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           The
           Way
           to
           Prosperity
           .
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           to
           the
           HONOURABLE
           CONVENTION
           Of
           the
           
             GOUERNOUR
             ,
             Council
          
           ,
           and
           Representatives
           of
           the
           
           Massachuset-Colony
           in
           New-England
           ;
           on
           May
           23.
           1689.
           
           By
           
             COTTON
             MATHER
          
           .
        
         
           
             Jer.
             23.
             28.
             
          
           He
           that
           hath
           My
           Word
           ,
           Let
           him
           speak
           speak
           My
           Word
           faithfully
           .
        
         
           BOSTON
           .
           Printed
           by
           
             Richard
             Pierce
          
           .
           for
           
             Benjamin
             Harris
          
           .
           Anno
           Domini
           MDCXC
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           Prophesy
           in
           the
           Divine
           
           Herbert's
           Church-Militant
           .
        
         
           REligion
           stands
           on
           Tip-toe
           in
           our
           Land
           ,
        
         
           Ready
           to
           pass
           to
           the
           
             American
             Strand
          
           .
        
         
           When
           height
           of
           Malice
           and
           prodigious
           Lusts
           ,
        
         
           Impudent
           Sinning
           ,
           Witchcrafts
           and
           Distrusts
           ,
        
         
           (
           The
           marks
           of
           future
           Bane
           )
           shall
           
             fill
             our
             cup
          
        
         
           Unto
           the
           Brim
           ,
           and
           make
           our
           measure
           up
           ;
        
         
           —
           Then
           shall
           Religion
           to
           America
           flee
           ;
        
         
           They
           have
           their
           Times
           of
           Gospel
           ,
           even
           as
           we
           .
        
         
           —
           Yet
           as
           the
           Church
           shall
           thither
           westward
           fly
           ,
        
         
           So
           Sin
           shall
           Trace
           and
           Dog
           her
           instantly
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
         
           The
           Preface
           ,
        
         
           
             THe
             Occasion
             which
             first
             produced
             the
             following
             Sermon
             ,
             cannot
             be
             expressed
             in
             better
             Terms
             ,
             than
             those
             which
             were
             used
             by
             the
             Worthy
             Gentlemen
             that
             were
             the
          
           Conservators
           of
           our
           peace
           ,
           
             in
             their
             humble
             Address
             to
             Their
             Majesties
             ,
             bearing
             Date
             ,
             May
             20th
          
           1689.
           
           
             Wherein
             among
             other
             things
             they
             say
             ,
          
        
         
           —
           Your
           three
           several
           Princely
           Declarations
           ,
           Encouraging
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           to
           cast
           off
           the
           Yoke
           of
           a
           Tyrannical
           and
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           which
           at
           that
           time
           they
           were
           held
           under
           ,
           have
           occurred
           unto
           the
           View
           and
           Consideration
           of
           the
           people
           in
           this
           Countrey
           ,
           being
           themselves
           under
           alike
           (
           if
           not
           worse
           )
           evil
           and
           unhappy
           Circumstances
           with
           their
           Brethren
           in
           England
           ;
           First
           by
           being
           unrighteously
           deprived
           of
           their
           Charter-Government
           ,
           &
           Priviledges
           ,
           without
           any
           Hearing
           or
           Tryal
           ,
           and
           under
           utter
           impossibilities
           of
           having
           Notice
           of
           any
           Writt
           served
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           then
           followed
           with
           the
           Exercise
           of
           an
           illegal
           and
           Arbitrary
           power
           over
           them
           ,
           which
           had
           almost
           ruined
           a
           late
           flourishing
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           was
           become
           very
           grievous
           &
           intolerable
           ;
           besides
           ,
           the
           growing
           miseries
           ,
           
           and
           daily
           fears
           of
           a
           total
           Subversion
           ,
           by
           enemies
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           Invasion
           by
           forreign
           force
           ;
           the
           people
           thereby
           excited
           ,
           to
           imitate
           so
           noble
           and
           heroic
           an
           Exemple
           ,
           being
           strongly
           and
           unanimously
           spirited
           ,
           to
           intend
           their
           own
           safeguard
           and
           Defence
           ,
           resolved
           to
           sieze
           upon
           and
           secure
           some
           of
           the
           principal
           persons
           concerned
           ,
           and
           most
           active
           in
           the
           ill
           management
           of
           the
           illegal
           and
           arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           set
           over
           them
           by
           Commission
           .
           Accordingly
           upon
           the
           eighteenth
           day
           of
           April
           last
           past
           ,
           arose
           as
           one
           man
           ,
           siezed
           upon
           Sr.
           
             E.
             Andros
          
           the
           late
           Governour
           ,
           and
           other
           of
           the
           evil
           instruments
           ,
           and
           have
           secured
           them
           for
           what
           Justice
           ,
           Order
           from
           your
           Majesties
           shall
           direct
           .
           —
           
             Thus
             that
             Address
          
           .
        
         
           
             Upon
             the
             late
             Revolutions
             thus
             described
             ,
             ensued
             various
             debates
             about
             the
             further
          
           Steps
           
             that
             were
             needful
             to
             be
             taken
             for
             the
             service
             of
             Their
             Majesties
             and
             this
             afflicted
             Countrey
             ;
             Which
          
           Debates
           
             quickly
             issued
             in
             the
             Return
             of
             our
             Government
             ,
             into
             the
             Hands
             of
             our
             Ancient
             Magistrates
             ;
             who
             with
             the
          
           Representatives
           or
           Deputies
           
             of
             the
             several
             Towns
             in
             the
             Colony
             ,
             made
             another
             Address
             unto
             Their
             Majesties
             ,
             bearing
             date
             ,
             Iune
          
           6.
           1689.
           
             in
             which
             Address
             there
             were
             these
             Words
             ,
          
        
         
           —
           Finding
           an
           Absolute
           Necessity
           of
           Civil
           Government
           ,
           the
           People
           generally
           manifested
           their
           Desires
           and
           Importunity
           once
           and
           again
           ,
           
           That
           the
           Governour
           ,
           Deputy
           Governour
           and
           Assistants
           ,
           chosen
           and
           sworn
           in
           May
           1686.
           according
           to
           Charter
           &
           Court
           as
           then
           formed
           ,
           would
           assume
           the
           Government
           ;
           —
        
         
           —
           the
           said
           Governour
           ,
           Deputy-Governour
           ,
           and
           Assistents
           ,
           then
           Resident
           in
           the
           Colony
           ,
           did
           Consent
           to
           accept
           the
           present
           Care
           and
           Government
           of
           this
           people
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           the
           Charter
           ,
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Peace
           and
           common
           safety
           ,
           and
           the
           putting
           forth
           further
           Acts
           of
           Authority
           ,
           upon
           Emergencies
           :
           until
           by
           Direction
           from
           England
           ,
           there
           should
           be
           an
           orderly
           Settlement
           ;
           which
           we
           hope
           will
           Restore
           us
           to
           the
           full
           Exercise
           thereof
           ,
           as
           formerly
           ;
           notwithstanding
           we
           have
           ,
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           been
           most
           unrighteously
           ,
           and
           injuriously
           deprived
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           Royal
           Charter
           being
           the
           sole
           Inducement
           and
           Encouragement
           unto
           our
           Fathers
           and
           predecessors
           ,
           to
           come
           over
           into
           this
           Wilderness
           ,
           and
           to
           plant
           the
           same
           at
           their
           own
           Cost
           and
           Charge
           .
        
         
           
             In
             Answer
             to
             this
             Address
             ,
             His
             Majesty
             in
             a
             most
             gracious
             Letter
             ,
             bearing
             Date
             the
             12th
             of
             August
          
           1689.
           
             unto
             the
             Government
             here
             ,
             uses
             these
             Expressions
             ,
          
        
         
           Whereas
           you
           give
           Us
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           taken
           upon
           you
           the
           present
           care
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           until
           you
           should
           receive
           Our
           Order
           therein
           ,
           We
           do
           hereby
           Authorize
           and
           
           Empower
           you
           to
           Continue
           in
           Our
           Name
           ,
           your
           Care
           in
           the
           Administration
           thereof
           ,
           and
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           until
           We
           shall
           have
           taken
           such
           Resolutions
           ,
           and
           given
           such
           Directions
           for
           the
           more
           orderly
           Settlement
           of
           the
           said
           Government
           ,
           as
           shall
           most
           conduce
           to
           Our
           Service
           ,
           and
           the
           Security
           and
           Satisfaction
           of
           Our
           Subjects
           within
           that
           Our
           Colony
           .
        
         
           
             It
             was
             in
             the
             time
             of
             our
             greatest
          
           Heats
           and
           Straits
           ,
           
             and
             at
             a
             time
             appointed
             for
             a
          
           General
           Assembly
           
             of
             this
             great
             Colony
             ,
             that
             the
             ensueing
             Sermon
             was
             expected
             from
             me
             .
             Through
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Sermon
          
           Then
           
             was
             not
             altogether
             unacceptable
             to
             some
             who
             desired
             the
             Publication
             of
             it
             .
             But
             I
             gave
             not
             my
             full
             Consent
             unto
             their
             Desire
             ,
             until
             now
             ,
             they
             had
             an
          
           Opportunity
           
             (
             with
             their
             Renewed
             Importunity
             )
             to
             join
             it
             with
             another
             Discourse
             which
             they
             have
             obtained
             from
             me
             ;
             and
             tho'
             the
             little
          
           Differences
           
             which
             were
             among
             us
             ,
             when
             the
             Sermon
             was
             preached
             ,
             are
             now
             so
             well
             Composed
             ,
             yet
             I
             slatter
             my self
             with
             an
             opinion
             ,
             that
             the
             things
             here
             insisted
             on
             ,
             will
             not
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             judg'd
          
           Unseasonable
           .
        
