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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.
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?
This were to wrong our selves. Or shall we make it our work to forget Her, to cast her out of our thoughts? and to bury her memory with her Ashes?
This were to wrong Her, who has deserved better at our hands.
Shall we then spend our thoughts and enquires where and how we may recruit our selves with new Relations? and to make up our Lots with other Comforts? or let out our hearts more greedily to them we have yet remaining?
This were infinitely to wrong God, and to pervert the designs and purposes of his grace in this severe dispensation. Or shall we, lastly, satisfy our selves with a few cold fruitless Commendations of the things which were excellent and praise-worthy in Her?