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A sermon preached upon the much lamented death of our late gracious sovereign Queen…
A sermon preached upon the much lamented death of our late gracious sovereign Queen Mary to which is added The address of condolence to His Majesty by the dissenting ministers / by William Bates ...
London: printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1695
A SERMON Preached upon the much Lamented DEATH Of our Late Gracious… › The Application of the Point.
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.
All Flesh is Grass, and the Glory of it as the Flower of Grass: the Grass withers, and the Flower thereof fades; but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. God is our living Strength, a sure Refuge to which we may fly in our Extremities. He can compose a raging World, or preserve his Church in it, as he did the Ark in the Universal Deluge. The Prophet alleges this Reason of his Confidence, Art not thou from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine holy one? we shall not die. And accordingly the Prophet Jeremiah argues; Thou O Lord remainest for ever, thy Throne is from Generation to Generation! Wherefore 1dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
All Flesh is Grass, and the Glory of it as the Flower of Grass: the Grass withers, and the Flower thereof fades; but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. God is our living Strength, a sure Refuge to which we may fly in our Extremities. He can compose a raging World, or preserve his Church in it, as he did the Ark in the Universal Deluge. The Prophet alledges this Reason of his Confidence, Art not thou from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine holy one? we shall not die. And accordingly the Prophet Jeremiah argues; Thou O Lord remainest for ever, thy Throne is from Generation to Generation! Wherefore 1dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
- 1Lam. •. 19, 20.
2dly. In the next State we shall be unchangeably happy in his influxive Presence. Here there are many Vicissitudes, strange and sudden Prosperity and Adversity, Riches and Poverty, Health and Sickness in the Circulation of time succeed one another: ⟨p. 15⟩as in a Voyage, the change of the Winds, sometimes a Storm, and after a Calm, the unquiet Agitation of the Ship, the Sickness of the Passengers, are Accidents that happen to those who sail in the Ocean: but when they arrive at the Port, all is at an end. Thus when we shall come to Heaven, all the Variations of Time shall end in a permanent stable State: Our Blessedness shall exceed all our Desires, and exclude all our Fears: it shall be complete and surrounded with Eternity. There God is All in All.