The short history of New-England. A recapitulation of wonderful passages which have occur'd, first in the protections, and then in the afflictions, of New-England. : With a representation of certain matters calling for the singular attention of that country. / Made at Boston-lecture, in the audience of the Great and General Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay, June 7. 1694. By Cotton Mather.
IT was upon the Death of a Great Man among the Ancients, that a Famous and Well-spok•n Orator, Addressed a General Assembly of the Neighbourhood, with an Exclamation to this purpose, What shall we do, O Citizens? Our Walls are fallen down? Indeed, th• … whole World seems at This Day, under the Accomplishment of that Commination, in Isai. 2. 15. The Day of the Lord of Hosts, i• … shall be upon every Fenced Wall.
IT was upon the Death of a Great Man among the Ancients, that a Famous and Well-spok•n Orator, Addressed a General Assembly of the Neighbourhood, with an Exclamation to this purpose, What shall we do, Oh Citizens? Our Walls Are fallen down? Indeed, th• … Whole World seems At This Day, under the Accomplishment of that Commination, in Isaiah 2. 15. The Day of the Lord of Hosts, i• … shall be upon every Fenced Wall.
But such a Dark and such a Black Day, is mos• … particularly come upon Our selves. The Death, which we have seen upon our First Generation, Administers unto us, who are Another, and well if not upon all Accounts Another, Generation, a Mournful Occasion for that Lamentation, Our Walls are Fallen down!
But such a Dark and such a Black Day, is mos• … particularly come upon Our selves. The Death, which we have seen upon our First Generation, Administers unto us, who Are another, and well if not upon all Accounts another, Generation, a Mournful Occasion for that Lamentation, Our Walls Are Fallen down!
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The Death which we have therewithal seen Gradually Siezing upon our Precious and Pleasant Things, Administers unto us yet further Occasion for that Lamentation, Our Walls are fallen down!
The Death which we have therewithal seen Gradually Seizing upon our Precious and Pleasant Things, Administers unto us yet further Occasion for that Lamentation, Our Walls Are fallen down!
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as they have newly done, to lay whole Counties desolate, and barbarously Butcher more than a Thousand of our Inhabitants? If our Walls had not been broken down, had worse things than Indians, even Devils, broke in upon us,
as they have newly done, to lay Whole Counties desolate, and barbarously Butcher more than a Thousand of our Inhabitants? If our Walls had not been broken down, had Worse things than Indians, even Devils, broke in upon us,
as the Degenerate Plant of a Strange Vine before the Lord? In Truth, We may over our Country utter that Sigh, in Psal. 89. 10. Lord, Thou hast broken down all its Hedges.
as the Degenerate Plant of a Strange Vine before the Lord? In Truth, We may over our Country utter that Sighs, in Psalm 89. 10. Lord, Thou hast broken down all its Hedges.
and, As was his Name, so was He, for his becoming Fortitude, in his Witnessing for God against an Apostatizing People. One of the Ancients has told us, That, he was Martyred and Murdered, for his Reproving of an uncontrouleable Sin, in some of the Rulers:
and, As was his Name, so was He, for his becoming Fortitude, in his Witnessing for God against an Apostatizing People. One of the Ancients has told us, That, he was Martyred and Murdered, for his Reproving of an uncontrouleable since, in Some of the Rulers:
Indeed, That a Testimony for God, may be Effectually Delivered and Entertained, there had need be more than One, concurring to the Testimony. But now Ezekiel seems to be, both more Glorious in his Visions, and more Terrible in his Threatenings, than Jeremiah; and both of those,
Indeed, That a Testimony for God, may be Effectually Delivered and Entertained, there had need be more than One, concurring to the Testimony. But now Ezekielem seems to be, both more Glorious in his Visions, and more Terrible in his Threatenings, than Jeremiah; and both of those,
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Thi•dly, The Aggravations attending their Sins, are declared. And what were they? One Aggravation of their Sins, was, The Universal Prevalency of them.
Thi•dly, The Aggravations attending their Sins, Are declared. And what were they? One Aggravation of their Sins, was, The Universal Prevalency of them.
In the Church, there were Officers more concerned for their Livings, than for the Salvation of Souls; and the Institutions of God were p•ostituted unto the Lusts of men, in Promiscuous Administations, which put no Difference between the Holy and the Profane. In the State, there were Officers who made a meer Prey of the Inhabitants,
In the Church, there were Officers more concerned for their Livings, than for the Salvation of Souls; and the Institutions of God were p•ostituted unto the Lustiest of men, in Promiscuous Administrations, which put no Difference between the Holy and the Profane. In the State, there were Officers who made a mere Prey of the Inhabitants,
First, We have the Peoples Enjoyment. That was, An Hedge. The Hebrew word here notes, A Wall, made either of Stone or Wood. The Metaphor Signifies, The Protection of God, about our Comforts;
First, We have the Peoples Enjoyment. That was, an Hedge. The Hebrew word Here notes, A Wall, made either of Stone or Wood. The Metaphor Signifies, The Protection of God, about our Comforts;
The Metaphor Signifies, An Obnoxiousness to wretched circumstances, by Sin forfeiting the Protection of God; with a Loss of those things wherein we have that Protection.
The Metaphor Signifies, an Obnoxiousness to wretched Circumstances, by since forfeiting the Protection of God; with a Loss of those things wherein we have that Protection.
Having advised You, That our Hedg• … lies in those things, wherein we have th• … Protecting Presence of God; and that ou• … Gap lies in our Bereavement of those thing• … wherein we have that Protecting Presence; I hope it will be no, Untempered Morta• … daubed upon a Broken Wall, if I lay Five Counsils this Day before you.
Having advised You, That our Hedg• … lies in those things, wherein we have th• … Protecting Presence of God; and that ou• … Gap lies in our Bereavement of those thing• … wherein we have that Protecting Presence; I hope it will be no, Untempered Morta• … daubed upon a Broken Wall, if I lay Five Councils this Day before you.
I. What is to be done? Let Every man most penitently Enquire and Bewayl, what he Hath done, towards making a Gap in our Hedge? When the People had laid
I What is to be done? Let Every man most penitently Inquire and Bewail, what he Hath done, towards making a Gap in our Hedge? When the People had laid
What a Day of Temptation, was it, when a Flood of Antin•mian and Familistical Opinions, cast out by the Dragon, had like to have Swallowed up the Church Fled into this Desart, in its Infancy: and a Factions Distinction made between, Men under a Covenant of Works, and Men under a Covenant of Grace, as it were by some Enchantment, insinuated it self into all our Concernments, to the producing of Works wherein there was little enough of Grace discovered?
What a Day of Temptation, was it, when a Flood of Antin•mian and Familistical Opinions, cast out by the Dragon, had like to have Swallowed up the Church Fled into this Desert, in its Infancy: and a Factions Distinction made between, Men under a Covenant of Works, and Men under a Covenant of Grace, as it were by Some Enchantment, insinuated it self into all our Concernments, to the producing of Works wherein there was little enough of Grace discovered?
and Scandalous Divisions thereupon arose between Synodalians and Antisynodists: Wherein we hav• been too like, and it may be too unlike Ch••dren, while we have been contending abo•• the Covenant of our Children?
and Scandalous Divisions thereupon arose between Synodalians and Antisynodists: Wherein we hav• been too like, and it may be too unlike Ch••dren, while we have been contending abo•• the Covenant of our Children?
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when the Evil Angels were let loose upon us, dreadfully to Annoy our Neighbourhood, not only with Tormenting Afflictions, but als• … with unheard of Delusions; and cause u• … to buffet one another in as Dark a Time as that which once Distressed Egypt for thre• … Dayes together?
when the Evil Angels were let lose upon us, dreadfully to Annoy our Neighbourhood, not only with Tormenting Afflictions, but als• … with unheard of Delusions; and cause u• … to buffet one Another in as Dark a Time as that which once Distressed Egypt for thre• … Days together?
Have we not had our Successive Daye• … of Tempration, relating to the posture o• … things in the Common Wealth? Sometimes, The contestations about the Negative, have made us too nigh the Denying o• … Reason to one another.
Have we not had our Successive Daye• … of Temptation, relating to the posture o• … things in the Common Wealth? Sometime, The contestations about the Negative, have made us too High the Denying o• … Reason to one Another.
Sometimes th• … measures of Compliance with Demand• … from the other side of the Water, have O• … casioned those Heats among us, which w• … cannot justify.
