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Phænomena quædam apocalyptica ad aspectum novi orbis configurata, or, Some few lines towards a description of the new heaven as it makes to those who stand upon the new earth by Samuel Sewall ...
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Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730.
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Good Spirit lift up a Standard against the Cruel Enemy of Christ and Mankind that such Enemies may be scattered And let the Lord lift up his Hand declare his Power to the Gentiles that they may be gathered to and by the Standard of the Gospel And I would bless them in the Name of the Lord that with true hearts shall go forth to either part of this Work Isa 59 19. 49.22 The fervent Zeal of this learned and holy Man would provoke a very Stone to speak and therefore I hope the Christian Reader will lend a favoutable Ear to my short Antiphony What hath Old-anti-Christ to do in the New World By their own Conlession their Ch. is an Old woman past Child bearing Sâ—d nos â—xâ—am 〈◊〉 senectu tem agnescâ—â—â—â—s quâ—â—â—â—â—modum Nec Dei Whitaker p 5.4 Let them seek their heretookâ— where they cast fâ—nae them Nam Ecclesia omnium censensu etjam haereticerum jam senuit si ergo in sua adolescentia ac juventute non crevisset quomodo nunc in senectute cresceret Bellarmin de not Ecclesiâ—â— lib. 4. cap. 7. col 175. 176. D. One of this Mark may indeed be the Pope's Where but the Spouse of CHRIST she cannot be For it is altogether impossible that the LAMB's Wife should ever wax Old and become Unfruitfull Her Youth is renewed as the Eagles It is most certain that the True Church will be Ten times more Vigorous and Fruitfull than ever before In this Instance Bellarmin's Fiddle is miserably out of Tune if compared with David's Harp Ps 45 16. In stead of thy Fathers shall be thy Children 113 9. He maketh the barren woman to keep house to be a joyfull Mother of Children praise ye the LORD Compare this with the Wedding mentioned Rev. 19 1â—.7 where likewise the burden of the Song is Alleâ—ujah and Rev. 21.5 Behold I make all things NEW and we shall perceive a perfect ravishing Diapason As for the Dearness of the Gospel in New England being Fore warnd we ought to be Fore-armd that we may not be outbid Truth is a Kind of Gold that cannot be bought too dear Truth is such a Commodity as never broke the Buyer whatever it cost him Caryl on Job 12.16 My honoured Pastor the Reverend Mr. Samuel Willard a person eminent for Soundness of Judgement and Clearness of Expression lately preached and printed some excellent Sermons the Text Title whereof is Buy the Truth and Sell it not In the 48 49.68 69. pages there are Lines very proper for the New-English Planters as also in the 117 118 and 125. pages of Covenant Keeping the way to Blessedness May they accordingly Obtain Mercy and finde Grace to help in time of Need If we consult the memorable Epistle of Mr. Shepard of Cambridge and Mr. Allin of Dedham before their Answer to the Nine Positions Or if we inquire of the Learned and Judicious Mr. Jonathan Mitchel and Mr. Urian Oakes * Rlection-Sermon p. 17-21 we shall finde they reckoned that the Planters had a good Bargain And this Amiable Quaternion were all born in England but chose to have their Graves here at our Cambridge and Dedham An impossibility of subsisting there As this seems to be all Attend we our Errand upon which Christ sent us into the Wilderness He will provide Bread for us Mr. Dauforth Elect. Sermon pag. 22. so this is Argument enough if it can be made out Miraculous Samson could not withstand Thirst nor Prodigious Jonathan Hunger Upon the Resettlement of Virginia by the Lord la Ware June 9. 1610. there is this remark This was the Arm of the Lord of Hosts who would have his People pass the Red Sea Wilderness and then to possesse the Land of Canaan Altho there were not Ten to One yet there were Ten to Two of those who went to search the Land of Canaan who reported A Land that eateth up the Inhabitants thereof Num. 13.32 And some pious honest man being surrounded with Difficulties at his first coming hither might Unadvisedly write a discouraging Letter Unto which his never Returning to England and the flourishing circumstances of his Grandson at this day in New England are a very desirable and pleasant Contradiction p. 107. Capt. John Smith in his History published Anno 1624. affirms that he found New England well inhabited with a goodly p. 209 215. strong and well proportioned People And the Proverb is Shew me the Man and not the Meat And if men can be contented with the Food and Raiment intended in 1 Tim. 6.8 they need not fear subsisting where Ash Chesnut Hazel Oak Walnut do naturally and plentifully grow But for this let Mr. Morden be consulted p. 607-61â— to whom N. E. is beholden for the fair Character given them in his Geographie It is remarkable that Mr. Parker who was a successfull Schoolmaster