This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ...speciousness of this defence. Now Simon yong, step in among, these worthies take thy place: All day to toile in vinyard, while Christ thee upholds with grace; Thee wisdom grave betime he gave, and tongue to utter it, That thou mightst be a blessing free, and for this calling fit. Thy counsell well advis'd dost tell, with words ordered compleat, Thy memory, doth amplifie, meeting with matters great. Broad liberty, do thou deny, Brodstreet Christ would thee have For's truth contend, strong reason spend, it from aspersion save. He furnish't thee with these gifts free, to last he must them make, Still adding more, to thy old store, till he thee to him take. The Lord was pleased to furnish these his people with some able instruments in most of their Townes, that were skill'd in Common-wealth work, out of which they chose their Deputies, whose number was ordinarily between 30. and 40. Some of them there will be occasion to speake of among their Military Men, but see here the Wonder-working Providence of Sions Saviour appears much in gathering together stones to build up the walls of Jerusalem . With a whispering word in the eares of his servants, he crosses the Angles of England from Cornewall to Kent, from Dover to Barwick, not leaving out Scotland and Wales; Wise men are perswaded to the worke without arguing like Elisha, when Elias cast his mantle on him, so these men make no stop, but say suffer me onely to sell my inheritance, and I will away for New England. And now I could wish our Brethren in England would not be angry with us for making such hast. Brethren, you know how the case stood with our Ministers, as it was with Gideon,1 who could thresh out no Corne, but hee must doe it...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ...speciousness of this defence. Now Simon yong, step in among, these worthies take thy place: All day to toile in vinyard, while Christ thee upholds with grace; Thee wisdom grave betime he gave, and tongue to utter it, That thou mightst be a blessing free, and for this calling fit. Thy counsell well advis'd dost tell, with words ordered compleat, Thy memory, doth amplifie, meeting with matters great. Broad liberty, do thou deny, Brodstreet Christ would thee have For's truth contend, strong reason spend, it from aspersion save. He furnish't thee with these gifts free, to last he must them make, Still adding more, to thy old store, till he thee to him take. The Lord was pleased to furnish these his people with some able instruments in most of their Townes, that were skill'd in Common-wealth work, out of which they chose their Deputies, whose number was ordinarily between 30. and 40. Some of them there will be occasion to speake of among their Military Men, but see here the Wonder-working Providence of Sions Saviour appears much in gathering together stones to build up the walls of Jerusalem . With a whispering word in the eares of his servants, he crosses the Angles of England from Cornewall to Kent, from Dover to Barwick, not leaving out Scotland and Wales; Wise men are perswaded to the worke without arguing like Elisha, when Elias cast his mantle on him, so these men make no stop, but say suffer me onely to sell my inheritance, and I will away for New England. And now I could wish our Brethren in England would not be angry with us for making such hast. Brethren, you know how the case stood with our Ministers, as it was with Gideon,1 who could thresh out no Corne, but hee must doe it...