 | 4. Jonathan Mitchell,
Nehemiah On the Wall
(Cambridge, Mass., 1671), 28. Mitchell preached this sermon May 15, 1667.
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| 5. For Winthrop's sense of mission see Edmund S. Morgan,
The Puritan Dilemma
(Boston, 1958), Chapter 6.
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| 6. See above, Chapter 2 and 3.
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| 7. Mitchell,
Nehemiah On the Wall
, 18.
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| 8. Richard Mather,
A Farewel-Exhortation
expresses his mature ideas on New England.
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| 9. The works by Increase Mather, Mitchell, Samuel Dan-forth, William Stoughton, Thomas Shepard, Urian Oakes, Samuel Willard, William Hubbard, and John Higginson, below all carry this implication.
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| 10. Increase Mather,
A Call From Heaven
, "To The Reader."
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| 11. An election day sermon, May 23, 1677, (Boston, 1679).
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| 12.
Ibid
. 55-56.
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| 13.
The Life and Death of . . . Richard Mather
.
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| 14. John Higginson,
The Cause of God and His People In New-England
(Cambridge, Mass., 1663), 11.
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| 15. Besides those already cited in this chapter see Samuel Willard,
The Duty Of A People That Have Renewed Their Covenant With God
(Boston, 1680) and his
The Child's Portion
(Boston, 1684); William Hubbard,
The Happiness Of A People
(Boston, 1676), William Stoughton,
New Englands True Interest
(Cambridge, Mass., 1670); Urian Oakes,
New England Pleaded With
(Cambridge, Mass., 1673),
The Soveraign Efficacy of Divine Providence
(Boston, 1681),
A Seasonable Discourse
(Cambridge, Mass., 1682); Samuel Danforth,
A Brief Recognition of New-Englands Errand Into the Wilderness
(Cambridge, Mass., 1671). Increase Mather's prefaces to the following are also revealing as are the sermons themselves: Thomas Thacher,
A Fast of Gods Chusing
(Boston, 1678); Samuel Torrey,
A Plea For the Life of Dying Religion
(Boston, 1683); Samuel Torrey,
An Exhortation Unto Reformation
(Cambridge, Mass., 1674).
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