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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.
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Be it known unto you, That God is in His Gospel Offering a Good Portion unto your Choice. He that said, Mar. 10.51. What wilt thou, that I shall do for thee? Says to every one of us, What wilt thou have me bestow upon thee for thy Portion? Oh! Give a Good Answer to this Offer, and Choose a Good Portion, when it is offered. Say before the Lord;
Be it known unto you, That God is in His Gospel Offering a Good Portion unto your Choice. He that said, Mar. 10.51. What wilt thou, that I shall do for thee? Says to every one of us, What wilt thou have me bestow upon thee for thy Portion? Oh! Give a Good Answer to this Offer, and Chuse a Good Portion, when it is offered. Say before the Lord;
Lord, Be thou my Portion! Lord, let it be my Portion, to have thy Christ made unto me, Wisdom ⟨p. 22⟩and Righteousness, and Holiness and Redemption Lord, Bring me to the Portion Reserved in th• Heavens for thy chosen People!
Are you come to this Choice? Now, Rejoice O Saints, in your Portion; And again, I say, Rejoice. You may thus Rejoice, even when Losses o• many Good Things are befalling of you. [Heb 10.34.] As David when he had Lost all, yet Encouraged himself in the Lord his God: Thus may we, when we have Lost never so much, Encourage our selves, I have in my God yet a Good Portion left that never can be taken away. Christians, You are no other than Travellers and Sojourners in this World. All your Losses, are but a few Inconveniences befalling Travellers on the Road. You have an Heavenly Father, that will provide for you a Competency of those things which are not your Portion. But those things which are your Portion, Cannot be taken away; and in those things, all your Losses are abundantly compensated.