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Nepenthes evangelicum. A brief essay, upon a soul at ease; in what piety will…
Nepenthes evangelicum. A brief essay, upon a soul at ease; in what piety will bring both parents and children to. : A sermon occasioned by the death of a religious matron, Mrs. Mary Rock. Who having entered the eighty first year of her age, withdrew from us. 30d. 7m. 1713. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. ; [One line from Matthew]Nepenthes evangelicum. A brief essay, upon a soul at ease; in what piety will bring both parents and children to. : A sermon occasion'd by the death of a religious matron, Mrs. Mary Rock. Who having entred the eighty first year of her age, withdrew from us. 30d. 7m. 1713. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. ; [One line from Matthew]
Boston: printed by Thomas Fleet for Daniel Henchman, 1713
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I will not lose the Sight of Her, tho' I will for an Hour seem to address nothing but the Text, that I have chosen on her Occasion: A Text, wherein I see both the Blessings of the Upper-Springs, and the Blessings of the Nether-Spring, flowing unto us. Our God has this in His Order for our Meeting this Day; Gather the People together, and I will give them Water. O Congregation, Sing hereupon ⟨p. 5⟩the Song of Israel; Spring up, O Well; Sing ye unto it!
I verily believe, that Blessings to be received in another World, are here engaged unto the Fear of God. But, I find, Interpreters do generally understand certain Blessings to be received in this World. And I know, That Godliness has the Promise of the Life that now is, as well as of the Life that is to come. I am willing so far to comply with the Voice of the Board of Interpreters, as to employ first a Discourse on certain Blessings, which Piety will obtain for us, in the Life that now is. But I foresee, that before I have done, the Blessings which Piety will obtain for us in the Life that is to come, will break in upon our Meditations. We shall be unavoidably, and as it were by Surprise, led into the Meditations of them.
I verily believe, that Blessings to be received in another World, are here engaged unto the Fear of God. But, I find, Interpreters do generally understand certain Blessings to be received in this World. And I know, That Godliness has the Promise of the Life that now is, as well as of the Life that is to come. I am willing so far to comply with the Voice of the Board of Interpreters, as to employ first a Discourse on certain Blessings, which Piety will obtain for us, in the Life that now is. But I foresee, that before I have done, the Blessings which Piety will obtain for us in the Life that is to come, will break in upon our Meditations. We shall be unavoidably, and as it were by Surprize, led into the Meditations of them.