         
           
             I
             confess
             it
             is
             a
             very
          
           Bold
           
             thing
             ,
             for
             one
             every
             way
             so
          
           mean
           
             as
             my self
             ,
             to
             Address
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             as
             here
             I
             do
             ;
             but
             ,
          
           Si
           crimen
           erit
           ,
           crimen
           Amoris
           erit
           ;
           
             and
             if
             the
             general
             Dispositions
             of
             the
             year
             will
             not
             excuse
          
           
           
             a
             Breach
             of
          
           Order
           
             in
             me
             ,
             I
             have
             but
             one
             thing
             more
             to
             offer
             by
             way
             of
             Satisfaction
             for
             it
             ▪
             There
             was
             once
             a
             people
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             with
             whom
             it
             was
             a
             Custome
             ,
             That
             when
             men
             would
             Conciliate
             the
             Favour
             of
             the
          
           Ruler
           ,
           
             they
             were
             to
             present
             his
             own
          
           Son
           
             before
             him
             ,
             as
             a
          
           Sight
           
             which
             would
             speak
             more
             than
             any
             Advocate
             .
             Instead
             thereof
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             not
             want
             the
             Favour
             of
             my
          
           Countrey
           ,
           
             how
             blameable
             soever
             they
             may
             count
             my
             freedome
             with
             them
             ,
             I
             shall
             only
             present
             them
             with
             my
             own
          
           Father
           ;
           
             whose
             cheerful
             Encounter
             with
             an
             hazardous
             Voyage
             unto
             a
             strange
             Land
             ,
             and
             with
             innumerable
             Difficulties
             and
             Temptations
             there
             ,
             for
             no
             other
             Cause
             ,
             than
             that
             he
             might
          
           Speak
           FOR
           
             them
             ,
             has
             at
             least
             merited
             a
             Pardon
             for
          
           Mee
           ,
           
             with
             whom
             he
             has
             for
             near
             two
             years
             now
             left
             both
             his
          
           Church
           and
           Family
           ,
           
             if
             I
             have
             transgressed
             by
             taking
             a
             Liberty
             of
          
           Speaking
           TO
           
             them
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             the
             things
             which
             may
             promote
             our
             Enjoyment
             of
             the
          
           Divine
           Presence
           
             with
             us
             .
             Now
             ,
             may
          
           Salvation
           be
           nigh
           unto
           us
           ,
           and
           Glory
           dwell
           in
           our
           Land
           !
        
         
           
             Cotton
             Mather
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           Way
           to
           PROSPERITY
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           Word
           of
           the
           Eternal
           GOD
           in
           II.
           Chron.
           XV.
           2.
           
        
         
           
             
               Hear
               ye
               me
            
             ,
             Asa
             ,
             
               and
               all
            
             Judah
             ,
             and
             Benjamin
             :
             
               the
               Lord
               is
               with
               you
               while
               you
               are
               with
               Him.
               
            
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           a
           
             Remarkable
             Occasion
          
           which
           has
           brought
           these
           Words
           to
           be
           the
           Subject
           of
           our
           present
           Meditations
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           much
           more
           a
           
             Remarkable
             Occasion
          
           which
           these
           Words
           were
           first
           uttered
           upon
           .
           We
           find
           them
           in
           the
           Sacred
           Book
           of
           Chronicles
           ,
           which
           Chronicles
           are
           not
           the
           
             Civil
             Records
          
           ,
           in
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Bible
           refer'd
           unto
           ;
           but
           an
           Inspired
           History
           of
           things
           that
           concerned
           the
           Line
           of
           Christ
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           for
           five
           hundred
           more
           than
           Three
           Thousand
           
           years
           .
           It
           seems
           as
           an
           Epitome
           of
           the
           Whole
           ,
           (
           for
           so
           t
           is
           in
           
           Ierom's
           Language
           )
           to
           be
           written
           as
           late
           as
           the
           Last
           of
           all
           the
           Books
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ;
           and
           the
           Hebrew
           Bibles
           give
           it
           a
           place
           accordingly
           .
           The
           Greeks
           choose
           to
           entitle
           it
           ,
           
             The
             Book
             of
             things
          
           (
           else
           where
           )
           
             passed
             by
          
           ;
           because
           ,
           as
           Lyra
           notes
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Rule
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             It
             gathers
             Fragments
             that
             nothing
             may
             be
             lost
          
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           were
           nothing
           else
           but
           the
           Story
           which
           affords
           our
           Text
           unto
           us
           ,
           to
           justifie
           that
           Appellation
           ,
           it
           were
           enough
           :
           't
           is
           a
           Story
           passed
           by
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           Kings
           ;
           but
           worthy
           to
           be
           
             had
             in
             everlasting
             Remembrance
          
           .
        
         
           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
           ,
           than
           there
           were
           Souldiers
           in
           that
           Army
           have
           hitherto
           been
           content
           with
           our
           Translation
           ,
           which
           renders
           them
           Ethiopians
           here
           .
           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.
           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
           ;
           they
           were
           a
           wild
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           liv●…d
           much
           upon
           the
           Rapin
           and
           Ruin
           of
           their
           Neighbours
           ;
           and
           particularly
           ,
           a
           Million
           of
           them
           now
           designed
           Ierusalem
           for
           a
           prey
           .
           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
           ;
           and
           in
           my
           Text
           you
           have
           the
           Sum
           and
           Substance
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           observe
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           The
           Praeface
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           very
           awful
           and
           earnest
           :
           
             Hear
             ye
             me
          
           Asa
           ,
           
             and
             all
          
           Judah
           ,
           and
           Benjamin
           .
           As
           he
           was
           probably
           none
           of
           the
           greatest
           ,
           so
           t
           is
           like
           he
           was
           none
           of
           the
           oldest
           men
           ;
           for
           it
           seems
           by
           the
           eighth
           verse
           ,
           that
           his
           Father
           was
           yet
           alive
           ,
           &
           present
           at
           this
           time
           .
           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
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           decclare
           both
           the
           Rise
           and
           Use
           of
           their
           late
           Prosperity
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             with
             you
             ,
             while
             you
             you
             are
             with
             Him
          
           ;
           or
           as
           the
           Vulgar
           Latin
           has
           it
           ,
           
             Inasmuch
             as
             you
             have
             been
             with
             him
             .
          
           What
           follows
           ,
           is
           but
           an
           Explication
           ,
           and
           Amplification
           of
           this
           .
           He
           saw
           they
           were
           taken
           up
           with
           various
           Businesses
           and
           Contrivances
           ;
           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
           ,
           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
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           therefore
           to
           call
           for
           your
           Attention
           unto
           this
           
             Faithful
             Saying
          
           .
        
         
           DOCT.
           That
           
             The
             GOD
             of
             Heaven
             will
             be
          
           with
           
             a
             people
             while
             they
             are
             with
             Him.
             
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           by
           the
           ensuing
           Propositions
           ,
           that
           the
           Explication
           of
           this
           Truth
           shall
           be
           endeavoured
           .
        
         
           
             PROPOSITION
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             Interest
             ,
             and
             should
             be
             the
             Desire
             ,
             of
             Every
             people
             to
             have
             the
             God
             of
             Heaven
             
               With
               them
            
             .
             But
             we
             are
             to
             enquire
             ,
          
           
             
               What
               is
               implied
               in
               that
            
             presence
             of
             GOD
             ,
             
               which
               we
               are
               to
               be
               solicitous
               about
               ?
            
          
           
           
             For
             Answer
             to
             this
             ;
             There
             is
             a
             Threefold
             
               Presence
               of
               God
            
             ,
             mentioned
             in
             the
             
               Scripture
               of
               Truth
            
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             God
             is
             Naturally
             present
             with
             all
             Creatures
             .
             He
             is
             an
             
               Immense
               Being
            
             ,
             and
             no
             Creature
             can
             be
             without
             him
             .
             The
             Apostle
             thus
             argued
             in
             the
             Court
             at
             Athens
             ,
             in
             Act
             ,
             17.
             27.
             
             
               God
               is
               not
               far
               from
               every
               one
               of
               us
               .
            
             No
             ,
             He
             is
             near
             us
             all
             ,
             He
             is
             with
             us
             all
             .
             And
             Paul
             could
             have
             had
             the
             Gentiles
             themselves
             confessing
             it
             ;
             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
             .
             The
             Jews
             call
             God
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             Makom
             ,
             or
             of
             Place
             ,
             because
             all
             things
             are
             in
             Him
             ;
             this
             is
             His
             Name
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             Esther
             ,
             if
             I
             mistake
             it
             not
             .
             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
             ;
             yet
             we
             are
             sure
             that
             
               the
               Heaven
               of
               Heavens
            
             gives
             no
             limits
             unto
             His
             Being
             ;
             and
             the
             Ancients
             were
             not
             mistaken
             when
             they
             said
             ,
             
               Deus
               Ipse
               Sibi
               ,
               et
               Mundus
               et
               Locus
               et
               Omnia
               .
            
             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
               ?
            
          
           
           
             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.
             It
             is
             the
             Place
             ,
             of
             which
             we
             may
             say
             ,
             as
             t
             is
             said
             of
             that
             State
             ,
             in
             Rev.
             21.
             23.
             
             
               The
               glory
               of
               God
               doth
               lighten
               it
               .
            
