Plato's was the Best: upon which, he chose That, as indeed the Best of all.
But he then asked them, successively, Which do you reckon the next best? and they all agreed, that next to their own, Plato's was the Best: upon which, he chosen That, as indeed the Best of all.
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Thus, We all have our several Schemes of things, and every man counts his own to be the Best; but I would say to every man, Suppose your Scheme laid aside, What would you count the Next Best? Doubtless we should be of One mind as to That: And if we could act by the common measures of Christianity, we should foon be united in it.
Thus, We all have our several Schemes of things, and every man counts his own to be the Best; but I would say to every man, Suppose your Scheme laid aside, What would you count the Next Best? Doubtless we should be of One mind as to That: And if we could act by the Common measures of Christianity, we should foon be united in it.
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O that we could receive the Word of the Lord Jesus, in 2. Cor. 13. 11. Brethren, live in peace, and the the God of Love and Peace shall be with you. Thirdly.
O that we could receive the Word of the Lord jesus, in 2. Cor. 13. 11. Brothers, live in peace, and the the God of Love and Peace shall be with you. Thirdly.
Pardon me, that I first offer it unto You, that are or may be our Superiours. It was said in Hos. 11. 12. Iudah ruleth with God. When Rulers are with God, O happy Government!
Pardon me, that I First offer it unto You, that Are or may be our Superiors. It was said in Hos. 11. 12. Iudah Ruleth with God. When Rulers Are with God, Oh happy Government!
Unto YOU, much Honoured, I would humbly address this Petition, That Your first work may be to think on some considerable Expedient, by which the Presence of God may be secured unto us.
Unto YOU, much Honoured, I would humbly address this Petition, That Your First work may be to think on Some considerable Expedient, by which the Presence of God may be secured unto us.
Yea, tis very much in your Power to do what may have a Tendency to perpetuate the Presence of God unto the succeeding Generations. I cannot for bear uttering the Wish of the great Chytr• … us in this Honourable Audience, Urinam potentes rerum Domini majorem Ecclesiae et Scholarum curam susciperent!
Yea, this very much in your Power to do what may have a Tendency to perpetuate the Presence of God unto the succeeding Generations. I cannot for bear uttering the Wish of the great Chytr• … us in this Honourable Audience, Urine potentes rerum Domini majorem Ecclesiae et scholarum curam susciperent!
May the Colledge be maintained, and that River the wholsome streams whereof have made glad the City of God, and blest us with a priviledge above the other Out-goings of our Nation, be kept Running, with Issues beyond those from the Seminaries of Canada or Mexico; may Schools be countenanced,
May the College be maintained, and that River the wholesome streams whereof have made glad the city of God, and blessed us with a privilege above the other Outgoings of our nation, be kept Running, with Issues beyond those from the Seminaries of Canada or Mexico; may Schools be countenanced,
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than the too general Want of Education in the Rising Generation; which, if not prevented, will gradually, but speedily, dispose us, to that sort of Criolian Degeneracy, observed to deprave the Children of the most noble and worthy Europaeans, when transplanted into America. The Youth of this Countrey, are very sharp, and early ripe in their Capacities, above most in the world;
than the too general Want of Education in the Rising Generation; which, if not prevented, will gradually, but speedily, dispose us, to that sort of Crillon Degeneracy, observed to deprave the Children of the most noble and worthy Europeans, when transplanted into America. The Youth of this Country, Are very sharp, and early ripe in their Capacities, above most in the world;
for it may be proved that both Britains and Saxons, did inhabit here, at least Three or Four hundred years before Columbus was born into the world, which the Annals themselves of those times do plainly enough Declare;
for it may be proved that both Britains and Saxons, did inhabit Here, At least Three or Four hundred Years before Columbus was born into the world, which the Annals themselves of those times do plainly enough Declare;
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and Christianity, which like the Sun, hath moved still Westward, unto these Goings down of the Sun, will Return to the old World again, leaving here, not a New-Ierusalem, as Doctor • … wiss hoped, but a Gog and Magog, as Master Mede feared;
and Christianity, which like the Sun, hath moved still Westward, unto these Goings down of the Sun, will Return to the old World again, leaving Here, not a New-Ierusalem, as Doctor • … wiss hoped, but a Gog and Magog, as Master Mede feared;
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Now may the God of Heaven, bless the Wisdome and Goodness of Your Endeavours, for the continuance of His Presence, with those that may rise up in your stead,
Now may the God of Heaven, bless the Wisdom and goodness of Your Endeavours, for the Continuance of His Presence, with those that may rise up in your stead,
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We ought all of us humbly to lay before our worthy Rulers that Encouragement in Ezr. 10 4. Arise, for this matter belongs to thee, we also will be with thee, be of good courage & do it.
We ought all of us humbly to lay before our worthy Rulers that Encouragement in Ezra 10 4. Arise, for this matter belongs to thee, we also will be with thee, be of good courage & do it.
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Let there be a publick Spirit in us all, for the good of the whole; the Rarity & Mortality whereof among us, New-England bewails among the greatest of its Calamities.
Let there be a public Spirit in us all, for the good of the Whole; the Rarity & Mortality whereof among us, New england bewails among the greatest of its Calamities.
Especially, Let us Pray hard, That God would not leave the Land. It was a Publique Spirit which was in that Famous Prince of Orange, who was the first Captain General of the United Provinces an hundred years ago;
Especially, Let us Pray hard, That God would not leave the Land. It was a Public Spirit which was in that Famous Prince of Orange, who was the First Captain General of the United Provinces an hundred Years ago;
O Let this poor People have no less than Half our Cares, half our Prayers. Let no man say, I am a sorry Creature, of what account can my prayers be? For You that can do little else but pray, can yet be the instruments of saving this poor people, by the Presence of the Lord. We find in Amos. 7. 2. That a poor Herdsman and Huckster, kept the great God from Leaving of the Land. A poor Husbandman, yea a poor Woman, by lively prayers, may do incredibly much towards the Keeping of our God yet among us.
O Let this poor People have no less than Half our Cares, half our Prayers. Let no man say, I am a sorry Creature, of what account can my Prayers be? For You that can do little Else but pray, can yet be the Instruments of Saving this poor people, by the Presence of the Lord. We find in Amos. 7. 2. That a poor Herdsman and Huckster, kept the great God from Leaving of the Land. A poor Husbandman, yea a poor Woman, by lively Prayers, may do incredibly much towards the Keeping of our God yet among us.
And if God be With us, then His Rod, and Staffe, His mighty Crook, which horribly breaks the bones of all that it falls upon, will crush and wound all that shall go to make this Wilderness, A valley of the shadow of Death unto us;
And if God be With us, then His Rod, and Staff, His mighty Crook, which horribly breaks the bones of all that it falls upon, will crush and wound all that shall go to make this Wilderness, A valley of the shadow of Death unto us;
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