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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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A third Thing you have to do is this; Lye down upon a Pillow stuffed with the Promises. A Soul supplied with, and applying of the Promises, may soon come to this Easiness? Psal. IV. 8. I will lay me down in Peace, and Sleep; for O Lord, thou alone makest me Dwell in Safety. In the Poetical Antiquity and Mythology, there was a Celebrated Nepenthes, [or No-Grief] an admirable Remedy, which put an end unto all Sorrow and Anger, and caused People to forget all their Exercises. No Man could Weep (said the Poets) in the Day that he tasted it, tho' he had lost the Dearest Friend in the World. The Philosophers try to have the Properties of it answered in Opium. No, Sirs, 'Tis nothing but our Glorious Gospel, that will after all, afford the true Nepenthes. In the Promises of ⟨p. 36⟩our Glorious Gospel alone it is, that we have a genuine Cure for all that brings any of our Uneasiness upon us. My Brethren, There are Promises that will suit all your Occasions of Uneasiness. Are you Uneasy, because you see Poverty coming in like an Armed Man upon you? Take that Promise, and make a Living upon it; Psal. XXXIV. 10. They that seek the Lord, shall not want any good Thing. Does the Death of any Desirable Relatives make you Uneasy? Take that Promise, and what it brings with it, instead of them all: Heb. XIII. 5. He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Does the view of your own Approaching Death make you Uneasy? Take that Promise, for a Rod and a Staff, to walk through' Hazar-maveth withal; Psal. XXIII. 4. Tho' I walk through' the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no Evil; For thou art with me. Are you Uneasy because of Perils that you are near to, and must go through'? Take that Promise, and make a Cordial of it; Isa. XLI. 10. Fear not, for I am with thee; Be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the ⟨p. 37⟩Right Hand of my Righteousness. Do the Thoughts of the Orphans, which you are, you know not how soon, to leave in an evil World, make you Uneasy? Take that Promise, and look on it, as a competent and perpetual Fund, for them to subsist upon;