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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.
3. The Eternity of their abode with the Lord in Body and Soul from the Second Coming of Christ, should assuage our Sorrow for the short space ⟨p. 197⟩of time their Bodies are to remain in the Grave. While Children Live, we think how long is it since they were born? When Persons in a Conjugal Relation continue together, sometimes they reckon how many years since they were Married? and these are pleasant Thoughts: But alas! Death comes and makes a Change, and snatcheth away the Children, and breaks the bond of Marriage, and then after a while the Enquiry is, How long hath my Child, or Husband, or Wife been dead? and these are sorrowful Thoughts: But is there no Remedy, no relief against them? What if you ask, when our Dead that sleep in Jesus shall be raised, how long shall they be with the Lord? How long! inconceivably longer than they shall be in the Grave. How long shall they be in the Grave? not for ever: Blessed be God, they shall not be there for ever. How long shall they be with the Lord? for Ever: Eternal thanks unto our God, they shall be with him for ever.
3. The Eternity of their abode with the Lord in Body and Soul from the Second Coming of Christ, should asswage our Sorrow for the short space ⟨p. 197⟩of time their Bodies are to remain in the Grave. While Children Live, we think how long is it since they were born? When Persons in a Conjugal Relation continue together, sometimes they reckon how many years since they were Married? and these are pleasant Thoughts: But alas! Death comes and makes a Change, and snatcheth away the Children, and breaks the bond of Marriage, and then after a while the Enquiry is, How long hath my Child, or Husband, or Wife been dead? and these are sorrowful Thoughts: But is there no Remedy, no relief against them? What if you ask, when our Dead that sleep in Jesus shall be raised, how long shall they be with the Lord? How long! inconceivably longer than they shall be in the Grave. How long shall they be in the Grave? not for ever: Blessed be God, they shall not be there for ever. How long shall they be with the Lord? for Ever: Eternal thanks unto our God, they shall be with him for ever.