- Mar 2016
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Hence, if men are in Prosperity, the Devil will tempt them to Forgetfulness of God; if they are in Adversity, he will tempt them to Murmuring at God; in all the expressions of those impieties. Wise Agur was aware of this; in Prov. 30.9. says he, if a man be Full, he shall be tempted, to deny God, and say, who is the Lord? if a man be Poor, he shall be tempted, to steal, and take the Name of God in vain. The Devil will talk suitably; if you ponder your Conditions, you may expect you shall be tempted agreeably thereunto.
Cotton uses the bible in a different way here. He explains how God will tempt anyone and everyone. And I believe that he points this out because during this time people thought that if they followed their preacher, practiced good religion, and fully believed in God they wouldn’t be affected by the devil at all. I think that by Cotton expressing this it had a big impression on the community.
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The Devil once exclaimed in Mat. 8.29. Jesus, thou Son of God, art thou come hither to Torment us before our Time? It is plain, that until the second coming of our Lord the Devil must have a time of plagueing the World, which he was afraid would have Expired at his first.
Once again here he is showing the community that both the devil and god will plague the world.
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But I do not believe, that the progress of Witchcraft[Pg 21] among us, is all the Plot which the Devil is managing in the Witchcraft now upon us. It is judged, That the Devil rais'd the Storm, whereof we read in the Eighth Chapter of Matthew, on purpose to over-set the little Vessel wherein the Disciples of Our Lord were Embarqued with Him. And it may be fear'd, that in the Horrible Tempest which is now upon ourselves, the design of the Devil is to sink that Happy Settlement of Government, wherewith Almighty God has graciously enclined Their Majesties to favour us.
In this he is explaining that in the book of Mathew the deciples were appraoched by the devil and that they previously had encounters themselves.
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If the Holy God should any where permit the Devils to hook two or three wicked Scholars into Witchcraft, and then by their Assistance to Range with their Poisonous Insinuations among Ignorant, Envious, Discontented People, till they have cunningly decoy'd them into some sudden Act, whereby the Toyls of Hell shall be perhaps inextricably cast over them: what Country in the World would not afford[Pg 17] Witches, numerous to a Prodigy?
In this he is explaining how Holy God would not do this and not allow this and if so why would a country or such a community follow such a prodigy.
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The New-Englanders are a People of God settled in those, which were once the Devil's Territories; and it may easily be supposed that the Devil was exceedingly disturbed, when he perceived such a People here accomplishing the Promise of old made unto our Blessed Jesus, That He should have the Utmost parts of the Earth for his Possession.
I believe in this he is explaining how the devil thought that becasue this use to be the devils territory that they should follow him whereas they have choosen jesus.
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- Feb 2016
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, she would be often asking the Indians to let her go home; they not being willing to that, and yet vexed with her importunity, gathered a great company together about her and stripped her naked, and set her in the midst of them, and when they had sung and danced about her (in their hellish manner) as long as they pleased they knocked her on head, and the child in her arms with her.
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My head also was so light that I usually reeled as I went; but I hope all these wearisome steps that I have taken, are but a forewarning to me of the heavenly rest
You can see this is probably because he is looking for food the day before and after all the travel is becoming more and more faint but continues to move along.
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Indian corn
In this and other examples such as in this same passage above where he says "English cattle", I notice that they often put ownership to almost anything that isnt theirs. I believe they often do this to show what is "theirs" and not. not sure if this is true but I noticed the trend.
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Squakeag
This would be modern day Northfeild Massachusetts as shown in the book King Phillips War. found at : https://books.google.com/books?id=QzYvdQaFwS0C&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=where+is+modern+day+Squakeag&source=bl&ots=9NuFeV1xTi&sig=dh3pnkuxWXnEkmG5aVSCGn3EENY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSxuWD_-jKAhUDkh4KHSSnAZAQ6AEIKDAC#v=onepage&q=where%20is%20modern%20day%20Squakeag&f=false
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So I took the Bible, and in that melancholy time, it came into my mind to read first the 28th chapter of Deuteronomy, which I did, and when I had read it, my dark heart wrought on this manner: that there was no mercy for me, that the blessings were gone, and the curses come in their room, and that I had lost my opportunity. But the Lord helped me still to go on reading till I came to Chap. 30, the seven first verses, where I found, there was mercy promised again, if we would return to Him by repentance; and though we were scattered from one end of the earth to the other, yet the Lord would gather us together, and turn all those curses upon our enemies. I do not desire to live to forget this Scripture, and what comfort it was to me.
This section clearly represents how he went back to reading the bible in order to reassure him. you can see how in the begining he was worried about what he read and then the further he read the better he felt.
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wigwam
In this case meaning a dome-shaped hut or tent made by fastening mats, skins, or bark over a framework of poles, used by some North American Indian peoples.
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- Jan 2016
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I haue the names of eight & twenty seuerall sortes of beasts which I haue heard of to be here and there dispersed in the countrie, especially in the maine: of which there are only twelue kinds that we haue yet discouered, & of those that be good meat we know only them before mentioned. The inhabitãnts somtime kil the Lyon & eat him: & we somtime as they came to our hands of their Wolues or woluish Dogges, which I haue not set downe for good meat, least that some woulde vnderstand my iudgement therin to be more simple than needeth, although I could alleage the difference in taste of those kindes from ours, which by some of our company haue beene experimented in both.
By reading this passage i got that maybe they hadnt had different types of meat aka animals because of the areas they live. at first i didnt undestand but i then thought it was because they lived in different areas and wouldnt experience these different animals and meats??
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Wickonzowr, called by vs Peaze, in respect of the beanes for distinction sake, because they are much lesse; although in forme they little differ; but in goodnesse of tast much, & are far better then our English peaze. Both the beanes and peaze are ripe in tenne weekes after they are set. They make them victuall either by boyling them all to pieces into a broth; or boiling them whole vntill they bee soft and beginne to breake as is vsed in England, eyther by themselues or mixtly together: Sometime they mingle of the wheate with them. Sometime also beeing whole soddeu, they bruse or pound them in a morter, & thereof make loaues or lumps of dowishe bread, which they vse to eat for varietie.
i felt like in this paragraph even though he started out by saying that the beans and peas were better than the english, they were still very similar. when he was comparing the two there were many similarities but the english were better.
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There is a veine of earth along the sea coast for the space of fourtie or fiftie miles
Was not sure what the word " veine" means. Found it to mean vein. also found a meaning for the world in a french dictionay. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/translate/french-english/veine Web. Jan. 31.2016.
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Though these be gone, and left behinde a name, Yet Smith is here to Anvile out a peece To after Ages, and eternall Fame, That we may haue the golden Iasons fleece.
i feel like when he said these lines he was saying that now that John Smith is there they have the altimate leader.
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