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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 Octob. 18, 1677 by William Bates ... ; to which is now added, the last public sermon Dr. Manton preached.A funeral sermon preached upon the death of the Reverend and Excellent Divine Dr. Thomas Manton, who deceas'd Octob. 18, 1677 by William Bates ... ; to which is now added, the last publick sermon Dr. Manton preached.
London: printed by J.D. for Brabazon 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.
Such is the power of that Celestial Fire wherein they all burn, that it melts and mixes Souls in such an entire Union, that by Complacence and an intimate ⟨p. 37⟩Joy, the Blessedness of all is, as it were, proper to every one; as if every one were placed in the Hearts of all, and all in the Heart of every one. If in the Church of the first-born Christians, in the earthly Jerusalem, the Band of Charity was so strict, that 'tis said, the Multitude of Believers were of one Heart, and one Soul; How much more intimate and inseparable is the Union of the Saints in Jerusalem above, where every one loves another as himself?
Such is the power of that Celestial Fire wherein they all burn, that it melts and mixes Souls in such an entire Union, that by Complacence and an intimate ⟨p. 37⟩Joy, the Blessedness of all is, as it were, proper to every one; as if every one were plac'd in the Hearts of all, and all in the Heart of every one. If in the Church of the first-born Christians, in the earthly Jerusalem, the Band of Charity was so strict, that 'tis said, the Multitude of Believers were of one Heart, and one Soul; How much more intimate and inseparable is the Union of the Saints in Jerusalem above, where every one loves another as himself?
'Tis recorded of Alexander, that entering with Haephestion his Favourite, into the Pavilion of Darius's Mother, then his Prisoner, she bowed to the Favourite, as having a greater appearance of Majesty, thinking him to be Alexander; but advised of her Error, she humbly begged his Pardon, to whom the generous King replied,1 You did not err, Mother, for this is also Alexander. Such was their Affection, that whoever was taken of them, the other was taken in him; the less ascending in the ⟨p. 38⟩