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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.
One thing you have to do, is this. Your Title to an Easy Soul should be cleared up. You should get a clear Sight of it, and a well-grounded Assurance, That you are in good Terms with Heaven. Wherefore, Examine your selves; with an Impartial Examination faithfully Search and Try your selves. Ask, Have I so Renounced all my Idols, that the great God is now on the Throne in my Soul, above them all? And that He sways more with me than any of them? Ask, Have I embraced my Lovely Saviour in all His Offices, and earnestly Repaired unto Him for all the Benefits of His Great Salvation? Ask, Do I walk in the Fear of God, awed by His Eye upon me, loth to Displease Him? Have I an Undissembled Love unto my Neighbour, and a Joy in his Welfare? Is this World of less Account with me than the World to come? ⟨p. 34⟩To put it out of Doubt, that these Things are in you, Renew, Repeat, Revive those Acts of the Soul, which may make you feel the Presence of them. Do those Things in a way of Mourning for Sin, and Turning to God, which when they are done, your Souls may & should then Dwell at Ease; The Things which accompany Salvation. And now say; Psal. XLIII. 5. Why art thou cast down, O my Soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet Praise Him.
One thing you have to do, is this. Your Title to an Easy Soul should be cleared up. You should get a clear Sight of it, and a well-grounded Assurance, That you are in good Terms with Heaven. Wherefore, Examine your selves; with an Impartial Examination faithfully Search and Try your selves. Ask, Have I so Renounced all my Idols, that the great God is now on the Throne in my Soul, above them all? And that He sways more with me than any of them? Ask, Have I embraced my Lovely Saviour in all His Offices, and earnestly Repaired unto Him for all the Benefits of His Great Salvation? Ask, Do I walk in the Fear of God, aw'd by His Eye upon me, lothe to Displease Him? Have I an Undissembled Love unto my Neighbour, and a Joy in his Wellfare? Is this World of less Account with me than the World to come? ⟨p. 34⟩To put it out of Doubt, that these Things are in you, Renew, Repeat, Revive those Acts of the Soul, which may make you feel the Presence of them. Do those Things in a way of Mourning for Sin, and Turning to God, which when they are done, your Souls may & should then Dwell at Ease; The Things which accompany Salvation. And now say;