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Title:  The wonderful works of God commemorated praises bespoke for the God of heaven in a thanksgiving sermon delivered on Decemb. 19, 1689 : containing reflections upon the excellent things done by the great God ... : to which is added A sermon preached unto a convention of the Massachuset-colony in New-England ... / by Cotton Mather.
Author: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
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by our God; Things which no Friend, no Hand, none else could have done for our Good; and These Things we should with suitable praises be particularly grateful for. It is the manner of the Iems, to receive the Comforts of their Lives, with a Baruk Ado∣nai, or Blessed be the Lord. We that are Christians may not suffer our selves to be ex∣ceeded by any people, in Thankfulness un∣to God. It is related concerning our Lod Jesus Christ, in John 6.11. that he would not Eat a Meals Meat, without a Thanksgiv∣ing over it. Much more ought the more Excellent Things that are done for us, to be so Acknowledged. When God had heard a Prayer, there was that praise returned for it, in John 11.41. Father, I thank thee for it. We ought seriously to think, What Answers of our Prayers, what Reliefs of our Wants and Woes, the great God has in an excellent manner favoured us withal; and the Re∣sult of all should be, Lord, I thank thee for these Excellent Things. A good Hezekiah himself may smart by failing here. Those persons are worse than Pharisees, in whose mouths God be Thanked, is not a frequent but yet solemn interject on.Secondly, We ought with many praises to observe the Excellent Things which God has done for Others as well as for our selves. Our 0