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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.
For answer to this, you must know, That as soon as ever the soul departs out of the body, the body presently loseth all its beauty and comeliness, and becomes a rotten and stinking carcass; It goeth down to the house of rottenness, to the dungeon of darkness, and is laid in the cold earth, dust to dust, ashes to ashes. And yet even then it hath a six-fold benefit, by being asleep in Jesus.
For answer to this, you must know, That as soon as ever the soul departs out of the body, the body presently loseth all its beauty and comliness, and becomes a rotten and stinking carkass; It goeth down to the house of rottenness, to the dungeon of darkness, and is layed in the cold earth, dust to dust, ashes to ashes. And yet even then it hath a six-fold benefit, by being asleep in Jesus.
1. Though the body be turned to dust, yet that very dust is precious in Gods sight. 1As the death of the Saints, so also their dust is precious to God. There is a twofold dust that God loves.
1. Though the body be turned to dust, yet that very dust is pretious in Gods sight. 1As the death of the Saints, so also their dust is precious to God. There is a twofold dust that God loves.
1. The dust of Zion.