A36322:348
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.
Besides, is not thy Sorrow too much, when it hinders thee from Spiritually rejoicing in God, and giving Thanks to him for all the Mercies, which in thy Sorrow thou dost overlook? Especially when let thy Condition be what it will as to Temporals, thou hast much more cause to bless God for Spiritual and Eternal Mercies, than to grieve for the loss of Temporals.
Besides, is not thy Sorrow too much, when it hinders thee from Spiritually rejoycing in God, and giving Thanks to him for all the Mercies, which in thy Sorrow thou dost overlook? Especially when let thy Condition be what it will as to Temporals, thou hast much more cause to bless God for Spiritual and Eternal Mercies, than to grieve for the loss of Temporals.
Add to this, O my Soul, and then judge, that thou grievest so much for thy Dead, ⟨p. 220⟩that thou hast left off sorrowing for the Miseries of the Church of God; and losest much of thy little remaining Time, wherein thou hast many Duties to perform, many Graces to get, and more degrees thereof, many sins to mortify and subdue, many Temptations to resist, a deceitful Heart to watch and search, Children and Servants to instruct and teach, and holy preparations to be made for Death, and another Eternal World, and while thou sorrowest, all these are neglected. Is it not too much?
Add to this, O my Soul, and then judge, that thou grievest so much for thy Dead, ⟨p. 220⟩that thou hast left off sorrowing for the Miseries of the Church of God; and losest much of thy little remaining Time, wherein thou hast many Duties to perform, many Graces to get, and more degrees thereof, many sins to mortifie and subdue, many Temptations to resist, a deceitful Heart to watch and search, Children and Servants to instruct and teach, and holy preparations to be made for Death, and another Eternal World, and while thou sorrowest, all these are neglected. Is it not too much?