A35389:1691
An exposition with practical observations upon the three first chapters of the book of…
An exposition with practical observations upon the three first chapters of the book of Job delivered in XXI lectures at Magnus near the bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practical observations upon the three first chapters of the book of Iob delivered in XXI lectures at Magnus neare the bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by G. Miller for Henry Overton, 1643
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Death seizeth equally upon all sorts and degrees of men. The small and the great are there, the small cannot escape the hands or slip through the fingers of death, because they are little; the greatest cannot rescue themselves from the power, or break out of the hands of death, because they are big.
Death seizeth equally upon all sorts and degrees of men. The small and the great are there, the small cannot escape the hands or slip through the fingers of death, because they are little; the greatest cannot rescue themselves from the power, or breake out of the hands of death, because they are bigge.
That the small are there, should be an admonition to young ones, take heed of putting off repentance until you are great, for the small are in the grave; That the great are there, should be an admonition to the greatest and strongest, to prepare for death, for all your strength and greatness, your honours, your swelling Titles, your vast riches, cannot oppose, much less prevent or overcome death. The small and the great are there. Secondly, Observe,
That the small are there, should be an admonition to young ones, take heed of putting off repentance untill you are great, for the small are in the grave; That the great are there, should be an admonition to the greatest and strongest, to prepare for death, for all your strength and greatnesse, your honours, your swelling Titles, your vast riches, cannot oppose, much lesse prevent or overcome death. The small and the great are there. Secondly, Observe,
That death makes all men equal, or That all are equal in death. As death equally takes hold of all men, so death makes all men equal; not only are the small and the great there, but there the small and the great are the same: Death takes away all distinctions, and the grave knows no difference among the sons of men. While men live, they are at a great distance one from another. There is and there ought to be distinctions among men, and men ought to know their terms of distance, and to acknowledge men in their greatness, power and places. As there is one glory of the Sun, and another glory of the Moon, and another glory of the Stars, for one Star differeth from another Star in glory,