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But you say, you mourn because they are dead, and taken from us. Dead! But are not we sp••king to Believers that live, concerning depart•• ••liev•rs? And should not we beli•v• what God saith concerning them? And think and speak of them in their Graves, as the Scripture speaketh. See what the Living God saith concerning their Bodies, and say if you sorrow for their sakes because the Bodies of your departed Relations are of that number that sleep in Jesus, 1 Thes. 4.14. And that rest in their Graves as in a Bed, made easy by Christ's Body lodging there before theirs: Isa. 57.2. Look upon the Circumstances of their Bodies with a believing Eye, through the Glass of Scripture, and change the manner of speaking, common to the bad, into Scripture Language peculiar to the good, they say, He or she is dead; do you say, He or she sleeps in Jesus, and do you indeed try if you can sorrow for that?

But you say, you mourn because they are dead, and taken from us. Dead! But are not we sp••king to Believers that live, concerning depart•• ••liev•rs? And should not we beli•v• what God saith concerning them? And think and speak of them in their Graves, as the Scripture sp•aketh. See what the Living God saith concerning their Bodies, and say if you sorrow for their sakes because the Bodies of your departed Relations are of that number that sleep in Jesus, 1 Thes. 4.14. And that rest in their Graves as in a Bed, made easie by Christ's Body lodging there before theirs: