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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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My Friend; Suppose thy self in thy Last Agonies; thy Breath failing, thy Throat rattling, thy Eyes giving a ghastly Look, thy Hands clammy, and pulling; and thy Soul, thy Soul, taking wing for the Eternal World; Consider, O my Soul, What would I wish to have done, or to have left undone, at this Decretory Hour! Oh! Regulate thy Life accordingly.
My Friend; Suppose thy self in thy Last Agonies; thy Breath failing, thy Throat ratling, thy Eyes giving a ghastly Look, thy Hands clammy, and pulling; and thy Soul, thy Soul, taking wing for the Eternal World; Consider, O my Soul, What would I wish to have done, or to have left undone, at this Decretory Hour! Oh! Regulate thy Life accordingly.
Do so particularly, in laying aside Contentions and Animosities. Men at the Point of Death, are for Burying all Personal ⟨p. 29⟩Controversies; they are for a Reconciliation with their Personal Adversaries. Why should they Live so as they would be Loth to Die? Sirs, The Sun must not go down upon your Wrath; It will be Sunset presently!
Do so particularly, in laying aside Contentions and Animosities. Men at the Point of Death, are for Burying all Personal ⟨p. 29⟩Controversies; they are for a Reconciliation with their Personal Adversaries. Why should they Live so as they would be Lothe to Die? Sirs, The Sun must not go down upon your Wrath; It will be Sunsett presently!
IV. Must we Die? Then our Friends must also Die. We must not wonder at it. It is what must befall every one of us all. Ambrose was in the right of it, when he said unto Mourners, Quid absurdius, quam ut id quod scias omnibus esse prescriptum, quasi speciale deplores? We are by a Greater Authority so called upon;