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New-England's MISERY, The procuring CAUSE, And A REMEDY proposed.

COMPOSED October, 1758.

BOSTON: Printed and Sold by Z. Fowle and S. Draper, opposite the Lion & Bell, in Marlborough-Street

M,DCC,LVIII. 1758.

[Price Half-Piastereen.]
New-England's MISERY. —Now impious Arms from ev'ry Part resound.— The crooked Scythes are straightened into Swords: The Plain no Pasture to the Flock affords.— Perfidious Mars, long plighted Leagues divides, And o'er the wasted World in Triumph rides.— —The holy Pow'r that cloaths the senseless Earth With Woods, with Fruits, with Flow'rs, and verdant Grass, Whose bounteous Hands feeds the whole Brute-Creation, Knows all our Wants, and has enough to give us.— BEHOLD, and see how deeply we do feel divine Displeasure; Our Land before has never bore of Wrath so great a Measure: Distress and War, both near and far, Home, and Abroad Vexation; Our Enemies, against us rise for to cut off our Nation. Our frontier Towns, the Land around, are miserably wasted; Of Cruelty, large Measure we most certainly have tasted. The French combine, the Indians join their antichristian Powers, For to destroy both low and high from off this Land of our's. Alas! from Peace we now must cease, to go where Cannon rattle; Our Ploughs forsake, and Weapons take, from Husbandry to Battle:— Our tender Wives commit our Lives unto divine Protection, Not thinking we'll each other see until the Resurrection; Parting with Sighs, and wat'ry Eyes, our Leaders we must follow Unto the Field, our Swords to wield, and in our Blood to wallow: We meet our Foes, and them oppose with Drums and Cannon sounding;— Hark! hear our Voice, confused Noise from Hill to Hill rebounding: The Field all o'er with purple Gore is stain'd, while Men lay dying; Some with a Groan their Case bemoan, others for Mercy crying; With aking Hearts, each one exerts the utmost of his Power, Still lohging the Event to see, each Minute seems an Hour:— Some Battles they The French. have won the Day, and Forts, and Men destroyed; Sometimes again, our Countrymen has them as much annoyed. The Mob The Indians. of Hell, whose savage Yell, with Visage grim and painted;— Would surely make a Heart to quake, that's with them unacquainted; Whilst wer'e at Work, these lay and lurk about our Fields and Pastures, Then suddenly upon us fly, and so of us get Masters: When any Man falls in their Hands, they're Cruel and Insulting; But most acute, these human Brutes, at Killing are, and Scalping:— Likewise again, our Land within, we greatly are distressed; Our Taxes lie both hard and high, wherewith we are oppressed; Yielding Supports for building Forts, and for maintaining Soldiers; It makes us Cry, where this doth lie, and gaul our peeled Shoulders. Our Fishing-Trade is much decay'd: likewise our foreign Traders Much Misery do suffer by our insolent Invaders: Whole Houses stroy'd, and render'd void, hath been the Destination Of many a one, who out upon our Frontiers had his Station: These Judgments we both feel, and see, and with them are perplexed, And many more I might tell o'er, wherewith our Land is vexed; But every Man's Experience may be his own Informer; (In every Town the Country round.— I dwell but in a Corner.—) But whence came these our Miseries? from Casualty or Fortune, Or be the Fates with our Estates and Lives, themselves a sporting? Such Seasons we did never see in any Generation This Land within, since it has been possessed by our Nation: Each sober one, who thinks thereon, will sure make this Reflection, This is the Rod and Hand of God, and this is His Correction.
The procuring CAUSE. THEN let us try if we can spy wherein we have offended Our angry God, for which his Rod unto us is extended; Our Land has been a Place wherein the Lord hath shewed Favour; Where Gospel-Light hath shined bright, with sweet, and heav'nly Savour: But now, alas! sad, awful Case! how many of our Nation Slight, and abuse the blessed News, and Tidings of Salvation! Our Love grows cold, in Sin we're bold, Iniquity abounding, Spreads o'er the Land, I understand, like to a Deluge drowning! Our Ministers, like pilot Stars, should guide in this Declention;— But, ah! how rare they answer their original Intention! How very few, when first they do accept of the Vocation, Sincerely aim to praise God's Name, and to promote Salvation! How very few among them shew from Jesus Christ a Warrant; Whose Holy walk, and Heav'nly talk promote the Gospel errand! How very are they every where, through this Part of our Nation, Are apt to teach, and likewise preach, with Pow'r and Demonstration; Causing, that few we see into God's Family adopted; Which demonstrates how much he hates a Minist'ry corrupted:— And, our Trustees of all Degrees, who are with Pow'r invested To watch the Ground, God's Vineyard round, and see it not molested; Who ought in Case of Fatherless and Widows to be Pleaders, And in Christ's Cause, and for his Laws, should be the foremost Leaders; Alas! must I against them cry? for Reverence such I owe them, If conscience could, I freely would in my Complaint forgo them: Pride, carnal Ease, the Flesh to please, Injustice, and Oppression, They awfully are tainted by, must be my sad Confession: Good Joshua his Path this Day how much by them despised; With Family Pray'r, how very rare will they be stigmatized; How often, when they get poor Men unto a lawless Border, We hear a cry of Treachery, Oppression, and Disorder: And they likewise, who in their Lives exalt free Grace's Donor, How seldom they promoted be to any Post of Honour:— And likewise in our common Men, in this New-English Nation, All Wickedness increased is in Life, and Conversation; Many a Heart from God doth part, to worship earthly Treasure; Whose Tongues prophane abuse his Name; and take therein great Pleasure:— Unchristian walk, vile filthy Talk is every where abounding; Impertinence, and vile Nonsense, the Soul and Conscience wounding; God's holy Day, we waste away in trifling, or in sleeping, Or else contriving how to thrive in earthly Profit reaping:— Our Frontier-Parts, and outer Skirts, can seldom hear a Sermon; Yet ah! how few among them do thirst for the Dew of Hermon!