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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
1. The Apostle S. Peter calls it [Greek or Hebrew], 12 Pet. 1.15. I will endeavour that [Greek or Hebrew] after my Decease, &c. Death is nothing else, but an Exodus out of Egypt, unto our Heavenly Canaan. It is not a dying, but a Transmigration, a passage from the Valley of death into the Land of the Living.
1. The Apostle S. Peter cals it 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, 12 Pet. 1.15. I will endeavour that 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 after my Decease, &c. Death is nothing else, but an Exodus out of Egypt, unto our Heavenly Canaan. It is not a dying, but a Transmigration, a passage from the Valley of death into the Land of the Living.
- 1Mors non est exitus, sed transi•us, non obitus, sed abitus. Mortui non sunt amissi, sed praemiss••, Cypr. de Mortalitate. Profectio est quam putas Mortem. Tert. de patientia.
2. The Apostle S. Paul calls it [Greek or Hebrew], Phil. 2.23. I desire to be dissolved, [Greek or Hebrew], that is (as Grotius interprets it) That my Soul may return to God from whom it first came. Others say, It is a Metaphor taken from Mariners, who are said to loose from the Haven, when they depart from the shore. Death is nothing but a hoisting up of Sail (as it were) for heaven.