Sometime th• … measures of Compliance with Demand• … from the other side of the Water, have O• … casioned those Heats among us, which w• … cannot justify.
like the Sea, which cann• … rest, whose Waters cast up Mire & Mud? An• … how many Dayes of Temptation hav• … been Successively in this and that Plantati• … of our Wilderness? One while, the Rebuil• … ing and Removing of Meeting-house• … ha's unfitted the Neighbours,
like the Sea, which cann• … rest, whose Waters cast up Mire & Mud? An• … how many Days of Temptation hav• … been Successively in this and that Plantati• … of our Wilderness? One while, the Rebuil• … ing and Removing of Meeting-house• … ha unfitted the Neighbours,
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And sometimes, little Piques between some Leading men in a place, have mislead all the Neighbours far and near into most unaccountable Party-making. Alas,
And sometime, little Piques between Some Leading men in a place, have mislead all the Neighbours Far and near into most unaccountable Party-making. Alas,
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They have been Dayes, wherein all sorts of men, have too much abandoned the conduct of that Good Spirit, which would Lead us into the Land of Uprightness, and Gratify'd that Evil Spirit, which is all for Envying, for Slandering, for all the Expressions of Uncharitableness. Who can throughly understand the Errors, which he ha's committed,
They have been Days, wherein all sorts of men, have too much abandoned the conduct of that Good Spirit, which would Led us into the Land of Uprightness, and Gratified that Evil Spirit, which is all for Envying, for Slandering, for all the Expressions of Uncharitableness. Who can thoroughly understand the Errors, which he ha committed,
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or Self-driven, or, indeed, but left unto Himself? Let us all then Reflect upon our own Behaviours in such Dayes of our Fiery Trials; in such bitter burning Parexysms; and let us every where Abase our selves before God and Man,
or Self-driven, or, indeed, but left unto Himself? Let us all then Reflect upon our own Behaviours in such Days of our Fiery Trials; in such bitter burning Parexysms; and let us every where Abase our selves before God and Man,
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When a man ha's ventured upon the Doing of any thing, that is not according to the Known Rules of Piety, and of Ch••rity, it may be said of him, as in Eccl. 1•. •. He break〈 … 〉 an Hedge, and a Serpent shall Bite him.
When a man ha ventured upon the Doing of any thing, that is not according to the Known Rules of Piety, and of Ch••rity, it may be said of him, as in Ecclesiastes 1•. •. He break〈 … 〉 an Hedge, and a Serpent shall Bite him.
and therefore, if we would not our selves retain too much of the Serpent in us, Let us take that Counsil, in Lam. 3. 40. Let us Search and Try our Wayes,
and Therefore, if we would not our selves retain too much of the Serpent in us, Let us take that Council, in Lam. 3. 40. Let us Search and Try our Ways,
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my Sins have had their Shares in laying open my Country to the Displeasure of God! And there is this to be said for the Enforcing of this Humbling Thought;
my Sins have had their Shares in laying open my Country to the Displeasure of God! And there is this to be said for the Enforcing of this Humbling Thought;
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If any man do Imagine that none of his Transgressions have done any thing towards the Incommoding of the Common Hedge, I do, in the Name of the Great God, Arrest That man,
If any man do Imagine that none of his Transgressions have done any thing towards the Incommoding of the Common Hedge, I do, in the Name of the Great God, Arrest That man,
II. If we do not make much of our Hedge, we shall do Nothing to make up any 〈 ◊ 〉 in our Hedge: Werefore let us have a Great Concern, and an High Val•• for those things, which Cover us from Invasions. As • … here are Thousands of Saints in this Coun• … ry, who have such an Angelical Guard, a• … out them, that what we find spoken of Job, is to be spoken of Them, in Job 1. 10. Hast thou not made an Hedge about him? So • … he whole Country it self ha's been under • … hose Dispensations of God, which have, made that Account proper to be given of us, • … n Math. 21. 33. There was a certain Housholder, which Planted a Vineyard,
II If we do not make much of our Hedge, we shall do Nothing to make up any 〈 ◊ 〉 in our Hedge: Wherefore let us have a Great Concern, and an High Val•• for those things, which Cover us from Invasions. As • … Here Are Thousands of Saints in this Coun• … Rye, who have such an Angelical Guard, a• … out them, that what we find spoken of Job, is to be spoken of Them, in Job 1. 10. Hast thou not made an Hedge about him? So • … he Whole Country it self ha been under • … hose Dispensations of God, which have, made that Account proper to be given of us, • … n Math. 21. 33. There was a certain Householder, which Planted a Vineyard,
Unto what Ruines had we lain o• … en, if our God had not Hedged us, with at • … east, a Treble Muniment? Now that which I say is, Let us count this Three-fold Hedge, worth our Thanks, worth our Cares, worth our most Expensive Reparations!
Unto what Ruins had we lain o• … en, if our God had not Hedged us, with At • … east, a Triple Muniment? Now that which I say is, Let us count this Threefold Hedge, worth our Thanks, worth our Cares, worth our most Expensive Reparations!
while we had a Royal CHARTER, to be an Hedge about those Enjo• … ments: and we could Successively, in th• … one Colony Elect no less than Seven Governours,
while we had a Royal CHARTER, to be an Hedge about those Enjo• … ments: and we could Successively, in th• … one Colony Elect no less than Seven Governors,
and our Brethren of the Elde Colony now Incorporated with us coul• … Elect no less than Four such Governours, which were so many Nehemiahs, Men seeking the Welfare of the Children of New-England;
and our Brothers of the Eld Colony now Incorporated with us coul• … Elect no less than Four such Governors, which were so many Nehemiah's, Men seeking the Welfare of the Children of New england;
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Though Indefatigable Intercession with Heaven and Earth, and some years o• … Sisyphaean Labour, Employ'd by such a• … have arrived unto us with ample Testimonials of having Acted for us, with An Inv• … •late Integrity,
Though Indefatigable Intercession with Heaven and Earth, and Some Years o• … Sisyphaean Labour, Employed by such a• … have arrived unto us with ample Testimonials of having Acted for us, with an Inv• … •late Integrity,
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an Excellent Prudence, and a• … unfainting Industry, have not procured us ou• … Former Hedge, in all things, just as it was yet you happily see what is obtained, in another CHARTER for us:
an Excellent Prudence, and a• … unfainting Industry, have not procured us ou• … Former Hedge, in all things, just as it was yet you happily see what is obtained, in Another CHARTER for us:
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A• … Hedge, whereby our Titles to our propertie• … and possessions, once questioned, are at onc• … Confirmed, beyond the Reach of all Intr• … ders; An Hedge, through which n• … Judges, no Councellou•s, no Justices, or Sh• … riffs, can be Arbitrarily Imposed upon us and in this our Hedge, we have a Negative upon our Governours, beyond the rest of our Nation abroad.
A• … Hedge, whereby our Titles to our propertie• … and possessions, once questioned, Are At onc• … Confirmed, beyond the Reach of all Intr• … dears; an Hedge, through which n• … Judges, no Councellou•s, no Justices, or Sh• … riffs, can be Arbitrarily Imposed upon us and in this our Hedge, we have a Negative upon our Governors, beyond the rest of our nation abroad.
If We shall reckon, that the maturest and liveliest Consultations, are too painful Things, to keep up such an Hedge, I shall take leave to say, I believe, There is not, besides Us, that People upon the face of the whole Earth, which would be of Our Opinion.
If We shall reckon, that the maturest and Liveliest Consultations, Are too painful Things, to keep up such an Hedge, I shall take leave to say, I believe, There is not, beside Us, that People upon the face of the Whole Earth, which would be of Our Opinion.
Good Stakes, I say, for which we have this Encouraging Advantage, that when once in, they cannot without the concurrence of our own Hands, be plucked up.
Good Stakes, I say, for which we have this Encouraging Advantage, that when once in, they cannot without the concurrence of our own Hands, be plucked up.
Secondly, A Good Ministry, ha's been the Hedge of our Land. At and For our first Settlement, there came over the Atlantick Ocean, Seventy Seven Orthodox, Pious, Able Ministers, in the Actual Service of the Churches;
Secondly, A Good Ministry, ha been the Hedge of our Land. At and For our First Settlement, there Come over the Atlantic Ocean, Seventy Seven Orthodox, Pious, Able Ministers, in the Actual Service of the Churches;
And what an Hedge have we had in those Eminent Men of God? As they were the Chariots, and the Horse-men, so, they were the Hedge, of our Israel! It was especially by being Israels, or men who had Power in Wrestling with God, that they were so. It was foretold,
And what an Hedge have we had in those Eminent Men of God? As they were the Chariots, and the Horsemen, so, they were the Hedge, of our Israel! It was especially by being Israel's, or men who had Power in Wrestling with God, that they were so. It was foretold,
and what was foretold was fulfill'd, concerning some of them, That a• … long as they Lived, New-England should b• … preserved from any General Desolations.
and what was foretold was fulfilled, Concerning Some of them, That a• … long as they Lived, New england should b• … preserved from any General Desolations.
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And let som• … Shamefully Paganizing Villages in our Bo• … ders now intimate unto us, what woful I• … roads of Ignorance, of Wickedness, of Ba• … barity, had we now Suffered,
And let som• … Shamefully Paganizing Villages in our Bo• … dears now intimate unto us, what woeful I• … roads of Ignorance, of Wickedness, of Ba• … barity, had we now Suffered,
if our God had not supplied us, with a Blessed Nursery •or the Renovation of our Hedge? We have a Well Governed COLLEDGE, from whence there have issued, it may be, upwards of Two-Hundred Preachers, to make Glad the City of God:
if our God had not supplied us, with a Blessed Nursery •or the Renovation of our Hedge? We have a Well Governed COLLEDGE, from whence there have issued, it may be, upward of Two-Hundred Preachers, to make Glad the city of God:
Yea, many Plants of Renown have been raised in this our Hedge. And whereas there are Perhaps, about an Hundred and Ten Christian Congregations in this Wilderness, there is hardly One Score of them, that are not at this Day Instructed, by Teachers, which this Colledge ha's afforded unto them.
