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under God were instrumentall for the preservation of that colony which had | 5 [[number in top left corner margin]] | ||
under God were instrumentall for the preservation ,of that colony | |||
which had But one smaul deserted village burnt in this warre | |||
& very little of their other substance destroyed, by the enemy. I have often considered this matter | |||
& and come to this result in my owne thoughts | |||
that the most holy ,and righteous God, hath overruled all countriees & - | |||
affayres in this & other things relating to this warr for such wise judge | |||
& holy ends as these - | |||
1: To make a Rod of the Barbourory heathon to chastise & punish the | |||
English for their sinnes, the Lord had as our faithfull ministers | |||
often declared, Applyed more gentle, chastisements (gradully) to | |||
his New England people. But these proving in great mesure ineffectuall | |||
to produce [[crossed out word]] effectull humiliation & reformation. | |||
hense the Rightious & holy Lord is necesited to draw forth this | |||
smarting Rod of the vile & brutish heathon, who indeed have beene | |||
[[scribbled out word]] a very [[sendre?]] scourge unto New England, Especially unto the | |||
Jurisdiction of massacusetts:, | |||
2ly to teach warre to the young Generation of New England, who | |||
had never been aquainted with it, and specially to teach old & yong | |||
how litle confydence is to bee put in an arme of flesh. & to let them | |||
see if God give commission to a few (comparitivly,) of naked [[scribbled out word]] | |||
men, to execute, any works of God. how insignificant nothings are = numbers of men wel armed & provided, | |||
and endowed with courage & vallour. to opose [[scribbled out letter]] & conquer the enimy, until God turned the | |||
ballance. It was observed by some Judicious, that at the beeginning of | |||
this warre, the English souldiers generaly made ^ a nothing of the | |||
indians & many spake words to this effect, that one english man was | |||
sufficient to chase ten Indians many Reckoned it was no other but veni, | |||
vidi, vici. Surly the Lord wel knew, that if hee should have given his | |||
people victory, before they were in some measure convicted [[scribbled out 'for']] of this | |||
sinne of trusting in an arme of flesh that little Glory would accrew to his name | |||
by such a deliverance. | |||
3 The purging & trying of the faith & patience of the Godly English & | |||
Chtian Indians, certenly was another end God aymed at in this | |||
Chastisement. And the discovery of Hipocrisy and wickednes in Some | |||
that were Redy to cry Aha, at the sore calamity upon the English | |||
people in this warre, & as much as in them lay to overthrow Gods | |||
[[scribbled out letters]] works in Gospelizing the poore Indians: |
Latest revision as of 16:41, 7 May 2022
5 number in top left corner margin under God were instrumentall for the preservation ,of that colony which had But one smaul deserted village burnt in this warre & very little of their other substance destroyed, by the enemy. I have often considered this matter & and come to this result in my owne thoughts that the most holy ,and righteous God, hath overruled all countriees & - affayres in this & other things relating to this warr for such wise judge & holy ends as these - 1: To make a Rod of the Barbourory heathon to chastise & punish the English for their sinnes, the Lord had as our faithfull ministers often declared, Applyed more gentle, chastisements (gradully) to his New England people. But these proving in great mesure ineffectuall to produce crossed out word effectull humiliation & reformation. hense the Rightious & holy Lord is necesited to draw forth this smarting Rod of the vile & brutish heathon, who indeed have beene scribbled out word a very sendre? scourge unto New England, Especially unto the Jurisdiction of massacusetts:, 2ly to teach warre to the young Generation of New England, who had never been aquainted with it, and specially to teach old & yong how litle confydence is to bee put in an arme of flesh. & to let them see if God give commission to a few (comparitivly,) of naked scribbled out word men, to execute, any works of God. how insignificant nothings are = numbers of men wel armed & provided, and endowed with courage & vallour. to opose scribbled out letter & conquer the enimy, until God turned the ballance. It was observed by some Judicious, that at the beeginning of this warre, the English souldiers generaly made ^ a nothing of the indians & many spake words to this effect, that one english man was sufficient to chase ten Indians many Reckoned it was no other but veni, vidi, vici. Surly the Lord wel knew, that if hee should have given his people victory, before they were in some measure convicted scribbled out 'for' of this sinne of trusting in an arme of flesh that little Glory would accrew to his name by such a deliverance. 3 The purging & trying of the faith & patience of the Godly English & Chtian Indians, certenly was another end God aymed at in this Chastisement. And the discovery of Hipocrisy and wickednes in Some that were Redy to cry Aha, at the sore calamity upon the English people in this warre, & as much as in them lay to overthrow Gods scribbled out letters works in Gospelizing the poore Indians: