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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.
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.
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. Fulness of Joy, and Pleasures forevermore.
Secondly. The Ease of Mind attained by Piety, is to be enjoyed in the Darkest ⟨p. 8⟩Time that passes over us. Our Soul shall spend the Night in it. This is the English of the Hebrew Word used here. When 'tis with us, a Night of Darkness and Sorrow, even then we shall be at Ease. There shall arise unto us Light in Darkness. We shall meet with such Things as will give us Ease, and Revive us, when we Walk in the midst of Trouble. When 'tis a very Dark Time with us, and a Midnight of Confusion is on our Affairs, and our Flesh can See nothing but Hazard and Horror on every side, Now is the Time that Piety will give Ease unto us. It will do that Thing; Job XXXV. 10. Give Songs in the Night.