Yea, many Plants of Renown have been raised in this our Hedge. And whereas there Are Perhaps, about an Hundred and Ten Christian Congregations in this Wilderness, there is hardly One Score of them, that Are not At this Day Instructed, by Teachers, which this College ha afforded unto them.
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Or, if we should come to say, To what purpose is this Wast? upon all that should go to keep alive the Schools of New-England, while our Neighbours in Virginia are using their Laudable and Liberal Essayes to Erect an University! Well;
Or, if we should come to say, To what purpose is this Wast? upon all that should go to keep alive the Schools of New england, while our Neighbours in Virginia Are using their Laudable and Liberal Essays to Erect an university! Well;
Would we have this Hedge mentained? It is a Quick-sett Hedge; and it must not be Sapped, it must not be Starved, there must not be witheld from it, more than is meet;
Would we have this Hedge maintained? It is a Quick-sett Hedge; and it must not be Sapped, it must not be Starved, there must not be withheld from it, more than is meet;
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If we would hav• … our, Little Flocks guarded against grievo• … Wolves, they are not severe Laws agains• … Haeretical Pravities, but it it a Learned, a• … Holy,
If we would hav• … our, Little Flocks guarded against grievo• … Wolves, they Are not severe Laws agains• … Heretical Privacies, but it it a Learned, a• … Holy,
because as I hav• … heretofore most Publickly declared, eve• … when things were more quiet this way, tha• … it seems, they now begin to be, within〈 … 〉 few Miles of us, I am verily perswaded That when-ever we shall come to have Little more of Rest, from those mischief of War, and Fear, which now Embroil us we shall have some Storm of Heresies terribly threatning to sink our most Holy Faith Methinks, I feel the Breeding, I see th• … Gathering, of such a Storm, in some thing not now to be insisted on.
Because as I hav• … heretofore most Publicly declared, eve• … when things were more quiet this Way, tha• … it seems, they now begin to be, within〈 … 〉 few Miles of us, I am verily persuaded That whenever we shall come to have Little more of Rest, from those mischief of War, and fear, which now Embroil us we shall have Some Storm of Heresies terribly threatening to sink our most Holy Faith Methinks, I feel the Breeding, I see th• … Gathering, of such a Storm, in Some thing not now to be insisted on.
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Remember, 〈 … 〉 beseech you, the Humble Praemonitions, which have this Day, been given unto you, Tha• … upon a Moral Prognostication, poor New England will much of it be Swallowed up i• … Haeresy, and much in Atheism, within a littl• … while,
remember, 〈 … 〉 beseech you, the Humble Premonitions, which have this Day, been given unto you, Tha• … upon a Moral Prognostication, poor New England will much of it be Swallowed up i• … Heresy, and much in Atheism, within a littl• … while,
if we are not in good Earnest abou• … Sufficiently Supporting, a Sufficient Ministry as our Hedge, when the Blast of the Terribl• … One, is as a Storm against the Wall. Thirdly;
if we Are not in good Earnest abou• … Sufficiently Supporting, a Sufficient Ministry as our Hedge, when the Blast of the Terribl• … One, is as a Storm against the Wall. Thirdly;
And hence the French-Pro• … estants when they have been going to their Church-Meetings, have some times very agreeably used that Form of Speech, Let us go to Paradise.
And hence the French-Pro• … estants when they have been going to their church-meetings, have Some times very agreeably used that From of Speech, Let us go to Paradise.
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We have a Country full of Gardens; but, what Hedge, I Pray, about them? Our Discipline is our Hedge; a Discipline, Detaining, Debarring, Secluding from Ec• … lesiastical Priviledges, those who in Works Deny God, though in words they may Profess • … hat they know Him;
We have a Country full of Gardens; but, what Hedge, I Pray, about them? Our Discipline is our Hedge; a Discipline, Detaining, Debarring, Secluding from Ec• … lesiastical Privileges, those who in Works Deny God, though in words they may Profess • … hat they know Him;
a Discipline which in • … way of Just Proceeding, shall either Keep out, or Throw out, the Roots of Bitterness, whereby many would be defiled. All that ha's a Tendency to make our Churches, no • … onger, the Actual and Lively Pourtraitures • … f Heaven, Representing to the World, Who shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord,
a Discipline which in • … Way of Just Proceeding, shall either Keep out, or Throw out, the Roots of Bitterness, whereby many would be defiled. All that ha a Tendency to make our Churches, no • … onger, the Actual and Lively Portraitures • … f Heaven, Representing to the World, Who shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord,
We ha• long since, by our Ascended Lord, been favoured, with a Plat-form of such a Discipline; whereof those Reverend Persons, of the Presbyterian Perswasion, who Published their Jus Divinum, about Forty years ago, do say, That they Agreed with the Things of the greatest Concernment in it;
We ha• long since, by our Ascended Lord, been favoured, with a Platform of such a Discipline; whereof those Reverend Persons, of the Presbyterian Persuasion, who Published their Jus Divinum, about Forty Years ago, do say, That they Agreed with the Things of the greatest Concernment in it;
A Discipline, Admitting no Visible Unregenerates, unto those Tremendous Mysteries, our Sacraments; This is that Hedge, which will be our Glory; and as long as we have this Glory, we shall have a Defence on, as well as in, the Glory.
A Discipline, Admitting no Visible Unregenerates, unto those Tremendous Mysteres, our Sacraments; This is that Hedge, which will be our Glory; and as long as we have this Glory, we shall have a Defence on, as well as in, the Glory.
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Behold, Another Hedge, which we should Esteem too Considerable to be Deserted〈 … 〉 Indeed, I am far from Imagining, That our Works are perfect before God;
Behold, another Hedge, which we should Esteem too Considerable to be Deserted〈 … 〉 Indeed, I am Far from Imagining, That our Works Are perfect before God;
Doubtless, we have our Deficiencies, in sundry points, that want either to be Corrected or Improved. Nevertheless, I am glad, That before my Stepping over into that World, which I am • … ow waiting for, I have this Opportunity, • … o declare among you;
Doubtless, we have our Deficiencies, in sundry points, that want either to be Corrected or Improved. Nevertheless, I am glad, That before my Stepping over into that World, which I am • … owe waiting for, I have this Opportunity, • … oh declare among you;
If our Scriptural Church-Discipline, or the Essentials and Substantials of our Church-Discipline, once • … ome to be Sacrificed unto the Corruptions of This World, our Hedge is gone;
If our Scriptural Church discipline, or the Essentials and Substantials of our Church discipline, once • … ome to be Sacrificed unto the Corruptions of This World, our Hedge is gone;
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and a Leprosy, like that, which ha's been so rivetted into the Walls of the Europaean Christendome, that our Eternal High-Priest, will see it needful to tak• • … ll down, e're it be quite gotten out!
and a Leprosy, like that, which ha been so riveted into the Walls of the European Christendom, that our Eternal High-Priest, will see it needful to tak• • … ll down, ever it be quite got out!
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But what things are they, that lay us o• … en to many Ruines? In one Word, our Sins; our Sins against our Heavenly Keeper. It is our not keeping within His Hedge, that is chastised with His not keeping up of Ours. What things are they tha• … compose our Hedge? Not our Castles, no our Frigats, not our Numbers; 'tis said, i• … Prov. 18. 11. The Rich mans Wealth is〈 … 〉 H•gh Wall in his own Conceit;
But what things Are they, that lay us o• … en to many Ruins? In one Word, our Sins; our Sins against our Heavenly Keeper. It is our not keeping within His Hedge, that is chastised with His not keeping up of Ours. What things Are they tha• … compose our Hedge? Not our Castles, not our Frigates, not our Numbers; it's said, i• … Curae 18. 11. The Rich men Wealth is〈 … 〉 H•gh Wall in his own Conceit;
as in Jer. 2. 17. Ha• … thou not procured This unto thy self, in th• … thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God? Or〈 … 〉 in Jer. 4. 18. Thy way and thy Doings have pr• … cured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness.
as in Jer. 2. 17. Ha• … thou not procured This unto thy self, in th• … thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God? Or〈 … 〉 in Jer. 4. 18. Thy Way and thy Doings have pr• … cured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness.
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There are Some Sins that Naturally an• … Necessarily prejudice our Hedge; those are the Ill Vsages of them, that God ha• … most eminently placed there.
There Are some Sins that Naturally an• … Necessarily prejudice our Hedge; those Are the Ill Usages of them, that God ha• … most eminently placed there.
