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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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¶ We will begin with the Advantage which our Piety will bring to Our selves: The Advantage of, An easy Soul The Fear of the Lord will be the Ease of the Soul that has it. Piety will rescue the Soul from Disturbance, from Vexation, from such Troubles and such Tumults, as will else Discompose it wonderfully.
¶ We will begin with the Advanage which our Piety will bring to Our selves: The Advantage of, An easy Soul The Fear of the Lord will be the Ease of the Soul that has it. Piety will rescue the Soul from Disturbance, from Vexation, from such Troubles and such Tumults, as will else Discompose it wonderfully.
We will first of all take Notice of some General Instructions, about the Ease ⟨p. 7⟩of Soul which Piety will be attended withal. If Ministers would accurately consult the Languages wherein our God has written His Oracles unto us, they would often find such Hints, as would otherwise pass unobserved, tho' most highly worthy of Observation. Here is an Instance. There is an Instructive Elegance and Emphasis, yea, a Variety of Instructions, in that Expression, His Soul shall dwell at Ease.
First. The Ease of Mind obtained by Piety, will be a Lasting Ease. Our Soul will Dwell in it. Our Abode will be in Ease. We shall have an Abiding Ease. There will be a Continuance of our Ease. We enter into it, at our First Conversion unto Piety; we shall remain in it, unto all Eternity. It won't be the short Blaze of Thorns Crackling under a Pot. When, I pray, when will it come to an End? Not until the Soul it self come to an End: A Lamp of God, that shall Burn forever. The Account is a Joyful One, a Pleasant One: Psal. XVI. 11. Fullness of Joy, and Pleasures forevermore.