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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 Prayer-hearing Lord, was marvellously Gracious to her. The Day following, she was Delivered; and there has rarely been known a more Easy Travail, of a First-born Infant. The Lord also answered her Prayers in giving her the comprehensive Mercy of a Perfect Child; which when Baptized had her Mothers Name given to her, but dyed the Week after her Mother; and now Sleeps in the same Tomb with her.
After her Comfortable Travail, all that Week, there was great Hope of her being Shortly & Safely Recovered. But on the next Lords-Day, a Sudden Change appeared on her.
And a Change indeed!
She had been of a Timorous and Melancholy Constitution; which might somewhat contribute, unto that ⟨p. 48⟩Fear of Death, which had all her Life-time very much kept her in Bondage. But now, to our Astonishment, she told those who attended her; She was sure, the Time for her Death was now come; And she was now above that Fear of it, that she had heretofore been Subject to.