We fin• … concerning our Dayes, in 2 Tim. 3. 1, 2. P• … rillous Times shall come, and men shall wa• … Good Hedges about them, to keep off Destroying Injuries;
We fin• … Concerning our Days, in 2 Tim. 3. 1, 2. P• … rillous Times shall come, and men shall wa• … Good Hedges about them, to keep off Destroying Injuries;
The Benefactors of an Ungrateful and Reprochful Generation, do at last frequently grow weary of Serving their Generation, and Resolve, I will not be an Healer,
The Benefactors of an Ungrateful and Reproachful Generation, do At last frequently grow weary of Serving their Generation, and Resolve, I will not be an Healer,
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What if there should any where be a Country of professed Chris• … ians, among whom, not only Neglect but Cruel Hatred and Slander shall be the certain Country-Pay, of every Publick Servant; and among whom it shall be observed, That no man, though the Holiest and Exactest Liver in the World, shall preserve a Good Name,
What if there should any where be a Country of professed Chris• … Jans, among whom, not only Neglect but Cruel Hatred and Slander shall be the certain Country-Pay, of every Public Servant; and among whom it shall be observed, That no man, though the Holiest and Exactest Liver in the World, shall preserve a Good Name,
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I beseech you, what censure would the true Spirit of Christianity pas, upon such a Country? It is by the Pagans themselves, mentioned as the Brand upon Old Egypt, It was, Loquax et Ingeniosa, in Contumeliam Prefectorum provincia;
I beseech you, what censure would the true Spirit of Christianity pass, upon such a Country? It is by the Pagans themselves, mentioned as the Brand upon Old Egypt, It was, Loquax et Ingeniosa, in Contumeliam Prefectorum Provincia;
I now d• … mand, what Men, that were not more tha• … Men, would offer to stand in the Hedge, •• … such a Nation? And yet if our Hedge 〈 … 〉 not made of Men, we have none at all.
I now d• … manned, what Men, that were not more tha• … Men, would offer to stand in the Hedge, •• … such a nation? And yet if our Hedge 〈 … 〉 not made of Men, we have none At all.
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O• … what were like to become of a Peopl• … when once there are those Complaints dayly made, in the Ears, of the Lord God of S• … baoth, against them, from one Person, I hav• … Exposed my Life in the High Places of the Fiel• … for this People,
O• … what were like to become of a Peopl• … when once there Are those Complaints daily made, in the Ears, of the Lord God of S• … baoth, against them, from one Person, I hav• … Exposed my Life in the High Places of the Fiel• … for this People,
But All Sins do this Damage, Morally and Meritoriously. Our Sins are those Accursed Things, which by producing of Breaches in our Hedge, do prove the Troublers of our Land. Would we have our Wall undisturbed? There are then certain Heads, I mean Hearts, to be thrown over our Wall; briefly, Forego,
But All Sins do this Damage, Morally and Meritoriously. Our Sins Are those Accursed Things, which by producing of Breaches in our Hedge, do prove the Troublers of our Land. Would we have our Wall undisturbed? There Are then certain Heads, I mean Hearts, to be thrown over our Wall; briefly, Forego,
It ha's been Enquired, How so many People came to be Possessed by the Devil, about the Time of our Lords Incarnation? Truly, 'twas not meerly because an A ping Satan would be more manifest in the Flesh, when there was going to be God manifest in the Flesh;
It ha been Inquired, How so many People Come to be Possessed by the devil, about the Time of our lords Incarnation? Truly, 'twas not merely Because an A ping Satan would be more manifest in the Flesh, when there was going to be God manifest in the Flesh;
only say, If Idle Fortune-tellers, and they that by unlawful Arts, do seek after the Forbidden Knowledge of Secret and Future things, are countenanced among a People,
only say, If Idle Fortune-tellers, and they that by unlawful Arts, do seek After the Forbidden Knowledge of Secret and Future things, Are countenanced among a People,
of Marriage, by the Laws of Leviticus? I Answer, We are obliged by those Laws, to mentain the Good Order which God ha's Established in Humane Society by those Laws;
of Marriage, by the Laws of Leviticus? I Answer, We Are obliged by those Laws, to mentain the Good Order which God ha Established in Humane Society by those Laws;
By the same Token, That the Violation of those Laws, is declared one of those things for which the Ancient Canaanites were spued out of the Land. Wherefore,
By the same Token, That the Violation of those Laws, is declared one of those things for which the Ancient Canaanites were spewed out of the Land. Wherefore,
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and when men shall venture to Espouse, within those Degrees of Consanguinity to their Departed Wives, and so, of Affinity to themselves, wherein they would be afraid of Touching their own Consanguines; but most of all,
and when men shall venture to Espouse, within those Degrees of Consanguinity to their Departed Wives, and so, of Affinity to themselves, wherein they would be afraid of Touching their own Consanguines; but most of all,
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Again, Upon a Sinful Return to Dain Customes, from whence God ha's Required and Begun a Separation, 'tis noted, in Exod. 32. 25. A Church in a Wilderness were made Naked,
Again, Upon a Sinful Return to Dain Customs, from whence God ha Required and Begun a Separation, it's noted, in Exod 32. 25. A Church in a Wilderness were made Naked,
They shall be no longer Hedged, by the Distinguishing Tutelage of Heaven, when the Hedge, of Loyalty to the pure Institutions of the Blessed Jesus, which distinguished them from others, is laid aside. Shall I say further!
They shall be no longer Hedged, by the Distinguishing Tutelage of Heaven, when the Hedge, of Loyalty to the pure Institutions of the Blessed jesus, which distinguished them from Others, is laid aside. Shall I say further!
Shall I say more? Twould be ill indeed if the Rhum-Bottle, should come to render any that are in a Publick Capacity, uncapable of Acting with a due Application for the Publick:
Shall I say more? Would be ill indeed if the Rhum-Bottle, should come to render any that Are in a Public Capacity, uncapable of Acting with a due Application for the Public:
who can heal thee? But it cannot be Stop'd, unless by severe Laws, framed, in spite of any Worldly Interest unto the contrary, without such Ambiguities of Expression,
who can heal thee? But it cannot be Stopped, unless by severe Laws, framed, in spite of any Worldly Interest unto the contrary, without such Ambiguities of Expression,
What need I say more? But that the Hedge is ruined by all Vnfruitfulness. When a Vineyard of our God, brings forth Wild Grapes; What follows? In Isa. 5. 5. I will take away the Hedge thereof,
What need I say more? But that the Hedge is ruined by all Unfruitfulness. When a Vineyard of our God, brings forth Wild Grapes; What follows? In Isaiah 5. 5. I will take away the Hedge thereof,
Is there among us, that Unrighteousness, that Fraudulence, that False-speaking, that Contempt of Superiours, that want of Good Nurture, that Sleight of them that have the Cure of Souls, which the very Heathen have accounted Criminal? Nay,
Is there among us, that Unrighteousness, that Fraudulence, that False-speaking, that Contempt of Superiors, that want of Good Nurture, that Sleight of them that have the Cure of Souls, which the very Heathen have accounted Criminal? Nay,
An Hedge, all Fire, is one which n• … Wild-Beasts will dare to break thorough but if once we come no longer to pursu• … this as our chief Glory, Our Devotion to God and our Enjoyment of God, in His Ordinances if we are for no other Glory, than what th• … Sons of old Farmer Laban accounted so even, The Riches of this World;
an Hedge, all Fire, is one which n• … Wild beasts will Dare to break through but if once we come no longer to pursu• … this as our chief Glory, Our Devotion to God and our Enjoyment of God, in His Ordinances if we Are for no other Glory, than what th• … Sons of old Farmer Laban accounted so even, The Riches of this World;
for the most part Progressively and Insensibly. The Gradual Removes of the Glory were strictly Observed in the Tenth Chapter of Ezekiel; and so should be the Gradual Decayes of a Glorious Hedge. It was predicted in Isa. 17. 4. The Glory of Jacob shall be made Thin;
for the most part Progressively and Insensibly. The Gradual Removes of the Glory were strictly Observed in the Tenth Chapter of Ezekielem; and so should be the Gradual Decays of a Glorious Hedge. It was predicted in Isaiah 17. 4. The Glory of Jacob shall be made Thin;
and when such a thing is inflicted, we should Exactly observe the Thinnings of the Glory. Observe, what Advantages, our worst Enemies gain, to break in upon us;
and when such a thing is inflicted, we should Exactly observe the Thinnings of the Glory. Observe, what Advantages, our worst Enemies gain, to break in upon us;
Observe, How those things are Increased among us, that Increase our Confusions, and that make us every way truely Little. I say, Whoso is Wise, will Observe these things;
Observe, How those things Are Increased among us, that Increase our Confusions, and that make us every Way truly Little. I say, Whoso is Wise, will Observe these things;
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ONE THING I would ask in the Fear of God! Is there no Hazard, that Religion may come to be Lost, in these American Regions? Tis an old Saying, What hath been, May be;
ONE THING I would ask in the fear of God! Is there no Hazard, that Religion may come to be Lost, in these American Regions? This an old Saying, What hath been, May be;
In the Dayes of the Great CALVIN, under the Influences of that Admirable Hero and Martyr, Colign• … the French Admiral, a Noble Knight began to Attempt the Settlement of some French Colonies in America, for the Propagation o• … the Protestant Religion.
