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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
All this is in MARY'S Portion; And your Preferring of it, will be your Securing of it. Use the Wisdom, to Choose it, Above all things that you can desire; and by Choosing it you will become the Owners of it. Oh! That the Consideration might Win upon you. Do but heartily and sincerely say, O Lord, Be thou mine! My Soul says unto thee, O Lord, None but CHRIST, None but ⟨p. 25⟩CHRIST! From this moment He becomes Thine, O MARY, and thou art Happy throughout Eternal Ages.
All this is in MARIES Portion; And your Preferring of it, will be your Securing of it. Use the Wisdom, to Chuse it, Above all things that you can desire; and by Chusing it you will become the Owners of it. Oh! That the Consideration might Win upon you. Do but heartily and sincerely say, O Lord, Be thou mine! My Soul sayes unto thee, O Lord, None but CHRIST, None but ⟨p. 25⟩CHRIST! From this moment He becomes Thine, O MARY, and thou art Happy throughout Eternal Ages.
Methinks, You may see some Encouragement into this Godliness, in the Reputation which God in His Providence most observably bestows upon them, in whom it has been observable. MARY stands upon Record, for Choosing the Good Portion, and will Shine upon Earth as long as there is a Moon in Heaven.
Methinks, You may see some Encouragement into this Godliness, in the Reputation which God in His Providence most observably bestows upon them, in whom it has been observable. MARY stands upon Record, for Chusing the Good Portion, and will Shine upon Earth as long as there is a Moon in Heaven.