A36326:169
The saints convoy to heaven a discourse occasioned
The saints convoy to heaven a discourse occasioned by (and in part preached upon) the death and funeral of Mr. Benjamin Lindsey, who deceased the 21st of February, 1697 / by Tho. Doolittle ...
London: printed for John Lawrence, 1698
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.
2. This will aggravate the Evil of his Passage, in that the Company of Devils is so Numerous: A Legion of unclean Spirits possessed one Man's Body, Mar. 5. 9. and will not a Legion of them be as ready to seize one Soul? Which, when the separated Soul perceives, enquires,Why so many? Why so many to one? Why ⟨p. 49⟩so many so strong, to one so weak? Are all of one Mind? Are ye all agreed to hurry me to Hell? Is there not one amongst you all will stand my Friend? Not one to take my Part, to be on my Side? Alas for me! Tho' they are many, they are as one. How strange is this! that a Legion of Devils should be so unanimous in my Ruin, that all are called by one Name, as if many were one! As the Devil that possessed a Man, being asked, what is thy Name? he answered, saying, 1My Name is Legion, for we are many. Never was a poor Debtor on Earth, carried to Prison by the Joint-consent and One-will of many Sergeants; as I poor Debtor, am carried to the Prison and Dungeon of Hell, by the Joint-consent and One-will of many Devils.
2. This will aggravate the Evil of his Passage, in that the Company of Devils is so Numerous: A Legion of unclean Spirits possessed one Man's Body, Mar. 5. 9. and will not a Legion of them be as ready to seize one Soul? Which, when the separated Soul perceives, enquires,Why so many? Why so many to one? Why ⟨p. 49⟩so many so strong, to one so weak? Are all of one Mind? Are ye all agreed to hurry me to Hell? Is there not one amongst you all will stand my Friend? Not one to take my Part, to be on my Side? Alas for me! Tho' they are many, they are as one. How strange is this! that a Legion of Devils should be so unanimous in my Ruine, that all are called by one Name, as if many were one! As the Devil that possessed a Man, being asked, what is thy Name? he answered, saying, 1My Name is Legion, for we are many. Never was a poor Debter on Earth, carried to Prison by the Joint-consent and One-will of many Serjeants; as I poor Debter, am carried to the Prison and Dungeon of Hell, by the Joint-consent and One-will of many Devils.