             There
             the
             blessed
             ones
             have
             God
             with
             them
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             
               Alwayes
               behold
               His
               face
            
             ;
             and
             they
             are
             
               satisfied
               with
               His
               likeness
            
             for
             ever
             .
             When
             we
             come
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             then
             as
             in
             1.
             
             Thes.
             4.
             17.
             
             
               We
               shall
               ever
               be
               with
               the
               Lord.
            
             So
             the
             Lord
             will
             be
             
               with
               us
            
             for
             ever
             .
             Heaven
             is
             the
             Throne
             of
             the
             Most
             High
             ;
             He
             is
             there
             as
             a
             Prince
             in
             his
             Throne
             ;
             the
             Great
             KING
             is
             in
             a
             manner
             very
             ineffable
             residing
             there
             .
             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.
             
          
           
             But
             Thirdly
             ,
             God
             is
             Graciously
             present
             with
             His
             people
             ,
             by
             being
             Favourable
             unto
             them
             .
             And
             this
             
               Gracious
               presence
            
             of
             God
             is
             that
             which
             a
             people
             ought
             to
             be
             concerned
             for
             .
             It
             lies
             in
             The
             
               Engagement
               of
               Divine
               Providence
               for
               the
               Welfare
               of
               such
               a
               people
               .
            
             God
             is
             with
             us
             when
             God
             is
             for
             us
             .
          
           
             To
             particularize
             ,
          
           
             First
             ,
             God
             is
             with
             a
             people
             by
             Directing
             
             of
             them
             .
             When
             Israel
             was
             to
             pass
             thro'
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
             they
             had
             that
             encouragement
             ,
             in
             Exod.
             22.
             15.
             
             
               The
               presence
               of
               God
               going
            
             with
             them
             .
             What
             was
             that
             ?
             Why
             ,
             They
             had
             a
             cloudy
             siery
             Pillar
             miraculously
             Leading
             of
             them
             every
             step
             of
             the
             way
             ;
             There
             was
             a
             wonderful
             Pillar
             which
             was
             a
             Cloud
             by
             day
             ,
             and
             a
             Fire
             by
             night
             ;
             the
             Lower
             part
             of
             which
             rested
             on
             the
             Tabernacle
             ,
             while
             the
             Upper
             part
             was
             to
             be
             seen
             by
             the
             whole
             Congregation
             :
             the
             Motions
             of
             this
             being
             managed
             by
             the
             Ministry
             of
             Angels
             ,
             now
             God
             was
             
               with
               them
            
             ,
             and
             
               He
               led
               them
               forth
               by
               the
               right
               way
               .
            
             A
             people
             are
             often
             brought
             into
             a
             Wilderness
             of
             Difficulties
             and
             Emergencies
             :
             but
             if
             God
             be
             with
             them
             ,
             He
             guides
             them
             to
             a
             good
             Issue
             of
             them
             all
             .
             The
             Presence
             of
             God
             appears
             in
             His
             Directing
             and
             Inclining
             of
             a
             people
             to
             such
             Actions
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             for
             
               His
               Honour
            
             and
             
               their
               Safety
            
             ,
             and
             such
             Methods
             ,
             as
             may
             extricate
             them
             out
             of
             all
             Distresses
             !
             When
             God
             is
             with
             a
             people
             ,
             He
             shapes
             their
             Counsels
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             he
             disposes
             them
             to
             the
             Things
             that
             should
             be
             done
             .
             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
               .
            
             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
             .
             We
             find
             in
             Neh.
             4.
             13.
             
             That
             while
             those
             Exercises
             continued
             ,
             they
             waited
             in
             a
             posture
             agreeable
             thereunto
             ;
             and
             when
             the
             danger
             was
             over
             ,
             
               then
               they
               returned
               every
               one
               to
               his
               work
               .
            
             How
             came
             this
             to
             pass
             ?
             'T
             was
             because
             GOD
             was
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             God
             is
             with
             a
             People
             ,
             by
             Protecting
             of
             them
             .
             'T
             was
             the
             promise
             of
             God
             unto
             His
             people
             ,
             in
             Isa.
             43.
             2.
             
             
               When
               thou
               passest
               thro'
               the
               Waters
               ,
               I
               will
               be
               with
               thee
               ,
               and
               thro'
               the
               Rivers
               ,
               they
               shall
               not
               overflow
               thee
               .
            
             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
             .
             A
             people
             may
             be
             ready
             to
             be
             swallow'd
             up
             ,
             by
             a
             stormy
             ,
             gaping
             Ocean
             of
             Troubles
             ,
             but
             if
             God
             be
             with
             them
             ,
             they
             shall
             escape
             clear
             of
             all
             .
             The
             Presence
             of
             God
             is
             a
             Defence
             ,
             a
             Refuge
             to
             the
             people
             that
             are
             partakers
             of
             it
             .
             It
             was
             said
             unto
             David
             in
             2.
             
             Sam.
             7.
             9.
             
             
               I
               was
               with
               thee
               ,
               and
               have
               cut
               off
               all
               thine
               enemies
               out
               of
               thy
               sight
               .
            
             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
             ;
             no
             Adversary
             ,
             
             no
             Desolation
             ,
             shall
             make
             such
             a
             people
             miserable
             ;
             they
             are
             the
             Iacob
             ,
             unto
             whom
             in
             Gen.
             28.
             15.
             
             
               Behold
               ,
               I
               am
            
             with
             
               thee
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               keep
               thee
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             God
             is
             with
             a
             people
             by
             His
             Assisting
             and
             Succeeding
             of
             them
             .
             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.
             God
             will
             Assist
             thee
             ,
             and
             succeed
             thee
             ,
             in
             thy
             undertakings
             .
             The
             Presence
             of
             God
             will
             carry
             a
             people
             comfortably
             through
             all
             that
             they
             take
             in
             hand
             .
             If
             they
             have
             Canaanites
             to
             subdue
             ;
             if
             they
             have
             Enjoyments
             to
             obtain
             or
             preserve
             ,
             the
             Presence
             of
             God
             will
             prosper
             them
             in
             doing
             all
             .
             It
             was
             said
             unto
             Solomon
             ,
             in
             1.
             
             Chron.
             22.
             11.
             
             
               My
               son
               ,
               the
               Lord
               be
            
             with
             
               thee
               ,
               and
               prosper
               thou
               ,
               and
               build
               the
               house
               of
               the
               Lord
               thy
               God.
            
             Thus
             ,
             if
             the
             Lord
             be
             with
             a
             people
             ,
             they
             shall
             prosper
             in
             all
             their
             Affairs
             ;
             in
             every
             Expedition
             ,
             they
             shall
             come
             off
             with
             Satisfaction
             ;
             and
             they
             shall
             not
             miscarry
             in
             any
             of
             their
             Applications
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Presence
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             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
             t
             is
             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
             .
             This
             matter
             seems
             determined
             by
             David
             ,
             in
             2.
             
             Sam.
             23.
             5.
             
             
               Tho'
               my
               house
               be
               not
               so
               with
               God
               ,
               yet
               He
               has
               made
               with
               me
               an
               Everlasting
               Covenant
               ,
               ordered
               in
               all
               things
               and
               sure
               .
               David
            
             had
             promises
             for
             the
             prosperity
             of
             his
             House
             ;
             He
             had
             also
             the
             
               sure
               mercies
            
             of
             the
             Covenant
             made
             over
             to
             him
             in
             the
             promises
             of
             God.
             These
             promises
             had
             now
             a
             different
             Establishment
             ;
             The
             
               Sure
               mercies
            
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             were
             unto
             him
             more
             Absolute
             and
             Immutable
             ;
             but
             the
             prosperity
             of
             his
             House
             ,
             we
             find
             under
             another
             Law
             ,
             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
             .
             This
             we
             read
             in
             Heb.
             13.
             5.
             
             
               He
               hath
               said
               ,
               I
               will
               never
               leave
               thee
               nor
               forsake
               thee
               .
            
             The
             
               Alsufficient
               God
            
             ,
             who
             is
             HEE
             that
             answers
             our
             Necessities
             ,
             Let
             them
             be
             what
             they
             will
             ;
             the
             Unchangeable
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             HE
             still
             ,
             whatever
             He
             was
             to
             the
             Saints
             of
             old
             ;
             this
             God
             hath
             said
             [
             and
             how
             much
             better
             is
             this
             
               Autos
               Eireken
            
             than
             the
             best
             
               Ipse
               dixit
            
             in
             the
             world
             !
             
             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
             ,
             but
             God
             is
             not
             with
             a
             people
             in
             His
             outward
             Providence
             just
             after
             the
             manner
             therein
             observed
             .
          
           
             This
             Two-fold
             Presence
             of
             God
             ;
          
           
             First
             ,
             It
             has
             a
             Diverse
             Foundation
             .
             When
             we
             look
             on
             the
             
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
            
             ,
             there
             the
             Sins
             of
             one
             are
             expiated
             by
             the
             Sufferings
             of
             another
             ;
             and
             so
             ,
             God
             comes
             to
             be
             with
             His
             people
             ,
             for
             whom
             the
             Atonement
             is
             thus
             Procured
             .
             Thus
             t
             is
             said
             in
             2.
             
             Cor.
             5.
             25.
             
             Christ
             was
             
               made
               sin
            
             [
             or
             a
             Sin-offering
             ]
             
               for
               us
               ,
               that
               we
               might
               become
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               God
               in
               Him.
            
             Now
             come
             to
             
               outward
               Providence
            
             ,
             and
             there
             you
             see
             other
             measures
             taken
             .
             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
               .
            
