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A funeral sermon preached upon the death of the reverend and excellent divine Dr.…
A funeral sermon preached upon the death of the reverend and excellent divine Dr. Thomas Manton who deceased the 18th of October 1677 / by William Bates.A funeral sermon preached upon the death of the reverend and excellent divine Dr. Thomas Manton who deceas'd the 18th of October 1677 / by William Bates.
London: printed by J.D. for Barbazon Aylmer, 1678
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.
Having the promise of such an excellent Reward, let us always abound in the work of the Lord.
3. The lively hope of this Blessedness is powerful to support us under the greatest Troubles can befall us in this our mortal condition. Here we ⟨p. 46⟩are tossed upon the alternate waves of Time, but hereafter we shall arrive at the Port, the blessed Bosom of our Saviour, and enjoy a peaceful calm: and so we shall ever be with the Lord. Words of infinite sweetness! This is the Song of our Prosperity, and Charm of our Adversity: We shall ever be with the Lord. Well might the Apostle add immediately after, therefore comfort one another with these words.
3. The lively hope of this Blessedness is powerful to support us under the greatest Troubles can befal us in this our mortal condition. Here we ⟨p. 46⟩are tost upon the alternate waves of Time, but hereafter we shall arrive at the Port, the blessed Bosom of our Saviour, and enjoy a peaceful calm: and so we shall ever be with the Lord. Words of infinite sweetness! This is the Song of our Prosperity, and Charm of our Adversity: We shall ever be with the Lord. Well might the Apostle add immediately after, therefore comfort one another with these words.
More particularly, They are a Lenitive to moderate our Sorrows upon the Departure of our dearest Friends, who dye in the Lord: for they ascend from this valley of Tears, to the happy Land of the Living. What Father is so deserted of Reason, as to bear impatiently the parting with his Son, that goes over a narrow part of the Sea, to a rich and pleasant Country, and receive the investiture and peaceable possession of a Kingdom? Nay, by how much the Stronger his Love is, so much the more transporting is his Joy: especially if he expects shortly to be with him, to see him on the Throne, in the state of a King, and to partake of his happiness. If then it be impossible to Nature to be grieved, at the felicity of one that is loved; according to what principle of Nature or Faith do Believers so uncomfortably lament the Death of Friends, of whom they have assurance