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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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TO THE READER.
SOME Eminent Protestant Divines, as Nigh, and Sherwood, have Expressed some Dislike for Funeral Sermons; And thus, the Famous Cartwright, supposing them to come in the room of Trentals. In some Reformed Churches, as those of Holland, there have been Decrees of Councils against them; And the Ecclesiastical Discipline of the French Churches did Prohibit them. But their Design was rather to Restrain the Abuse, than to Condemn the Use of them. They were commonly filled with Immoderate and Untrue Praises of the Dead; and Polydore Virgil pretends to give us ⟨image ?⟩the Original of such Orations. The Renowned Hildersham therefore Ordered, That there should be no Funeral Sermon for him. So did the Pious and Humble Mr. Carter of Bramford; Left (said he) something be said in my Praise, beyond what is the Truth, and so I should occasion a Minister in his Pulpit, to speak an Untruth, which would be a grievous Sin. His Executors observed his Will: But this hindered not Mr. Samuel Ward (the Glory of Ipswich,) from Employing his next Lecture in Lamentations for the Loss, which the Church of God, sustained in the Death of a Person of such Eminence and Usefulness. The Death of Men that have been Public Blessings, ought Publicly to be taken notice of. The Elegy which David made upon Saul and Jonathan, was a Funeral Sermon.
SOME Eminent Protestant Divines, as Nye, and Sherwood, have Expressed some Dislike for Funeral Sermons; And thus, the Famous Cartwright, supposing them to come in the room of Trentals. In some Reformed Churches, as those of Holland, there have been Decrees of Councils against them; And the Ecclesiastical Discipline of the French Churches did Prohibit them. But their Design was rather to Restrain the Abuse, than to Condemn the Ʋse of them. They were commonly fill'd with Immoderate and Untrue Praises of the Dead; and Polydore Virgil pretends to give us ⟨image ?⟩the Original of such Orations. The Renowned Hildersham therefore Ordered, That there should be no Funeral Sermon for him. So did the Pious and Humble Mr. Carter of Bramford; Left (said he) something be said in my Praise, beyond what is the Truth, and so I should occasion a Minister in his Pulpit, to speak an Ʋntruth, which would be a grievous Sin. His Executors observed his Will: But this hindred not Mr. Samuel Ward (the Glory of Ipswich,) from Employing his next Lecture in Lamentations for the Loss, which the Church of God, sustained in the Death of a Person of such Eminence and Usefulness. The Death of Men that have been Publick Blessings, ought Publickly to be taken notice of. The Elegy which David made upon Saul and Jonathan, was a Funeral Sermon.