At a meeting of the Council in Boston in the Massachusets in New-England March the fourth, 1674/5. : Upon consideration of the condition of the people of God in other parts of the world, and also matters of common concernment among our selves, in reference to our sins and afflictions ... The Council, have thought it expedient, to appoint the twenty fifth day of this instant, to be kept as a day of humiliation, in fasting, and prayer, throughout this jurisdiction.