The way to excel. Meditations, awakened by the death of the Reverend Mr. Joshua…

But if we do now Humbly Reflect upon our selves, for our not Living up to these Rules; we cannot easily be more Humble in such Reflections, than was that MAN OF GOD, the Reverend, JOSHUA MOODEY, who from his Essays to obtain the Face of Angels, is now gone unto the Place of Angels.

But if we do now Humbly Reflect upon our selves, for our not Living up to these Rules; we cannot easily be more Humble in such Reflections, than was that MAN OF GOD, the Reverend, JOSHUA MOODEY, who from his Essayes to obtain the Face of Angels, is now gone unto the Place of Angels.

All the Churches of NEW-ENGLAND, Considered him, as a Person, whom an Eminency both in Sense, and in Grace, had made Considerable. All the Churches of BOSTON, Enjoyed and Admired, his Accomplishments for the Evangelical Ministry, many years together. The Church of Portsmouth, (a part of the Country that very much owed its Life unto him!) Cries out, of, A Deadly Wound, in his Death; and is ready to cry out, Our Breach is Great like the Sea; who can heal it? His Labours in the Gospel, were frequent and fervent; whereof the Press hath given some Lasting, as the Pulpit gave many Lively Testimonies: and unto his Cares to Edify his Flock by Sermons, he added more than Ordinary Cares to do it by ⟨p. 29⟩Visits: No man Perhaps being a kinder Visitant. He was not only Ready to Do Good, but also to Suffer for doing it; and as he was Exemplarily Zealous for a Scriptural Purity in the Worship of the Lord Jesus Christ, so, he cheerfully Submitted unto an Imprisonment, for that Cause of God, and of this Country ▪ wherein, like Stephen, he had the Honour to be the First, that Suffered in that way for that Cause, in these parts of the World. Briefly, For Piety, for Charity, and for Faithfulness to the main Interests of our Churches; all that knew him, and know the worth of these things, wish that among the Survivors, he may have many Followers.

All the Churches of NEW-ENGLAND, Considered him, as a Person, whom an Eminency both in Sense, and in Grace, had made Considerable. All the Churches of BOSTON, Enjoy'd and Admired, his Accomplishments for the Evangelical Ministry, many years together. The Church of Portsmouth, (a part of the Country that very much ow'd its Life unto him!) Cryes out, of, A Deadly Wound, in his Death; and is ready to cry out, Our Breach is Great like the Sea; who can heal it? His Labours in the Gospel, were frequent and fervent; whereof the Press hath given some Lasting, as the Pulpit gave many Lively Testimonies: and unto his Cares to Edify his Flock by Sermons, he added more than Ordinary Cares to do it by