According to the several Relations (nearer or more remote) wherein ye stood to Mr. Benjamin Lindsey, when he was living with you, Nature and Reason dictates that ye must be differently affected, ⟨image 3⟩as to Degrees, by his being by Death removed from you, yet being so much beloved and respected by you all, it is easy to determine that his Death was Matter of Sorrow to you all; but the Religion ye all profess, and the Christian Doctrine ye all do own, must be instructive to you, that ye sorrow, not as those that have no Hope, either that his Soul, being so Pious, was not carried by Angels into Abraham's Bosom, or that his Body, that ye carried and lodged in the Bosom of the Earth, should not be raised again to a joyful Resurrection, and be hereafter, where the Soul at present is, in Happiness and Glory: Of which Two Things, the believing Consideration should dry your weeping Eyes, relieve your mourning Spirits, and comfort your Sorrowful Hearts.
ACcording to the several Relations (nearer or more remote) wherein ye stood to Mr. Benjamin Lindsey, when he was living with you, Nature and Reason dictates that ye must be differently affected, ⟨image 3⟩as to Degrees, by his being by Death removed from you, yet being so much beloved and respected by you all, it is easy to determine that his Death was Matter of Sorrow to you all; but the Religion ye all profess, and the Christian Doctrine ye all do own, must be instructive to you, that ye sorrow, not as those that have no Hope, either that his Soul, being so Pious, was not carried by Angels into Abraham's Bosom, or that his Body, that ye carried and lodged in the Bosom of the Earth, should not be raised again to a joyful Resurrection, and be hereafter, where the Soul at present is, in Happiness and Glory: Of which Two Things, the believing Consideration should drie your weeping Eyes, relieve your mourning Spirits, and comfort your Sorrowful Hearts.
