Submission to Divine Providence in the Death of Children / Recommended and inforced, in a sermon preached at / Northampton, on the death of a very amiable and hopeful / child, about five years old

A grieving preacher draws on the recent death of his young child to counsel mourning parents toward submission to divine providence and steady religious consolation. He frames such deaths as stark reminders of human mortality that should prompt self-examination, renewed devotion, and more earnest living. Practical counsel emphasizes using present sorrow to improve the spiritual education of surviving children through steady conversation and example rather than delay or indulgence. The sermon balances personal lament with pastoral exhortation, urging humility, trust in God’s purposes, and immediate, disciplined care for the moral and religious formation of the family.