NEHGR, OCT., 1848, VOL. 1, P. 383 (Copied from the North Burial Grounds,Dorcheter, Ms, for the Antiquarian Journal, by Ms W. B. Trask.)
"HERE LYES INTERRED YE CORPSE OF MR JOSIAH FLINT
LATE PASTOR TO YE CHURCH IN
DORCHESTER AGED 35 YEARS DEC'D
SEPT'B . YE 15 1680
A MAN OF GOD HE WAS, SO GREAT, SO GOOD,
HIS HIGHEST WORTH WAS HARDLY UDERSTOOD
SO MUCH OF GOD & CHRIST IN HIM DID DWELL.
IN GRACE & HOLYNESS HE DID EXCELL.
AN HONOR & AN ORNAMENT THEREBY
BOTH TO YE CHURCH & YE MINISTRY.
MOST ZEALOUS IN YE WORK OF REFORMATION
TO SAVE THIS SELF DESTROYING GENERATION
WITH COURAGE STROVE GAINST ALL THIS PEOPLES SIN
HE SPENT HIS STRENGTH HIS LIFE HIS SOUL THEREIN
CONSUMD WITH HOLY ZEAL OR GOD FOR WHOME
HE LIVD & DY.D A KIND OF MARTYRDOME
IF MEN WIL NOT LAMENT THEIR HEARTS NOT BREAKE
NO WONDER THIS LAMENTING STONE DOTH SPEAKE
HIS TOMB STONE CRYS REPENT & SOULS TO SAVE
DOTH PRACH REPENTANCE FROM HIS VERY GRAVE
GAINST SINNER DOTH AS LASTING RECORD LYE
THIS MONUMENT TO HIS BLESD MEMORY.
PSAL. IIX6 PROV. 10.7."
M'. Josiah Flint the Reverend Pastor to the Church of Dorchester Died Sep'. 16th 1680 Dorchester births, marriages, and deaths to the end of 1825 : Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming :
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"HERE LYES INTERRED YE CORPSE OF MR JOSIAH FLINT
LATE PASTOR TO YE CHURCH IN
DORCHESTER AGED 35 YEARS DEC'D
SEPT'B . YE 15 1680
A MAN OF GOD HE WAS, SO GREAT, SO GOOD,
HIS HIGHEST WORTH WAS HARDLY UDERSTOOD
SO MUCH OF GOD & CHRIST IN HIM DID DWELL.
IN GRACE & HOLYNESS HE DID EXCELL.
AN HONOR & AN ORNAMENT THEREBY
BOTH TO YE CHURCH & YE MINISTRY.
MOST ZEALOUS IN YE WORK OF REFORMATION
TO SAVE THIS SELF DESTROYING GENERATION
WITH COURAGE STROVE GAINST ALL THIS PEOPLES SIN
HE SPENT HIS STRENGTH HIS LIFE HIS SOUL THEREIN
CONSUMD WITH HOLY ZEAL OR GOD FOR WHOME
HE LIVD & DY.D A KIND OF MARTYRDOME
IF MEN WIL NOT LAMENT THEIR HEARTS NOT BREAKE
NO WONDER THIS LAMENTING STONE DOTH SPEAKE
HIS TOMB STONE CRYS REPENT & SOULS TO SAVE
DOTH PRACH REPENTANCE FROM HIS VERY GRAVE
GAINST SINNER DOTH AS LASTING RECORD LYE
THIS MONUMENT TO HIS BLESD MEMORY.
PSAL. IIX6 PROV. 10.7."
M'. Josiah Flint the Reverend Pastor to the Church of Dorchester Died Sep'. 16th 1680 Dorchester births, marriages, and deaths to the end of 1825 : Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming :
Internet Archive page 30 - Dean C. Jenkins #49436277
NEHGR, OCT., 1848, VOL. 1, P. 383 (Copied from the North Burial Grounds,Dorcheter, Ms, for the Antiquarian Journal, by Ms W. B. Trask.)
"HERE LYES INTERRED YE CORPSE OF MR JOSIAH FLINT
LATE PASTOR TO YE CHURCH IN
DORCHESTER AGED 35 YEARS DEC'D
SEPT'B . YE 15 1680
A MAN OF GOD HE WAS, SO GREAT, SO GOOD,
HIS HIGHEST WORTH WAS HARDLY UDERSTOOD
SO MUCH OF GOD & CHRIST IN HIM DID DWELL.
IN GRACE & HOLYNESS HE DID EXCELL.
AN HONOR & AN ORNAMENT THEREBY
BOTH TO YE CHURCH & YE MINISTRY.
MOST ZEALOUS IN YE WORK OF REFORMATION
TO SAVE THIS SELF DESTROYING GENERATION
WITH COURAGE STROVE GAINST ALL THIS PEOPLES SIN
HE SPENT HIS STRENGTH HIS LIFE HIS SOUL THEREIN
CONSUMD WITH HOLY ZEAL OR GOD FOR WHOME
HE LIVD & DY.D A KIND OF MARTYRDOME
IF MEN WIL NOT LAMENT THEIR HEARTS NOT BREAKE
NO WONDER THIS LAMENTING STONE DOTH SPEAKE
HIS TOMB STONE CRYS REPENT & SOULS TO SAVE
DOTH PRACH REPENTANCE FROM HIS VERY GRAVE
GAINST SINNER DOTH AS LASTING RECORD LYE
THIS MONUMENT TO HIS BLESD MEMORY.
PSAL. IIX6 PROV. 10.7."
M'. Josiah Flint the Reverend Pastor to the Church of Dorchester Died Sep'. 16th 1680 Dorchester births, marriages, and deaths to the end of 1825 : Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming :
Internet Archive page 30 - Dean C. Jenkins #49436277
"HERE LYES INTERRED YE CORPSE OF MR JOSIAH FLINT
LATE PASTOR TO YE CHURCH IN
DORCHESTER AGED 35 YEARS DEC'D
SEPT'B . YE 15 1680
A MAN OF GOD HE WAS, SO GREAT, SO GOOD,
HIS HIGHEST WORTH WAS HARDLY UDERSTOOD
SO MUCH OF GOD & CHRIST IN HIM DID DWELL.
IN GRACE & HOLYNESS HE DID EXCELL.
AN HONOR & AN ORNAMENT THEREBY
BOTH TO YE CHURCH & YE MINISTRY.
MOST ZEALOUS IN YE WORK OF REFORMATION
TO SAVE THIS SELF DESTROYING GENERATION
WITH COURAGE STROVE GAINST ALL THIS PEOPLES SIN
HE SPENT HIS STRENGTH HIS LIFE HIS SOUL THEREIN
CONSUMD WITH HOLY ZEAL OR GOD FOR WHOME
HE LIVD & DY.D A KIND OF MARTYRDOME
IF MEN WIL NOT LAMENT THEIR HEARTS NOT BREAKE
NO WONDER THIS LAMENTING STONE DOTH SPEAKE
HIS TOMB STONE CRYS REPENT & SOULS TO SAVE
DOTH PRACH REPENTANCE FROM HIS VERY GRAVE
GAINST SINNER DOTH AS LASTING RECORD LYE
THIS MONUMENT TO HIS BLESD MEMORY.
PSAL. IIX6 PROV. 10.7."
M'. Josiah Flint the Reverend Pastor to the Church of Dorchester Died Sep'. 16th 1680 Dorchester births, marriages, and deaths to the end of 1825 : Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming :
Internet Archive page 30 - Dean C. Jenkins #49436277
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