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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.
The Lord grant that the Mercies of God to me, may cause me to Devote my Body, my Soul, my All to my God; and grant that I may Praise, and Love, and Glorify Him as long as I Live; and grant that my Death may be Happy and Joyful; and keep me from Sin, and assure me that my Sins are Forgiven; and grant that I may Rejoice in the Lord, and Joy in the God or my Salvation, and that for the sake of my Lord Jesus Christ.
The Lord grant that the Mercies of God to me, may cause me to Devote my Body, my Soul, my All to my God; and grant that I may Praise, and Love, and Glorify Him as long as I Live; and grant that my Death may be Happy and Joyful; and keep me from Sin, and assure me that my Sins are Forgiven; and grant that I may Rejoyce in the Lord, and Joy in the God or my Salvation, and that for the sake of my Lord Jesus Christ.
These were her Meditations by way of Preparation for a Day of Public Thanksgiving. We shall only further insert what is found among the Memorials of her walking with God, relating to a Day of Secret Prayer, between God and her own Soul. An Exercise of Piety, in which she was (as has been said) very frequent. The last of them was September 16. 1710. This being ⟨p. 27⟩(saith her Diary) the Day that I use to spend some time of it in Self-Examination; and in probability tis (if not the last) one of the last such Days that I shall have before I remove to House keeping, where it may be I shan't have that Leisure Time, nor that Opportunity of a Convenient Private Place, that now I have. I would feign spend as much of this Day as my Bodily Infirmities will permit, in Self-Examination, (though my Health won't suffer me to Fast) Humiliation, Repentance and Prayer. I have Experienced Gracious Answers of Prayer. When I was about to Marry, I set a Day apart in a special manner to seek unto my God, for a Blessing on that Affair. My God did Graciously Answer my Prayers then. Now I am to remove from this Habitation, I would seek unto God that He would order every Circumstance of that Affair in much mercy; that He would Pardon the Sins I have been Guilty of here; and that He will give me Grace to Glorify Him in all Places,