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Hagio-mimesis The imitation of the saints
Hagio-mimesis The imitation of the saints : opened in some practical meditations upon the death of Mrs. Anne Browne, late wife of Mr. Peter Browne of Hammersmith / by Thomas Case ...
London: printed by A.M., 1666
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.
Suffer I beseech you, a word of Exhortation.1
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My dearly Beloved, God hath made a fore breach upon us; He hath smitten us, and made us sick in smiting us. The Crown is fallen from our Head; The Ornament of our Family is taken away: A Wife, a Moth r, a Friend, a Guide, the delight of our eyes is gone, the blessing of all her Relations at home and Acquaintance abroad! Woe unto us, for we have sinned!
My dearly Beloved, God hath made a fore breach upon us; He hath smitten us, and made us sick in smiting us. The Crown is fallen from our Head; The Ornament of our Family is taken away: A Wife, a Moth r, a Friend, a Guide, the delight of our eyes is gone, the blessing of all her Relations at home and Acquaintance abroad! Wo unto us, for we have sinned!
And now dear Friends, what shall we do! Shall we give up our selves to sorrow? shall we lie down and roar as men and women that have no hope?
And now dear Friends, what shall we do! Shall we give up our selves to sorrow? shall we lie down and roar as men and woemen that have no hope?