at Newbury in Barkshire in the happy days of Dr. Twisse was much about this time preaching and Proving at Ipswich in Essex That the Passengers came over upon good Grounds and that GOD would multiply them as He did the Children of Israel His Text was Exod. 1.7 As Mr. Nicolas Noyes who was an Auditor and is yet living lately informed me Mr. Parker was at this time 1634. principally concerned in beginning Newbury where the Learned and Ingenious Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge Dr. Twisse's Successor had part of his Education under his Unckle Parker Mary Brown now Godfry the First-born of Newbury is yet alive and is become the Mother and Grandmother of many children Besides all than have issued out to begin other Plantations And so many have been born after her in the Town that they make two Assemblies wherein GOD is solemnly worshipped every Sabbath Day And As long as Plum Island shall faithfully keep the commanded Post Notwithstanding all the hectoring Words and hard Blows of the proud and boisterous Ocean As long as any Salmon or Sturgeon shall swim in the streams of Merrimack or any Perch or Pickeril in Crane-Pond As long as the Sea-Fowl shall know the Time of their coming and not neglect seasonably to visit the Places of their Acquaintance As long as any Cattel shall be fed with the Grass growing in the Medows which do humbly bow down themselves before Turkie-Hill As long as any Sheep shall walk upon Old Town Hills and shall from thence pleasantly look down upon the River Parker and the fruitfull Marishes lying beneath As long as any free and harmless Doves shall find a White Oak or other Tree within the Township to perch or feed or build a careless Nest upon and shall voluntarily present themselves to perform the office of Gleaners after Barley Harvest As long as Nature shall not grow Old and dote but shall constantly remember to give the rows of Indian Corn their education by Pairs So long shall Christians be born there and being first made meet shall from thence be Translated to be made partakers of the Inheritance of the Saints in Light Now seeing the Inhabitants of Newbury and of New England upon the due Observance of their Tenure may expect that their Rich and Gracious LORD will continue and confirm them in the Possession of these invaluable Privileges Let us have Grace whereby we may serve GOD acceptably with Reverence and godly Fear For our GOD is a consuming Fire Heb. 12.28 29. The mention of Mary Brown brings to mind an idle Whimsey as if Persons born in N.E. would be short liv'd Whereas the Native live long And a Judgment concerning English-men cannot well be made till Twenty or Thirty years hence Capt. Peregrine White born Novemb. 1620. is yet alive and like to live Major William Bradford whose honorable Father Governour Bradford married here is more than 73. years old and hath worn a Bullet in his Flesh above 20 of them Elizabeth Alden * Whose Grand daughter is a Mother now Paybody Capt. John Alden her brother Alexander Standish and John Howland have lived more than Seventy years This Summer â—â—â—â—mkle the Reverend Mr. James Noyes was a painfull Labourer in God 's Vineyard at Newbury Ensign James Noyes hath happily discovered a Body of Marble at Newbury within half a mile of the Navigable part of Little River by which means much better Lime may be made than of Oyster shells or West-India Lime-stones and afforded at a much cheaper rate This Summer a Contribution hath been made at Rode-Island and Narraganset but firstly and principally at Connecticut by a Brief from the honorable the Governour Council there By the continuance of which brotherly Love many Hundreds in this Province almost quite slain with Hunger have been rescued and revived It is observable that by far the greatest part of our Divines have received their Birth and Education here Who by solidity of Learning soundness of Doctrine and Integrity of Life do give much honour to their Lord and Master And as Dr. Twisse's VINDICâ—E came out Anno 1632. quickly after the Settlement of New England which was in the Years 1620 1628 1630. So that Faith which the Doctor did Earnestly and Victoriously contend for is no where more Unanimously Skillfully and Resolutely desended than here Holy Shepard hath his Wash Elect. Sermon pag. 16. As a Memorial for the Plantations of JESUS CHRIâ—T in New England a worthy Divine whose honorable Parents were born here is erecting a Testimonial Pillar more ornamental and durable thâ—n poliâ—â—ed Marble And this very Year notwithstanding the Plast the Worm the Frost the Drought the War The Inhabitants of Faufield Newten Rowley and Excenter have been at the Charge to build themselves very fair and large Meeting Houses for the puâ—liâ—â— Worship oâ— GOD. I would thin hope that the End of the Lord with New England Chap. 13.15 will be such as was with Job Because the Language of this Thing see noth to be The He Slay us yet will we Trayâ—â—â—a Hâ—â—d October 7. 1697.