"Your Soul shall grow up as young Plants, and your Daughters be as the polished Corners of the Temple; and to sum up all Blessings in one,--Then shall the LORD be your GOD."
— Whitefield, George (1714-1770)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by B. Franklin
Date
1740
Metaphor
"Your Soul shall grow up as young Plants, and your Daughters be as the polished Corners of the Temple; and to sum up all Blessings in one,--Then shall the LORD be your GOD."
Metaphor in Context
Most of you are without any teaching Priest.--And whatever Quantity of Rum there may be, yet I fear but very few Bibles are annually imported into your different Provinces.--God has already begun to visit for this as well as other wicked Things.--For near this two Years last past, he has been in a remarkable Manner contending with the People of South Carolina. Their Houses have been depopulated with the Small Pox and Fever, and their own Slaves have rose up in Arms against them.---These Judgments are undoubtedly sent abroad, not only that the Inhabitants of that, but of other Provinces, should learn Righteousness: And unless you all repent, you all must in like Manner expect to perish.--God first generally corrects us with Whips; if that will not do, he must chastize us with Scorpions.--A foreign Enemy is now threatning to invade you, and nothing will more provoke God, to give you up as a Prey into their Teeth, than Impenitence and Unbelief,--Let these be removed, and the Sons of Violence shall not be able to hurt you:--No; our Oxen shall be strong to labour; there shall be no Decay of your People by epidemical Sickness; no Leading away into Captivity from abroad, and no Complaining in your Streets at Home:--Your Soul shall grow up as young Plants, and your Daughters be as the polished Corners of the Temple; and to sum up all Blessings in one,--Then shall the LORD be your GOD.
(p. 16)
(p. 16)
Categories
Provenance
Reading in ECCO
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1740, 1741).
George Whitefield, Three Letters from the Reverend Mr. G. Whitefield: Viz. Letter I. to a Friend in London, Concerning Archbishop Tillotson. Letter II. to the Same, on the Same Subject. Letter III. to the Inhabitants of Maryland, Virginia, North and South-Carolina, Concerning Their Negroes (Philadelphia: Printed and sold by B. Franklin, 1740). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
George Whitefield, Three Letters from the Reverend Mr. G. Whitefield: Viz. Letter I. to a Friend in London, Concerning Archbishop Tillotson. Letter II. to the Same, on the Same Subject. Letter III. to the Inhabitants of Maryland, Virginia, North and South-Carolina, Concerning Their Negroes (Philadelphia: Printed and sold by B. Franklin, 1740). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/25/2011
