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Early piety; exemplified in Elizabeth Butcher of Boston
Early piety; exemplified in Elizabeth Butcher of Boston: who was born July 14th, 1709. And died June 13th. 1718. Being just eight years and eleven months old.
Boston: printed by J. Draper for C. Harrison over against the Brazen-Head, 1741
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The II. SECTION. Containing a short Account of her in her first Illness, from Sept. 1716, to Feb. 1710, 17.
1. IN September, 1716, she was taken ill and in her Sickness […] her self with such wonderful Patience as that all that came near admired. She would often put up that Request, Heavenly Father, ⟨p. 4⟩Give me thy Christ, give me thy Grace, and pardon all my Sins, for Jesus Christ's sake, Amen. Then she said, What is Sanctification? And made Answer to herself, It is the Work of God's free Grace.—What are the Benefits which in this Life do accompany or flow from Justification, Adoption, and Sanctification? They are, Assurance of God's Love, Peace of Conscience, Joy in the Holy Ghost, Increase of Grace, and Perseverance therein to the End.
1. IN September, 1716, she was taken ill and in her Sickness 〈…〉 her self with such wonderful Patience as that all that came near admir'd. She wou'd often put up that Request, Heavenly Father, ⟨p. 4⟩Give me thy Christ, give me thy Grace, and pardon all my Sins, for Jesus Christ's sake, Amen. Then she said, What is Sanctification? And made Answer to herself, It is the Work of God's free Grace.—What are the Benefits which in this Life do accompany or flow from Justification, Adoption, and Sanctification? They are, Assurance of God's Love, Peace of Conscience, Joy in the Holy Ghost, Increase of Grace, and Perseverance therein to the End.