At a General Court held at Boston the 11th. of Octob. 1675 [i.e., 1676]. Whereas it hath pleased our gracious God, contrary to the many... (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

"WHereas it hath pleased our gracious God, contrary to the many evill-deservings of an unworthy and sinfull People such as we are, so far to espouse the interest of his poor people, as to plead their Cause with the Heathen in this Wilderness, that have risen up against us, and broken in upon many of our Towns and places as a , seeking the utter extirpation and ruine of the interest of our Lord Jesus, in the Wilderness, and that with so considerable a progress, and such strange success, as ought not soon to be forgotten by us: in this day of our calamity, God hath made bare his own Arm for our Deliverance, by taking away courage and Counsel from our enemyes, and giving strange advantages and great success to our selves and Confederates against them, that of those several Tribes and Partyes that have risen up against us, which were not a few, there now scarce remains a Name or Family of them in their former habitations; but are either slain, captivated or fled into remote parts of this wilderness, or lye hid despairing of their first intentions against us, at least in these parts: unto which mercy, God hath added an abatement of those Epidemical Sicknesses that have attended us most part of this Summer, and vouchsafed us a liberal portion of the fruits of the earth, for our comfortable sustentation and Relief: The joynt consideration of these things ministers great cause, and the same God that is Author of them, can give us hearts to offer..." This is an edition of a classical book first published in the eighteenth century.