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The high esteem which God hath of the death of his saints. As it…
The high esteem which God hath of the death of his saints. As it was delivered in a sermon preached October 7. 1683. Occasioned by the death of the Worshipful John Hull Esq: who deceased October 1, 1683. / By Samuel Willard teacher to a church in Boston. ; [Four lines of quotations]
printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Sewall, 1683
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.
Cumque annis succrevit: & hinc praelusit honori.
Gratus honos populi: sed longe gratior illo
Est virtutis honos: hoc te celebravit honore
Plebs pia; quem norunt vitiorum labe carentem,
Correptumque sacrae studii virtutis amore;
Sollicitum, siquis, fidei, populique salutis.