In the Days of the Great CALVIN, under the Influences of that Admirable Hero and Martyr, Colign• … the French Admiral, a Noble Knight began to Attempt the Settlement of Some French Colonies in America, for the Propagation o• … the Protestant Religion.
Geneva sent over〈 … 〉 Number of Excellent Pastors for th• … Churches now setting up in those desolat• … Corners of the Earth, very little differen• … from ours; but it was not long before ther• … happened among them, some unhappy Co• … troversies, which drove their principal Pasto• … home again,
Geneva sent over〈 … 〉 Number of Excellent Pastors for th• … Churches now setting up in those desolat• … Corners of the Earth, very little differen• … from ours; but it was not long before ther• … happened among them, Some unhappy Co• … troversies, which drove their principal Pasto• … home again,
if that Glor• … ous RE-REFORMATION, which is mo• … certainly and now speedily, to be effecte• … in the Church of God, should not Reliev• … our Degeneracies, the•e would be cause〈 … 〉 suspect,
if that Glor• … ous RE-REFORMATION, which is mo• … Certainly and now speedily, to be effecte• … in the Church of God, should not Reliev• … our Degeneracies, the•e would be cause〈 … 〉 suspect,
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whether this French Story, mig• … not be Translated into English before we are aware. Give me leave to become your Monitor, in and by This ONE Reflection.
whither this French Story, mig• … not be Translated into English before we Are aware. Give me leave to become your Monitor, in and by This ONE Reflection.
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The Devil, is more desirous to Regain poor New England, than any one American Spot of Ground, whose Inhabitants have yet heard the Silver-Trumpets of the Gospel;
The devil, is more desirous to Regain poor New England, than any one American Spot of Ground, whose Inhabitants have yet herd the Silver-Trumpets of the Gospel;
he would have more of Triumph, and of Trophy, upon such a Victory! And you need not forget how Victorious the Devil sometimes ha's been, in Signalizing for his Revived worship, those very Places, which had been most notably Devoted unto the Service of God.
he would have more of Triumph, and of Trophy, upon such a Victory! And you need not forget how Victorious the devil sometime ha been, in Signalizing for his Revived worship, those very Places, which had been most notably Devoted unto the Service of God.
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but afterwards, Bethel is Bethaven! They say, where Dodanim the Grand-son of Japhet, Instructed People in the true Knowledg of God, There came to be all the Idolatries of Dodona's Grove.
but afterwards, Bethel is Bethaven! They say, where Dodanim the Grandson of Japheth, Instructed People in the true Knowledge of God, There Come to be all the Idolatries of Dodona's Grove.
I think, Jerom tell us, That in the place of our Lords, Crucifixion, there came to be a Statue to Venus, and in the place of our Lords Resurrection, a Statue of Jupiter. What ha's befallen, the Renowned Churches of Asia, ha's been told in America, that we may Repent, lest we likewise Perish.
I think, Jerome tell us, That in the place of our lords, Crucifixion, there Come to be a Statue to Venus, and in the place of our lords Resurrection, a Statue of Jupiter. What ha befallen, the Renowned Churches of Asia, ha been told in America, that we may repent, lest we likewise Perish.
And now, what if in those parts of New-England, where the Lord Jesus Christ ha's heretofore most Eminently Exhibited Himself unto the Souls of them that followed Him into a Wilderness, there should ere long be but, The Habitations of Owls and Dragons!
And now, what if in those parts of New england, where the Lord jesus christ ha heretofore most Eminently Exhibited Himself unto the Souls of them that followed Him into a Wilderness, there should ere long be but, The Habitations of Owls and Dragons!
I would Humbly Request my Neighbours, in Sober Sadness to Consider, Whether the most unaccountable and unparallellable Descent of Devils, lately made, especially about the Center of this Province, wherein so many poor Creatures have been Afflicted, with proposals of the most horrible Devil-Worship, Spectrally tendred unto them, were not Intended for a most Ominous Prodigy, unto us.
I would Humbly Request my Neighbours, in Sobrium Sadness to Consider, Whither the most unaccountable and unparallellable Descent of Devils, lately made, especially about the Centre of this Province, wherein so many poor Creatures have been Afflicted, with proposals of the most horrible Devil-Worship, Spectrally tendered unto them, were not Intended for a most Ominous Prodigy, unto us.
And as for those Particular Churches in the Land, who are under a Sensible Withdraw of their Ancient Glory from them, to them I will only repeat the Solemn words of a Famous Divine,
And as for those Particular Churches in the Land, who Are under a Sensible Withdraw of their Ancient Glory from them, to them I will only repeat the Solemn words of a Famous Divine,
It is a most miserable Thing, when a Sickly and Cloudy Lassitude of Spirit, shall indispose a People to take Notice, of what may bee signify'd unto them in their own Alterations; and when a People shall Jog on, in a Sottish, a Stupid,
It is a most miserable Thing, when a Sickly and Cloudy Lassitude of Spirit, shall indispose a People to take Notice, of what may be signified unto them in their own Alterations; and when a People shall Jog on, in a Sottish, a Stupid,
an heedless Lethargy of Soul, until they Dy. This Dementation, is the Blackest Mark upon a People cut out for Desolation. In all States, let us look whereabouts we are.
an heedless Lethargy of Soul, until they Dy. This Dementation, is the Blackest Mark upon a People Cut out for Desolation. In all States, let us look whereabouts we Are.
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or, to supply our Vacancies? In our Military State, have not our Artillery Exercises even dwindled away to Nothing, and many other Training Dayes become little other than Drinking Dayes? As to our whole Political State, let the Face and Course of Things in General Assemblies, be compared with, What was from the Beginning;
or, to supply our Vacancies? In our Military State, have not our artillery Exercises even dwindled away to Nothing, and many other Training Days become little other than Drinking Days? As to our Whole Political State, let the Face and Course of Things in General Assemblies, be compared with, What was from the Beginning;
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though here I cannot so particularly say, What would be the Result of that Comparison. In our Ecclesiastical State, though our Inhabitants are more than they were many years ago,
though Here I cannot so particularly say, What would be the Result of that Comparison. In our Ecclesiastical State, though our Inhabitants Are more than they were many Years ago,
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yet are not our Communicants rather fewer, in many Towns? And, albeit the Generality of our Ministers are of this Judgment, That Ruling Elders are appointed for the Assistance of their Pastors, in the Government of their Churches,
yet Are not our Communicants rather fewer, in many Towns? And, albeit the Generality of our Ministers Are of this Judgement, That Ruling Elders Are appointed for the Assistance of their Pastors, in the Government of their Churches,
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for this cause, that our Churches have not Numbers of men well qualified with Wisdom, Courage, Leisure, Holiness and Gravity enough, to Visit the Distressed, Instruct the Ignorant, Reduce the Erroneous, Comfort the Afflicted, Advise the Defective, Rebuke the Unruly,
for this cause, that our Churches have not Numbers of men well qualified with Wisdom, Courage, Leisure, Holiness and Gravity enough, to Visit the Distressed, Instruct the Ignorant, Reduce the Erroneous, Comfort the Afflicted, advice the Defective, Rebuke the Unruly,
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and Promote the Growth of the Societies whereunto they do belong? Time was, that Neighbourhoods, were filled with Private and Pious Meetings, for the Mutual Edification of the Neighbours in the fear of God;
and Promote the Growth of the Societies whereunto they do belong? Time was, that Neighbourhoods, were filled with Private and Pious Meetings, for the Mutual Edification of the Neighbours in the Fear of God;
but is it not now come to that pass in some Congregations, that if their Pastor lay a Dying, there would not be one Meeting of ordinary Believers, that could come together to Fast and Pray for his Life? And now, who is there duely Apprehensive of these Gradual Decayes in our Hedge? I have heard it observed, concerning some Towns, among us, through whose Broken Hedge, the Destroying Angels of Sickness, have broken in,
but is it not now come to that pass in Some Congregations, that if their Pastor lay a Dying, there would not be one Meeting of ordinary Believers, that could come together to Fast and Pray for his Life? And now, who is there duly Apprehensive of these Gradual Decays in our Hedge? I have herd it observed, Concerning Some Towns, among us, through whose Broken Hedge, the Destroying Angels of Sickness, have broken in,
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The more observant Ministers of those Towns, have asked the Survivers, How many, according to their Account, have Dy'd out of the place, in the last Pestilential Months? To which they have Replyed, It may be Eight or Ten;
The more observant Ministers of those Towns, have asked the Survivers, How many, according to their Account, have Died out of the place, in the last Pestilential Months? To which they have Replied, It may be Eight or Ten;
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It may be that we Young Men, like those that saw the Foundations of the Second Temple, may be ready to Rejoice tha• … things are so well with us, as they are;
It may be that we Young Men, like those that saw the Foundations of the Second Temple, may be ready to Rejoice tha• … things Are so well with us, as they Are;
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an• … indeed, Blessed be God that they are no worse But let us Enquire of our Old Men, for〈 … 〉 Truer View of our Decayes. As it was said in Joel 1. 2. Hear this, ye Old Men;
an• … indeed, Blessed be God that they Are no Worse But let us Inquire of our Old Men, for〈 … 〉 Truer View of our Decays. As it was said in Joel 1. 2. Hear this, you Old Men;
Minding, did I say? But that must b• … with a Disposition to Mending, of what is thus Decaying in our Hedge. I remember a Proverb, in Prov. 15. 19. The way of the Slothful is as an Hedge of Thorns.
