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

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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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The GENTLEMAN, by whose Death One of our Colonies, as Beheaded, lies a Bleeding, and One who in the Confession ⟨p. 37⟩of all men, had the, True spirit of a Gentleman, will always be Remembered with Esteem among his People. I Confess, we are sometimes affronted with False Praises in Funeral Sermons; which deserve as much to be derided, as those Passages of Nero's Oration were by the Senate, wherein he Cried up the Discretion of Claudius. I shall not be guilty of them, when I say of this our WINTHROP; He will be ever Mentioned, as he was highly Esteemed, very Particularly, for his Courteous way of Treating all men, but especially Good Men, and Old Men, on all occasions; and for his Paternal, and Patient, and Generous Administration of the Public Affairs.

The GENTLEMAN, by whose Death One of our Colonies, as Beheaded, lies a Bleeding, and One who in the Confession ⟨p. 37⟩of all men, had the, True spirit of a Gentleman, will alwayes be Remembred with Esteem among his People. I Confess, we are sometimes affronted with False Praises in Funeral Sermons; which deserve as much to be derided, as those Passages of Nero's Oration were by the Senate, wherein he Cried up the Discretion of Claudius. I shall not be guilty of them, when I say of this our WINTHROP; He will be ever Mentioned, as he was highly Esteemed, very Particularly, for his Courteous way of Treating all men, but especially Good Men, and Old Men, on all occasions; and for his Paternal, and Patient, and Generous Administration of the Publick Affairs.

:70p. 37–38

His Excellent FATHER, One of the Best of Men, [Of whom we may also say, what has been said of another, He was Son to an Excellent Father, and Father to an Excellent Son:] HE laid that Charge upon him; That if ever he had an Opportunity, to do any Service for his People, he should be sure to do it, with all the Alacrity imaginable. He would speak of this Charge, and of the Vast Impression it made upon him. He performed it, He fulfilled it. Our ⟨p. 38⟩

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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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