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Winthropi justa. A sermon at the funeral of the Honourable John Winthrop Esq. late…
Winthropi justa. A sermon at the funeral of the Honourable John Winthrop Esq. late governor of the colony of Connecticut, in New-England; who died, at Boston, Nov. 27. 1707 and was honourably there interred on Decemb. 4. ensuing; in the 69th year of his age. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]Winthropi justa. A sermon at the funeral of the Honourable John Winthrop Esq. late governour of the colony of Connecticut, in New-England; who died, at Boston, Nov. 27. 1707 and was honourably there interr'd on Decemb. 4. ensuing; in the 69th year of his age. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]
printed by Timothy Green, 1708
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We have before as, The […] of the Antediluvian World▪ Probably […] preserved in the Upper Story of the Ark, such Writings and Records, as might furnish that admirable Historian Moses, with Materials for this Ancient History.
We have before as, The 〈…〉 of the Antediluvian World▪ Probably 〈…〉 preserved in the Ʋpper Story of the Ark, such Writings and Records, as might furnish that admirable Historian Moses, with Materials for this Ancient History.
It was a curious Meditation of the Blessed Austin; That there are Two Societies, among the Children of Men; There are the Children of Cain, & there are the Children of Seth. In the Antediluvian Chronicles, the Cainites and the Sethites, give us a Type of what is carrying on to the End ⟨p. 5⟩of the World. Among the Cainites, you find, They Built Cities; they proposed fixed, settled, lasting Habitations upon Earth. About the Biggest part of them, you find Nothing spoken at all; They did Nothing worthy to be spoken of. Yet, you find Arts Cultivated among them; Some of them are Notable Artists, and Learned men; and by their Learning they obtain a Name for themselves. The Great Light of Africa, carries on his Remarks; and from the Women mentioned among the Cainites, he reflects, Terrenam Civitatem Carnales habituram Generations. But now, among the Sethites, it seems, as if they lived more like Pilgrims and Strangers on the Earth. We read of no Cities among them. They look for the Heavenly City; the place that Enoch went unto. All their Hopes, all their Joys, are upon what is in the Heavens reserved for them. Among the Arabian Writers, you will find surprising Traditions, That they maintained a most intimate Communion with the Angels of GOD. But I must not impose Quotations from Elmaecinus & Patricides, upon the present Auditory.
It was a curious Meditation of the Blessed Austin; That there are Two Societies, among the Children of Men; There are the Children of Cain, & there are the Children of Seth. In the Antediluvian Chronicles, the Cainites and the Sethites, give us a Type of what is carrying on to the End