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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 10THE CVRE OF THE FEARE OF DEATH. › Chapter 10
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15. Lastly, if all these considerations 1may not suffice, then remember that thou art mortal; thy life is short, it passeth as a dream, it is but as a span long, thy days are few and evil; all these things are clogged with a necessity of dying. Life was given thee with a condition of dying, Gen. 47. 9. Job 14. 1. Thy life passeth like the wind, Job▪ 7. 7. Yea, our days consume like smoke, Psal. 102. 3. All flesh is grass, Esa. 40. 6. And hence arise ⟨p. 718⟩many considerations deduced 2from the head of our mortality: For,
15. Lastly, if all these considerations 1may not suffice, then remember that thou art mortall; thy life is short, it passeth as a dreame, it is but as a span long, thy dayes are few and euill; all these things are clogged with a necessity of dying. Life was giuen thee with a condition of dying, Gen. 47. 9. Iob 14. 1. Thy life passeth like the winde, Iob▪ 7. 7. Yea, our dayes consume like smoake, Psal. 102. 3. All flesh is grasse, Esa. 40. 6. And hence arise ⟨p. 718⟩