          
           
             Again
             ,
             It
             hath
             a
             Diverse
             Continuance
             .
             When
             we
             look
             on
             the
             
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
            
             ,
             there
             God
             hath
             bound
             Himself
             to
             be
             with
             His
             people
             for
             ever
             ;
             yea
             ,
             to
             see
             that
             they
             shall
             therefore
             for
             ever
             be
             with
             Him.
             He
             there
             saies
             as
             in
             Jer.
             32.
             40.
             
             
               I
               will
               not
               turn
               away
               from
               them
               to
               do
               them
               good
               ,
               but
               I
               will
               put
               My
               fear
               in
               their
               hearts
               ,
               that
               they
               shall
               not
               depart
               from
               Me.
            
             Now
             come
             to
             
               outward
               Providence
            
             ,
             and
             there
             
             you
             see
             t
             is
             otherwise
             .
             God
             is
             with
             a
             people
             for
             a
             while
             ;
             and
             upon
             their
             misbehaviours
             and
             provocations
             ,
             He
             changes
             the
             Tenour
             of
             His
             Dispensations
             to
             them
             .
             T
             is
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             with
             that
             family
             ,
             in
             1.
             
             Sam.
             2.
             30.
             
             
               I
               said
               indeed
               ,
               that
               thy
               house
               should
               walk
               before
               me
               forever
               ;
               But
               now
               the
               Lord
               saies
               ,
               that
               be
               far
               from
               me
               .
            
          
           
             The
             sense
             of
             these
             things
             will
             prepare
             your
             Thoughts
             for
             one
             Conclusion
             more
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
          
        
         
           
             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
             ;
             Neh.
             9.
             18.
             
             
               Being
               merciful
               ,
               thou
               for
               sookest
               them
               not
            
             ;
             there
             is
             Mercy
             in
             the
             Whole
             of
             this
             matter
             .
             Let
             it
             be
             noted
             ,
             That
             tho'
             this
             Condition
             seems
             to
             be
             imposed
             upon
             us
             ;
             yet
             it
             is
             Grace
             ,
             pure
             Grace
             ,
             rich
             Grace
             that
             helps
             us
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             helped
             unto
             the
             performance
             of
             it
             .
             When
             a
             people
             have
             so
             been
             with
             God
             ,
             as
             that
             He
             has
             been
             with
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             shout
             ,
             
               Grace
               ,
               Grace
            
             !
             concerning
             all
             .
             It
             is
             also
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             this
             Benefit
             dos
             not
             depend
             upon
             that
             Condition
             ,
             as
             an
             Effect
             upon
             the
             real
             and
             proper
             Cause
             of
             it
             .
             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
             -
          
           
           
           
             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
             ;
             but
             that
             He
             will
             be
             very
             Terrible
             in
             His
             
               providential
               Dispensations
            
             towards
             such
             a
             people
             as
             do
             forsake
             Him.
             
          
           
             But
             ,
             What
             is
             it
             for
             a
             people
             to
             be
             
               With
               God
            
             ?
             In
             short
             ,
          
           
             Our
             being
             
               With
               God
            
             ,
             implies
             the
             Whole
             of
             our
             Obedience
             to
             Him.
             Our
             Duty
             to
             God
             must
             be
             attended
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             have
             the
             Presence
             of
             God.
             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
             ;
             it
             signifies
             ,
             With
             ,
             and
             For
             ,
             &
             Like
             ,
             [
             which
             last
             Signific●…tion
             I
             make
             the
             more
             free
             withal
             ,
             because
             a
             little
             Philology
             will
             acquaint
             us
             with
             many
             Exemples
             of
             it
             :
             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.
             Like
             the
             inhabitants
             of
             the
             Stony
             Sun-burnt
             Arabia
             ;
             whom
             indeed
             I
             don't
             Remember
             David
             ever
             was
             among
             .
             ]
             Accordingly
             ,
             a
             people
             have
             Three
             
             Things
             incumbent
             on
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             enjoy
             the
             Presence
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             First
             ,
             A
             People
             should
             be
             with
             God
             ,
             by
             
               Communion
               [
               With
               ]
               Him.
            
             This
             t
             is
             to
             be
             With
             Him
             ;
             There
             are
             Certain
             meanes
             of
             Communion
             between
             God
             and
             us
             ;
             and
             these
             we
             must
             be
             continually
             approaching
             to
             Him
             in
             .
             We
             are
             With
             God
             ,
             while
             we
             are
             at
             Prayer
             before
             Him
             ;
             hence
             in
             our
             Context
             here
             ,
             it
             immediately
             follows
             ,
             
               If
               you
            
             seek
             
               the
               Lord
               ,
               He
               will
               be
               found
               of
               you
               .
            
             While
             we
             do
             seek
             Him
             ,
             we
             are
             with
             Him.
             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
             ;
             that
             people
             is
             with
             the
             Lord.
             And
             the
             whole
             Worship
             of
             God
             must
             be
             ,
             diligently
             ,
             graciously
             ,
             faithfully
             frequented
             by
             a
             people
             that
             would
             be
             with
             Him.
             We
             are
             with
             God
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             at
             
               His
               House
            
             .
             A
             people
             should
             support
             &
             esteem
             ,
             and
             use
             all
             the
             
               Ordinances
               of
               God
            
             among
             them
             .
             The
             Church
             of
             God
             hath
             His
             very
             special
             Preseuce
             in
             it
             ;
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             that
             in
             Ezek.
             48.
             35.
             
             
               Iehovah
               Shamm●…h
            
             ,
             the
             Lord
             
               is
               there
            
             .
             We
             should
             all
             be
             there
             
             too
             ,
             and
             there
             give
             those
             Encouragements
             which
             are
             due
             to
             the
             Institutions
             of
             God
             ;
             So
             shall
             we
             be
             with
             the
             Lord.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             A
             people
             should
             be
             
               with
               God
            
             by
             Activity
             [
             For
             ]
             Him.
             To
             be
             For
             God
             is
             to
             be
             with
             God.
             It
             was
             once
             the
             Summons
             given
             in
             Exod.
             32.
             26.
             
             
               Who
               is
               on
               the
            
             Lords
             lide
             ?
             
               And
               all
               the
               Sons
               of
            
             Levi
             
               gathered
               themselves
            
             ;
             they
             were
             with
             God
             in
             doing
             so
             .
             T
             is
             a
             Summons
             given
             to
             the
             world
             in
             every
             Generation
             ,
             
               Who
               is
               on
               the
               Lords
               side
               ?
            
             They
             that
             obey
             the
             Summons
             are
             with
             the
             Lord.
             A
             people
             full
             of
             Contrivances
             for
             the
             Interest
             of
             God
             ,
             are
             with
             Him.
             A
             people
             should
             set
             themselves
             to
             advance
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             ;
             they
             should
             own
             His
             Truths
             ,
             and
             His
             Wayes
             ;
             and
             endeavour
             to
             draw
             all
             about
             them
             into
             the
             Acknowledgement
             of
             the
             same
             .
             A
             people
             should
             propound
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             as
             their
             cheef
             End
             and
             the
             main
             Scope
             of
             all
             that
             they
             do
             ;
             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
             .
             Then
             are
             they
             with
             the
             Lord
             ;
             they
             are
             so
             ,
             when
             God
             can
             say
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             in
             Isa.
             43.
             10.
             
             
               Ye
               are
               my
            
             Witnesses
             ,
             
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               my
               servant
               .
            
          
           
             Thirdly
             ;
             A
             people
             should
             be
             
               With
               God
            
             ,
             by
             
             Behaviour
             [
             Like
             ]
             Him.
             To
             be
             Like
             God
             is
             to
             be
             with
             God.
             They
             that
             are
             with
             Him
             ,
             do
             not
             
               walk
               contrary
            
             to
             Him.
             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
             ;
             and
             not
             only
             so
             ,
             but
             the
             same
             Vertues
             too
             .
             Is
             God
             Holy
             ?
             Thus
             a
             people
             should
             not
             
               bear
               with
               them
               that
               are
               evil
               .
            
             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
             ;
             and
             ,
             
               O
               that
               this
               people
               were
               so
            
             with
             Him
             !
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             USE
             to
             be
             now
             made
             of
             what
             has
             been
             delivered
             .
          
           
             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
               .
            
             O
             that
             we
             might
             all
             as
             much
             concur
             in
             an
             endeavourous
             Resolution
             ,
             
               to
               be
            
             with
             
               God
               ,
               as
               our
            
             Fathers
             were
             with
             
               Him
               ;
               not
               to
               leave
               Him
               ,
               nor
               forsake
               him
               .
            
             There
             is
             as
             much
             of
             New-England
             in
             this
             great
             Congregation
             as
             can
             well
             be
             reach'd
             by
             the
             voice
             of
             one
             Address
             ;
             t
             is
             indeed
             ,
             the
             best
             part
             of
             
             New-England
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             at
             least
             Represented
             in
             this
             Assembly
             .
             As
             the
             great
             Council
             at
             Ierusalem
             satt
             near
             the
             Temple
             ,
             thus
             the
             whole
             Convention
             of
             the
             Massachusets
             ,
             is
             here
             come
             into
             the
             House
             of
             God
             this
             day
             :
             Wherefore
             I
             take
             the
             boldness
             to
             say
             ,
             
               Hear
               ye
               me
            
             Asa
             ,
             
               and
               all
            
             Judah
             ,
             and
             Benjamin
             .
             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
             ,
          
           
             How
             Desirable
             ,
             How
             Necessary
             a
             Thing
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             have
             
               God
               with
               us
            
             .
             Truly
             ,
             This
             is
             the
             
               Unum
               Necessarium
            
             of
             New-England
             !
          
