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A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…
A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nebuchadnezzars subversion. Set forth by William Wheatley Master of Art, and preacher of Gods word.A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nabuchadnezzars subuersion. Set forth by William Wheatley Maister of Art, and preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Thomas Creed for John Deane and John Baily, 1602London: printed by Thomas Creed for Iohn Deane and Iohn Baily, 1602
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CHAP. XIIII. Whether Christians should mourn for their friends that are dead.
CHAP. XIIII. Whether Christians should mourne for their friends that are dead.
But now to correct a fault that may be seen among some: if death be so joyfully to be accepted of, why should we mourn for them that are at rest? nay, is it lawful to weep for them that be dead?
BVt now to correct a fault that may be seene among some: if death be so ioyfully to be accepted of, why should we mourne for them that are at rest? nay, is it lawfull to weepe for them that be dead?
I answer,1 when Sarai was dead, Abraham mourned & wept for her. When the Patriarch Jacob thought Joseph had been dead,2 he sorrowed & wept greatly. And when this aged Father had blessed his children,3 and made an end of giving charge unto them to serve God, he plucked his feet up into the bed, and gave up the ghost. Then his loving child Joseph fell upon his fathers face,