Minding, did I say? But that must b• … with a Disposition to Mending, of what is thus Decaying in our Hedge. I Remember a Proverb, in Curae 15. 19. The Way of the Slothful is as an Hedge of Thorns.
Is there no way for us to hinder our Sons, from Going out at our Wall, that they may among, I know not what Cursed Crues, Offer themselves a Burnt-offering unto the Devil? God put us into a way.
Is there no Way for us to hinder our Sons, from Going out At our Wall, that they may among, I know not what Cursed Crues, Offer themselves a Burnt-offering unto the devil? God put us into a Way.
Again, Do our Old People, any of them Go out from the Institutions of God, Swarming into New Settlements, where they and their Untaught Families are like to Perish for Lack of Vision? They that have done so, heretofore, have to their Cost found, that they were got unto the Wrong side of the Hedge, in their doing so.
Again, Do our Old People, any of them Go out from the Institutions of God, Swarming into New Settlements, where they and their Untaught Families Are like to Perish for Lack of Vision? They that have done so, heretofore, have to their Cost found, that they were god unto the Wrong side of the Hedge, in their doing so.
Think, here, Should this be done any more? We read of Balaam, in Num. 22. 23. He was to his Damage, driven to the Wall, when he would needs make an unlawful Salley forth after the Gain of this World, with a Secret Reserve,
Think, Here, Should this be done any more? We read of balaam, in Num. 22. 23. He was to his Damage, driven to the Wall, when he would needs make an unlawful Sally forth After the Gain of this World, with a Secret Reserve,
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Why, when men, for the sake of Earthly Gain, will be Going out into the Warm Sun, they drive Through the Wall, and the Angel of the Lord becomes their Enemy.
Why, when men, for the sake of Earthly Gain, will be Going out into the Warm Sun, they drive Through the Wall, and the Angel of the Lord becomes their Enemy.
Shall I add one thing more? I say then, Observe the Inclinations of Good and Great Men to be Gone. When the Hedge about the People of the Jews was just breaking down, there was a Marvellous Cry which Mortal men overheard audibly uttered among the Angels in the Invisible World, Migrenius hine, or, Let us be gone. Sometimes a People have among them such men,
Shall I add one thing more? I say then, Observe the Inclinations of Good and Great Men to be Gone. When the Hedge about the People of the jews was just breaking down, there was a Marvellous Cry which Mortal men overheard audibly uttered among the Angels in the Invisible World, Migrenius him, or, Let us be gone. Sometime a People have among them such men,
as the Bible calls Angels; Yea, such men as are Angels in Flesh: men that are Disposed like the Angels, Employ'd like the Angels, the special Darlings of the Angels. Well, it should be observed,
as the bible calls Angels; Yea, such men as Are Angels in Flesh: men that Are Disposed like the Angels, Employed like the Angels, the special Darlings of the Angels. Well, it should be observed,
Whether there be that Uneasiness in the Minds of such men, which makes them in their more Deliberate and more Supplicating Frames before the God of Heaven, to Wish, Oh! That I had Wings like a Dove, to flee away!
Whither there be that Uneasiness in the Minds of such men, which makes them in their more Deliberate and more Supplicating Frames before the God of Heaven, to Wish, Oh! That I had Wings like a Dove, to flee away!
The Body is an Hedge to the Soul; but when the Soul comes to talk much of Going, of Removing, of Departing, which is the usual Talk of Dying men, 'tis a shrow'd Symptome, that the Hedge ha's a Dissolution just Siezing upon it.
The Body is an Hedge to the Soul; but when the Soul comes to talk much of Going, of Removing, of Departing, which is the usual Talk of Dying men, it's a shrow symptom, that the Hedge ha a Dissolution just Seizing upon it.
We are told, That Coveteousness, is the Root of all Evil (A destructive Root in a Wall!) and therefore we may be Foretold, that the Hedge will be open,
We Are told, That Covetousness, is the Root of all Evil (A destructive Root in a Wall!) and Therefore we may be Foretold, that the Hedge will be open,
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The Miserable Greeks would not be at the charge, to pay the Watchmen upon their Beseiged Wall, and by that wicked Coveteousness of theirs, their Wall was quickly Scaled by their Adversaries, who then found that they had a Wealthy City thus fallen into their Hands.
The Miserable Greeks would not be At the charge, to pay the Watchmen upon their Besieged Wall, and by that wicked Covetousness of theirs, their Wall was quickly Scaled by their Adversaries, who then found that they had a Wealthy city thus fallen into their Hands.
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How many a fair Wall ha's been foolishly Betrayed by the Coveteousness of those, that yet in Loosing of the Wall, have Lost an Hundred Times more than would have been enough to have kept it up!
How many a fair Wall ha been foolishly Betrayed by the Covetousness of those, that yet in Losing of the Wall, have Lost an Hundred Times more than would have been enough to have kept it up!
When God sees, that men will Subordinate every thing to a Parsimonious Humour, He delights in crossing them, with such a Multiplication of Breaches in their Hedge, as will make them Spend, it may be Ten Times more than they hoped to Spare: it may be, more than Four-score thousand Pounds,
When God sees, that men will Subordinate every thing to a Parsimonious Humour, He delights in crossing them, with such a Multiplication of Breaches in their Hedge, as will make them Spend, it may be Ten Times more than they hoped to Spare: it may be, more than Fourscore thousand Pounds,
when less than Fourteen, would once have done their matters. To give one Instance; God may make Nations of Pagans to be sometimes an Hedge about His People;
when less than Fourteen, would once have done their matters. To give one Instance; God may make nations of Pagans to be sometime an Hedge about His People;
Well, Throw by such a costly undertaking, and you shall see, that God will turn this Hedge into Briars and Thorns, which will tear us to Pieces with Wars, Forty Times as costly as all those means, which might have made them, The Lords, and Our own, for ever.
Well, Throw by such a costly undertaking, and you shall see, that God will turn this Hedge into Briers and Thorns, which will tear us to Pieces with Wars, Forty Times as costly as all those means, which might have made them, The lords, and Our own, for ever.
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Might we not have added, yet another Symptom of a Broken Hedge? The inspired Wise man allows any Wise man, to reckon his Good Name, among his dearest Interests ▪ But what an Unhedged place will that be, where a mans Good Name can have no Security? It was the hard measure which the Great Athanasius had from his Arian Adversaries;
Might we not have added, yet Another symptom of a Broken Hedge? The inspired Wise man allows any Wise man, to reckon his Good Name, among his dearest Interests ▪ But what an Unhedged place will that be, where a men Good Name can have no Security? It was the hard measure which the Great Athanasius had from his Arian Adversaries;
Where a man ha's in a most unspotted Conversation, been Serving of God, and His People, 'tis all the Reason in the World, that his Vertuous Life should be a Durable Hedge, about him, to preserve him the Reputation, of A Witness for God in the World.
Where a man ha in a most unspotted Conversation, been Serving of God, and His People, it's all the Reason in the World, that his Virtuous Life should be a Durable Hedge, about him, to preserve him the Reputation, of A Witness for God in the World.
But what? Shall every filthy Jealously, bred of the Corruptions in every Malicious and Invidious Brain, become immediately a Credible Report through a Country? Shall the most Well deserving Servants of mankind, have the just Repute, which recommends them to Service among the People of God, ly at the Mercy of every Passionate and Reprochful Detractor? Or, shall the most Circumspect Walkers, at once loose all the Stock of Credit with which a course of long Piety ha's Enriched them, meerly upon some sort of Spectral Exhibitions, which cannot be accounted for? Our Hedges are under a most unhappy Dissipation, if ever it come to this.
But what? Shall every filthy Jealously, bred of the Corruptions in every Malicious and Invidious Brain, become immediately a Credible Report through a Country? Shall the most Well deserving Servants of mankind, have the just Repute, which recommends them to Service among the People of God, lie At the Mercy of every Passionate and Reproachful Detractor? Or, shall the most Circumspect Walkers, At once lose all the Stock of Credit with which a course of long Piety ha Enriched them, merely upon Some sort of Spectral Exhibitions, which cannot be accounted for? Our Hedges Are under a most unhappy Dissipation, if ever it come to this.
It may be that some who have been convicted of maintaining a Trade of Secret Wickedness, under the Cloak of a Splendid and Glorious Profession, for many years together, may have given dreadful Wounds,
It may be that Some who have been convicted of maintaining a Trade of Secret Wickedness, under the Cloak of a Splendid and Glorious Profession, for many Years together, may have given dreadful Wounds,
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What shall be done? Every man is to Do Something, and All are to join as One man, in the Doing of Every Thing, that Every Gap, in our Hedge may be repaired.
What shall be done? Every man is to Do Something, and All Are to join as One man, in the Doing of Every Thing, that Every Gap, in our Hedge may be repaired.
