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The decease of Lazarus Christ's friend A funeral sermon on John. chap. 11. vers.…The decease of Lazarus Christ's friend A funerall sermon on Iohn. chap. 11. vers.…
The decease of Lazarus Christ's friend A funeral sermon on John. chap. 11. vers. 11. preached at the burial of Mr. John Parker merchant and citizen of London. By Tho. Gataker B. of D. and rector of Rotherhith.The decease of Lazarus Christ's friend A funerall sermon on Iohn. chap. 11. vers. 11. preached at the buriall of Mr. John Parker merchant and citizen of London. By Tho. Gataker B. of D. and rector of Rotherhith.
London: printed by Edward for Edward Brewster, 1640
THE DECEASE OF LAZARUS CHRISTS Friend.THE DECEASE OF LAZARVS CHRISTS Friend.
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.
1Now is death then but as a sleep to the faithful? then first owhy should any faithful, any friend ⟨p. 27⟩of Christ fear death? It is a childish thing for a man to be afraid to put off his clothes and go to bed; and what is death more then a stripping of us, that we may lay our selves down to rest? It is true indeed that in some diseases even sleep it self is so prestless and troublesome to the sick (it was qJobs case sometime) and they are so ill after it, that they are rafraid and loath to sleep: and so indeed *it is, or may well be, in this case with the wicked. But it is not so with the godly: they may well say with the Prophet, sI slept, and my sleep was sweet unto me. The sleep of death is no dreadful, but ta sweet sleep unto them.
1Now is death then but as a sleepe to the faithfull? then first owhy should any faithfull, any friend ⟨p. 27⟩of Christ feare death? It is a childish thing for a man to be afraid to put off his cloathes and go to bed; and what is death more then a stripping of us, that we may lay our selves down to rest? It is true indeed that in some diseases even sleepe it selfe is so p