A35535:1494
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
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.
Thirdly, If they that are sick draw near unto the grave, then it is good for such as come to visit their sick friends, wisely to mind them of the grave; when will a discourse with our friends of death and the grave be seasonable, if not when we see them dying and going to the grave? yet some, when they visit sick friends, will not speak a word of either; they fear it may hasten death to hear of it, & that speaking of the grave may put them into it, then which I know no fear more foolish, or more to be feared. Yea some will forbid visitors to mention death, when their Relations lye sick, O do not speak of death to my Husband, saith the Wife, &c. But remember it, if the sick are drawing near to the grave, ⟨p. 362⟩they that visit them should remember them of the grave, both in prayer and in conference; to speak of death cannot hurt the body, but the not speaking of it may hurt the soul, and hinder it from getting out of the snares both of spiritual and eternal death. Yet godly prudence and great caution is to be used about it; none should do it bluntly, nor suddenly, but having by discreet insinuations, first hinted to the sick man his danger of death, we should then by faithful counsels prepare him for it, and by comfortable Scripture cordials strengthen and arm his spirits against it. Such savoury and well managed discourses of death may (through the blessing of God) be a savour of eternal life to the sick man, and will not in the least prejudice his recovery from sickness, when his soul draweth near to the grave, A•d his life to the destroyers.
Thirdly, If they that are sick draw near unto the grave, then it is good for such as come to visit their sick friends, wisely to mind them of the grave; when will a discourse with our friends of death and the grave be seasonable, if not when we see them dying and going to the grave? yet some, when they visit sick friends, will not speak a word of either; they fear it may hasten death to hear of it, & that speaking of the grave may put them into it, then which I know no fear more foolish, or more to be feared. Yea some will forbid visiters to mention death, when their Relations lye sick, O doe not speak of death to my Husband, saith the Wife, &c. But remember it, if the sick are drawing near to the grave, ⟨p. 362⟩they that visit them should remember them of the grave, both in prayer and in conference; to speak of death cannot hurt the body, but the not speaking of it may hurt the soul, and hinder it from getting out of the snares both of spirituall and eternall death. Yet godly prudence and great caution is to be used about it; none should doe it bluntly, nor suddenly, but having by discreet insinuations, first hinted to the sick man his danger of death, we should then by faithfull counsells prepare him for it, and by comfortable Scripture cordialls strengthen and arme his spirits against it. Such savoury and well mannaged discourses of death may (through the blessing of God) be a savour of eternall life to the sick man, and will not in the least prejudice his recovery from sickness, when his soul draweth near to the grave, Ad his life to the destroyers.