           
             Nothing
             is
             more
             Desireable
             ,
             for
             us
             ,
             than
             the
             Presence
             of
             our
             God.
             The
             Jews
             have
             a
             Fable
             of
             their
             Manna
             ,
             That
             whatever
             any
             man
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             tast
             ,
             he
             presently
             found
             in
             the
             Manna
             a
             Savour
             &
             a
             Relish
             of
             it
             .
             It
             is
             very
             true
             of
             this
             Blessed
             Presence
             ;
             all
             manner
             of
             Blessings
             are
             enwrapped
             in
             it
             .
             There
             is
             a
             multitude
             of
             Blessings
             which
             we
             are
             desireous
             of
             ;
             but
             they
             are
             all
             contained
             in
             this
             comprehensive
             thing
             :
             It
             will
             give
             every
             honest
             man
             ,
             all
             that
             he
             wants
             .
             This
             will
             extricate
             us
             out
             of
             all
             our
             Labyrinths
             ;
             This
             will
             set
             all
             things
             to
             rights
             among
             us
             ;
             This
             will
             
             wonderfully
             carry
             on
             all
             the
             Salvations
             which
             have
             been
             begun
             for
             us
             ,
             by
             the
             
               God
               of
               our
               Salvations
            
             .
             If
             Christ
             ,
             if
             God
             be
             aboard
             ,
             our
             little
             Vessel
             will
             not
             sink
             in
             the
             gaping
             ,
             roaring
             ,
             formidable
             Waves
             now
             tossing
             of
             it
             .
             Well
             did
             the
             Apostle
             say
             ,
             in
             Rom.
             8.
             31.
             
             
               If
               God
               be
            
             for
             
               us
               ,
               who
               can
               be
            
             against
             us
             ?
             Thus
             ,
             If
             God
             be
             with
             us
             ,
             we
             have
             All
             for
             us
             .
             
               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
               ;
               what
               can
               man
               do
               unto
               me
               ?
            
             We
             may
             then
             defie
             ,
             even
             the
             
               Gates
               of
               Hell
            
             it self
             ,
             for
             ,
             
               Cur
               metuat
               hominem
               homo
               in
               sinu
            
             Dei
             positus
             ?
             and
             tho'
             abroad
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             
               The
               earth
               is
               removing
               ,
               and
               the
               Waters
               roar
               ,
               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
             make
             the
             Nations
             everywhere
             drink
             deep
             of
             the
             Cup
             that
             shall
             make
             them
             giddy
             with
             all
             manner
             of
             Confusion
             &
             Astonishment
             ;
             Yet
             WE
             shall
             be
             
               helped
               right
               early
            
             ,
             for
             
               God
               is
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               us
               .
            
          
           
           
             Add
             to
             this
             ;
             Nothing
             is
             more
             Necessary
             for
             us
             ,
             than
             the
             Presence
             of
             God.
             We
             are
             undone
             ,
             thrice
             ,
             and
             four
             times
             Undone
             ,
             if
             we
             have
             it
             not
             .
             Methinks
             I
             hear
             the
             Almighty
             GOD
             with
             a
             voice
             more
             awful
             than
             that
             of
             the
             loudest
             Thunder
             ,
             saying
             over
             us
             ,
             as
             in
             Hos.
             9.
             12.
             
             
               Wo
               to
               them
               when
               I
               depart
               from
               them
               .
            
             And
             Wo
             to
             us
             indeed
             ;
             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
             can
             have
             a
             prospect
             of
             nothing
             but
             horrible
             Disorders
             ,
             Agonies
             and
             Vexations
             ,
             if
             we
             lose
             the
             Presence
             of
             our
             Lord
             :
             We
             ly
             open
             to
             no
             less
             than
             a
             fearful
             Dissipation
             ,
             and
             more
             than
             all
             our
             
               late
               Oppressors
            
             would
             rejoice
             to
             see
             brought
             upon
             us
             .
             We
             have
             lately
             been
             complaining
             of
             Burdens
             ,
             that
             were
             grievous
             to
             us
             ;
             but
             I
             may
             warn
             you
             of
             our
             danger
             to
             feel
             one
             Burden
             more
             ,
             which
             will
             infinitely
             exceed
             them
             all
             ;
             t
             is
             that
             in
             Jer.
             23.
             33.
             
             
               What
               Burden
               ?
               I
               will
               even
            
             forsake
             
               you
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord.
            
             Behold
             a
             Burden
             that
             will
             sink
             us
             into
             a
             bottomless
             Abiss
             of
             Calamities
             !
             The
             Presence
             of
             GOD
             ,
             This
             is
             no
             less
             than
             the
             very
             Soul
             of
             New-England
             ;
             We
             are
             dead
             and
             gone
             ,
             if
             that
             withdraw
             .
             When
             Israel
             was
             nimbly
             enough
             possessing
             themselves
             of
             the
             promised
             Land
             ,
             which
             God
             had
             given
             them
             such
             a
             CHARTER
             
             for
             ,
             they
             perished
             in
             the
             Attempt
             ;
             for
             in
             Deut
             ,
             1.
             42.
             
             
               The
               Lord
               said
               ,
               go
               not
               up
               ,
               for
               I
               am
               not
            
             among
             you
             .
             Alas
             ,
             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
             :
             What
             uncomfortable
             Symptomes
             we
             have
             had
             of
             
               God's
               not
               being
               with
               us
            
             .
             It
             seems
             as
             if
             God
             had
             fulfilled
             that
             sad
             Word
             on
             this
             poor
             Land
             ,
             in
             Deut.
             31.
             17.
             
             
               I
               will
            
             forsake
             
               them
               ,
               and
               many
               evils
               shall
               befal
               them
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               will
               say
               in
               that
               day
               ,
               Are
               not
               these
               evils
               come
               upon
               us
               ,
               because
               God
               is
               not
            
             among
             us
             ?
             There
             is
             a
             vast
             number
             of
             Calamities
             ,
             which
             have
             given
             us
             lamentable
             cause
             to
             fear
             ,
             
               That
               God
               has
               forsaken
               us
            
             .
             Why
             have
             we
             suffered
             such
             a
             Blast
             ,
             both
             on
             our
             Trade
             ,
             and
             on
             our
             Corn
             ,
             that
             the
             Husband-man
             complaines
             ,
             
               I
               Iooked
               for
               much
               ,
               and
               lo
               ,
               it
               came
               to
               little
               !
            
             and
             the
             Mariner
             complains
             ,
             
               I
               went
               out
               full
               ,
               &
               came
               home
               empty
               !
            
             T
             is
             
               Because
               our
               God
               is
               not
               among
               us
               .
            
             Why
             have
             we
             had
             Fire
             after
             Fire
             ,
             laying
             our
             Treasures
             in
             Ashes
             ?
             
               What
               means
               the
               heat
               of
               this
               Anger
               ,
            
             that
             Boston
             ,
             the
             most
             noble
             ,
             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
            
             ?
             T
             is
             Because
             
             
               our
               God
               is
               not
               among
               us
               .
            
             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
             ,
             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
               .
            
             So
             ,
             If
             the
             Lord
             had
             been
             here
             ,
             t
             is
             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
             ,
             as
             
               A
               vineyard
               of
               red
               Wine
            
             ;
             and
             lest
             any
             should
             have
             hurt
             us
             ,
             
               He
               ,
               (
               the
               Lord
               )
               would
               have
               kept
               it
               ,
               night
               and
               day
               .
            
             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
             ;
             The
             God
             of
             Heaven
             was
             not
             with
             that
             
               oppress'd
               people
            
             ,
             to
             whom
             He
             said
             in
             Isa.
             1.
             7.
             
             
               Your
               Countrey
               is
               desolate
               ;
               your
               land
               ,
            
             Strangers
             
               devour
               it
            
             .
          
           
             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
             ;
             
               My
               Fathers
            
             ,
             You
             Remember
             how
             we
             were
             ,
             when
             God
             was
             with
             us
             ;
             pray
             ,
             was
             it
             so
             in
             
               your
               dayes
            
             ,
             as
             it
             has
             been
             in
             ours
             ?
             Were
             you
             visited
             with
             Plague
             after
             Plague
             ,
             in
             a
             long
             Series
             of
             heavy
             Judgements
             ,
             as
             We
             your
             poor
             Children
             are
             ?
             Surely
             ,
             They
             will
             tell
             us
             ;
             
               God
               is
               not
               with
               us
               ,
               as
               He
               was
               with
               them
               .
            
          
           
             In
             all
             these
             matters
             ,
             our
             Case
             may
             at
             least
             have
             some
             Correspondence
             with
             that
             in
             Luc.
             23.
             28.
             
             
               He
               made
               as
               though
               He
               would
               havegone
               ;
               but
               they
               constrained
               Him
               ,
               saying
               ,
               Abide
               with
               us
               !
            
          
           
             Let
             us
             Consider
             Thirdly
             ;
          
           
             If
             we
             are
             not
             
               With
               God
            
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             guilty
             of
             an
             Apostasie
             ,
             and
             that
             under
             very
             shameful
             ,
             very
             direful
             Aggravations
             too
             .
          
           
             We
             shall
             be
             Apostates
             ,
             and
             O
             let
             us
             not
             be
             so
             ,
             lest
             our
             God
             say
             ,
             
               My
               soul
               can
               have
               no
               pleasure
               in
               them
               .
            
             But
             if
             we
             are
             so
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             of
             all
             Apostates
             the
             most
             inexcusable
             Let
             us
             Consider
             ,
             what
             Fathers
             we
             have
             had
             ;
             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
             ,
             if
             we
             do
             .
             With
             dismal
             Accents
             ,
             Methinks
             ,
             their
             very
             Ghosts
             ,
             will
             groan
             unto
             us
             ,
             
               Alas
               ,
               Is
               our
               posterity
               come
               to
               this
               !
            