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One man may do very much towards the Restoration and the Preservation of our Impaired Hedge. It is here said, I Sought for a man among them, that should make up the Hedge.
One man may do very much towards the Restoration and the Preservation of our Impaired Hedge. It is Here said, I Sought for a man among them, that should make up the Hedge.
Thus, In Strengthening of our Hedge; How much Good may be done by One man? Ten men would have Hedged a Sodom; and it may happen so, that One man may Hedge a Zion. It was profered, by the Patience of Heaven, in Jer. 5. 1. Run ye to and fro through the Streets of Jerusalem,
Thus, In Strengthening of our Hedge; How much Good may be done by One man? Ten men would have Hedged a Sodom; and it may happen so, that One man may Hedge a Zion. It was proffered, by the Patience of Heaven, in Jer. 5. 1. Run you to and from through the Streets of Jerusalem,
You know how the Language of Thou and Thee, was first changed into YOU, in speaking to a Single Person When the Roman Common Wealth became a Monarchy, and the Power of Many came into One mans Hand, it grew common to treat Persons of Quality, in the Plural Number, with YOU,
You know how the Language of Thou and Thee, was First changed into YOU, in speaking to a Single Person When the Roman Common Wealth became a Monarchy, and the Power of Many Come into One men Hand, it grew Common to Treat Persons of Quality, in the Plural Number, with YOU,
What may be done for an Impaired Hedge, by One GOVERNOUR? Moses was but One man; and yet Read Psal. 106. 23. He said, That He would Destroy them, had not Moses His chosen, stood before Him, in the Breach;
What may be done for an Impaired Hedge, by One GOVERNOR? Moses was but One man; and yet Read Psalm 106. 23. He said, That He would Destroy them, had not Moses His chosen, stood before Him, in the Breach;
And all the unkindnesses, that had been done to Jephtah, by his Countrymen, would not make him Abate, his doing the part of an Indefatigable Captain-General, to fortify their Hedge, against their Eastern Invaders. When we appear shortly before the Judgment Seat of the Lord Jesus Christ, it will be an Abundant Recompence for all the Fatigues of Action for the Publick, undergone by such an one, to hear Thousands of Saints Confessing to the Glory of God, Lord, we thank thee,
And all the Unkindnesses, that had been done to Jephthah, by his Countrymen, would not make him Abate, his doing the part of an Indefatigable Captain-General, to fortify their Hedge, against their Eastern Invaders. When we appear shortly before the Judgement Seat of the Lord jesus christ, it will be an Abundant Recompense for all the Fatigues of Actium for the Public, undergone by such an one, to hear Thousands of Saints Confessing to the Glory of God, Lord, we thank thee,
What may be done for an Impaired Hedge, by One MAGISTRATE? Phinehas was but One man; and yet Read, Num 25 11. Phinehas has turned away my Wrath, from the Childen of Israel,
What may be done for an Impaired Hedge, by One MAGISTRATE? Phinehas was but One man; and yet Read, Num 25 11. Phinehas has turned away my Wrath, from the Children of Israel,
Among our Primitive Counsellors, our Honourable Judges, our Worshipful Justices, may not One man, by a well-tempered and a well placed Zeal, do much that our Hedge may be mentained? When the Oracle intimated, That the wrath of Heaven could not be turned away,
Among our Primitive Counsellors, our Honourable Judges, our Worshipful Justices, may not One man, by a well-tempered and a well placed Zeal, do much that our Hedge may be maintained? When the Oracle intimated, That the wrath of Heaven could not be turned away,
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Except some One man would so make himself a Sacrifice, the noble Curtius bravely Rode up into the Chasm of the Earth, where he perished Is there a Chasm in our Hedge? Truly, One man courageously carrying the Sword of Justice thither in his Hand, may do a Generous Thing to make all Secure.
Except Some One man would so make himself a Sacrifice, the noble Curtius bravely Road up into the Chasm of the Earth, where he perished Is there a Chasm in our Hedge? Truly, One man courageously carrying the Sword of justice thither in his Hand, may do a Generous Thing to make all Secure.
Israel ha's been sometimes called Jeshurun; and I doubt the Etymology is from Shor, an Ox, rather than from, Jashar, To be Righteous. Indeed, such an Ox-like People,
Israel ha been sometime called Jeshurun; and I doubt the Etymology is from Shor, an Ox, rather than from, Jashar, To be Righteous. Indeed, such an Ox-like People,
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What may be done for an Impaired Hedge, by One MINISTER? Aaron was but One man; yet we find in Num. 16. 48. He stood between the Living & the Dead, & the Plague was stai'd.
What may be done for an Impaired Hedge, by One MINISTER? Aaron was but One man; yet we find in Num. 16. 48. He stood between the Living & the Dead, & the Plague was stayed.
The Tribe of Levi, is the Joining Tribe; you note the Signification of the Name. Is our Hedge divuls'd? It belongs unto us to Join what ha's been parted,
The Tribe of Levi, is the Joining Tribe; you note the Signification of the Name. Is our Hedge divulsed? It belongs unto us to Join what ha been parted,
but it is our Work, to bring in and keep in our Sheep. Our God said unto one of our Predecessors, If thou take forth the Precious from the Vile, I will make thee unto this People a Fenced Brasen Wall.
but it is our Work, to bring in and keep in our Sheep. Our God said unto one of our Predecessors, If thou take forth the Precious from the Vile, I will make thee unto this People a Fenced Brazen Wall.
Our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ ha's Commanded us, to bring not only Our selves, but also all that is Ours unto Himself, with Expectations of His bestowing His Blessings thereupon.
Our Blessed Lord jesus christ ha Commanded us, to bring not only Our selves, but also all that is Ours unto Himself, with Expectations of His bestowing His Blessings thereupon.
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as well as my own Soul, if I bring All these unto Him? This very question I have seen Started in the Diary which one of our Greatest Persons, long since gone to Glory, left in Manuscript behind him;
as well as my own Soul, if I bring All these unto Him? This very question I have seen Started in the Diary which one of our Greatest Persons, long since gone to Glory, left in Manuscript behind him;
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and his own Answer to it, was written in these words, Here I saw the great Priviledge of it & the Wisdom of God, in Committing some mens Souls, to the care of One Godly man, of a Publick Spirit;
and his own Answer to it, was written in these words, Here I saw the great Privilege of it & the Wisdom of God, in Committing Some men's Souls, to the care of One Godly man, of a Public Spirit;
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because He, like Moses, Commends them, Gives them, Returns them all to the Lord again; and so a World of Good is Communicated for His sake. It might have been added;
Because He, like Moses, Commends them, Gives them, Returns them all to the Lord again; and so a World of Good is Communicated for His sake. It might have been added;
Among the Representatives, how much may One man do, to prepare and propose those things, which may be of Good Consequence to all our Hedge? But I rather hasten to say, Secondly:
Among the Representatives, how much may One man do, to prepare and propose those things, which may be of Good Consequence to all our Hedge? But I rather hasten to say, Secondly:
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It was Reprehended, in Hos. 6. 7. They like Adam, have Transgressed the Covenant. I have met with a Christianized Jew, who ha's given me that sense of it;
It was Reprehended, in Hos. 6. 7. They like Adam, have Transgressed the Covenant. I have met with a Christianized Jew, who ha given me that sense of it;
They are Hedge-breakers! Tis remarkably Expressed, in Prov. 25. 28. He that hath no Rule over his own Spirit, is like a City that is broken down, and without Walls.
They Are Hedge-breakers! This remarkably Expressed, in Curae 25. 28. He that hath no Rule over his own Spirit, is like a city that is broken down, and without Walls.
what are they? But such as have their Walls broken down? I may say of all the Disasters, which have pressed in, through our Broken Hedge, upon us, Tis because we have not been Brethren dwelling together in Unity, that we have not had the Blessing.
what Are they? But such as have their Walls broken down? I may say of all the Disasters, which have pressed in, through our Broken Hedge, upon us, This Because we have not been Brothers Dwelling together in Unity, that we have not had the Blessing.
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But especially, They that are in and of the Hedge it self, will accept of this Admonition. Distances and Estrangements, and Misunderstandings, between those that are in High place, are of all, most out of place; and they will be Fatal Things indeed!
But especially, They that Are in and of the Hedge it self, will accept of this Admonition. Distances and Estrangements, and Misunderstandings, between those that Are in High place, Are of all, most out of place; and they will be Fatal Things indeed!
