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The happiness of those who sleep in Jesus, or, The benefit that comes to…The happinesse of those who sleep in Jesus, or, The benefit that comes to…
The happiness of those who sleep in Jesus, or, The benefit that comes to the dead bodies of the saints even while they are in the grave, sleeping in Jesus delivered in a sermon preached at the funeral of ... Lady Anne Waller, at the new church in Westminst[er], Oct. 31, 1661 : together with the testimony then given unto her / by Edm. Calamy ...The happinesse of those who sleep in Jesus, or, The benefit that comes to the dead bodies of the saints even while they are in the grave, sleeping in Jesus delivered in a sermon preached at the funeral of ... Lady Anne Waller, at the new church in Westminst[er], Oct. 31, 1661 : together with the testimony then given unto her / by Edm. Calamy ...
London: printed by J.H. for Nathanael Webb, 1662
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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.
But to you that are in Christ, the sting of death is taken away, and it is become of all desirable things, most desirable; It is [Greek or Hebrew], 1as the Apostle saith; It is much far better. It is nothing else but a quiet and placid sleep; a putting off our clothes and going to bed till the Morning of the Resurrection. Therefore Austin saith, That a Child of God should be as willing to die, as to put off his Clothes, because Death is nothing else to him, but a putting off of his Body (which is Animae Vestimentum, the souls Garment) and a departure from Misery to everlasting Happiness, a letting the Soul, as a Bird, out of the Cage of the Body that it may flee to Heaven. 2Death to a Child of God is the Birth-day of Heavens Eternity, a putting off of its Earthly Tabernacle, and a going to a House made without hands, eternal in the Heavens. It is an unclothing of himself, that he may be clothed upon with his House which is in Heaven. It is a going to his Fathers House, where he shall enjoy perfect and perpetual Happiness.
But to you that are in Christ, the sting of death is taken away, and it is become of all desirable things, most desirable; It is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, 1as the Apostle saith; It is much far better. It is nothing else but a quiet and placid sleep; a putting off our cloaths and going to bed till the Morning of the Resurrection. Therefo•e Austin saith, That a Child of God should be as willing to die, as to put off his Cloaths, because Death is nothing else to him, but a putting off of his Body (which is Animae Vestimentum, the souls Garment) and a departure from Misery to everlasting Happiness, a le•ting the Soul, as a Bird, out of the Cage of the Body that it may flee to Heaven. 2Death to a Child of God is the Birth-day of Heavens Eternity, a putting off of its Earthly Tabernacle, and a going to a House made without hands, eternal in the Heavens. It is an uncloathing of himself, that he may be cloathed upon with his House which is in Heaven. It is a going to his Fathers House, where he shall enjoy perfect and perpetual Happiness.