— How many slight true Gospel Light, and love Arminian-Preaching;— But, can't endure the plain and pure, true, faithful, Gospel-Teaching. Many a Fool doth ridicule strict, serious Deportment, Making a scoff and laugh thereof, as if no ways Important: Alas! how rare is Family-Pray'r in our New-English Nation; But, we may see Wine, Rum and Tea, excessively Whatever is to Excess is Sin; the excessive Use therefore of these Articles, especially those of the former, is very displeasing to GOD. in Fashion;— These Sins, and more I might tell o'er, are spread our Country over; But draw the Veil I rather will, and no more Shame discover.
A REMEDY proposed. NOW therefore then, dear Countrymen, since this is our Condition, We surely owe for to lay low in penitent Contrition: O let's awake, our all's at Stake, let's up and be a doing, And let us strive to mend our Lives before we come to Ruin: O Ministers, dear Reverend Sirs, with preaching Pow'r entrusted, Pray lend an Ear, and what you hear be not therewith disgusted; O be intense, with Diligence to get from Christ a Warrant, That ev'ry where it may appear He send you on this Errand; Let each one see, of Sin he be a faithful, sound Rebuker, Whose preaching Aim is Souls to gain, and not for filthy Lucre: O Rulers, ye of each Degree, I solemnly address you, Hear my Advice, I wish You Peace and pray the Lord to bless You; O lay aside Excess, and Pride, Your latter End consider, Judge righteously, and hear the Cry of Fatherless, and Widow; And see that Ye Examples be to every lower Station, That Family Pray'r, put in Repair may be, throughout the Nation; And likewise when you do a Man entrust with a Commission, Pray let it be one whom you see to be a sober Christian:— And likewise all, both great and small, who guilty are of Evil, Let's Mourn to see how greatly we have gratify'd the Devil; Let's lay to Heart our better Part, our latter End remember, For fear that we should cursed be with the condemned Number; Let us embrace the Terms of Grace, and be to Christ united, And then may we expect that He in us will be delighted;— Let Men renounce the Tipling-House; let Frolicking be loathed, Women lay aside the Fruits of Pride, and decently be cloathed; Let us prize much, and rev'rence such as are invested duly With Pow'r of Law, to keep in Awe the wicked, and unruly:— Let's honour those, we may suppose to be our Benefactors, And thankful be we any see that for our Good are Actors: Particularly Governor Pownal, who visited Personally our frontier Forts:—Likewise our valiant and renowned Commanders at Louisbourg, with others.— Let's love, and prize, all good and wise Ambassadors of Jesus, Who set his Grace before our Face; O may his Gospel please us;— Let's thankful be we any see in this degen'rate Season, Whose Mission shew from Christ they do demonstrative to Reason; And let each one, who dwelleth on our Country's outmost Border, Who can't enjoy a Ministry, nor ecclesiastic Order, Let them desire the Milk sincere, and do their best Endeavour Each Sabbath-Day, to Sing, and Pray, and read God's Word together;— You Heads likewise of Families, give to your Children Learning, And don't delay with them to Pray both Evening and Morning; Let every one, both Old and Young, endu'd with Understanding, Each Night and Day in secret Pray; this God is now commanding: Let us refrain from Speech profane, and shun all filthy Talking, And answer thus God's Call to us by an Obedient walking; Let every one do this, upon the Strength of Christ depending, The Means of Grace in ev'ry Place diligently attending:— Then may our God draw back his Rod, then may his Wrath appeased Towards us be, and thus may He thro' Christ his Son be pleased;— But if we chuse for to abuse, and slight this Counsel given, We justly may expect to be destroy'd from under Heaven. FINIS.
BOOKS

Sold by Z. Fowle and S. Draper, at their Printing-Office and Shop, opposite the Lion & Bell; in Marlborough-Street.

THE Present State of North-America. Earle on the Sacrament.

Parsons's Seven Discourses.

Surprizing Adventures of Mise Jenny Cameron.

Pomfret's Poem's.

Jones's Visitation-Sermon.

A Serious Address to the Clergy.

Whitefield's Account of Lent;—And,

His Address to Persons of all Denominations.

The History of the Holy Jesus.

A Letter to a Gentleman on the Sin and Danger of playing at Cards.

A Poem on the Conflagration.

The Art of Money-Catching.

Purgatory proved, illustrated and set forth; being a burlesque upon the Roman-Catholicks.

The true AEgyptian Fortune-Teller.

A Collection of chaste and significant Riddles.—A Poem on the surrender of Louisbourg.—Spelling-Books,—Psalters,—Primers,—small Histories,—Pamphlet's,—Writing-Paper,—true and genuine AMES's ALMANACKS for the Year 1759,—&c.—&c.—&c.