             Nay
             ,
             Abraham
             would
             be
             Ignorant
             of
             us
             ,
             and
             Israel
             would
             not
             acknowledge
             us
             ,
             if
             we
             should
             be
             so
             degenerate
             as
             to
             lose
             the
             Presence
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
           
             Let
             us
             also
             consider
             ,
             what
             Warnings
             we
             have
             had
             .
             It
             may
             be
             said
             unto
             us
             ,
             as
             in
             Jer.
             25.
             4.
             
             
               The
               Lord
               hath
               sent
               unto
               you
               all
               His
               Servants
               the
               prophets
               .
            
             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.
            
             Especially
             the
             Sermons
             which
             our
             ELECTIONS
             have
             put
             the
             Embassadours
             of
             God
             upon
             Preaching
             and
             Printing
             of
             ;
             these
             have
             been
             so
             many
             loud
             Warnings
             unto
             us
             ,
             
               That
               we
               leave
               Him
               not
            
             .
             
             In
             them
             we
             have
             been
             faithfully
             warned
             ,
             That
             
               our
               true
               Interest
               is
               Not
               to
               Lye
               unto
               God.
            
             We
             have
             been
             Warned
             ,
             That
             
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               our
               Misbehaviours
               will
               be
               Destruction
               from
               the
               Lord.
            
             We
             have
             been
             Warned
             ,
             That
             
               We
               must
               Repent
               and
               do
               our
               first
               Works
               ,
               or
               have
               the
               Candlestick
               of
               the
               Lord
               Iesus
               removed
               from
               us
               .
            
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             We
             have
             been
             warned
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             That
             
               If
               we
               forsake
               our
               God
               ,
               He
               will
               cast
               us
               off
               for
               ever
               .
            
             O
             miserable
             We
             ,
             if
             we
             do
             it
             after
             all
             .
          
           
             These
             Considerations
             ,
             will
             not
             have
             their
             due
             Force
             ,
             unless
             they
             expire
             in
             a
             Threefold
             Request
             ,
             which
             I
             must
             now
             lay
             before
             you
             ;
             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
             ;
             Hear
             ye
             these
             things
             ,
             all
             ye
             people
             of
             the
             Massachusetts
             !
          
           
             First
             ,
             Let
             us
             Return
             to
             the
             Lord.
             We
             must
             Come
             to
             Him
             ,
             if
             we
             would
             Be
             with
             Him.
             We
             have
             marvellously
             backsliden
             from
             our
             God
             ,
             but
             He
             calls
             after
             us
             ,
             
               Return
               ye
               backsliding
               Children
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               heal
               your
               Backslidings
               .
            
             O
             that
             we
             may
             all
             as
             one
             man
             Reply
             what
             is
             in
             Jer.
             3.
             22.
             
             
               Behold
               ,
               we
               come
               unto
               thee
               ,
               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
             ,
             Behold
             ,
             We
             have
             had
             a
             
               great
               voice
               out
               of
               the
               Temple
            
             in
             answer
             thereunto
             .
             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
             !
             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
             ;
             
               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
             ,
             and
             set
             upon
             the
             Reforming
             of
             our
             own
             Hearts
             and
             Lives
             ,
             and
             the
             Renewing
             of
             our
             Covenants
             with
             the
             Lord.
             
          
           
             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
             .
             Let
             me
             in
             two
             or
             three
             instances
             use
             a
             plain
             dealing
             with
             you
             ,
             agreeable
             to
             my
             
             station
             here
             this
             day
             .
          
           
             What
             have
             been
             the
             Objects
             in
             which
             we
             have
             been
             afflicted
             ?
             Our
             Fruits
             have
             been
             blasted
             ;
             &
             were
             they
             not
             abused
             in
             the
             excesses
             of
             Sensuality
             ?
             Our
             Lands
             have
             been
             threat'ned
             ;
             and
             were
             not
             They
             the
             Idols
             ,
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             which
             we
             have
             offended
             GOD
             ,
             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
             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
             ,
             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
             ,
             and
             Exactions
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             under
             the
             pretence
             of
             the
             Excise
             carried
             on
             very
             outragious
             Villanies
             ,
             put
             upon
             Considering
             ,
             Whether
             the
             Multitude
             or
             Quality
             of
             Drinking-Houses
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             us
             ,
             had
             not
             once
             been
             a
             
               Stumbling-block
               of
               our
               Iniquity
            
             !
          
           
           
             Again
             ,
             What
             have
             been
             the
             Authors
             from
             whom
             we
             have
             been
             afflicted
             ?
             Our
             Molestations
             have
             risen
             very
             much
             from
             Indian
             Hands
             .
             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
             ;
             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
             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
             .
             And
             have
             not
             we
             also
             Followed
             the
             Indians
             ?
             The
             Indians
             are
             Infamous
             ,
             especially
             for
             Three
             Scandalous
             Qualities
             :
             They
             are
             
               Lazy
               Drones
            
             ,
             and
             love
             Idleness
             Exceedingly
             !
             They
             are
             also
             most
             impudent
             Lyars
             ,
             and
             will
             invent
             Reports
             and
             Stories
             at
             a
             strange
             and
             monstrous
             rate
             ;
             and
             they
             are
             out
             of
             measure
             Indulgent
             unto
             their
             Children
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Family-Government
             among
             them
             .
             But
             ,
             O
             how
             much
             do
             our
             people
             Indianize
             in
             every
             one
             of
             those
             
               Abominable
               things
            
             !
             We
             must
             repent
             of
             these
             our
             miscarriages
             ,
             or
             else
             our
             
             God
             will
             take
             up
             that
             Resolution
             concerning
             us
             ,
             
               I
               will
               even
               for
               sake
               them
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Let
             not
             Sin
             be
             With
             us
             ,
             and
             God
             will
             be
             so
             .
             T
             is
             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
            
             .
          
           
             Especially
             ,
             Let
             us
             take
             heed
             of
             the
             Sins
             ,
             which
             at
             this
             Time
             ,
             we
             have
             a
             peculiar
             Disposition
             to
             .
             It
             was
             complain'd
             in
             Hos.
             7.
             1.
             
             
               When
               I
               would
               have
               healed
               Israel
               ,
               the
               iniquity
               of
               Ephraim
               was
               discovered
               .
            
             It
             has
             bin
             thus
             ,
             but
             God
             will
             not
             be
             With
             us
             ,
             if
             it
             still
             be
             thus
             among
             our selves
             .
             Our
             good
             God
             ,
             the
             
               Lord
               our
               Healer
            
             ,
             is
             now
             
               Healing
               of
            
             us
             :
             O
             let
             us
             not
             now
             be
             impatient
             patients
             ,
             lest
             that
             our
             blessed
             Physitian
             deal
             hardly
             and
             roughly
             with
             us
             .
             
               Impatiens
               aegrotus
            
             crudelem
             
               facit
               Medicum
            
             .
             Let
             us
             now
             no
             more
             discover
             Revengefulness
             against
             them
             that
             have
             deserved
             Ill
             of
             us
             .
             Let
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Sword
             measure
             out
             their
             due
             unto
             them
             .
             No
             more
             discover
             an
             Unthankfulness
             unto
             them
             that
             have
             deserved
             Well
             of
             us
             .
             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
               .
            
             They
             are
             all
             agreed
             (
             I
             hope
             )
             as
             one
             man
             to
             live
             and
             dye
             studying
             of
             your
             Well-fare
             ;
             but
             if
             they
             are
             unjustly
             ill-treated
             with
             you
             ,
             the
             great
             God
             ,
             whose
             Messengers
             they
             are
             ,
             will
             take
             notice
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             
               Ye
               have
               despised
               Me
            
             !
          
           
             And
             O
             let
             us
             no
             more
             Discover
             such
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Lying
             as
             we
             have
             made
             our selves
             worthy
             to
             be
             reproved
             for
             .
             We
             find
             mention
             of
             an
             
               Evil
               Spirit
            
             ,
             that
             said
             in
             1.
             
             King.
             22.
             22.
             
             
               I
               will
               go
               forth
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               be
               a
            
             lying
             
               spririt
               in
               the
               mo●…th
               of
               all
               the
               prophets
               .
            
             Doubtthe
             same
             Devil
             has
             been
             saing
             for
             a
             License
             to
             
               go
               forth
               and
               be
               a
            
             Lying
             Spirit
             
               in
               the
               month
               of
               near
               all
               the
               people
               here
               :
            
             I
             would
             to
             God
             ,
             this
             Devil
             were
             in
             a
             
               Shorter
               Chain
            
             !
             I
             beseech
             you
             Let
             not
             this
             Land
             have
             that
             Character
             ,
             
               A
               Countrey
               full
               of
               Lies
            
             .
          
