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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.
That the death of a Child of God is nothing else but a quiet, comfortable, and happy sleep.
For the understanding of this I shall answer to three Questions.
Quest. 1. What part of a Child of God is it that sleepeth when he dieth?
Ans. There are some who say, That the soul sleepeth as well as the body, and that when a man dies both Body and Soul lye asleep till the Resurrection. And this they prove from the example of Stephen, 1because it is said of him, That he fell asleep. But still the question is, What part of Stephen fell asleep? Not his Soul: For he commends that into the hands of Christ; Lord Jesus receive my Spirit. And he saw the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God ready to receive his Soul immediately. It was the Body of Stephen fell asleep, but his Soul was presently received by the Lord Jesus into heaven. When a man dies, his body returns to dust from whence it came, but the soul returns to God who gave it, 2