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The mourner directory, guiding him to the middle way betwixt the two extremes, defect,…The mourner directory, guiding him to the middle way betwixt the two extreams, defect,…
The mourner directory, guiding him to the middle way betwixt the two extremes, defect, excess of sorrow for his dead to which is added, The mourners soliloquy / by Thomas Doolittle ...The mourner directory, guiding him to the middle way betwixt the two extreams, defect, excess of sorrow for his dead to which is added, The mourners soliloquy / by Thomas Doolittle ...
London: printed by J.A. for Tho. Cockeril, 1693
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.
Rule 10. Our sorrow for the Death of Godly and Zealous Men that were in a Public Station and Capacity admits of greater degrees ⟨p. 112⟩than sorrow for our own Relations as private Persons. Tho our sorrow for these may be more sensitive and passionate, yet the sorrow for the other may exceed in degrees, as more Judicious and Rational. Sorrow for Godly, Religious, Zealous Magistrates, for Able, Holy and Laborious Ministers when taken away by Death should be more extensive and intensive than for others that did only live a private Life; that is, there should be more Mourners in number, and all these should mourn with greater degrees (at least) of Rational sorrow for public Persons than for private. Thus all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah with a very great mourning, 2 Chron. 35.24, 25. When Samuel died, all the Israelites were gathered together and lamented him, 1 Sam. 25.1. The hearing that a Minister is Sick, should fill many Hearts with much sorrow. The hearing that he is recovered is matter of Joy, Phil. 2.26, 27, 28. But the hearing that he is dead should multiply the sorrow of many. And there are great Reasons of great sorrow for the death of such.
Rule 10. Our sorrow for the Death of Godly and Zealous Men that were in a Publick Station and Capacity admits of greater degrees ⟨p. 112⟩than sorrow for our own Relations as private Persons. Tho our sorrow for these may be more sensitive and passionate, yet the sorrow for the other may exceed in degrees, as more Judicious and Rational. Sorrow for Godly, Religious, Zealous Magistrates, for Able, Holy and Laborious Ministers when taken away by Death should be more extensive and intensive than for others that did only live a private Life; that is, there should be more Mourners in number, and all these should mourn with greater degrees (at least) of Rational sorrow for publick Persons than for private. Thus all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah with a very great mourning,