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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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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.
The Commemoration of them, who have Walked with God, until they are Taken by God, it may stir the Envy in some of the Living, but it is a Kindness, not so much unto the Dead, as unto the Living. Let it be Proclaimed; A Good Name is a Better Portion than Great Riches, and it is a Portion of them that have Chosen the Best Portion of all.
The Commemoration of them, who have Walked with God, until they are Taken by God, it may stir the Envy in some of the Living, but it is a Kindness, not so much unto the Dead, as unto the Living. Let it be Proclamed; A Good Name is a Better Portion than Great Riches, and it is a Portion of them that have Chosen the Best Portion of all.
Tis Instanced in that Worthy GENTLEWOMAN, (One upon every account worthy to be called so,) whose Death is at this Day the Lamentation of them, who reckon the Graves of the Saints, proper places to drop their Tears upon. In her Character, all that have any Regard unto Virtue, agree to fulfil that Promise of God; Prov. 31.30. A Woman that fears the Lord, she shall be Praised. I must in Justice make this Report, That I never once in all my life, to my Remembrance, heard one Ill word spoken of her. We may say of her, as they said of Ruth, All the People knew, that