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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.
4. Because they are so far from being abolished, and utterly extinct, that they are asle•• in Jesus. They are, even while they are in their Graves, at rest in the Arms of Jesus. The Greek is, [Greek or Hebrew], they that sleep by Jesus. But as Grotius observes, [Greek or Hebrew] is put for [Greek or Hebrew], so it is taken, Rom. 4.11. 1 Tim. 5.14. And so it is expressly said, v. 16. of this Chapter, [Greek or Hebrew], the dead in Christ. And also, 1 Cor. 15.18. [Greek or Hebrew], They that sleep in Christ.
4. Because they are so far from being abolished, and utterly extinct, that they are asle•• in Iesus. They are, even while they are in their Graves, at rest in the Arms of Jesus. The Greek is, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, they that sleep by Jesus. But as Grotius observes, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is put for 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, so it is taken, Rom. 4.11. 1 Tim. 5.14. And so it is expressely said, v. 16. of this Chapter, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the dead in Christ. And also, 1 Cor. 15.18. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, They that sleep in Christ.