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Insanabilia. An essay upon incurables; handling that case, What shall people do under their…
Insanabilia. An essay upon incurables; handling that case, What shall people do under their griefs, when there is no curing of them? And aimed at the comfort and counsel of the many, who encounter those grievous things, for which there is no remedy but patience. : [One line epigram in Latin]Insanabilia. An essay upon incurables; handling that case, What shall people do under their griefs, when there is no curing of them? And aimed at the comfort and counsil of the many, who encounter those grievous things, for which there is no remedy but patience. : [One line epigram in Latin]
Boston: printed by T. Fleet for Samuel Gerrish, 1714
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.
The Children of Men are frequently troubled with Griefs which cannot be Cured.
Many People have such Griefs as they have little hopes to Assuage and have eased, as long as they are in this present Evil World. Many People meet with Grievous Things, which they can't hope to see removed; but must look to bear them as well as they can; it may be, as long as they live. The Weeping Prophet said of the share which he must have in the Woeful Things that came upon his Country; Jer. X. 19. This is a Grief, and I must bear it. We see many a Grief, which there is no Redressing of; We must ⟨p. 7⟩bear it. But the Case now is, How to bear it? This is to be spoken to.
Many People have such Griefs as they have little hopes to Asswage and have eased, as long as they are in this present Evil World. Many People meet with Grievous Things, which they can't hope to see removed; but must look to bear them as well as they can; it may be, as long as they live. The Weeping Prophet said of the share which he must have in the Woful Things that came upon his Country; Jer. X. 19. This is a Grief, and I must bear it. We see many a Grief, which there is no Redressing of; We must ⟨p. 7⟩bear it. But the Case now is, How to bear it? This is to be spoken to.
I. And it will contribute a little unto it, for us to lay down in the first Place, this more general Observation. Griefs must come; There are Grievous Things, which in this World must be met withal. They are in the very Nature of the Climate. It is the Condition of Mankind; the common Lot, the constant Fate, which every Mothers Son must look for: A Condition of Affliction, which is not Joyous but Grievous. We Read,