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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
THE Mourners Directory. › Chapter 4: Ten Aggravations of Want of Sorrow for our Dead.
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6. Want of Sorrow in this Case, argues, A contemning, and a despising of the afflicting hand of God. When God gave you a good Husband, or Wife, or Parents, or Children, and you did not prize them when you had them, this was a despising of Gods merciful and good Hand unto you; when God took them from you by death, you laid it not to heart; this is a despising of the chastening Hand of God upon you. When living, ⟨p. 43⟩you were not thankful; when dead, you were not sorrowful; in the one, you despised his love; in the other, you despised his anger: As if you should say, Let God do what he will, you will despise all his doings. God's command to Man, is this, Heb. 12.5. Despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him. One man despiseth that rebuke from God, which another is ready to sink under: One bears it without feeling of it, when another faints at the smarting of it. When it is a small Affliction, a man despiseth it, this is a light thing, and easily born. When it is a great Affliction, man fainteth because of it, saying, No man's Affliction like to mine; no man's Sorrow like to mine; my Flesh faileth, my Strength faileth, my Heart and Spirit fail, for this is grievous to be born; but behold the Man we are speaking of, is under a great Affliction, (for such is the loss of a near and good Relation) and yet being not sensible, despiseth that which another finds heavy to bear.
6. Want of Sorrow in this Case, argues, A contemning, and a despising of the afflicting hand of God. When God gave you a good Husband, or Wife, or Parents, or Childr•n, and you did not prize them when you had them, this was a despising of Gods merciful and good Hand unto you; when God took them from you by death, you laid it not to heart; this is a despising of the chastening Hand of God upon you. When living, ⟨p. 43⟩you were not thankful; when dead, you were not sorrowful; in the one, you despised his love; in the other, you despised his anger: As if you should say, Let God do what he will, you will despise all his doings. God's command to Man, is this, Heb. 12.5