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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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Enosh indeed is a Name-sake for every man, in this Assembly. But, O Man, of whatsoever thou art Forgetful, do not Forget this; And he Died; Oh! Do not Forget this Maxim, which we are now going to insist upon;
Fallen Man is Mortal.
There is no man Living, but anon this Account must be given of him, He Died; this Account, He's Dead. Or, if you will rather have the DOCTRINE, in the Express words of the Scripture, take it so; Psal 89 48. What Man is he that Liveth, and shall not see Death?
The Antediluvians indeed, were comparatively Long Lived People. But the most marvellous Macrobius among them all, anon came to this; And he Died. The Shortening of Humane Life, and then the Standing of it, at the Term it is now set at, I have never yet seen, any Natural Reason given for it, tho' I have Read what others have said on it, (besides a Collection of all in the Incomparable Heidegger,) that could give any tolerable Satisfaction. This only I have seen, That when Physicians, from whom the most of satisfaction might be Expected, come to write of it, they give the least of any. In Reading Beverovicius you'll find it so. All the Reason that we know of it, is; Tis even so, Lord of our Life, because it pleases thee! Tis now