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The blessedness of the death of these that die in the Lord and more…The blessednesse of the death of these that die in the Lord and more…
The blessedness of the death of these that die in the Lord and more especially in an evil time excellently discoursed in seven very searching but sweet sermons on Revel. 14, v. 13 : wherein several weighty cases relating to death in general and to dying in Lord in particular are succinctly, solidly and satisfyingly handled / by James Durham.The blessednesse of the death of these that die in the Lord and more especially in ane evil time excellently discoursed in seven very searching but sweet sermons on Revel. 14, v. 13 : wherein several weighty cases relating to death in genereal and to dieing in Lord in particular are succinctly, solidly and satisfieingly handled / by James Durham.
Glasgow? : s.n., 1681
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.
8: 13. If ye live after the flesh ye shall die, but if ye through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body ye shall live; if grace be not in the heart and Kith not at all in the conversation, ye cannot warrantably expect to die in Christ; except a man be borne again he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, this is a large and great class and takes in all that live and die as they were borne, and seek not after another life then that which they brought with them into the World. 3. How many are there that have some outward fairding and paint and yet have no reality of Religion within? Whereby they mock God and dissemble with Men: It is to such that Christ speaks John 8. 21. and tells them that they shall die in their sins, and against this sort of men he denounceth many woes. 4. Are there not many that live without Faith in Christ? Without which they cannot possibly please God neither living nor dying, and shall be damned if they continue so, for sayeth the Lord John 3. v. 18. he that believes not is condemned already: Now when all these Classes are laid aside, there will be but few behind; all which proves abundantly the truth of the thing, and that there is but too good ground to think that there are many, very many who die not in Christ. A third ground of confirmation of this sad truth may be drawn from the ordinary way that the most part die in, and pass out of time into eternity; O! how many die securely, stupidly and (as we said before) senselessly, and are no more affected with the thoughts of the immortality of their souls then if they had none at all? How many die presumptuously confident? how many found their faith of dying well on wrong grounds? how many die doubtingly not knowing what shall become of them? And how many die desperately? So that (alas) there are but few among us that close their eyes like dying Persons in Christ; ⟨p. 39⟩and though we will not be peremptory in passing Judgment upon, or in censuring of particular persons as to their final state, yet all this shows that it is no very common nor ordinary thing to die in the Lord.
8: 13. If ye live after the flesh ye shall die, but if ye through the Spirit mortifie the deads of the body ye shall live; if grace be not in the heart and Kyth not at all in the conversation, ye cannot warrantablie expect to die in Christ; except a man be borne againe he cannot enter into the Kingdome of Heaven, this is a large and great classe and takes in all that live and die as they wer borne, and seek not after another life then that which they brought with them into the World. 3. How many are there that have some outward fairding and paint and yet have no realitie of Religion within? Whereby they mock God and dissemble with Men: It is to such that Christ speakes