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Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life,…
Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life, in and after a time of great mortality, by a wasting plague (anno 1665) answered in XIII directions / by Tho. Doolittle.Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life, in and after a time of great mortality, by a wasting plague (anno 1665) answered in XIII directions / by Tho. Doolitel.
London: printed by R.I. for J. Johnson, 1666
DIRECTIONS how to live after a wasting PLAGUE. › Part 13 › Section 3
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.
1. If you would render Thanks to God in Tongue, in Heart and L•fe, for this Mercy, then get a right judgment of the worth and greatness of the Mercy, that you, and some of yours are continued after this Visitation. Those that do not prize a Mercy, will never be thankful for it: What a Mercy is life to you, that are not ⟨p. 289⟩yet assured of the love of God? What a Mercy is life to you, that are not yet certain of the Salvation of your Souls? or, if you are sure of Heaven, yet is life to you a great Mercy; that you have time to do the Works that God hath appointed you to do. Consider also what a Mercy it is to have your Children continued, that you may yet Instruct them, and Pray for them; that you may see Christ formed in them before you or they do die.
1. If you would render Thankes to God in Tongue, in He•rt and L•fe, for this Mercy, then get a right judgment of the worth and greatness of the Mercy, that you, and some of yours are continued after this Visitation. Those that do not prize a Mercy, will never be thankful for it: What a Mercy is life to you, that are not ⟨p. 289⟩yet assured of the love of God? What a Mercy is life to you, that are not yet certain of the Salvation of your Soules? or, if you are sure of Heaven, yet is life to you a great Mercy; that you have time to do the Works that God hath appointed you to do. Consider also what a Mercy it is to have your Children continued, that you may yet Instruct them, and Pray for them; that you may see Christ formed in them before you or they do die.
2. If you would be thankful for life, and have an heart to render Praises to the Lord, for your own, and your Relations; consider, how uncomfortable your Life had been, had God continued you, and taken away your nearest Relations; and, how uncomfortable your Life would have been, had God continued them only, and taken you away from them: You may consider while you live, the Discomforts of your Relations, and the sorrow of their hearts, if God had removed you by death; What an uncomfortable Widow would your Wife (now) have been? what uncomfortable Orphans would your Children [now] have been! You have enough before you, and amongst you, that are sad Instances of this: Oh, consider this, and it will be a means to make you thankful, and to give to God the Glory of your Preservation.