A25473:52
A sermon preached at the funeral of reverend Mr. Will. Whitaker, late minister of…
A sermon preached at the funeral of reverend Mr. Will. Whitaker, late minister of Magdalen Bermondsey, Southwark by Samuel Annesley.
London: printed for Nevill Simmons, 1673
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.
Pardon me, dear Brethren, I have transgressed my bounds in thus speaking to you; but 'tis only to set your own thoughts and graces on work, to do more than I can press you to.
Pardon me, dear Brethren, I have trangressed my bounds in thus speaking to you; but 'tis only to set your own thoughts and graces on work, to do more than I can press you to.
5. A word to all that this day hear me. It is but a few minutes ere death will stop our mouths that we shall speak to you no more. Methinks, if those that lived above twice so many hundred years, as men do now scores, counted their life by days, Gen. 5.27. the time we live should be counted by hours, and then of the hour of our life, how few minutes, are remaining, and therefore this is my advice to all.
5. A word to all that this day hear me. It is but a few minutes ere death will stop our mouths that we shall speak to you no more. Methinks, if those that lived above twice so many hundred years, as men do now scores, counted their life by dayes, Gen. 5.27. the time we live should be counted by hours, and then of the hour of our life, how few minutes, are remaining, and therefore this is my advice to all.
1. Make that use of Ministers while they live, that you will wish you had made of them when they are dead. We read Luke 17.20. the Pharisees demanded of Christ, when the Kingdom of God should come: they expected the Messiah, but would not own Christ to be He; they reckoned he would come in more stately manner;