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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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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.
Let Me therefore deal Faithfully in this very Thing, with You, my Friends. I must Faithfully tell you; If a Soul Related unto you be snatched out of this world by Death, and you must own, you never did any thing for the Salvation of that Soul, Suppose it one of your Children, or one of your Servants, or a Relative nearer than either of them: Oh! the astonishing Anguish, which your Souls, must on such a deplorable Occasion be filled withal! Sirs; We are to Dye. We should first make Ready for our own Death; and then for the Death of our FRIENDS. We don't know, which may get the start in the Race to the Goal of Death.
Let Me therefore deal Faithfully in this very Thing, with You, my Friends. I must Faithfully tell you; If a Soul Related unto you be snatch'd out of this world by Death, and you must own, you never did any thing for the Salvation of that Soul, Suppose it one of your Children, or one of your Servants, or a Relative nearer than either of them: Oh! the astonishing Anguish, which your Souls, must on such a deplorable Occasion be fill'd withal! Sirs; We are to Dye. We should first make Ready for our own Death; and then for the Death of our FRIENDS. We don't know, which may get the start in the Race to the Goal of Death.
V. Must we Dye? Yet let us Rejoice in a Redeemer, that will one Day save us ⟨p. 31⟩from Death Dying Saint; Let that be thy dying Song; Job 19.25. I know that my Redeemer Lives; and that He shall stand at the Latter day over the Earth; And He shall Raise me out of the Earth. O Joyful Tidings! The Resurrection was of old called, The Consolation. Tho' the Pagans were Strangers to the Mystery, and Scoffers at it, [Witness Plinies flouts, Quae malum, ista dementia est, itorari Vitam Mort!] Yet, The Children of God, even in the Secular Times [Called so, Rom. 16.25. because measured by Jubilees:] of the Old Testament, believed a Resurrection. God promised them a share in the Blessings of, The Kingdom of the Messiah. They Died, before these Promises were accomplished. Hence they inferred, That they must be Raised from death, to Enjoy these Promises. It was a Right Inference! Their Faith was God will Redeem my Soul from the Power of the Grave. But then, the Gospel of the New Testament, has more Conspicuously, more Abundantly, brought Life and Immortality to Light; a Resurrection, that is, to a Life of Immortality. For now we have seen our Lord JESUS CHRIST Himself Risen to such a