Winthropi justa. A sermon at the funeral of the Honourable John Winthrop Esq. late…

Name: Winthropi justa. A sermon at the funeral of the Honourable John Winthrop Esq. late…
Author: Cotton Mather

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]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728printed by Timothy Green, 1708

[8], 3-40 p. ; 13 cm. (12mo) · 7.6k words · Evans 1365

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Mortality CONSIDERED. At the FUNERAL Of the Honourable John Winthro…: Mortality CONSIDERED. At the FUNERAL Of the Honourable John Winthrop Esq

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¶ Finally; Must we all Die? Then Persons in a Public Station are to Dye; Their Public Station will not Secure them. Even those Men, who because of their Vicegerency are called, Gods, yet have this Premonition from Him, that is Infinitely Higher than the Highest of them all; You shall Dye like Men. Hence the Indian Kings of Mexico, would have their Coronation-Robes Painted with Skulls and Bones of Dead Men, to mind them of their Mortality, with their Sovereignty.

¶ Finally; Must we all Die? Then Persons in a Publick Station are to Dye; Their Publick Station will not Secure them. Even those Men, who because of their Vicegerency are called, Gods, yet have this Praemonition from Him, that is Infinitely Higher than the Highest of them all; You shall Dye like Men. Hence the Indian Kings of Mexico, would have their Coronation-Robes Painted with Skulls and Bones of Dead Men, to mind them of their Mortality, with their Sovereignty.

:63p. 33

Give me leave, to do at least the part of a Deaths-Head among you!

:64p. 33–34

OFFICERS of all sorts; You are to Dye. But then certainly your Behaviour in your several Offices ought to be such, that you may give up a Good Account, unto GOD the Judge of All. It was a Voice that once came from the Imperial Purple; the Speech of Alexander the Son of Mammaea; That he had an Hand always ⟨p. 34⟩in readiness, to tear out the E•es of Corrupt and Partial Officers. Tis very sure, The Great GOD, hath such and Hand; He has Threatened, He will tear such in Pieces, there shall be none to deliver them:

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Winthropi justa. A sermon at the funeral of the Honourable John Winthrop Esq. late…

EPITAPHIUM.

OF Old, The Shorter the Epitaph, the Better and Brighter it was accounted; so it contained the Achievements of the Person there Deposited. Plato thought Four Lines Enough: And these Few Lines, if not Enough, yet will carry a great deal of Merit in them.

OF Old, The Shorter the Epitaph, the Better and Brighter it was accounted; so it contained the Atchievements of the Person there Deposited. Plato thought Four Lines Enough: And these Few Lines, if not Enough, yet will carry a great deal of Merit in them.

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EPITAPHIUM.

OF Old, The Shorter the Epitaph, the Better and Brighter it was accounted; so it contained the Achievements of the Person there Deposited. Plato thought Four Lines Enough: And these Few Lines, if not Enough, yet will carry a great deal of Merit in them.

OF Old, The Shorter the Epitaph, the Better and Brighter it was accounted; so it contained the Atchievements of the Person there Deposited. Plato thought Four Lines Enough: And these Few Lines, if not Enough, yet will carry a great deal of Merit in them.

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