N01020:36
Monica Americana. A funeral sermon, occasioned by the death of Mrs. Sarah Leveret, (once…
Monica Americana. A funeral sermon, occasioned by the death of Mrs. Sarah Leveret, (once the honourable consort of John Leveret Esq. governor of the Massachuset-Colony, New-England,) who changed earth for heaven. 2 d. 11 m. 1704. : With an elegy upon her memory. : [Two lines from Augustine]Monica Americana. A funeral sermon, occasioned by the death of Mrs. Sarah Leveret, (once the honourable consort of John Leveret Esq. governour of the Massachuset-Colony, New-England,) who changed earth for heaven. 2 d. 11 m. 1704. : With an elegy upon her memory. : [Two lines from Augustine]
Boston: printed for Samuel Phillips, 1705
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
If once our Sins are Pardoned, they are Forever Pardoned. Our Pardon will be Irrevocable and Irrepealable. So we read, Heb. 8.12. Their sin & their Iniquities will I remember no more. When we have the Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ for ours, we have Durable Riches with ⟨p. 17⟩the Righteousness. Though the Heavens wax old ••ke a Garment, the Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ is a Garment that will never wax old.
God having Adopted us into His Family, He will never annul the Adoption, and chase us out •f Doors. Being become the Children of God, we never shall become the Children of the Devil. When once the Grace of God is in our Hearts, it will keep there; it will never be lost. We read, • Joh. 3.9. The Seed Remaineth. If once we are escaped from the Tyranny of Satan, we shall never fall again into the Hands of the Hellish Tyrant: Pharaoh shall never fetch us back again! •he Grace of God will be a Spring of Living Wa• in our Souls, that will flow up into Everlasting •ife. The Perseverance of the Saints, is a very considerable Article of our Creed. When once the spirit of God has made us Temples to Himself, He will never destroy, never desert His Temples. No; •e will say, Here is my Rest for ever, Here will I •well, for I have desired it.
God having Adopted us into His Family, He will never annul the Adoption, and chase us out •f Doors. Being become the Children of God, we never shall become the Children of the Devil. When once the Grace of God is in our Hearts, it will keep there; it will never be lost. We read,