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I am very desirous we should Enjoy a Wall of Fire; Yea, that we may be well Surrounded with the Stones of Fire; but yet God grant, there may never be any Fire in our Wall! Briefly, Let all ranks of men among us wear that Motto;
I am very desirous we should Enjoy a Wall of Fire; Yea, that we may be well Surrounded with the Stones of Fire; but yet God grant, there may never be any Fire in our Wall! Briefly, Let all ranks of men among us wear that Motto;
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Well, Those very means of Daily Prayer will also do for a General Hedge; Impenetrable the Blessedness of a People, from and for which daily Prayer is going. I say then;
Well, Those very means of Daily Prayer will also do for a General Hedge; Impenetrable the Blessedness of a People, from and for which daily Prayer is going. I say then;
Let it be our Daily Prayer, That We may not be left unto Incurable Backslidings from the Hope of our Fathers; That we may not by our Barrenness Provoke the God of Heaven to deprive us of all our Blessings; That we may not be bereaved of such Well-accomplished Men in all orders,
Let it be our Daily Prayer, That We may not be left unto Incurable Backslidings from the Hope of our Father's; That we may not by our barrenness Provoke the God of Heaven to deprive us of all our Blessings; That we may not be bereft of such Well-accomplished Men in all order,
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] And that we may not be so forsaken by the Good Spirit of God, as to become, a Low-Spirited, a Degenerous, a Ridiculous, and at last, a Ruinated People.
] And that we may not be so forsaken by the Good Spirit of God, as to become, a Low-Spirited, a Degenerous, a Ridiculous, and At last, a Ruinated People.
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but let us ever do it with an Exercise of Strong Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Mediator. We speed not, in our Supplications, That the Lord of Hosts, would Visit the Vineyard, whose Hedges are Broken down, Except we plead His Regard unto, The Man of His Right Hand,
but let us ever do it with an Exercise of Strong Faith in our Lord jesus christ, the Only Mediator. We speed not, in our Supplications, That the Lord of Hosts, would Visit the Vineyard, whose Hedges Are Broken down, Except we plead His Regard unto, The Man of His Right Hand,
After this manner, even they that make no Noise, or Show in the World, and not only One man, but also One Praying, Devout, Gracious Woman; One Widow, who Trusteth in the Lord, and Continueth in Supplications and Prayers, Night and Day, May be a Repairer of a Broken Hedge; not only the Cedars of Lebanon, but even the poor little Hyssop that Springs out of the Wall, may do the Wall a Kindness.
After this manner, even they that make no Noise, or Show in the World, and not only One man, but also One Praying, Devout, Gracious Woman; One Widow, who Trusteth in the Lord, and Continueth in Supplications and Prayers, Night and Day, May be a Repairer of a Broken Hedge; not only the Cedars of Lebanon, but even the poor little Hyssop that Springs out of the Wall, may do the Wall a Kindness.
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Pray! Said I? Yea, Let us Fast as well as Pray. The Prophet speaking not only or chiefly about the Weekly Sabbath, but about a Fasting Sabbath, saith to them who are much in the Exact Celebration of it,
Pray! Said I? Yea, Let us Fast as well as Pray. The Prophet speaking not only or chiefly about the Weekly Sabbath, but about a Fasting Sabbath, Says to them who Are much in the Exact Celebration of it,
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Sometimes One man, that ha's been much in such Extraordinary Devotions, ha's been Openly Rewarded by the God who sees in Secret, with a more than Ordinary Figure in Repairing the Hedges of His Israel. Ponder the Example of that Great Man, who in the Account which he himself Published, of his Negotiation at the Court of Persia for his People, tells us, Neh. 1. 3, 4. They said unto me, The Wall of Jerusalem is broken down!
Sometime One man, that ha been much in such Extraordinary Devotions, ha been Openly Rewarded by the God who sees in Secret, with a more than Ordinary Figure in Repairing the Hedges of His Israel. Ponder the Exampl of that Great Man, who in the Account which he himself Published, of his Negotiation At the Court of Persiam for his People, tells us, Neh 1. 3, 4. They said unto me, The Wall of Jerusalem is broken down!
We need not at this time Explain this Conception any further, than by using words near to the Apostles, They are a Foolish People, and something ha's bewitched them.
We need not At this time Explain this Conception any further, than by using words near to the Apostles, They Are a Foolish People, and something ha bewitched them.
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till they are Unbewitched, things will take their course, as if they were under a sort of Irresistible Fatality, and men will be so Exceeding Fierce, that no man may cross them in their way. Now,
till they Are Unbewitched, things will take their course, as if they were under a sort of Irresistible Fatality, and men will be so Exceeding Fierce, that no man may cross them in their Way. Now,
The Impiety and Impenitence of the Young People throughout our Land, is, that Wound of all our Hedges, which hath, of all, the dismallest Aspect upon us.
The Impiety and Impenitence of the Young People throughout our Land, is, that Wound of all our Hedges, which hath, of all, the dismallest Aspect upon us.
A CHARTER being once granted unto the Governour and Company of the Massachusett-Bay, the Persecuted Puritans in the English Nation seeing that Ice broken, which had kept them in a Sea of Fire, began to accept the American Offers, of a Retreat for the Pure Worshippers of our Lord into a Wilderness.
A CHARTER being once granted unto the Governor and Company of the Massachusett-Bay, the Persecuted Puritans in the English nation seeing that Ice broken, which had kept them in a Sea of Fire, began to accept the American Offers, of a Retreat for the Pure Worshippers of our Lord into a Wilderness.
though t'was indeed a Banishment, rather than a Removal which was undergone, by this glorious Generation, Sufficiently Afflictive to men of Estate, Breeding, and Conversation.
though was indeed a Banishment, rather than a Removal which was undergone, by this glorious Generation, Sufficiently Afflictive to men of Estate, Breeding, and Conversation.
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And, as the Hazard which they ran in this undertaking, was of such Extraordinariness, that nothing less than a Strange and Strong Impression from Heaven could have thereunto moved such Persons as were in it;
And, as the Hazard which they ran in this undertaking, was of such Extraordinariness, that nothing less than a Strange and Strong Impression from Heaven could have thereunto moved such Persons as were in it;
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and there were then Employ'd • … bout an Hundred and Ninety Eight Ships, in • … assing the Perils of the Seas, to accom• … lish this Renowned Settlement, whereof • … y the way,
and there were then Employed • … bout an Hundred and Ninety Eight Ships, in • … assing the Perils of the Seas, to accom• … lish this Renowned Settlement, whereof • … y the Way,
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Stirring • … p the Spirits of Thousands, who never • … aw the Faces of each other, with a most Unanimous Inclination, to leave all the • … leasant Accommodations of their Native Country,
Stirring • … p the Spirits of Thousands, who never • … aw the Faces of each other, with a most Unanimous Inclination, to leave all the • … leasant Accommodations of their Native Country,
How many Thousands of • … ounds, and which is more Considerable, • … ow many Thousands of Lives, have since • … one, to keep up the Hedges about this • … ineyard of God, I leave to Your own En• … uiries!
How many Thousands of • … ounds, and which is more Considerable, • … owe many Thousands of Lives, have since • … one, to keep up the Hedges about this • … ineyard of God, I leave to Your own En• … uiries!
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All that is now call'd for, is, That • … e Consider with our selves, Whether the • … oss of such a Country, in Barbarous Confusions, • … r the want of Looking well after its Hedges, will be found Excusable, in the Day when th• … Great God shall Plead with us, about the Interests where-with He ha's betrusted us?
All that is now called for, is, That • … e Consider with our selves, Whither the • … oss of such a Country, in Barbarous Confusions, • … r the want of Looking well After its Hedges, will be found Excusable, in the Day when th• … Great God shall Plead with us, about the Interests wherewith He ha betrusted us?
Even, Those men, by whose Worldliness, by whose Frowardness, b• … whose Littleness, by whose Unthankfulness, b• … whose Disregard for Learning, and for〈 … 〉 Learned Ministry, by whose Forgetfulness 〈 … 〉 the Errand into the Wilderness, and by who Prodigious over sight of the only Season a• … Method for the Obtaining of those thin• … to Pass, which may Lengthen out our Tr• … quillity, before we come to a Way Hedged with Thorns, our Hedges are fearfully La• … guishing!
Even, Those men, by whose Worldliness, by whose Frowardness, b• … whose Littleness, by whose Unthankfulness, b• … whose Disregard for Learning, and for〈 … 〉 Learned Ministry, by whose Forgetfulness 〈 … 〉 the Errand into the Wilderness, and by who Prodigious over sighed of the only Season a• … Method for the Obtaining of those thin• … to Pass, which may Lengthen out our Tr• … quility, before we come to a Way Hedged with Thorns, our Hedges Are fearfully La• … guishing!
But as for the Good Fig• … Even those men, whom I continually h• … most Sollicitously Saying, What will becom• … this People? What will they bring themse• … unto? Who are continually trembling, lest〈 … 〉 Golden Candlestick be Removed; who are c• … tinually Mourning for all our Declensions f• … the Things that are Holy and Just and G• … And may we not hope that we have〈 … 〉 some Thousands of People thus disposed? People, for the sake of whom, no Service, no Travail, no Self-denial is too much!
But as for the Good Fig• … Even those men, whom I continually h• … most Solicitously Saying, What will becom• … this People? What will they bring themse• … unto? Who Are continually trembling, lest〈 … 〉 Golden Candlestick be Removed; who Are c• … tinually Mourning for all our Declensions f• … the Things that Are Holy and Just and G• … And may we not hope that we have〈 … 〉 Some Thousands of People thus disposed? People, for the sake of whom, no Service, no Travail, no Self-denial is too much!
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