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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 9THE CVRE OF THE FEARE OF DEATH. › Chapter 9
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4. Yet more; this world is a 1very P•st-house, spiritually considered. Every man that a godly man comes near, hath a mischievous plague-sore running upon him, yea, the godly themselves are not without this disease: so as there i• a necessity, as it were, to infect, or be infected, still in all places, or companies. Oh who would love to live in a Pest-house, that may dwell in a place for ever free from all infection?
4. Yet more; this world is a 1very P•st-house, spiritually considered. Euery man that a godly man comes neere, hath a mischieuous plague-sore running vpon him, yea, the godly themselues are not without this disease: so as there i• a necessity, as it were, to infect, or be infected, still in all places, or companies. Oh who would loue to liue in a Pest-house, that may dwell in a place for euer free from all infection?
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5. Yet more, this World, why, it is a very Golgotha, a place 1of dead men; we live amongst the Graves: almost all we see, or have to deal with, are but men truly dead. Alas, what should we reckon of the life of mens carcasses, when their souls are 2dead, and both soul and body sentenced to eternal death? Almost all that we meet with, are malefactors, under sentence, ready to be carried to execution; the wrath of God hanging over their heads, and unquenchable fire kindled against them; and shall we be so besotted, as to love the dead more then the living? or the society of vile and miserable malefactors in a prison, rather then the fellowship of the glorious Princes of God, in their Palace of endless and matchless bliss?