           
             But
             of
             all
             our
             Errors
             ,
             There
             is
             none
             of
             such
             dangerous
             and
             threatning
             Consequence
             as
             the
             〈◊〉
             which
             we
             are
             too
             prone
             to
             break
             forth
             into
             .
             We
             are
             too
             much
             a
             Con●…entio●…s
             ,
             and
             that
             will
             soon
             render
             us
             a
             Wretched
             and
             a
             Ruin'd
             people
             .
             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
             ,
             If
             a
             Child
             did
             but
             cry
             PEACE
             ,
             they
             must
             End
             the
             Quarrel
             ,
             or
             else
             he
             dyed
             that
             strook
             the
             first
             blow
             after
             PEACE
             was
             named
             .
             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
             ,
             and
             how
             ready
             we
             are
             to
             treat
             one
             another
             with
             siery
             Animosities
             ,
             had
             need
             cry
             ,
             
               Peace
               ,
               Peace
            
             !
             with
             a
             very
             speedy
             importunity
             .
             For
             my
             own
             part
             ,
             I
             confess
             my self
             but
             a
             Child
             ,
             and
             among
             the
             meanest
             ,
             the
             smallest
             of
             your
             Children
             too
             ;
             but
             yet
             I
             am
             old
             enough
             to
             cry
             Peace
             !
             and
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             I
             do
             it
             .
             Peace
             !
             my
             dear
             Countrey-men
             ;
             Let
             there
             be
             Peace
             in
             all
             our
             
               Studies
               ,
               Peace
            
             in
             all
             our
             Actions
             ,
             and
             Peace
             notwithstanding
             all
             our
             Differences
             .
             We
             cannot
             avoid
             having
             our
             
               Different
               Sentiments
            
             ;
             but
             Peace
             !
             I
             say
             ;
             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
             ;
             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
             long-liv'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
             .
             But
             I
             pray
             ,
             which
             of
             them
             American
             Cities
             ,
             must
             New-England
             become
             Incorporate
             into
             ?
             Truly
             ,
             If
             we
             are
             a
             Fighting
             ,
             or
             a
             Disagreeing
             People
             ,
             we
             shall
             not
             be
             a
             Pious
             one
             .
             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
             ,
             &
             mistakes
             ,
             &
             Misprisions
             not
             a
             few
             .
             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
             !
             Let
             us
             all
             condescend
             one
             unto
             another
             ;
             and
             let
             no
             man
             be
             in
             a
             foaming
             Rage
             ,
             if
             every
             Sheaf
             do
             not
             bow
             to
             hi●…
             .
             There
             is
             one
             ingenious
             
             way
             to
             unite
             this
             people
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             so
             heeded
             as
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             .
             I
             remember
             ,
             an
             inquisitive
             person
             of
             old
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             know
             which
             was
             the
             
               Best
               Sect
            
             among
             all
             the
             Philosophers
             ,
             he
             asked
             one
             and
             another
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             still
             preferr'd
             the
             Sect
             which
             he
             was
             of
             himself
             :
             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
             .
             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
             .
             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
             .
             Let
             every
             man
             do
             
               his
               Part
            
             ,
             and
             
               his
               Best
            
             in
             this
             Matter
             ,
             
               That
               God
               may
               be
               with
               us
               .
            
          
           
             Behold
             ,
             a
             work
             provided
             for
             all
             sorts
             of
             men
             .
          
           
             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
             !
             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
            
             .
             A
             little
             Consultation
             may
             soon
             produce
             ,
             what
             all
             New-England
             may
             bless
             you
             for
             .
             Yea
             ,
             t
             is
             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
               !
            
             May
             a
             godly
             and
             a
             learned
             Ministry
             be
             every
             where
             encouraged
             :
             and
             no
             Plantations
             allowed
             to
             live
             without
             a
             good
             Minister
             in
             them
             .
             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
             ,
             and
             all
             good
             wayes
             to
             nourish
             them
             and
             support
             them
             in
             every
             Town
             ,
             be
             put
             in
             Execution
             ;
             you
             shall
             then
             probably
             leave
             the
             
               Presence
               of
               God
            
             ,
             as
             a
             blessed
             Legacy
             with
             such
             as
             may
             come
             after
             you
             .
             I
             know
             not
             whether
             we
             do
             ,
             or
             can
             at
             this
             Day
             ,
             labour
             under
             an
             iller
             Symtom
             ,
             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
             ;
             and
             were
             the
             Benefits
             of
             a
             Religious
             and
             Ingenuous
             Education
             bestowed
             upon
             them
             ,
             they
             would
             soon
             prove
             an
             Admirable
             People
             ;
             and
             as
             we
             know
             that
             England
             afforded
             the
             first
             Discoverers
             of
             America
             in
             these
             latter
             Ages
             ,
             whatever
             the
             Spaniards
             may
             pretend
             unto
             the
             Contrary
             ;
             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
             ;
             So
             our
             little
             New-England
             may
             soon
             produce
             them
             that
             shall
             be
             Commanders
             of
             the
             greatest
             Glories
             that
             America
             can
             pretend
             unto
             .
             But
             if
             our
             Youth
             be
             permitted
             to
             run
             wild
             in
             our
             Woods
             ,
             we
             shall
             soon
             be
             Forsaken
             by
             that
             God
             ,
             
               Whom
               our
               Fathers
               followed
               hither
               ,
               when
               it
               was
               a
               land
               not
               sown
            
             ;
             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
             ;
             for
             the
             last
             of
             the
             Latter
             dayes
             .
             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
             ,
             when
             you
             shall
             be
             
               gone
               to
               be
               forever
               with
               the
               Lord.
            
             Allow
             me
             to
             say
             ,
             unto
             the
             Fathers
             of
             this
             Countrey
             ,
             what
             was
             said
             unto
             the
             Iudges
             of
             old
             ,
             
               Deal
               courageously
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               shall
               be
               with
               the
               good
               .
            
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             Us
             ,
             that
             are
             and
             shall
             be
             Inferiors
             ,
             Let
             us
             also
             do
             what
             we
             can
             ,
             That
             our
             God
             may
             be
             still
             among
             us
             .
             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
               .
            
             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
             .
             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
             ;
             and
             the
             Ancestor
             of
             that
             Illustrious
             Person
             ,
             whose
             glorious
             Design
             and
             Service
             ,
             we
             have
             lately
             with
             so
             much
             Unanimity
             Declared
             for
             ;
             that
             when
             he
             was
             basely
             murthered
             by
             the
             Pistol
             of
             a
             papist
             ,
             His
             dying
             and
             only
             words
             were
             ,
             O
             
             
               my
               God
               ,
               take
               pitty
               of
               my
               soul
               ,
               and
               of
               this
               poor
               people
               .
            
             When
             he
             had
             but
             one
             breath
             to
             draw
             in
             the
             world
             His
             
               poor
               people
            
             had
             half
             of
             it
             !
             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
             beat
             away
             all
             that
             may
             essay
             to
             do
             us
             any
             Harm
             .
             So
             shall
             we
             be
             Led
             and
             Fed
             among
             the
             Sheep
             of
             our
             GOD
             ;
             He
             will
             Restore
             us
             ,
             and
             His
             Goodness
             and
             Mercy
             shall
             
               follow
               us
               all
               our
               Dayes
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           MANTISSA
           .
        
         
           THus
           have
           the
           Words
           of
           God
           been
           Calling
           upon
           us
           ,
           to
           beware
           of
           Loosing
           His
           gracious
           Presence
           .
           Now
           the
           Presence
           of
           God
           ,
           will
           either
           go
           or
           stay
           with
           His
           Gospel
           ;
           and
           the
           Principal
           Danger
           of
           New-England
           lies
           in
           its
           giving
           an
           ill
           Entertainment
           unto
           that
           glorious
           Gospel
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           .
           Let
           us
           then
           see
           wether
           the
           Works
           of
           God
           ,
           have
           not
           also
           been
           calling
           upon
           us
           to
           take
           heed
           of
           that
           Epidemical
           Evil
           ;
           and
           let
           what
           has
           befallen
           some
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           in
           our
           dayes
           be
           produced
           as
           a
           Warning
           unto
           us
           to
           avoid
           any
           Contempt
           of
           that
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           others
           have
           smarted
           for
           the
           Slighting
           of
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           fill
           the
           Remaining
           pages
           of
           this
           sheet
           with
           a
           Discourse
           fetch
           't
           from
           a
           Reserved
           Collection
           of
           MEMORABLE
           PROVIDENCES
           ,
           not
           improper
           to
           be
           produced
           on
           this
           Occasion
           .
        
         
           
             
               MATTH
               .
               X.
               14.
               15.
               
            
             
               
                 Whosoever
                 shall
                 not
                 receive
                 you
                 ,
                 nor
                 hear
                 your
                 Words
                 ,
                 It
                 shall
                 be
                 more
                 tolerable
                 for
              
               Sodom
               and
               Gomorrah
               
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 Iudgement
                 ,
                 than
                 for
                 that
                 City
                 .
              
            
          
           
             To
             Despise
             and
             Reject
             the
             Glorious
             Gospel
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             is
             an
             Evil
             ,
             than
             which
             none
             is
             more
             evil
             ;
             and
             yet
             nothing
             is
             more
             ordinary
             than
             this
             extraordinarily
             
               sinful
               Sin
            
             ;
             which
             Unbeleef
             may
             be
             accounted
             ,
             as
             Tertullian
             of
             old
             esteem'd
             Idolatry
             ,
             the
             
               Praecipuum
               ●…rimen
               Humani
               generis
            
             ,
             the
             grand
             Crime
             of
             
             Mankind
             .
             
