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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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:

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 alwayes ⟨p. 34⟩in readiness, to tear out the E•es of Corrupt and Pareial Officers. Tis very sure, The Great GOD, hath such and Hand; He has Threatned, He will tear such in Pieces, there shall be none to deliver them:

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MINISTERS, They are to Dye. Then, My Fathers and Brethren, You should not be Men of this World. You must Live like men on the Edge of the Eternal World. It was a stroke in the Charge given to Ministers at their Ordination of old; Habeatis Eternitatem in omnibus Cogitationibus vestris. How Painful, how Watchful, how Faithful ought you to be, in the Discharge of your Ministry! In what a continual• Flame, to Do Good, and Serve Christ, and Win Souls? That no part of your Work be found Undone, when your Working Time is done! Excellent the Pattern for us, in One of the Ancients, who could say, Wherever I come, and whatever I do, methinks, I hear the Trumpet of the Arch-angel, Arise ye Dead, and come to Judgment!

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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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