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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
You may behold here, a Conjunction of Blessings: An Aspect full of Happiness. One is, An Easy Soul. The other is, An Happy Seed. Indeed there is a very great Adaptation in the mention of these together. They are very Aptly joined. Our departing Soul does not fall into Uneasiness ⟨p. 6⟩on any Point more sensibly, than the Condition of our Seed. That which makes us very Uneasy, is, our Thoughts, What may become of our Children. O God-fearing Man, Fear nothing; let thy Soul dwell at Ease; thy Offspring shall be well provided for.
You may behold here, a Conjunction of Blessings: An Aspect full of Happiness. One is, An Easy Soul. The other is, An Happy Seed. Indeed there is a very great Adaptation in the mention of these together. They are very Aptly joined. Our departing Soul does not fall into Uneasiness ⟨p. 6⟩on any Point more sensibly, than the Condition of our Seed. That which makes us very Uneasy, is, our Thoughts, What may become of our Children. O Godfearing Man, Fear nothing; let thy Soul dwell at Ease; thy Offspring shall be well provided for.
This is the DOCTRINE that is now ready for you.
To Live in the true Fear of God, is the way to Lodge in a sweet Ease of Soul: And they that fear God have this good Thing particularly to make them Easy, that their Children after them shall fare the better for them.