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Memorials of early piety. Occurring in the holy life & joyful death of Mrs.…
Memorials of early piety. Occurring in the holy life & joyful death of Mrs. Jerusha Oliver. : With some account of her Christian experiences, extracted from her reserved papers: and published, for the service of Christianity; but especially to serve the intentions of early religion. : [Four lines of Scripture texts]
printed by T. Green, 1711
Title page typeset from the transcription.
MEMOIRS OF Mrs. Jerusha Oliver, Who Died, 30. d. 10. m. 1710.
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.
§ 5. Each Book of her Diary, she usually began on her Birth-day. Then she noted her Age; Her Thanks to Heaven for Obtaining the Help which continued her to this Day; Her Griefs for the past Sins of a Life rolled away in so much Unfruitfulness; And her Prayers, that the Next Year might be under the Blessing of God, and better spent, than any that had gone before it.
§ 5. EAch Book of her Diary, she usually began on her Birth-day. Then she noted her Age; Her Thanks to Heaven for Obtaining the Help which continued her to this Day; Her Griefs for the past Sins of a Life rolled away in so much Unfruitfulness; And her Prayers, that the Next Year might be under the Blessing of God, and better spent, than any that had gone before it.
When she heard any Sermons Preached, (yea, or but the Repetition of them at a more Private Meeting) She would mention the Preacher, and the Subject; and there-upon add the Principal Wishes, which were enkindled in her Soul, by what she had been entertained withal. O our Hearers, If we were sure, that you were generally Such Attentive and ⟨p. 16⟩Such Improving Hearers, how much would it Encourage our most Exquisite Preparations for the Offerings of the Sanctuary!
If she were Detained from the Public, she would in her Diary bewail it, as a Chastisement upon her former Deficiencies. And she would write down, her Wishes fetched out of the Books, that she Read at home.
If she were Detain'd from the Publick, she would in her Diary bewayl it, as a Chastisement upon her former Deficiences. And she would write down, her Wishes fetch'd out of the Books, that she Read at home.