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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.
What tho' the Griefs cannot be Cured? Thanks be to our good God; They are not Intolerable, tho' ⟨p. 29⟩they be Incurable. The Direction to be given in a more Summary way is this.
The Griefs that can't be Cured, must be born, as God shall Enable us, and as God has Directed us. 'Tis not enough to say, What can't be Cured must be Endured. The CASE is, How they shall be Endured? The only Cure for many of our Grievous Things, is to Bear them Decently, to Bear them Discreetly. Hearken to me, my beloved Brethren; A very considerable Part of what we have to do in the World, is to Bear suitably the Grievous Things of the World. The Bigger, and you will excuse me if I say, the Harder part of our Work, lies in our Passive Obedience. Common Sense taught the very Pagans to say, Levius fit Patientia, Quicquid corrigere est nefas. What no body can tell how to Cure, may by Patience be Assuaged and Eased wonderfully. Surely, special Grace will teach us more than the Beasts of the Earth. 'Tis our best Prudence to ⟨p. 30⟩bear our Grievous Things with our best Patience; To carry our Burdens handsomely.
The Griefs that can't be Cured, must be born, as God shall Enable us, and as God has Directed us. 'Tis not enough to say, What can't be Cur'd must be Endur'd. The CASE is, How they shall be Endured? The only Cure for many of our Grievous Things, is to Bear them Decently, to Bear them Discreetly. Hearken to me, my beloved Brethren; A very considerable Part of what we have to do in the World, is to Bear suitably the Grievous Things of the World. The Bigger, and you will excuse me if I say, the Harder part of our Work, lies in our Passive Obedience. Common Sense taught the very Pagans to say, Levius fit Patientia, Quicquid corrigere est nefas. What no body can tell how to Cure, may by Patience be Asswaged and Eased wonderfully. Surely, special Grace will teach us more than the Beasts of the Earth. 'Tis our best Prudence to ⟨p. 30⟩