The Fate Of Blood Thirsty Opressors And God S Tender Care Of His Distressed People

Excerpt from The Fate of Blood-Thirsty Oppressors, and God's Tender Care of His Distressed People: A Sermon, Preached at Lexington, April 19, 1776; To Commemorate the Murder, Bloodshed and Commencement of Hostilities, Between Great-Britain and America, in That Town, by a Brigade of Troops of George III, Under Command of Lieutenant-Colonel Smith Prophecies, efpecially thofe that are, or may be, of general ufe to the people of God, are but feldom literal, either in prediétion or fulfilment. They are rather of ufe to forefhew great and in terefting events, as taking place in the world, in fuch time and mariner, and upon fuch perfons, focieties, nations, or kingdoms, as iball difplay the juftice and equity of divine government, and the peculiar care which Heaven takes of the church and people Of God, for their cor reétion, infiruétion, prefervation or eftablifhment. Agreeably St. Peter fpeaks ftrongly for this method of explaining and improving fcripture prophecies, where he fays exprefsly, that n prophecy of the ofcripture 15 Of any private intero pretation. It 18, therefore, rational to fuppofe, that though prophecies may have fpecial or im mediate reference to particular perfons, focieties, nations or kingdoms, and to events in which they may be immediately interefted; yet they may be fitly confidered as having a further and more important interpretation, which may be Of general ufe for the direétion and edification of God's church and people, in all ages, to the end. In this general fenfe, therefore, you will permit me to confider the prophecy in the paffage be fore us: and thus underftood, it IS eafy to fee feveral things fuggefted in it, worthy our molt ferions attention and religious improvement, upon fuch an occafion as this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library W020312 Half-title: Mr. Clark's sermon. Delivered April nineteenth, M, DCC, LXXVI. Two states noted. In the first, the word "Printed" in the imprint is misspelled "Printd." In the second, the spelling is correct. "Errata."--p. 8, last count. Massachusetts-State: Boston: Printed by Powars and Willis, M, DCC, LXXVI. [1776]. 31, [1],8p.; 8°