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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
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Female Piety Exemplified. In a Funeral-SERMON, on the DEATH of Mrs.… › APPLICATION.
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.
It is indeed the guise of Ungodly men, to take up with a Portion in the Good Things of this World; which are indeed Good Things, but no Good Portion for the Souls of Men. I wish, we would all seriously put this Enquiry to our selves; What Portion have I yet secured? Alas, too many of us, it may be, can have no better said of us than that, Amos 2.7. They pant after the Dust of the Earth. What the Apostle said of Demas, the like may the Good Portion say of too many among us; He has forsaken me, having loved this present World. The Lust of the Flesh, the Lust of the Eye, and the Pride of Life, — Quae Tria pro Trino Numine mundus habet. These are the Sorry Dunghills, wherein the most of men are Digging for their Portion. Something must be said unto them. Let it be that, Amos 6.13. Ye Rejoice in a Thing of Naught. And let it be added;
It is indeed the guise of Ungodly men, to take up with a Portion in the Good Things of this World; which are indeed Good Things, but no Good Portion for the Souls of Men. I wish, we would all seriously put this Enquiry to our selves; What Portion have I yet secured? Alas, too many of us, it may be, can have no better said of us than that, Amos 2.7. They pant after the Dust of the Earth. What the Apostle said of Demas, the like may the Good Portion say of too many among us; He has forsaken me, having loved this present World. The Lust of the Flesh, the Lust of the Eye, and the Pride of Life, — Quae Tria pro Trino Numine mundus habet. These are the Sorry Dunghils, wherein the most of men are Digging for their Portion. Something must be said unto them. Let it be that, Amos 6.13. Ye Rejoyce in a Thing of Naught. And let it be added;
The man who seeks a Portion in the Things of ⟨p. 20⟩this World, shall never have any other Portion. The Wild Carobs that were the Portion of the Prodigal in the Parable, are a fit Emblem for the Portion of the Worldly-minded man. Starved Soul, How canst thou Subsist upon it?