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The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatisesThe marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises
The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatises containing directions about six of the weightiest things can concern a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises containing directions about sixe of the waightiest things can concerne a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by John Legatt, 1630
THE CURE OF THE FEAR OF DEATH. › Chapter 4THE CVRE OF THE FEARE OF DEATH. › Chapter 4
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.
There be some things also to be done by us, to make the c•re perfect. If contemplation be not available, then practice will without fail finish the cure.
There be some things also to bee done by vs, to make the c•re perfect. If contemplation be not auaileable, then practice will without faile finish the cure.
The contemplations are of two sorts: For either they are such 1meditations as breed desire of Death, by way of motive, or they are such as remove the objections, which cause in mans mind the fear of Death. For the first, there be two things, which if they be soundly thought on, will work a strange alteration in our hearts. The one is, the happiness we have by death. The other is, the miseries we are in by life.
The contemplations are of two sorts: For either they are such 1meditations as breed desire of Death, by way of motiue, or they are such as remoue the obiections, which cause in mans mind the feare of Death. For the first, there bee two things, which if they be soundly thought on, will worke a strange alteration in our hearts. The one is, the happinesse wee haue by death. The other is, the miseries we are in by life.
- 1Th• ways of curing this fear by contemplation.Th• wayes of curing this feare by contemplation.