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Saint Stevens last will and testament A funeral sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59.…Saint Stevens last will and testament A funerall sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59.…
Saint Stevens last will and testament A funeral sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59. preached at the enterrement of the remains of Mris Joyce Featly. Together with the testimony then given unto her by Tho. Gataker, B. of D. and rector of Rotherhith.Saint Stevens last will and testament A funerall sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59. preached at the enterrement of the remaines of Mris Joice Featly. Together with the testimonie then given unto her by Tho. Gataker, B. of D. and rector of Rotherhith.
London: printed by Elizabeth for Nicolas Bourne, 1638
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.
Secondly, in that Steven here calleth his Soul, his1 Spirit; we might hence observe the dignity, eminency, and excellency of the Soul above the Body: in that, gwhereas the Body is but Flesh, common to us with the Beasts, and hmade of the same matter and mould that they were; the Soul, it is a Spirit, common to us with the Angels, who are also termed iSpirits. Yea, kby it we come as near to the very essence of God, as the creature is able to approach the Creature. Since that, as lGod is said to be a Spirit, so the Soul is likewise termed a Spirit; as by Steven here, so by mSolomon, and nothers, elsewhere.
Secondly, in that Steven here calleth his Soule, his1 Spirit; we might hence observe the dignitie, eminencie, and excellencie of the Soule above the Body: in that, gwhereas the Body is but Flesh, common to us with the Beasts, and hmade of the same matter and mould that they were; the Soule, it is a Spirit, common to us with the Angels, who are also tearmed iSpirits. Yea, kby it we come as neere to the very essence of God, as the creature is able to approach the Creatur. Since that, as