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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.
First, The dust of Zion, Psal. 102.13, 14.
First, The dust of Sion, Psal. 102.13, 14.
Secondly, The dust of the Saints. The golden Ore in the Mine is not so precious to us, as this golden dust is to God. Job tells us, That out of the earth comes the dust of gold; 1but I may truly say, ⟨p. 10⟩That in the earth there is golden dust, even the dust of Gods Saints. As Balaam saith concerning the people of Israel, 2Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? So may I say, Who can sufficiently express the love that God bears to the dust of Jacob, and to the bodies of his people, while in their graves? The Apostle tells us, 3That neither life nor death is able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. God loves the bodies of his Saints as well as their souls, and their bodies when turned to dust. That very dust is part of Gods election, (for God hath elected the bodies of his Saints unto eternal life, as well as their souls) and it is part of Christs Redemption, and the Spirits Sanctification. O what a comfort is this to a dying Child of God! Though all his friends will forsake him when brought to the grave (the Husband will leave his dear Wife, and the Children their dear Father) yet God will not forsake him, but go down to the grave with him, and the watchful eye of his providence will be over his dust and ashes. And as Rispah kept the dead bodies of Sauls seven Sons, 4