               Low
               thoughts
            
             about
             the
             Person
             ,
             and
             the
             Office
             ,
             and
             the
             Beauty
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             ;
             
               contemt●…uous
               Apprehensions
            
             of
             His
             Truths
             and
             His
             wayes
             ,
             and
             His
             Ordinances
             ;
             these
             are
             the
             Things
             which
             bring
             the
             most
             
               Signal
               slery
               Wrath
            
             of
             God
             upon
             the
             
               Children
               of
               unperswadeableness
            
             .
             The
             
               peculiar
               Controversy
            
             of
             God
             with
             man
             ,
             in
             the
             managing
             of
             which
             the
             most
             High
             God
             inflicts
             upon
             particular
             persons
             ,
             at
             once
             a
             Blasting
             on
             their
             Estates
             ,
             and
             a
             Blindness
             on
             their
             Spirits
             here
             ,
             as
             the
             Prologue
             to
             the
             Hottest
             
               Vengeance
               of
               Eternal
               sire
            
             in
             the
             dismal
             vaults
             of
             Hell
             below
             ,
             is
             not
             so
             much
             on
             the
             score
             of
             all
             their
             other
             Profanity
             &
             Iniquity
             ,
             as
             this
             one
             thing
             ,
             
               They
               sleight
               the
               Redeemer
               of
               their
               souls
               .
            
             And
             this
             is
             that
             thing
             ,
             by
             which
             whole
             Nations
             &
             Peoples
             bring
             
               swift
               Destruction
            
             upon
             themselves
             ;
             that
             thing
             for
             which
             all
             the
             Seals
             ,
             all
             the
             Trumpets
             ,
             all
             the
             Vials
             in
             the
             Apocalypse
             ,
             have
             brought
             in
             the
             direful
             plagues
             of
             the
             Almighty
             upon
             the
             Pagan
             and
             the
             Papal
             ,
             after
             the
             Ruine
             of
             the
             Iewish
             World.
             
               They
               have
               maintained
               a
               vile
            
             Praejudice
             
               against
               the
               Saving
               and
               the
               Ruling
               Hands
               of
               a
               Gracious
               Mediator
               .
            
             O
             that
             ,
             besides
             the
             other
             innumerable
             Rebukes
             of
             Heaven
             upon
             mankind
             for
             this
             
               Madness
               in
               their
               hearts
            
             ,
             the
             following
             Instances
             of
             Divine
             Displeasure
             may
             awaken
             us
             to
             
               Take
               heed
               of
               an
               evil
               heart
               of
               Unbelief
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Exemple
               I.
               
            
             
               ¶
               AMong
               all
               the
               Nations
               of
               wild
               Salvages
               by
               which
               the
               vast
               Territory
               of
               New-England
               was
               inhabited
               ,
               scarce
               any
               was
               more
               potent
               or
               populous
               than
               that
               of
               the
               Narragansetts
               .
               Unto
               those
               miserable
               Heathen
               was
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               a
               Gospel
               
                 without
                 charges
              
               too
               ,
               offered
               by
               some
               English
               preachers
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               they
               peremptorily
               with
               much
               affront
               &
               contempt
               refused
               the
               
                 Glad
                 tidings
                 of
                 Salvation
                 by
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               praeferring
               their
               own
               devillish
               Rites
               &
               gods
               before
               the
               
                 New
                 Thing
              
               tendered
               unto
               them
               .
               An
               holy
               man
               ,
               then
               famous
               throughout
               our
               Churches
               ,
               hereupon
               let
               sall
               a
               speech
               to
               this
               purpose
               ,
               
                 I
                 speak
                 altogether
                 without
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 if
                 this
                 nation
                 be
                 not
                 speedily
                 &
                 remarkably
                 destroyed
                 .
              
               And
               so
               it
               happened
               .
               This
               Nation
               ,
               much
               against
               the
               advice
               of
               the
               more
               aged
               men
               among
               them
               ,
               engaged
               in
               the
               late
               bloody
               armed
               Conspiracy
               with
               the
               other
               Indians
               in
               the
               Countrey
               to
               cut
               off
               the
               English
               :
               in
               prosecution
               of
               which
               ,
               after
               they
               had
               done
               many
               Acts
               of
               Hostility
               ,
               the
               English
               Army
               took
               the
               just
               provocation
               in
               the
               depth
               of
               Winter
               to
               assault
               the
               strong
               Fort
               &
               Swamp
               in
               which
               was
               their
               General
               Rendezvouz
               .
               The
               Number
               of
               our
               Forces
               was
               much
               inferiour
               unto
               theirs
               ,
               but
               with
               a
               wonderful
               Valour
               ,
               &
               memorable
               Success
               ,
               on
               our
               part
               ,
               the
               Day
               was
               carried
               against
               the
               tawny
               Infidels
               .
               Their
               City
               was
               laid
               in
               Ashes
               ,
               two
               and
               twenty
               
               of
               their
               
                 Cheef
                 Captains
              
               were
               kill'd
               ,
               with
               we
               know
               not
               how
               many
               Hundreds
               or
               Thousands
               of
               the
               common
               Indians
               ;
               after
               which
               ,
               mortal
               Sickness
               &
               horrid
               Famin
               pursued
               the
               Remainders
               of
               them
               ;
               so
               that
               there
               are
               scarce
               any
               of
               them
               that
               we
               know
               of
               ,
               to
               be
               now
               seen
               upon
               the
               face
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Exemple
               .
               II.
               
            
             
               ¶
               The
               Ringleader
               of
               the
               last
               Warr
               which
               the
               Indians
               asslicted
               the
               English
               in
               this
               Land
               withal
               ,
               was
               Philip
               the
               Prince
               of
               the
               Wompanoags
               .
               That
               gracious
               and
               laborious
               Apostle
               of
               the
               Indians
               ,
               the
               Reverend
               
                 Iohn
                 Eliot
              
               ,
               made
               a
               Tender
               of
               the
               Gospel
               to
               this
               Monster
               ,
               who
               after
               the
               Indian
               mode
               of
               joining
               signs
               with
               words
               ,
               pulling
               off
               a
               Button
               on
               the
               good
               man's
               Coat
               ,
               told
               him
               ,
               
                 He
                 did
                 not
                 value
                 what
                 he
                 said
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 that
                 :
              
               and
               he
               moreover
               hindred
               his
               subjects
               from
               embracing
               the
               
                 Christian
                 Religion
              
               through
               a
               fear
               which
               he
               expressed
               ,
               
                 That
                 it
                 might
                 obstruct
                 something
                 of
                 their
                 Civil
                 absolute
                 unlimited
                 Obedience
                 to
                 him
                 .
              
               After
               his
               Invasion
               of
               the
               English
               with
               some
               unhappy
               Success
               ,
               the
               Hand
               of
               God
               so
               fell
               upon
               him
               ,
               as
               that
               after
               many
               Calamities
               ,
               one
               of
               his
               own
               Vassals
               upon
               a
               disgust
               at
               him
               ,
               for
               killing
               an
               Indian
               who
               had
               propounded
               an
               Expedient
               of
               Peace
               with
               the
               English
               ,
               ran
               away
               from
               him
               ,
               informing
               our
               Forces
               where
               he
               was
               ;
               and
               they
               came
               upon
               him
               in
               the
               Thicket
               ,
               just
               as
               he
               was
               telling
               his
               Counsellours
               of
               his
               Dream
               the
               night
               
               before
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 English
                 had
                 taken
                 him
              
               ,
               and
               while
               he
               endeavoured
               an
               Escape
               an
               Indian
               shott
               him
               thro'
               the
               heart
               ,
               whereof
               he
               dyed
               immediately
               ,
               
                 nor
                 are
                 any
                 considerable
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 people
                 now
                 to
                 seen
                 any
                 wher
                 out
                 of
              
               their
               own
               place
               .
            
          
           
             
               Exem
               .
               III.
               
            
             
               Some
               time
               since
               there
               were
               Sundry
               well
               disposed
               persons
               in
               Virginia
               ,
               upon
               whose
               affectionate
               Letters
               ,
               full
               of
               desires
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               enjoy
               the
               meanes
               of
               eternal
               Salvation
               ,
               diverse
               worthy
               Ministers
               were
               sent
               from
               hence
               unto
               them
               ,
               Mr.
               Thomson
               ,
               Mr.
               Knowles
               ,
               &
               Mr.
               Iames
               ;
               who
               after
               a
               passage
               so
               tedious
               &
               dangerous
               as
               made
               them
               almost
               
                 suspect
                 their
                 Call
              
               ,
               at
               length
               arrived
               there
               ,
               where
               God
               gave
               them
               a
               
                 blessed
                 Success
                 of
                 their
                 labours
              
               ,
               with
               a
               loving
               &
               a
               
                 liberal
                 Entertainment
              
               in
               the
               Countrey
               :
               Yet
               it
               was
               not
               long
               before
               the
               Rulers
               of
               the
               Plantation
               drove
               them
               away
               by
               an
               Order
               ,
               
                 That
                 all
                 such
                 as
                 would
                 not
                 Conform
                 to
                 certain
                 things
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 consciences
                 of
                 these
                 Gentlewere
                 known
                 to
                 scruple
                 ,
                 should
                 leave
                 the
                 Countrey
                 by
                 such
                 a
                 day
                 .
              
               Before
               that
               
                 black
                 day
              
               came
               ,
               the
               Indians
               ,
               who
               for
               some
               hundreds
               of
               Miles
               had
               entred
               into
               a
               Confoederacy
               to
               
                 cut
                 off
              
               all
               strangers
               ,
               made
               a
               dreadful
               
                 massacre
                 of
                 the
                 English
              
               ,
               &
               300
               at
               least
               were
               
                 suddenly
                 kill'd
              
               by
               the
               natives
               there
               :
               A
               grievous
               Mortality
               by
               Sickness
               did
               also
               accompany
               the
               said
               Massacre
               ,
               so
               that
               many
               removed
               from
               thence
               ,
               &
               many
               of
               the
               
                 Rest
                 glorified
              
               &
               magnified
               the
               
                 Iustice
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               thus
               avenging
               the
               Quarrel
               of
               His
               
                 Refused
                 Gospel
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           Finis
           .