A36326:95
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.
5. The Confidence of the Apostle that there is such a Glorious State, which is the reason of our Willingness to leave the Body, that from thenceforth we might be with the Lord in Heaven. Deny the Souls immediate passing to God in Glory, and you take away the Reason of the Choice, rather to be absent from the Body, than to be present in it.
The Third Text is, Phil. 1. 23. ForI am in a Straight betwixt two; having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better. Note,
1. The Apostle's Straight. Two things were before him, to live or die, Reasons swaying him sometimes to the one▪ sometimes to the other: For the Good of God's Church, it would be better for ⟨p. 27⟩him to live than die, Ver. 22. For his own Advantage, it would be better for him to die than to live, Ver. 21. This was his Straight.