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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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BUT it must be Remembered, That it was MARY, who has given us the Pattern, which we ⟨p. 24⟩thus insist upon. Will those of her Sex there have the Ingenuity, to Look upon themselves as peculiarly concerned in it; and not only to Take, but also to Give a Pattern of such Devotion! If a Timothy were with all Purity, to address the Counsels of God unto that Sex, Let them now receive this Address, That they would make choice of MARY'S Portion.
BUT it must be Remembred, That it was MARY, who has given us the Pattern, which we ⟨p. 24⟩thus insist upon. Will those of her Sex there have the Ingenuity, to Look upon themselves as peculiarly concerned in it; and not only to Take, but also to Give a Pattern of such Devotion! If a Timothy were with all Purity, to address the Counsils of God unto that Sex, Let them now receive this Address, That they would make choice of MARIES Portion.
Certainly, They are well Matched, who are Espoused unto the Lord JESUS CHRIST, the Son of God, the King of Heaven and Earth. Let a Friend of that Bridegroom, then come to you with the Language of the Psalmist; Hearken, O Daughter, He is thy Lord, and Worship thou Him.
Certainly, The rarest Beauty under Heaven may not be compared with the Heavenly Beauty of a Soul, which has the Image of God Renewed upon it. Certainly, There are no Garments comparable to the Righteousness of the Saints, the Fine Linen which the Wife of the Lamb of God is arrayed withal. Certainly, There are no Jewels comparable to the Graces, which are Ornaments of great Price in the sight of God Himself.