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Death unstung a sermon preached at the funeral of Thomas Mowsley, an apothecary, who…
Death unstung a sermon preached at the funeral of Thomas Mowsley, an apothecary, who died July, 1669 : with a brief narrative of his life and death : also the manner of Gods dealings with him before and after his conversion : drawn up by his own hand and published / by James Janeway ...
London: printed for Dorman Newman, 1669
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
10. He was much exercised in acts of mortification and self denial, he laboured to keep under his body, to have the command of his passions and affections, very temperate, drinking water, &c.
10. He was much exercised in acts of mortification and self denyal, he laboured to keep under his body, to have the command of his passions and affections, very temperate, drinking water, &c.
11. He was frequently praising of God and speaking well of his ways; indeed his deportment was such that he credited Religion, and commended the service of his great Master, and made people to believe that Religion was an excellent thing, and he justified wisdom, and was able to say her ways were pleasantness, and her paths peace.
11. He was frequently praising of God and speaking well of his wayes; indeed his deportment was such that he credited Religion, and commended the service of his great Master, and made people to believe that Religion was an excellent thing, and he justified wisdom, and was able to say her wayes were pleasantness, and her paths peace.
12. He was a very good Husband of time, one would wonder, how one could roll over such a deal of business as he did, not in the least neglecting his Masters affairs, and yet that he should write such packets of letters, and pen so many Meditations, and be so very helpful to his brethren the young men: How many Books did he read over, and read ⟨p. 83⟩them to the purpose, so as to make them his own, some of them five or six times over; and if he had no company to discourse with, when he went abroad, he looked oft into his Pocket Book, which was called, Making Religion ones business.